The Messenger (2000 Video Game)
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''The Messenger'' (original
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title: ''Louvre: L'Ultime Malédiction'', "Louvre: The Final Curse") is an
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released in Europe in 2000, and in North America in February 2001. It was co-developed by
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Gameplay


Plot

The
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Agent Morgane Sinclair has been charged with the mission to retrieve four mystical artifacts called Satan's Keys from the
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. These four keys, when joined together, cause complete global annihilation. Morgan goes back in time to three periods in time when various kings used the Louvre as their residential palaces:
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Mediaeval period, Henry IV Renaissance period,
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1789 French Revolution period, and then return safely to present day. In this race against evil and against time, she needs to find the keys before the vengeful descendants of an evil cult of Black
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combine these mystic artifacts, triggering
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Reception

''The Messenger'' received "mixed" reviews according to the
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. Ron Dulin of
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wrote: "There are two types of adventure games. There are those in which the puzzles and story are fully integrated with the game, and one lends itself to the other. And there are those that are primarily a series of puzzles, in which the story, if there even is one, is an afterthought. ''The Messenger'' is an average example of the second type, desperately trying to pass itself off as the first." According to Robert Gerbino of GameZone, "everything about this game is solid. Unfortunately there is nothing about it that will knock you into next week. If you are an adventure guru, then it's worth your paper."


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