Secret Files 3 Critic Reviews

Animation Arts has again created a felicitous adventure in its well known adventure series Secret Files. Secret Files 3 (Geheimakte 3) brings great and diversified puzzles (for experts maybe to easy sometimes) and again mixes a fictitious story with real historical events. Even the mini games are fitting in and leave you the choice of two levels of difficulty. Orchestration, dramatic and cinematic presentation in Secret Files 3 are great and the game even provides several playable characters also as endings - depending on the decisions you make. Although the game lacks optimization of animations and the graphic presentation is getting kind of outdated due to the age of the engine, the game still looks pretty good. Overall it's quite a recommendation for all adventure gamers.

The Archimedes Code still has that unique atmosphere associated with the Secret Files series - there is a healthy, light way of dealing with the story, events and characters. I like that kind of approach to games. It's an embodiment of pleasant gameplay, a perfect way to relax. The developers have put some effort into innovations and variations in SF3, which can suggest, that it's the final installment in the series. It will be sad to let those characters go.

What would you do when your wife to be is kidnapped and the kidnappers let you know that she is a terrorist? Exactly, you are going on an expedition! And that's exactly what Secret Files 3 is all about. You will be visiting some of Europe's great capitals like Berlin, Italy, Turkey and other places to reunite with the woman of your dreams in this wonderful puzzle game.

If you like point&click-adventures, this might be a decent addition to your library. But be aware that the puzzles embedded in the mystery story are fairly easy to solve.

Secret Files 3 will suit the taste of every traditional point'n'click games lover, not just fans of the series. Two basic elements – a well told story and reasonably designed puzzles – are very well executed here.

The Conspiracy theories, ancient secrets and mystic civilizations make their comeback in this Da Vinci-esque third part of Secret Files. Although the story is good an well-paced, the storytelling oversteps the gameplay, making the puzzlers too easy and non-demanding riddles except for a few ones. The customizable main menu is a fine detail, but the graphics engine starts to need an overhaul. After two previous games with texts and voices in Spanish, Secret Files 3 has been launched in Spain in German and English only.

It's not the great return we were expecting, but it is definitely a great game. The experience is partially ruined by some technical mistakes, the low difficulty and the poor final part of the story. However, it manages to keep us engaged with a great narrative, the variety of locations and the interesting implementation of the puzzles.

It’s not a bad game, the problem is that it’s too generic. No character, no identity, nothing to make us remember it by, after reaching the end credits.

Despite the high expectations and the long wait, Secret Files 3 is the least successful episode of the series by Animation Arts, but is able to settle at more than sufficient levels.

Secret Files 3 is a classic point´n´click adventure that will satisfy most of its audience. It stands on its own, walks a good pace and shows a lot of routine. But I seriously doubt that I will remember much if anything about it in six months.

It's sad to see a pretty promising premise stumble and fall on the implementation like Secret Files 3 does. There is some potential in the story especially if you're interested in historical events and conspiracies, but it feels like the game loses its focus and doesn't know where it wants to go.

Secret Files 3 replaces romance with rocket science, but its convoluted premise, simplistic puzzles, and slapdash resolutions make it the weakest link of the trilogy.

A disappointing end to the trilogy. The story is often nonsensical and the puzzles tend to be to easy, while still having the kind of over-complicated solutions that wouldn't work in real life. It's mostly still fun to play, but it doesn't leave a lasting impression.

Secret Files 3 looks and plays as if even its creators did not give a damn about the final product.