Check out the 12th Carol Reed game - Profound Red.
Coming January 2017.

MaG! THanks for the news!

Ana

Wonderful news!! Thank you for letting us know. A new Carol Reed game is always something to look forward to.

Yes! Can't wait to explore Sweden again!

Happy New Year!

Thanks, MaG. That's great news. I'm ready now.

Thanks, MaG!

Mikael, will it be in Steam? Or direct download from MDNA only?

Something to look forward to in the New Year. Great News!

Super news, Thanks MaG.

yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Mikael is the man!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for that fanTAStic news, MaG

Really interesting storyline for this game. I am intrigued.

This is great news MaG !! Thank you !!

Iurii, I don't know about Steam yet.

I am ready, love Carol Reed games!!

Looks great.
I look forward to playing.
Thank you for continuing this series, Mikael.

Could not come at a better time unless the release date was yesterday.

I am so looking forward to a new Carol Reed! No new Nancy Drew, No Syberia 3, No Delaware St John. My favorite adventure games are nowhere to be seen. So happy we will soon get to go back to Sweden soon!

Thanks, Mikael! I hope it would make it to Steam.

This is truly the very 'best-est' news!
Thank you Mikael. ~Carolyn

Such exciting news! I will be looking forward to play the game in the new year.

Marie

I'm working on a review right now and you will be happy to know it's worth the wait.

I didn't know it was out yet. Where did you get yours from Oldmariner, it doesn't seem to be available on the MDNA web site.

Greyfuss,

It's a review copy. The release is next month. There is still some ongoing changes being done.

Thanks MaG, I thought I had missed the announcement. My MDNA "BUY" button is ready to be clicked

I am really looking forward to this game. Thank you for the review.

Looking forward to the game and your review oldmariner. Figured it would be worth the wait.

"Looking forward to the game and your review oldmariner."
Me, too !!

great news, Ihave all Carol Reed games and love them very much.

I have never played a carol reed game. maybe I should try one out. Dianne.

This is great news for the New Year, thank you Mikael.

I've been playing Shades of Black for the last couple of days and am finding it thoroughly engrossing.

Glad you are enjoying it, Marian!

Hey Mikael

Its January and I went to buy the game and...nope, not for sale yet.....just looked again, nope...how about now.....now... can you tell I am excited to play Profound Red

I'm ready too! Let's go!

Sunday.

That sounds wonderful, Mikael, thank you !!

Thank you for putting us out of our misery, Mikael - Sunday it is!

Can't wait to visit Carol Reed again.

Thank you!

Thanks, Mikael!

Great News !!

Is the game coming out today?

I thought it was suppose to but when I click on the "BUY" button there is nothing

I sent Mikael an email, he wrote back saying it will be released later today. I am EST and it is almost 11:00 a.m. now.

Yes, I was so disappointed! They kept saying on Sunday. Someone please. Is it today?

Oh! I just read the latest message. It will be sometime today! I'll keep checking . Thanks!

It's only 10am CST. Lots of Sunday left yet!

Its live!!!

Thanks Mikael, my order is in

in my country (The Netherlands) it's 5 Ó'clock in the afternoon, so we have to wait. maybe late in the evening.

Its out now Margaret http://www.mdna-games.com/

Mikael alerted us that the game is now released. Have fun!

The buy button isn't working for me - it just shows the same thing that it did yesterday. I will be patient.

Try refreshing your Browser or emptying your cache.

Yes, I refreshed my browser, but am now going to clear my cache.

Clearing the cache worked - my order has been placed.

I hope you enjoy the game, GreyFuss.

I just bought it. What happens next? do we get an e mail with a download link?--just asking

Doreen

High Definition Sweden...I know I will

yes I got the email from Mikael too. thanks Mikael.

Yes, he will send you an email with the link to download. I usually get mine pretty quick. They just have to confirm your payment method. I emptied everything and just put my order in.

I probably sound like a dummy. But how do you refresh and clean out your cache? I am using Firefox browser. Thanks!

Bought it and just waiting for the download email now

got the download e mail. Thank you Mikael!

Doreen

Hello,
I also received a e-mail from Mikael. can't wait to play it.

thank you

Kathy

Penny, In Firefox you can press CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE to clear your history, select 'Everything' from the timerange drop down and make sure 'Cache' is selected in the 'Details' list then click 'Clear Now'

You should then be able to return to the 'Buy' page:
http://www.mdna-games.com/Profound/buy.htm

and there will be a link to the purchase page:
http://www.mdna-games.com/Profound/buy_dig.htm

Cheers, Krispi

Thank you for your help, Krispi.

Purchased and waiting.

Purchased, downloaded and burned to disk !!

I am playing a mini-game at the beginning of Profound Red - I am seeing how many adventure game titles/boxes I can spot on the shelves! It's lots of fun.

Hi Marian! I did as you instructed and it worked! Now if ever I have to clear my cache I'll know what to do! Thanks so much! Now I'm just waiting for Mikael's email!

Enjoy the game! And Krispi supplied the instructions - I was working on a post for you when Krispi kindly answered your question.

Oh! Thank you Krispi! I got my download from Mikael just now. I'm rarin' to go!

Bought

I got my copy today !!

Congrats Mikael - it's another winner !!

Its been 6 hrs and still waiting for my download :(

Dawn,

Please check your spam folder. It might have be placed there.

I wrote to them I just received it

Enjoy the game.

Got the download and burned my disc, ready to start playing. I really appreciate being able to burn the game to a disc, I really like having a physical copy. Thank you Mikael.

I'm loving the game so far. And I like the way one of the guitars plays a little bit of a Carol Reed theme.

I like that guitar too Marian.

I didn't think I'd be starting the game today but I played for just under 2 hours.

Just paid. Looking forward very much to playing this.

Just got my e mail and paid!! Soooooooooooo looking forward to this game.

Thank you Mikael.

I bought the game and downloaded Sunday.

I just bought the game, waiting on the email.

I'm not sure if I've ever played a Carol Reed game, can these be played in any order , or do you lose something if you do it that way? In otherwords, if I start with this game, will I be missing some important info from a prior game?

Thanks,
Louis

They can be played in any order. There are, however, some recurring characters within the games and an occasional reference to a previous game, so if that would bother you, I would start at the beginning and go from there.

Mikael (the developer) says in a lot of the game descriptions that it is not necessary to have played previous games in order to enjoy whatever particular game you are thinking of playing.

actually, looking at the screen shots, I believe I have played Remedy, but I don't really remember much about it. Maybe I should just do them in order after that, or is there one in the series that really stands out?

I think we all have different favourites in the series, so hard to answer. I like some more than others, but I enjoy playing them in order anyway. It's not just about the characters but also watching how the games develops and get improved one after the other. So for me I see them all together and wouldn't want to separate them, but that's me.

I really like the early games, so I would recommend playing them in order. The latest one is my favourite right now though. The story was very well written I felt. So it all depends of what kind of gamer you are I suppose. Hope you enjoy whatever one you try!

I really enjoyed playing this game. I recommend it to everyone.

Nice to see you, Jackie. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the game. I'm having a great time with it.

I enjoyed the game as well!

I just purchased this game and received an email notification that I had. However, I don't see anywhere to download it. I sent Mikael an email asking about this a few minutes ago.

Thanks for any help.

Laurette, Mikael will send you an email with the download link after you have paid for the game. His website says you will receive that email within 12 hours, but I have never had to wait anywhere near that long for it. Sometimes I wonder if/when Mikael ever sleeps.

Got mine the day... the minute after I received the email from Mikael! I, too, can't wait to visit Sweden again.

Thanks, Marian.

Just finished. Another good game Mikael. Thank you and keep them coming!

Mikael - I just finished Profound Red ! This was another winner Mikael !! i hope the next one will come soon - Don't change a thing ! It's a superb series.

I just finished the game too - and WAY before I was ready to stop playing So I hope you are already working on the next one for us
Thank you so much, Mikael, for another very enjoyable visit to Carol and Sweden

I just finished Hope Springs Eternal, good game and not too long. I did need to resort to a walk thru for a few puzzles, but was mostly able to solve them on my own. I like the artwork, but there are a lot of scenes with no interaction available, more so than most other games I've played.

Do the later games in the series, including "Profound Red" use the same 'game engine' with the same look & feel? One thing I would have liked is for video when speaking to characters in the game, as opposed to just still photos with voice overs.

Thanks!

All Carol Reed games are a photograph tour of interesting places in Sweden. They all have the as you say: "same look and feel". The storyline (historical and unique) and mystery combined with the tour make the Carol Reed games what it is.

I have played all the Carol Reed games, nolalou, and that "sameness" is definitely part of the charm for me

Actually they aren't the same look, if you take what Nolalou just played, Hope Springs Eternal" has not the same look as the later games. The first Carol Reed games used a water color type filter that gradually, as new games were released, started to fade out (thankfully) until they are now beautiful actual HD photographs. The water color filters in the first several games is why I didn't get into the Carol Reed games because it drove my eyes bonkers but may or may not have been used because of the technology of that time. Each game after Remedy and Hope Springs Eternal gradually used less and less of the effect until, I believe, it was Black Circle that completely eliminated it and we were treated to the wonderful talent of Mikaels photography. It wasn't until Black Circle that I fell in love with Carol Reed and have played every game since, including the previous games and after already finishing Profound Red I am anxiously looking forward to Carols next Mystery.

Well the photos themselves may not be exactly the same type throughout the series, GreyFuss, but for me the game format as a whole has remained the same - and I like it

Another Profound Red review has been posted:

Profound Red review

Mad when I was reviewing the game I e-mailed Mikael with a question or two. In our discussions I learned the photos used in the game were taken by Mikael. I have to say he has a great photographic eye.

About the transition of these games over the years in terms of their appearance, here is an excerpt from an interview that Mikael did with Adventure Gamers:

Thank you Marion

Thanks from me, too

Just finished playing this. What a corker!

I loved the varied environments and would like to know more about them in real life, especially Mercury Street which is so evocative. I wish MDNA had a website which amplified information about the settings of the game.

When the credits rolled at the end I realised the club had a real life existence. In-game exploration of this was a real eye opener!

For the first time also I paid proper attention to the credit roll and got to see what Carol looks like and indeed what Mikael looks like.

I found all this background info extremely interesting and would like to know more.

Not that it answers any question you had, but I was with Mikael at Mercury Street when he was photographing, and took pictures of my own. Those won't be in my, hopefully-sometimes-soon-to-be-released game, but in the next I will use the same location.

And now you know what I look like as well (Kim).

I know that I look biased (spelling?), but this game was my favourite. The story was

A Star is born!


I really missed going to in Profound Red. I also think I missed the relevance of the title in the game although thats not new with me.

I didn't get the title either!

Indeed.

I miss the hammock GreyFuss. I enjoyed relaxing in it.

I'm happy that you like the game! Thank you for all the kind words.

There is no specific meaning to the title. It's just that there is a lot of red in the game, and that we've used colours in several previous titles. And it's supposed to be sort of a hommage to italian director Dario Argento's film "Profondo Rosso" (who also uses the title without any specific meaning).

BUT, I recently read a Russian review of the game, where the reviewer said that it was "obvious" that the title referred to the different shades of red appearing in the game, especially in the club scenes. So, I guess it's up to the player.

The allotment was not mine, but my wife's. She's sold it now. That's not a problem however, since Carol has sold her allotment too, to buy a summer house instead. It's very likely that it will appear in the next game.

I might create a web site that covers all the locations used in the games when I retire. There are several places that don't exist anymore, so it could also have a historical value for people that haven't played the games.

Mercury Street is shot in a small (almost) abandoned village called Bjornhammar. I found this video on YouTube from an Urban Explorer who has filmed the place. In real life, it's (quite ironically) called "Happy Street".

Thanks Mikael for the background info. Not to hurry your retirement but I am anxious to see a web site of everything Carol. A new summer house for you and the wife (plus Carol) that sounds exciting and I can't wait to see how you incorporate it into Carols future mysteries.

Very interesting Mikael!

Kim, glad you "outed yourself"! I was tempted to post how awesome it was to have you in the game, but was waiting for you to say something!

Ana

Great info, Mikael. And I'm so glad to hear that there will be another Carol Reed game!

Yes. Thank you Mikael for the extra bits of news AND for confirming there is to be another game in the series

But retirement is surely a VERY long way off ????

If only because we won't allow it !!!!