Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher Collector's Edition
Разработчик: AMAX Interactive
Описание
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. The Collector’s Edition includes:
Play the bonus game to uncover more mysteries
Use the available Strategy Guide
Earn Achievements
Purchase collectible items for your exam room
Get wallpapers, soundtracks, and concept art
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Processor: 1.6 GHz
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 682 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
While I didn't care for more supernatural angle this game took compared to other titles in the series, it was still a lot of fun to play. Clearly, the developers put a lot of effort into creating this one as evident by strong plot and creative puzzles.
7/10
The first game of the Edgar Allen Poe Dark Tales series that is actually pretty good. The others weren't awful and they were playable, but they didn't have maps, didn't have normal HO puzzles, and very few minigames. This game has great HO puzzles, fun minigames, and a map with fast travel (all things every casual game MUST have to be a success). Unfortunately, the voice actors are still horrendous and their awfulness is particularly egregious in this game because Poe himself makes an appearance in the game and reads from some of his work (including The Raven). The "actor" who plays him reads it as though he's narrating Monday Night Football. He has this dumb@ss cadence to his voice that is so offensive to the ear, I had to turn the volume down and just read what was being said. We are talking about one of the greatest American writers and the guy voicing him behaves as though he thinks Poe is a Backstreet Boy. Nonetheless, this is a decent game.
This series seems to follow the plots of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. Of course, with you and a Detective involved. This one, you have to find one of a set of twins, who appear to suffer from some sort of curse that allows each to feel what the other is going through.
HO scenes are fun, minigames challenging, and the plot engaging. Recommend in the bundle, just for ease of purchase.
lots of puzzles and hidden objects to go with the story
It's a fairly decent HOG based on the famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher." Of course, there's a lot of liberty taken with how the story plays out, especially given the locations you visit. However, it's not a bad game overall. I've played a lot of hidden object games...probably dozens at this point, so I feel I can point out some of the positives of this specific one.
Since this is the Collector's Edition, you get a "bonus chapter/game" (Not really a chapter like most other collector's editions. This one has you analyzing some evidence from an unrelated crime to find out who the culprit is. Hold up if you think this sounds good because it's not as good as it sounds. I'll explain in a bit). You also get wallpapers, music, the cinematics, achievements (that don't matter for Steam at all since they don't count on here), and a strategy guide.
The map is a decent feature. I've seen better in other games, but since there's a lot of backtracking, you will want to use the map since it can allow you to jump to areas where there are things you can do. Teleporting on the map helps a lot in games like this where you're stuck going back and forth repeatedly over the same areas.
Now, for that bonus chapter/game I mentioned above. As you play the normal game, you have to find these model houses in the game scenes, click on them to get a minigame where you use a magnifying glass to find coins, and use those coins to buy gear for your forensics lab. I know you think this probably sounds cool, but it's not as cool as you'd think. I was pretty sure I got every house and every coin in the game and still was missing like 40 coins to have my lab completely outfitted, which meant I couldn't access the bonus game...without replaying the entire game and looking for houses I might've missed. No thanks. That's absolutely not fun and not okay with me. It pissed me off so much I almost didn't recommend the game at all. As it is, I'm just warning anyone who wants to play the game to look for those collectible coins in the houses and check the strategy guide often to make sure you aren't missing anything.
The HOG's were not that great. I did appreciate the ones where you had to do extra steps to find an item, but overall, there were a few of these HOG's that didn't seem to make a lot of sense (like finding all the tiny pieces to make a shovel or all the miniature pieces to make a well-shaped figurine). Not enjoyable. I've seen games do HOG's much better than this one did.
Minigames ran the gamut from extremely easy to "what the heck is this even supposed to be doing again?" At least some of these minigames were unique, compared to other games in this genre.
But, the biggest irritation for the game (aside from the coin issue I already mentioned) was the ending. It is abrupt...it's like, "This is what you do.." You do it and the credits roll. There's nothing much to it. Not much of an ending, to be honest.
But, it's not a bad game. It's just not a game I want to play again just so I can have all the coins to access the "bonus game" that shouldn't (in my opinion) have required this to be able to be played. It's either a bonus you're getting for buying the game...or it's not. I don't feel it was fairly set up personally.
Otherwise, it's an okay game for the genre and not a bad way to spend a few hours. Mainly play the game if you really love HOG's and like Poe's work. Otherwise, find a different HOG that might be less annoying in the long run.
This is a very good Hidden Object game
I have always been a fan of Edgar Allan Poe Stories, It is very difficult at this time with the pandemic to take your mind of the worries of each day. I am 49 years old and take comfort that there is games that have a story and puzzles and easy to hard difficulties. For those adult gamers it is worth paying for some break from reality.
Very good hidden object game. There were unusual mini-games and unusual hidden object scenes. Without giving spoilers, it had one unusual game play element to give some variety. It has a bonus game at the end, and a little side game based on collections. The story was good or at least okay (I don't care that much about stories).
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | AMAX Interactive |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 100% положительных (8) |