<s>
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2006	O
adventure	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Collective	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
2K	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
opened	O
in	O
theaters	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
directly	O
on	O
the	O
2003	O
novel	B-Application
by	O
Dan	O
Brown	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
some	O
critics	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
fidelity	O
to	O
its	O
source	O
material	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
criticized	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure/puzzle	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
book	O
and	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
is	O
to	O
locate	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
involves	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
aspects	O
;	O
searching	O
,	O
melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
and	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
is	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
phases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
phase	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
approaches	O
an	O
enemy	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
punch	O
them	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
most	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
museum	O
,	O
Fache	O
shows	O
Langdon	O
that	O
before	O
he	O
died	O
,	O
Saunière	O
wrote	O
a	O
numeric	O
cipher	B-Application
and	O
a	O
message	O
,	O
"	O
O	O
Draconian	O
Devil	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
blacklight	B-Application
ink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Sophie	O
Neveu	O
(	O
Jennifer	O
Hale	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
cryptography	O
department	O
arrives	O
,	O
explaining	O
the	O
cipher	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Fibonacci	B-Algorithm
sequence	I-Algorithm
,	O
although	O
the	O
numbers	O
are	O
out	O
of	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
believes	O
that	O
Saunière	O
included	O
the	O
numerical	O
cipher	B-Application
in	O
the	O
message	O
to	O
insure	O
her	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
deciphers	O
"	O
Draconian	O
Devil	O
"	O
as	O
"	O
Leonardo	B-Application
da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
Oh	O
Lame	O
Saint	O
"	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Mona	O
Lisa	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Mona	O
Lisa	O
,	O
they	O
find	O
a	O
substitution	O
cipher	B-Application
written	O
in	O
black	O
light	O
ink	O
on	O
the	O
glass	O
around	O
the	O
painting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
heads	O
into	O
the	O
crypt	B-Algorithm
,	O
where	O
he	O
finds	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
Priory	O
Grand	O
Masters	O
,	O
discovering	O
Saunière	O
was	O
the	O
current	O
Master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
head	O
to	O
Château	O
Villette	O
,	O
the	O
residence	O
of	O
Sir	O
Leigh	O
Teabing	O
(	O
Greg	O
Ellis	O
)	O
,	O
Langdon	O
's	O
friend	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
foremost	O
experts	O
on	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teabing	O
explains	O
that	O
the	O
chalice	O
that	O
held	O
the	O
blood	O
of	O
Christ	O
,	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
of	O
legend	O
,	O
was	O
Mary	O
herself	O
,	O
as	O
she	O
was	O
pregnant	O
with	O
Jesus	O
 '	O
child	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Struggle	O
System	O
"	O
melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
mode	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
,	O
as	O
were	O
the	O
various	O
locations	O
and	O
the	O
recreations	O
of	O
real	O
works	O
of	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
revealed	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
include	O
levels	O
and	O
locations	O
not	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
novel	B-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
would	O
adhere	O
to	O
Brown	O
's	O
overall	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Douglass	O
C	O
.	O
Perry	O
wrote	O
of	O
the	O
demo	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
demoed	O
well	O
,	O
with	O
clean	O
sharp	O
graphics	O
for	O
the	O
current	B-Application
gen	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
offering	O
interesting	O
dialog	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
premise	O
that	O
stands	O
out	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
adventure	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
rage	O
for	O
everything	O
next-gen	B-Application
these	O
days	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
ordinarily	O
would	O
smack	O
of	O
movie-license	O
dog	O
food	O
,	O
instead	O
is	O
a	O
refreshing	O
re-thinking	O
on	O
the	O
rather	O
worn	O
adventure	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
two-part	O
mobile	O
phone	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
novel	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Kayak	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Quest	O
Begins	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
prior	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
adaptation	O
took	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
puzzle	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
mobile	O
game	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
3D	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2006	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
music	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
video	O
game	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Winifred	O
Phillips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
across	O
all	O
three	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
holds	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
54	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
forty-three	O
reviews	O
,	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
52	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
thirty-four	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
53	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
twenty-five	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
highly	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
videogame	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
captures	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
intrigue	O
from	O
the	O
best-selling	O
novel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
's	O
David	O
Chapman	O
scored	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	O
versions	O
2	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
poor	O
presentation	O
and	O
frustrating	O
combat	O
system	O
make	O
the	O
mystery	O
behind	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
one	O
that	O
most	O
gamers	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
off	O
leaving	O
unsolved.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Revolution	O
's	O
JP	O
Hurh	O
gave	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
a	O
D	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
"	O
multitude	O
of	O
glitches	O
and	O
unintuitive	O
programming	O
missteps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
also	O
highly	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
AI	B-Application
and	O
the	O
melee	B-Application
combat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
critics	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
writing	O
"	O
the	O
real	O
problem	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
really	O
know	O
who	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
captured	O
the	O
tone	O
of	O
the	O
novel	B-Application
well	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
"	O
The	O
Collective	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
over-egged	O
the	O
pudding	O
a	O
little	O
,	O
putting	O
far	O
too	O
much	O
needless	O
emphasis	O
on	O
repetitive	O
and	O
increasingly	O
tedious	O
action	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
detriment	O
of	O
the	O
already	O
unpolished	O
adventuring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
positively	O
,	O
GameSpots	O
Greg	O
Mueller	O
enjoyed	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
challenging	O
and	O
varied	O
gameplay	O
experience	O
that	O
will	O
satisfy	O
the	O
amateur	O
cryptographer	O
in	O
everyone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
integrity	O
to	O
the	O
novel	B-Application
,	O
but	O
,	O
like	O
most	O
critics	O
,	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
combat	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
biggest	O
fault	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
Code	I-Application
is	O
the	O
overall	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	O
News	O
 '	O
Jonathan	O
Fildes	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
frustrating	O
movie	O
tie-in	O
,	O
with	O
endless	O
cutscenes	O
and	O
patchy	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
