Developed by the Czech folks at
Cinemax,
In The Raven Shadow is an 'old style' point & click adventure game in which you play the role of Severin, a young monk who's looking for the meaning of life. The playable demo allows you to play the beginning of the game, but also includes the full game (which can be unlocked by buying a registration code).
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In The Raven Shadow Demo (107.2 MB)
Severin is a young monk, who was sound sleeping, while some claustral disciples were disporting with adult literature. When he awakes and actually takes the erotic scripture from the boys, he himself is accused by his abbot of the worst sins. The abbot doesn't hesitate long - we are in the dark Middle Ages - trying to behead the 'devil's minion'. Severin can only save his life by a dauntless jump out of the window (he puts his Rambo scarf on for that). While he is lying unconsciously on the ground, he - like already before - dreams strange dreams, which want to bring him somehow on the road of insight about the meaning of life...
When he awakes, he finds himself in a forest without a notion, what to do next, but absolutely determined to fathom the sense of life and find his way. How he will keep track of the question of all questions with shrewdness, curiosity, mother wit and a thick skin and what will be the result, we will experience in this adventure game.
Summary
'In the Raven Shadow' is in the best sense an 'old-fashioned' adventure game for all 'sense-seeking' people, which can laugh about themselves. And not only the painting in the decayed house does show a twinkle of the eye. The game is made for all those, who don't want to be taken firmly by the hand in the way: here is a hotspot - interact with it, but more: here are many possibilities - think! The puzzles are of medium difficulty. Severin's story runs error free. It will amuse and entertain the gamers for about 20+ hours.
Requirements
Pentium 200 MHz, 32MB RAM, 215MB HDD, DirectX
OS: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP