Enigma of the Abbey – Preview

It’s understandable if you mistake the screenshots from The Enigma of the Abbey – from Spanish developer Ingnius – for Alachofa Soft’s recently released Murder in the Abbey. I did the same and wrote to the development team who responded that, “No, Murder in the Abbey is another game, a point & click game. The Enigma of the Abbey is a fully 3D Game with absolute freedom.”

Well, with all due respect to the developers, while they are two different games, they both seem to be based on the same subject matter – Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose – so the initial confusion is understandable.

Set in 1328, Franciscan monk and philosopher William Occam, along with his novice, travels to an unknown abbey where a venerable elder has just been murdered. William undertakes an investigation and his interrogation soon reveals dark secrets that spiral far beyond the abbey walls.

The abbey is set in a living 3D world with dynamic lighting and shadows in real-time as sunrise and sunset will play important roles as time factors into the investigation. The player will also be able to control multiple characters as the puzzles become more complicated.

The freedom of movement will allow the player to explore various locations inside the abbey such as the winery, the cemetery, the library, the scriptorium and the dungeons and also locations outside the abbey such as the forest, the ruins and the surrounding countryside.

We hope to have a hands-on preview of The Enigma of the Abbey soon, so while you’re waiting for the abbey bells to toll, visit the game’s official website to download wallpapers and view new trailers.