Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Collector's Edition

Pros - Visually it was appealing. The world was vibrant and colorful. The artwork and detail on even the keys in the game were very well done. The puzzles were not crazy hard and there is an I'll complete this for you button, which is good when your just feeling it's taking too long. For more of a challenge there is also difficulty settings for replay value. I like the search a room objectives because it makes me think of those highlights for children's books I used to enjoy as a kid. I think the best thing this game does is it has a travel option where it shows on the map what rooms you still have objectives to do in and you can quick travel to any room on the map which saves quite a bit of time. So as a base they have a lot of solid stuff here play wise. Cons- The story I wasn't really pulled into, and for a character that looked like Ariel she didn't seem very interesting or developed as a character at all. It lacked substance. They added another fairy tale character in the game that felt odd and almost random like lets see how we can fit this guy in the story as if on a dare. The music I do not even remember and I just played through it a night or two ago... did it have music? I think the big issue I had was the achievements. They have achievements but there are none for steam, so it feels empty and yet you have the urge to complete them anyway... Also too if you beat the game and try to go back into that game it would not let me. I think it should let you spawn right before the ending if you wanted to go back into that world. Maybe it is best the achievements are gone on steam if they were going to do that. Also too I deleted the file since it would not let me back in the game and all the achievements and parable progress was gone as well as access to the mini game which I did not get to try. I just keep thinking of this one achievement to collect all these moons and I nearly had them all but ended up beating the game without realizing I could not go back in the game again. For some reason also too I did not get the achievement for beating it under 5 hours so I guess the achievements are wonky as well even if they do not matter. If this is the collectors edition with no saving achievements then it is not complete. The game needed a bit more tweaking, or at least a warning on how the files work for me to feel it was a collectors addition version. I am thankful at least that I bought it on sale, because even at a discount I feel other games I bought at a much cheaper price point I got more satisfaction out of. So to sum it up the game cannot rest on being pretty at a higher price point then other games with a lot more substance at a cheaper one. Pretty.... but kinda smells like fish. ^_~

Ok, this is considered a grandma game, and I might be considered lame for liking HOGs but this is a good one. Amazing art style, immersive music, ok story, fun puzzles and decent new features. I have a lot of criticisms tho. The king's voice acting is total ♥♥♥♥, the game itself isn't that long, the only way you can start a new game is by making another profile in the game which makes you lose all the features and achievements you've earned in your other account, so if you're missing one achievement, get ready to go back and earn all the other ones. There are achievements in-game but no steam-achievements, I get that they did this is because they want you to play their game on there website, but it still doesn't feel as rewarding as it could be due to bragging rights and a sense of completion, one more thing is that this game has Steam trading cards which make no sense because you wouldn't be able to buy or sell the cards on the market because of inactive the community is, and if they wanted you to buy the game on their website, why would they include Steam trading cards? It also doesn't warrant trading cards compared to games like TF2 or Dark Souls. My last criticism is the price, rn it's 10$ which isn't too bad but I would prob pay 5$ for it. I guess they wanted to squeeze that extra 5 out of your wallet because it's a collector's edition. I mostly like this game because of nostalgia, I used to play this game on my grandma's computer. If this ever goes on sale, I recommend that you buy this. 6/10

It's a fairly basic point and click HOb game. The achievements are not synced with Steam. There's a lot of open slots for items you need to find, in the exact shape of the item you need to find. Also, the dev' considered having the map mark rooms where you could do things to be entirely to much hand-holding on anything other than easy difficulty, The story is far from the corniest plotline I've seen in a point and click; but it's not Shakespeare either.

It is an aesthetically pleasing adventure puzzle game! I really like it and its relaxing to play at night.

Recomendo para quem gosta de fantasia e quebra-cabeças leves. Gosto muito da série Dark Parables e finalmente pude jogar o primeiro lançamento. Meu foco foi em tentar concluir os Archievments, mas não consegui todos 😅 Mas me diverti bastante.

If you've played the others and enjoyed yourself you might as well grab this one when it's 50% off. The release order of Dark Parables is: Curse of Briar Rose The Exiled Prince Rise of the Snow Queen The Red Riding Hood Sisters The Final Cinderella Jack and the Sky Kingdom Ballad of Rapunzel The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Queen of Sands Goldilocks and the Fallen Star Swan Princess and the Dire Tree The Thief and the Tinderbox Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow Return of the Salt Princess The Match Girl’s Lost Paradise Portrait of the Stained Princess

I like the Dark Parables series and The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide was no exception. The story telling was original and the settings absolutely stunning. I found this game to be more interactive than previous games in the series. The bonus chapter felt far too short, perhaps because the story felt like a prologue to events I had just completed. Beautiful underwater scenery and magic.

This is game is so beautiful!!! I had tons of fun playing the hidden object puzzles, and the other puzzles are interesting and clever too. Story is great, and provide great twists on well known fairytales. All of the characters are interesting, and the protagonist is likable and sympathetic. The music is gorgeous!! And the sound effects are so good, I recommend playing this game with the sound turned on. I like the option for going back and replaying the hidden object puzzles and finding transforming objects (parables) and the concept art and wallpaper look phenomenal. Thank you for creating this game!

This game gave me the knowledge of a hundred crabs

Loved every minute of it. Puzzles were enjoyable and not difficult. I flew through it in one sitting! Can't wait to play the bonus content. 10/10