...adventure rpgs on the market right now. An extremely engaging story, fun characters, and lots of monsters; everything that makes up a good rpg. For the most part the monsters are just the right level of difficulty for the area you're playing in, although bosses sometimes seem much too difficult! But the challenge is what makes it more fun. There are a few bugs in it, but nothing a simple restart didn't seem to fix. In the end though, it's an amazing game that leads to an amazing series. Anyone who likes this is guaranteed to like the other titles in Aveyond.
Now, maybe I'm biased, but I'm a big fan of the older style point and click adventure games. "Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny" didn't fail to disappoint me at all. With an interesting storyline and many places to explore, this was only made better by the sound quality/voices that were added. I did find some of the repetitive lines you get when you click on the same thing over and over annoying, but they weren't overly so.
Although I did enjoy the puzzles, and for the most part had no trouble with them, there were several which were much more challenging, requiring a lot more time spent. However, as walkthroughs are available for the game, they aren't impossible to get past.
I didn't notice many bugs while playing the game, which was a big relief. My game did get stuck loading a couple of scenes on occasion, but I was able to fix them by minimizing the game, and then re-entering it.
An excellent use of a classic Edgar Allan Poe story. Though not particularly long, the bonus features made it worth the buy. The graphics were all extremely well done, and I very much enjoyed the voice acting that accompanied them.