Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground (PC) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Activision's 1997 PC FMV graphic adventure game, Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground.
This is the (only) sequel to the 1996 release Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder (see it here: • Interactive Movies / F... )
Sacred Ground initially looks almost identical to its predecessor. Same interface, many of the same actors, same picture and audio clues, and same general narrative structure, but it features a brand new story, and it's a pretty engaging one. I get the sense that the Santa Fe Mysteries was intended to be a sort of serialized interactive TV-style miniseries, with each episode taking place in the same general area and with similar thematic issues, but each episode would stand on it's own. Kinda like the SVU format.
It's too bad that these were critically destroyed when they came out, because as far as FMV-game acting and storylines go, they are pretty good. The developers seem to have had quite a good budget to work with (there's no CG in sight - all real people and backdrops)! And, for only being two CDs, the video quality is excellent.
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[@NintendoComplete]

A good follow-up to the original, with the same high production values and cool story themes. I really enjoyed this one!

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

The music for this game and the original are excellent! I'd pay for the OST of both games. Thanks for showing us this!

[@ahduypermana4909]

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[@FANtomCore]

Oh wow Gul Dukat in a old PC game xD

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

heh heh

[@JBabyLeather]

Thank you for this. Never heard of this series but loving it

[@NintendoComplete]

Np! I really wish they had made more than just two

[@Wesley_C]

Best old times of FMV games.

[@DarkMoe]

About time you started playing these forgotten pc games =D

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

1:38:52 what an exciting ending, lol ;) It feels like something right out of a cheesy 90s tv show, like Walker Texas Ranger or something :)

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

To be honest, I'd need a playthrough guide to complete this. In terms of modern parlance (Dec 2020) with the current game crazy "Among Us", almost EVERYONE was "sus". With the previous game in the series, it was pretty obvious who the bad guy was, but on this game, almost everyone had a reason to be the killer and/or the kidnapper.

[@Mega3iD]

please do more old FMV games

[@perrin45]

funny these were almost my fav type of game round the 90's playing myst, under a killing moon pandora directive and so forth but most people had the experience of the sega cd fmv cheese fests so they hated this genre.

[@NintendoComplete]

Mine too :) the PC FMV game developers thankfully didn't want to turn everything into an action game!

[@devin5657]

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[@devin5657]

1:36:50 1:38:33 1:39:13

[@devin5657]

1:05:25 Put him through

[@devin5657]

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[@xxxslash616xxx]

Hey, if I remember correctly this game had previews of other FMV games. I don't remember the name of the game, but in one of the previews this guy who was clearly supposed to be a country bumpkin was like "And then I hears ma and pa hollerin' JIMBOB JIIIIIIMBOOOOB!" It always used to crack my friend and I up and I have been looking for the clip for a long time now. If there is anyway you could upload it, that would be fantastic!