Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome Collector's Edition

I remember playing this game (as well as the ghosts of maple creek also available on steam) on my kindle fire when I was probably 10 years old. I had the free demo, so I only experienced the very beginning of the game. Now that I'm older, I wanted to find the game again to finish it. I was really excited to see it on steam, and even more excited to see the ending. Aside from it's aged graphics, I think it's a really solid hidden object/puzzle game and I definitely recommend it.

a big thumbs up - a fabulous game i could not see the point of hints they did not help only the map to let you know about remaining puzzle and hog games and locked areas and you need the map to trace your way through i love this sort of genre but you cant just press a button to know where to go next you need to remember thats what makes it so awesome

Great game, chill puzzles, diverse difficulty levels! Never felt bored nor overwhelmed.

Just... don't bother. It's not really worth even the 1€ I paid for it to scratch the itch for these kinds of casual adventure games. Is short: - The villain is badly written, and not even in the funny kind of bad, but just annoying bad. - The puzzles are mostly tedium. - The heavy breathing sound effect of the main character gets old really fast. - The narrative is low-key brain dead and the ending is unsatisfactory - and the ending of the bonus chapter even more so. - As an icing on the cake the wide screen -setting is borked, so you're either playing in stretched full screen - that's fun - or in a really small window, struggling to spot the important details. Spend your money elsewhere.

Okayish HOG that's a bit worse than it's sequel. It has voice-acting and animated scenes. It's flaws are the non-functional hint system and minimap, times where you're not sure what to do, some crashes on SteamOS, and tedious minigames. Good thing it comes with an in-game walkthrough.

It is an excellent point and click game that holds up very well despite being 13 years old! I love that there is no talking with characters and endless dialogue trees to get through and that the protagonist is silent through the game. Intriguing story, fun puzzles and a huge amount of content. The house quickly expands and soon you have a huge maze to navigate through. It is very straight forward with its logic and I like that, it makes it solvable, and the map is a nice support. Good hint system and explanation of puzzles if you get stuck. Highly recommend!

the puzzles were fun and not too terribly difficult. the art is beautiful and the atmosphere was more kinda creepy than horror. not a complaint!

I played this game years ago and made a note that I loved it. Well, time has opened my eyes and I can no longer recommend this game. I just quit late game and uninstalled because it was so tedious. No jump map, no indicators of where puzzles that you can currently solve are (it shows puzzles on the map, but which one do you have the item for right now? No one knows!). That wouldn't be so bad if the map weren't absolutely huge and labyrinthian. I spent more time wandering around trying to find things than I care to admit. Also, some of the puzzles and details are just too small for my older eyes to make out at this point. I didn't encounter the game breaking bug, but then again, I quit before the end (though I was almost done, I believe). Two thumbs down on this one in 2026.

s'alright

Игра классная, красивая и атмосферная (за эффект кинопленки отдельная благодарность). Сюжет хорош, нелогичности в применениях предметов не заметил. Еще мне понравилась карта, с её обозначениями (значок зоны поиска предметов просто спасает). Но есть 2 нюанса, которые мне не очень понравились: 1. Иногда попадаются странные головоломки - по типу, просто скопировать рисунок просто перетаскивая квадраты (в чем сложность этой задачки я так и не понял); 2. Малое количество возможных действий в локациях (комнатах) или вовсе их бессмысленность. В большинстве комнат можно взять 1-2 предмета и сделать 1 (иногда 2) действия и всё - дальше эти места пустуют и ни для чего не нужны, только растягивают перемещение между комнатами. Ещё я не понимаю строение дома по карте, но это не особо то и важно. Игра мне очень понравилась (несмотря на нюансы). Определенно рекомендую к прохождению.