Monet and the Mystery of the Orangery

Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery is an adventure game with an historical plot : you are a young architect chosen by the French government to oversee the restoration of the Orangery. But since money and profits are more important than art, your worst opponent will be Celeon Derek, an oil-well project backer, aiming to destroy the Orangery.

Find clues, speak to everyone, and at least defeat Celeon Derek's plans. Travel from Le Havre port to Paris, visit Rouen and the house and gardens of Monet in Giverny. Monet's paintings are the scenes of the game, for the first time rendered in 3D. After installing the game, you will have first to train the combined use of the keyboard and mouse.

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The title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
The first time the game is played the player runs through what is effectively a short tutorial. Here they meet Monet and must find his glasses which he left on a boat in the garden (Windows) from mobygames.com
During the short tutorial Monet asks the player for their name (Windows) from mobygames.com
The graphics are better than the screenshots show, they are very much in the style of Monet (Windows) from mobygames.com
Monet's famous bridge. Shouldn't there be water-lilies? (Windows) from mobygames.com
This is virtually the end of the tutorial. The SPACEBAR brings up the inventory where objects, in this case Monet's glasses, are kept (Windows) from mobygames.com
The main menu
The PRACTICE option replays the tutorial
Settings only allows the volume of the sound to be adjusted (Windows) from mobygames.com
The start of the game. The story is quickly outlined in a series of newspaper headlines. We play the young architect who will redevelop the Oragnerie (Windows) from mobygames.com
This is the baddie. He wants to demolish the Orangerie and drill for oil (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game starts in Le Harvre. We've just docked and the captain insists on talking to us. Such scenes cannot be skipped. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The town dignitary greets us and gives us Monet's business card. The first task is to find a telephone and call him (Windows) from mobygames.com
This is the port of Le Harvre. The developers have cleverly worked some of Monet's paintings into the game, this sunset is one of them. It appears later in the game's gallery (Windows) from mobygames.com
This symbol means we've found a door we can open but we don't have the key (Windows) from mobygames.com
It's a bomb. Told you Celeon Derek was a baddie! (Windows) from mobygames.com
The newspaper trick that started the story is also used to end it (Windows) from mobygames.com
The save game screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
As the player progresses they unlock some of Monet's paintings. These can be examined closer and in full-screen mode (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
2000

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Investigative

Graphic Style:
3D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

Other Tags:
Educational Historical