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* {{Discontinuity}}: A minor example. The series can't seem to decide if the [[spoiler:last surviving Reaper]] is called The Priest or The Preacher. It has no real impact on the plot either way, but it's noticeable.

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* {{Discontinuity}}: A minor example. CanonDiscontinuity: The series can't seem to decide if the [[spoiler:last surviving Reaper]] is called The Priest or The Preacher. It has no real impact on the plot either way, but it's noticeable.



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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Each of the games is available (at least on some platforms) in a vanilla edition and also one of these. The collector's editions add a bonus chapter of extra gameplay, as well as features like concept art.
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** The series title falls into this. At first glance, ''Enigmatis'' seems like a nonsense word, or possibly a {{Portmantitle}} of ''enigma'' and something else. In fact, ''enigmatis'' is the genitive singular form of the word ''enigma.'' This means that the title of each game basically starts with "The enigma of..."

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** The series title falls into this. At first glance, ''Enigmatis'' seems like a nonsense word, or possibly a {{Portmantitle}} of ''enigma'' and something else. In fact, ''enigmatis'' is the genitive [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genitive_case genitive]] singular form of the word ''enigma.'' This means that the title of each game basically starts with "The enigma of..."

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* GeniusBonus: In ''Mists of Ravenwood'', when the detective asks him how he knows so much, the prisoner in the underground cell replies, "Perennial sophia, detective." This is an altered form of the phrase ''sophia perennis'', meaning "absolute truth," which is a core concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy perennial philosophy]]. He then adds that he's very old, meaning that he's learned everything he's telling the detective over many years of searching for truth. [[spoiler:It's also a very subtle clue as to his identity.]]

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** The series title falls into this. At first glance, ''Enigmatis'' seems like a nonsense word, or possibly a {{Portmantitle}} of ''enigma'' and something else.
In ''Mists fact, ''enigmatis'' is the genitive singular form of the word ''enigma.'' This means that the title of each game basically starts with "The enigma of..."
** In ''The Mists
of Ravenwood'', when the detective asks him how he knows so much, the prisoner in the underground cell replies, "Perennial sophia, detective." This is an altered form of the phrase ''sophia perennis'', meaning "absolute truth," which is a core concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy perennial philosophy]]. He then adds that he's very old, meaning that he's learned everything he's telling the detective over many years of searching for truth. [[spoiler:It's also a very subtle clue as to his identity.]]
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* {{Discontinuity}}: A minor example. The series can't seem to decide if the [[spoiler:last surviving Reaper]] is called The Priest or The Preacher. It has no real impact on the plot either way, but it's noticeable.
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* CreatorInJoke: In ''Ghosts of Maple Creek'', [[spoiler:Hamilton]] offers the detective some Polish sausage, for absolutely no discernible reason. Artifex Mundi, the game's developer, is based in Poland.
* GeniusBonus: In ''Mists of Ravenwood'', when the detective asks him how he knows so much, the prisoner in the underground cell replies, "Perennial sophia, detective." This is an altered form of the phrase ''sophia perennis'', meaning "absolute truth," which is a core concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy perennial philosophy]]. He then adds that he's very old, meaning that he's learned everything he's telling the detective over many years of searching for truth. [[spoiler:It's also a very subtle clue as to his identity.]]
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Each of the games is available (at least on some platforms) in a vanilla edition and also one of these. The collector's editions add a bonus chapter of extra gameplay, as well as features like concept art.
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