History VideoGame / Enigmatis

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The detective is a really good person, and many of the people she assists in the game are as well. [[spoiler:Hamilton]] also turns out to be a CoolOldGuy, once the detective knows him better. It's really easy for the player to get attached to them.

* BrandX: Of a sort. The computer the protagonist uses has "Artifex" on the front. So does her Securi-Case.

* CreepyBasement: There’s one in the church [[spoiler:where the preacher hides some of his equipment for the ritual.]]

''The Mists of Ravenwood'', the second game, begins two years after the last left off, with the detective following some leads along the west coast for investigation. As she’s driving through the woods, a mysterious creature nearly runs her off the road — straight to an abandoned and torn up camper, outside the gates to Ravenwood Park. She ends up embroiled in another set of strange disappearances, the activities of a bloodthirsty cult, and supernatural phenomenon.

** The bonus chapter of ''Mists of Ravenwood'' reveals these titles in a clue: The Vulture, The Shadow, The Ruler, The Crow, The Monarch, The Warden, The Grief, The Devourer, The Cobra, The Raven, The Priest, and The Dread. The names are also shown in the third game. [[spoiler:As of the end of the second game, only the Priest remains.]]
* PeekABooCorpse: Standard practice. In particular, there’s [[spoiler:all of the dead women shoved under the floorboards of the chapel]], and [[spoiler:the rotten bodies stuffed in barrels in the catacombs.]]

* InsistentTerminology: Rather, insistent pronunciation. Fang's name is pronounced ''fong'', but Britney and (in the bonus chapter) her friend Jen pronounce it as ''fang,'' like an animal's tooth.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Rick and the detective. She's depicted as being a young woman, in approximately her twenties or thirties; his data file in the previous game explicitly gave his birth year as 1952, putting him in his early sixties here.

* {{Prequel}}: The bonus chapter, which shows [[spoiler:the release of the Wrath of God]]. Unlike the bonus chapters of the other two games, this is not a story being told to the detective by someone who was there; it's unlikely the detective will ever learn most, if any, of the details presented.

* WhamShot: When the detective finds [[spoiler:Britney's corpse buried in the snow, she realizes that the "Britney" who has been helping her has been the Priest in disguise]]. This is immediately followed by a TapOnTheHead, and a WhamLine: "Useful as ever, Detective."

''The Shadow of Karkhala'', the final game, features Hamilton and the detective finishing their pursuit of the demonic preacher, searching for an old monastery in snow-capped mountains to stop his bid for world domination.

* RewatchBonus: The detective is ProperlyParanoid about people watching her through windows. Playing the game a second time helps make it clear that this is [[spoiler:almost certainly Hamilton. The rest of the townspeople are in the church and the Priest is injured and trapped in his underground cavern, so Hamilton is the only logical possibility. This also explains how he knows so much about her investigation - he's probably ''been'' watching her since she got to town, and is keeping an eye on her now to make sure she doesn't get hurt or captured again.]]

* TheUnreveal: It's never explained just why [[spoiler:Whitmarsh decided to spare the Ticket Seller]].

* TheDragon: The flying creature appears to be this for the Priest. [[spoiler: In truth, this is actually the "Wrath of God" mentioned in several clues, and it follows the Holy Flame, controlled through music.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: You can say that again. [[spoiler:It does end as happily as it can. Fang's family (and possibly the rest of her village) and the expedition members have all been killed by the Priest; but all of the Reapers have been destroyed, Asmodai is defeated forever, Raphael is free to return to heaven, Rick and the detective are alive and have become close friends, and Fang accepts the detective's invitation to come and live with her.]] CueTheSun.

* RewatchBonus: When the detective first meets Britney and Fang, Britney is having no luck at all coaxing the little girl down from the roof of a hut. Playing the game a second time, especially after playing the bonus chapter, the player realizes that [[spoiler:Fang probably knew that "Britney" wasn't really Britney at all. The Priest could magically adopt her appearance, but not her personality. The detective would have no way of knowing that "Britney's" behavior was OutOfCharacter, but Fang would; she just couldn't share that information with the detective while "Britney" was right there. The fever didn't help either, since by the time she was alone with the detective it had knocked the child unconscious.]]

* DamselInDistress: Kate, the missing girl in the first game; Becky, the little girl you find in the second; and Fang, the little girl you meet in the third.

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Emily Smith is this for Hamilton. He hunts and combats the preacher for over 30 years to get revenge for her death, and always keeps her picture with him in his case notebook.]]

* PixelHunt: When all else fails, it can help to move the pointer around and see if the pointer changes shape.

* IdiotBall: The bonus chapter hands this to [[spoiler:Emily Price. Yes, going by yourself to camp out in an abandoned and run-down house, in an unfamiliar town, without telling anyone you know where you're heading, sounds like a brilliant idea...]]

* AffectionateNickname: The detective has taken to addressing and referring to her partner as "Rick."

* ApocalypticLog: In the expedition encampment, the detective finds a recording made by one of the members of the expedition as he's dying, explaining what happened and where they can find the things he hid. The bonus chapter reveals that there were three members of the expedition not in the camp when the tragedy took place, so his message is likely meant for them. [[spoiler:He explicitly states that they've all been murdered by an unidentified man, contradicting Britney's earlier assessment that they were killed by the winged creature.]]
* ArcSymbol: A design made up of three spirals, representing eternity, appears frequently throughout this game.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Implied to be the reason that [[spoiler:the Priest disguises himself as Britney and pretends to befriend Fang, Rick, and the detective. He needs the detectives to work out how to reassemble the portal, and he needs Fang to open it once they do.]]

* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Maple Creek, in the two years since the detective was last there, has been abandoned by its occupants; a newspaper she finds under her car says that they fled in the wake of the horrible discoveries. They also made a point of burning the church before they left, and one of them even carved a message in the doorframe: "Burn in hell, preacher."

* TownWithADarkSecret: By the time the game begins it’s become evident that everything is completely messed up — by commentary you can see on some forums discussing the town in-game, it was like this long before the storm. The residents are described as polite, but odd. [[spoiler:The bonus chapter of the collector's edition reveals that the town has been under the Priest's spell for over 150 years.]]

* ApocalypticLog: In the expedition encampment, the detective finds a recording made by one of the members of the expedition as he's dying, telling an unnamed colleague what happened and where they can find the things he hid. [[spoiler:He explicitly states that they've all been murdered by an unidentified man, which contradicts Britney's earlier assessment that they were killed by the winged creature.]]

* CuteMute[=/=]TheSpeechless: Fang, the little girl in the Himalayan village.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Britney has been dead for a long time. The one you meet is really the Priest in disguise.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: You can say that again. [[spoiler:It does end as happily as it can. Fang's family (and possibly the rest of her village) and the expedition members have all been killed by the Priest; but all of the Reapers have been destroyed, Asmodai is defeated forever, Raphael is free to return to heaven, Rick and the detective are alive and have become close friends, and Fang accepts the detective's invitation to come and live with her.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: In the bonus story featuring Britney, we already know from the main story that [[spoiler: she gets killed by the Priest]].

* TheMaze: As in the previous installments, this game has two. One is the forest path leading from the detective's plane crash site to the village; the other is the snowy mountain path leading to the expedition's campsite.
* MeaningfulName: Fang (pronounced ''fong'') is a Chinese name meaning "virtuous." [[spoiler:She is the Holy Flame.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Rick and the detective seem to have fallen into this by the end of the game. Alternately, they may be forging a FamilyOfChoice [[spoiler:with Fang]]; some of their interactions suggest that he may see the detective as the daughter he never had.

* {{Prequel}}: The bonus chapter.

* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:The Wrath of God is a winged creature formed from the feathers lost by Raphael when he was fighting Asmodai, and thus the creature is effectively a reserve tank of Raphael's own power. This power has to be returned to Raphael so he has the strength to fight Asmodai one more time.]]

* DullSurprise: [[spoiler:Hamilton]] falls into this in the bonus chapter at least once. [[spoiler:The subtitles make it clear that he's shocked and horrified to discover his girlfriend's possessions in the abandoned cottage, but the voice acting makes him sound almost bored.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Not the Raven, but the Priest. The evil preacher gets exactly what he wants — to kill the last other disciple of Asmodai, and thus to become the most powerful.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The preacher has the ritual knife, and is about to become the disciple who will reincarnate Asmodai. But the Watchman, Becky, her parents, the detective, and Hamilton all get out relatively unscathed, and Ravenwood will never be able to harm anyone ever again.]]

** The demon Asmodai was named in a painting in ''Maple Creek''.

** When the detective opens the monastery gate to see [[spoiler:Britney]], she exclaims, "Are you trying to kill me?" - meaning that the new arrival has scared her half to death by appearing out of nowhere. The joking reply is, "Not yet."

* GottaCatchEmAll: Much like in the previous installment, the player is on the alert for morphing objects, white feathers, and little red and white flowers.

* HowWeGotHere: As the detective and Rick's plane goes down, the story flashes back to their return trip to Maple Creek to look for clues.

* UndyingLoyalty: The detective and Rick seems to have developed this for each other, as proven by the escape from the plane crash; he tries to convince her to go and save herself, and she refuses to leave him.

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* BraggingRightsReward: This game, unlike its predecessor, has a host of unlockable achievements to earn.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: You can say that again. [[spoiler:It does end happily, for the most part. Fang's family (and possibly the rest of her village) and the expedition members have all been killed by the Priest; but all of the Reapers have been destroyed, Asmodai is defeated forever, Raphael is freed from his sacrifice, Rick and the detective are alive and have become close friends, and Fang accepts the detective's invitation to come and live with her.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the detective opens the monastery gate to see Britney, in surprise she says, "Are you trying to kill me?" and Britney jokes, "Not yet."

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Rick and the detective. She's depicted as being a young woman, in approximately her twenties or thirties; his data file in the previous game explicitly gave his birth year as 1952, putting him well into his fifties here.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Rick and the detective seem to have fallen into this by the end of the game. Alternately, they may be forging a FamilyOfChoice [[spoiler:with Fang]]; some of their interactions suggest that he may see her as the daughter he never had.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Rick, in the opening scenes, blatantly admits that he's on one of these.
* TheSpeechless: Fang, the girl who gets rescued.

* {{Discontinuity}}: A mild example, but the games can't seem to decide whether the BigBad is called the Priest or the Preacher.

* FriendToAllChildren: If the detective's kindness toward Becky is any indication, she's this; she's very gentle with the child and repeatedly addresses her as "sweetheart."

* SealedEvilInACan: Asmodai, as the prisoner eventually reveals, is something like this. After his defeat by the archangel Raphael many centuries earlier, all that remained of him was a "trickle of his spirit" in the hearts of his twelve acolytes.

* BrandX: A supply list in the game includes, among other things, a pack of "Oneo's cookies".
* BreakTheCutie: Fang, as shown more clearly by her outgoing friendliness in the bonus chapter. By the end of the main plot she's lost [[spoiler: her friend Britney, her guardian spirit, her grandfather, her father, and her home. This is all on top of having the responsibility of being the Holy Flame thrust upon her so suddenly]]. Even the detective remarks on what a rough time she's having.

* TheDragon: The flying creature appears to be this for the Priest [[spoiler: but in truth it follows the Holy Flame, controlled through music]].

* InMediasRes: The story opens with the detective and Rick having already gotten a plane up to the mountain range, quickly transitioning to the crash.

* TimeSkip: This game takes less than two weeks after the previous one.

* AntiHero: [[spoiler:Private Investigator Hamilton, mostly in the first game]]. He's motivated primarily by revenge rather than justice, and his murderous intent conflicts with the main detective — but he shows numerous times that he's willing to help those in need, and only targets the cruel and unjust.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Asmodai is named after Asmodeus, the demon of lust (specifically, this one's practitioners appear to lust for power).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The twelve servants of Asmodai are only known, even to each other, by their assigned titles. The bonus chapter of ''Mists of Ravenwood'' reveals these titles in a clue: The Vulture, The Shadow, The Ruler, The Crow, The Monarch, The Warden, The Grief, The Devourer, The Cobra, The Raven, The Priest, and The Dread. [[spoiler:As of the time of the games, only the Priest and the Raven remain.]]

* GottaCatchEmAll: Much like in the previous installment, the player is on the alert for morphing objects and white feathers.
* HowWeGotHere: As the detective and Hamilton's plane goes down, the story flashes back to their return trip to Maple Creek to look for clues.
* InMediasRes: The story opens with the detective and Hamilton having already gotten a plane up to the mountain range, quickly transitioning to the crash.

* ChekhovsGun: The ritual dagger, [[spoiler:which Hamilton steals to use on the preacher. It's revealed in the second game that it's the only weapon that can kill a disciple of Asmodai, although this is also hinted in the bonus chapter of the first game.]]
* TheChessmaster: The Preacher shows himself to be this in all three games.

* {{Determinator}}: The detective protagonist. She refuses to escape from a case even when her safety is on the line until she has all the loose ends wrapped up, and continues to chase [[spoiler:the evil priest from Maple Creek]] for ''two years''.

* ImmortalityImmorality: [[spoiler:It's revealed in the second game that the priest from the first game and Whitmarsh from the second are granted immortality through their bond with the evil demon Asmodai, and they maintain that bond through ritual sacrifice of innocent people.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The twelve servants of Asmodai are only known, even to each other, by their assigned titles. The bonus chapter of ''Mists of Ravenwood'' reveals these titles in a clue: The Vulture, The Shadow, The Ruler, The Crow, The Monarch, The Warden, The Grief, The Devourer, The Cobra, The Raven, The Priest, and The Dread. [[spoiler:As of the time of the games, only two remain: The Priest and The Raven.]]

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The detective says this to [[spoiler:Hamilton, as he’s about to kill the preacher]]. This doesn’t do much to sway the man’s mind; killing the culprit had been his aim for at least thirty years.

* PetTheDog: Kate’s boyfriend tries to insist that the mysterious stranger, [[spoiler:really Detective Hamilton]], is a dangerous lunatic. The detective wonders why he would bother patching up the man’s wounds if he's so unconcerned with human life.

* TakeUpMySword: Seen in the bonus chapter. [[spoiler:The owner of the abandoned cottage had been on the trail of the preacher, more than a century before Hamilton finds his notes. He leaves behind everything he's collected, along with a letter urging whoever finds it to finish what he started, because if they found his documents then that means he failed to stop the preacher. Hamilton]] even lampshades the trope, wondering if he's meant to be the man's successor.
* TownWithADarkSecret: By the time the game begins it’s become evident that everything is completely messed up — by commentary you can see on some forums discussing the town in-game, it was like this long before the storm. The residents are described as polite, but odd. [[spoiler:The bonus chapter of the collector's edition reveals that the town has been under the minister's spell for over 150 years.]]

* MasterOfIllusion: How this game's villain attracts his victims. [[spoiler:Ravenwood Park was an abandoned park which he purchased, and he uses his powers to make it appear inviting when people are driving through the remote area. Once they're charmed by the seemingly beautiful park, he ensnares them with his tree.]]

* TheReveal: Near the end of the game, when the detective finishes assembling the relief lock on the prison door, she [[spoiler:discovers that her ally throughout the whole adventure has been the evil preacher she's been hunting]].

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Hamilton. In the first game, he was a revenge-focused, secretive hermit who locked Kate's boyfriend in a basement and tried to murder the preacher instead of apprehending him. Here, he rescues Becky, tries to rescue the detective, treats her like an old friend, and has even switched voice actors so that the deep, dark tone of his previous self has been replaced with a warmer, older sounding voice.]]

* BrandX: A supply list found in the sidequest includes, among other things, a pack of "Oneo's cookies".

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Britney has been dead for a long time. The one you meet is really the Preacher in disguise.]]
* TheDragon: The flying creature appears to be this for the Preacher [[spoiler: but in truth it follows the Holy Flame, controlled through music]].
* ForegoneConclusion: In the bonus story featuring Britney, we already know from the main story that [[spoiler: she gets killed by the Preacher]].

* HowWeGotHere: As the detective and Hamilton's plane goes down, the story flashes back to their return trip to Maple Creek looking for clues.

* InvoluntaryGroupSplit: Several cases, at the hands of the flying creature and ceiling collapses, for the most part.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The twelve servants of Asmodai are only known, even to each other, by their assigned titles. [[spoiler:As of the time of the games, only two remain: The Priest and The Raven.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: In the bonus chapter featuring the Ticket Seller as the protagonist, the player already knows that [[spoiler:she fails to save her friend and fiancé, and is enslaved by Whitmarsh by the end.]]

''Enigmatis'' is a series of games developed by Artifex Mundi and published by Creator/AvanquestSoftware; the first in the series released in Europe in 2012. It is available for a variety of platforms including, but not limited to, PC, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Xbox, and Blackberry. It chronicles the adventures of an unnamed female detective, who deals with supernatural foes, mystery, and death.

''The Shadow of Karkhala'', the third game, features Hamilton and the detective finishing their pursuit of the demonic preacher, searching for an old monastery in snow-capped mountains to stop his bid for world domination. This is the final game in the trilogy.

The gameplay is a mix between Point and Click, puzzle solving, and Hidden Object Games.

* ShapedLikeItself: When the detective first meets [[spoiler:Hamilton]], he greets her pleasantly and offers her, apropos of nothing, Polish sausage, adding that "It tastes... Polish."

* TheDragon: The giant raven ends up being one of these, having been summoned by [[spoiler:Whitmarsh]] to do their dirty work.

* PointAndClickMap: After the endless backtracking of the previous game, the developers included one this time.

''The Mists of Ravenwood'', the second game, begins two years after the last left off, with the detective following some leads along the west coast for investigation. As she’s driving through the woods, a mysterious creature nearly runs her off the road — straight to an abandoned and torn up camper, outside the gates to Park Ravenwood. She ends up embroiled in another set of strange disappearances, the activities of a bloodthirsty cult, and supernatural phenomenon.

* CliffHanger: The first two games end with [[spoiler:the evil preacher from Maple Creek escaping, with the second having an added bonus of hinting he's going to become the reincarnated demon of Asmodai.]]

* FairCop: The detective, any time the audience gets a good look at her in cutscenes, appears to be an attractive woman.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Both games feature these as part of demonic rituals to obtain power in honor of the demon Asmodai.]]

* EvilSoundsDeep: The BigBad has a deep, unsettling voice.

* ApocalypticLog: You can later discover Becky’s camera, recording the events that led up to her parents’ kidnapping.

** Similarly, the mention of the demon Asmodai, who was named in a painting that can be found in the same game.
** In the savaged camper in the very beginning of the game, you can find a painting of the lake-front cottage which [[spoiler:served as the evil preacher's hideout in the previous game]].

* CreepyCrows: In addition to the angry looking raven statues, the main monster is a very large ghostly raven.

* EnemyMine: Though she doesn't know it, the detective is working alongside [[spoiler:the priest from the first game, who has his own reasons to want to kill Whitman]].

* TemptingFate: The detective declares there are no such thing as monsters when Becky says so. Not three seconds later...

* TooGoodToBeTrue: The detective is immediately suspicious of the idealized version of Park Ravenwood because everyone is too cheerful and friendly.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"I lied to you, Detective. There are still two Reapers remaining."]]
* YouWillBeSpared: [[spoiler:The priest says this to the detective after she lets him out of his cage, citing not only her aid to him in this game but also her refusal to let Hamilton kill him in the previous one.]]

''The Ghosts of Maple Creek'', the first game, centers around a missing persons case in the eponymous Maple Creek. The story opens not with the investigation, but the detective being knocked unconscious and losing her memory halfway through it. She must find the pages that were ripped out of her notebook and piece together the clues she can find in town, as well as uncover the mystery of the townspeople’s strange behavior.

* FairCop: The detective — any time the audience gets a good look at her in cutscenes she shows herself to be fairly good looking.

* ContinuityNod: In the savaged camper in the very beginning of the game you can find a painting of the lake-front cottage that [[spoiler:the evil preacher was hiding out at.]]
* CallBack: The runes that show up in the doorways of the maze are the same you see in the finale of ''Maple Creek''. This can be helpful when interpreting them, and serves as foreshadowing.

* YouWillBeSpared: [[spoiler:The Priest says this to the detective after she lets him out of his cage, citing not only her aid to him in this game but also refusing to let Hamilton kill him in ''The Ghosts of Maple Creek''.]]

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* TheFaceless: While shots have been made of the detective's whole body and the back of her head, there's no shots of her face.

* CreepyCemetery: Just outside the church. [[spoiler:The creepiness is amped up when you learn that the mysterious tomb is the entrance to Kate's prison.]]

* MonumentalDamageResistance: The landmark tree, a beautiful large tree which is stated in-game to be at least 550 years old, is practically the only thing which isn't at least a little decayed or damaged.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The preacher has the ritual knife, and is about to become the disciple who will reincarnate Asmodai. But the Watchman, Becky, her parents, the detective, and Hamilton all get out relatively unscathed, and Ravenwood will no longer be able to harm anyone ever again.]]

* CuttingTheKnot: Lampshaded. When in need of a rope, the detective spies on tied to a post. She remarks that it's "tied with a [[ViewersAreGeniuses Gordian knot]], and there's no way I'm untying that." So she cuts it.

* EnemyMine: Though she doesn't know it, the detective is working alongside [[spoiler:the priest from the first game, who has his own reasons to kill Whitman]].

* ShoutOut:
** In the portrait of Becky and her family together, the mother has scrawled on the side, [[Film/CharliesAngels "Charlie and his angels ;)"]]
** The situation of a young female detective consulting a mysterious man with his own agenda locked inside a cell to help further her investigation is very reminiscent of Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs.
** In one of the hidden object scenes, you are required to find a red rose. As the only rose available is green, you have to [[Literature/AliceInWonderland paint it red. This is right next to a deck of cards.]]
* TemptingFate: The detective declares there are no such thing as monsters when Becky says so. Not three seconds later…
* TimeSkip: This game takes place two years after the second.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: The detective is immediately suspicious of the idealized version of park Ravenwood because everyone is too cheerful and friendly.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Hamilton. In the first game, he was a revenge focused, secretive hermit who locked Kate's boyfriend in a basement and tried to murder the preacher instead of taking him in. Here, he rescues Becky, tries to rescue the detective, treats her like an old friend, and has even switched voice actors so that the deep, dark tone of his previous self has been replaced with a warmer, older sounding voice.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Fang, as shown more clearly by her outgoing friendliness in the prequel side-story. By the end of the main plot she's lost [[spoiler: her friend Britney, her guardian spirit, her grandfather, her father, and her home. Not to mention having the responsibility of being Holy Flame thrust upon her so suddenly during all this]]. Even the detective remarks on what a rough time she's going through.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the detective opens the monastery gate to see Britney, in surprise she says "Are you trying to kill me?". Britney jokes "Not yet".

* ShoutOut: When Britney is trying to use a camera in the side story and it dies on her, she remarks, [[Franchise/StarWars "The lack of batteries is strong with this one."]]
* TheSpeechless: Fang, the girl you end up rescuing.

''Enigmatis'' is a series of games developed by Artifex Mundi and published by Creator/AvanquestSoftware; the first in the series released in Europe in 2012. It is available for a variety of platforms including, but not limited to, computer, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, and Blackberry. It chronicles the adventures of an unnamed female detective, dealing with supernatural foes, mystery, and death.

''The Ghosts of Maple Creek'', the first game, centers around a missing persons case in the eponymous Maple Creek. The story opens not with the investigation, but the detective being knocked unconscious and losing her memory halfway through it. She must find the pages ripped out of her notebook and piece together the clues she can find in town, as well as uncover the mystery of the townspeople’s strange behavior.

''The Mists of Ravenwood'', the second game, begins two years after the last left off, the detective following some leads along the west coast for investigation. As she’s driving through the woods, a mysterious creature nearly runs her off the road — straight to an abandoned and torn up camper, outside the gates to Park Ravenwood. She ends up embroiled in another set of strange disappearances, the activities of a bloodthirsty cult, and supernatural phenomenon.

''The Shadow of Karkhala'', the third game, features Hamilton and the detective finishing their pursuit of the demonic preacher, searching for an old monastery in snow-capped mountains to stop his bid for world domination. The final game in the trilogy.

''Enigmatis'' is a series of games developed by Artifex Mundi and published by Creator/AvanquestSoftware, the first in the series released in Europe in 2012. It is available for a variety of platforms including, but not limited to, computer, iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, and Blackberry. It chronicles the adventures of an unnamed female detective, dealing with supernatural foes, mystery, and death.

* ChekhovsGun: The ritual dagger, [[spoiler:which Hamilton steals to kill the preacher with. It's revealed in the second game that it's the only weapon that can kill a disciple of Asmodai.]]

* DamselInDistress: Kate, the missing girl in the first game, Becky, the little girl you find in the second, and Fang, the little girl you meet in the third.

* JumpScare: At least one or two per game. For example [[spoiler:there’s the dead body you find in the basement of the boarding house in ''Maple Creek'', and then the skeleton hand that falls out of the brick in the maze in ''Ravenwood''.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Asmodai. Named after Asmodeus, the demon of lust (specifically, this one's practitioners appear to lust for power.)
* PeekABooCorpse: Standard practice. In particular there’s [[spoiler:all of the dead women shoved under the floorboards of the chapel]], and [[spoiler:the rotten bodies stuffed in barrels in the catacombs.]]

* BlatantLies: The sign into Maple Creek describes it as "Your Four Season Paradise". Lampshaded by the detective, who notes it sounds almost sarcastic.

* EasyAmnesia: Our detective wakes up in the beginning of the game without any knowledge of her investigation prior to being knocked unconscious.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When first heading downstairs in the Boarding House and flipping out the light switch, it brightens enough to show the form of [[spoiler:a dead body that you get to see in more detail later when you fix the lights]]. This is so brief that you only get the hint of a glimpse of it.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The man who breaks into the detective’s room early on, and later [[spoiler:all the citizens in Maple Creek]]. While their behavior isn’t necessarily dangerous, it is frightening and [[spoiler:indicates they’ve become mindless puppets to the preacher’s will.]]
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The detective says this to [[spoiler:Hamilton, as he’s about to kill the preacher]]. This doesn’t do much to sway the man’s mind—killing the culprit had been his aim for at least thirty years.

* PetTheDog: Kate’s boyfriend tries to insist that the mysterious stranger, [[spoiler:really detective Hamilton]], is a dangerous lunatic. The detective wonders why he would bother patching up the man’s wounds if he was so unconcerned with human life.
* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler:The true culprit behind the disappearances and the strange behavior of the townspeople. He used dark magic to suck their life force and keep himself alive, brainwashing them into his servants.]]
* TownWithADarkSecret: By the time the game begins it’s become evident that everything is completely messed up — by commentary you can see on some forums discussing the town in-game it was like this before the storm. Nice, but strange behavior from the residents.

* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Hamilton]]. "Always be suspicious of someone who 'wants to show you something interesting'."