City Interactive

Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer

Art of Murder 2 is a full 3-D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Players move their character by clicking on locations shown in the main display, and each scene will only be finished when a character has completed all the actions on the screen. Players interact with NPCs as well as specific objects by clicking or dragging. An in-game hint system is located on the bottom left corner of the screen as a question mark. Items carried by players can be combined with additional items. Objects return to their original position whenever they are dropped. Interactive cut scenes are triggered once a player has completed location objectives. To complete the game, the player explores real life locations such as Paris, New Orleans or Havana. Some game stages have a time limit that, if not completed is punishable by the character’s death. If a character dies, the player’s progress is saved automatically and the player may start over from their last save. Art of Murder contains a range of mechanical and slider puzzles.

• Point-and-click
• Adventure
• 2009

Released

13 February 2009

Developer

City Interactive

Publisher

City Interactive

Perspective

Third person

Age rating

PEGI 16 · ESRB T

Steam recommendations

129

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genres

Point-and-click · Adventure

Also known as

Art of Murder 2 · Art of Murder: Caccia al Burattinaio · Art of Murder: Klątwa Lalkarza · Art of Murder: La Traque du Marionnettiste · Die Kunst des Mordens: Der Marionettenspieler · Смерть как искусство 2: Охота на кукловода

Estimated owners

50,000–100,000 (est.)