Memento Mori is an

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video game developed by Czech company

Centauri Production Bohemia Interactive a.s. is a Czech video game developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Prague. The company focuses on creating military simulation games such as ''Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis'' and the ''Arma (series), A ...

in 2008.

Gameplay

Memento Mori is a classic

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. The game switches between two characters. In some parts you play as Max Durrand but in others you play as Larisa Svetlova. The player can make some decisions during the game. The game has six endings, which occur based on the player's decisions.

Plot

There is an alarm failure in the

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and Colonel Ostankovich suspects that something has happened. He decides to find Maxim Durrand, a history professor and former criminal, to find out what happened. Max is forced to help Ostankovich if he doesn't want to have troubles due to his past. In the search for the stolen paintings Max and Lara (mostly on their own) visit the Hermitage, an old library, the Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, the residence in Scotland and further locations. They interrogate the suspects, search for data, break codes and discover forgeries. All their journeys finally lead Max, accompanied by his brother, to the Finnish cloister. Strange deaths, secret signs and increasingly weird behavior of Max's brother André and of those around him force Max to the very edge of sanity. The story is set in various places in Europe. The player can get to

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Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, Finnish Church,

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and

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Characters

*Maxim Durrand: Max is the main protagonist of the game. He is young French professor of history. In his past he was forced to forge various paintings of great painters in order to raise money for his wife's surgery. However, she died and he was dragged deeper into criminal world. He was arrested by Larisa but she made a covert agreement with him instead to get him into jail. Then he became an informant to

Russian police The Police of Russia () is the national law enforcement agency of Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs from . It was established on by decree of Peter the Great, and in 2011, it replaced the Militsiya, the former police s ...

. *Larisa Svetlova: Lara is the second playable character in ''Memento Mori''. She was an officer in the Russian police force. She was due to her achievements transferred to Lyon where she works as a Russian representative at

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol ( , ; stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime cont ...

's headquarters. *André Durrand: Andy is a younger brother to Max. He accompanies his brother during the investigation. *Colonel Ostankovich: Ostankovich is the commander of a special police department in

. He promised that under his command not an item will get lost in the Hermitage. He forces Max and Lara to help him.

Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Sequel

The sequel was released in 2012 in Germany. Due to problems at its publisher, Dtp entertainment, the game had to wait for its worldwide release until May 13, 2014.

References

External links

Official website''Memento Mori'' at Centauri Production website
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