Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Standard Edition

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Cada vez que comienzas el juego tienes que pasar, obligatoriamente y sin opción a cortarlo, por la introducción. Insufrible.

This is an excellent hidden object game. I liked the deep, intricate story, even if it was a bit over the top, but that seems to be standard for these types of games. I was very impressed with the wide variety of puzzles in the game. The puzzle type rarely repeats, and they are fun and logical. The animations were nice too. Locations are nicely designed, and there's a good variety as well. The map and journal are nice touches. There are a few side objects to watch out for to add some depth to the game. Although a few of the morphing objects never morphed for me to get them. A couple of times, I was stuck due to missing an area. We will all miss different things, but supposedly in the none expert mode, places are supposed to sparkle. Either nothing did, or only obvious things did. I didn't find it to be beneficial. My biggest complaint was clicking on an object and then hitting the go back prompt when doing a hidden-object puzzle. Very annoying. It would also display the no inventory objects message over the hidden object list. Making it impossible to read the middle item. All in all, I highly recommend it to fans of the genre. If you're new to the hidden object genre, this or My Brother Rabbit would be a fantastic entry into it.

So... having played hundreds of the Artifex Mundi games (it's an addiction, help me xD ), I dunno if there is any relationship between this game and studio and them... but it's all somewhat similar, which is great for me! It's also longer than your average Artifex Mundi game, which is ok. The story is somewhat similar to Artifex Mundi titles... a mix of myth, folk tale, magic, past lives, etc... the base is the Indus civlization this time, South Asian mythology. But you are a modern character, a mom who gets involved in a car accident and sees her daughter get kidnapped... an investigative story follows then delving into an entire story about the character past lives and whatnot. Mechanics also resemble Artifex Mundi games mechanics quite a bit... you have hidden object parts with variations between word correspondence, sillouette type games, object parts, and then a bunch of puzzle games. It also has a bonus games that is a continuation to the main story that feels incomplete without it. Collectibles are also there. Recommended!

There's a lot of effort given into the story, the images are beautiful, and the voice acting is ok. The story is pretty lengthy (unless you're trying to power through it). The story is, however, very cheesy, and the kid annoyed me. Minor gripes really in an overall fine HOG.

Весьма неплохая игра. Из плюсов отличный арт, не дурная музыка, понятные головоломки. Сюжет, как и в прочих играх жанра, по подаче нечто среднее между болливудом и сериалами на тв-3, но интерес до конца удерживает. Из минусов была проблема с запуском CE версии(запускалась только стандартная), но переустановка длс помогла. Ну и чуть геймплейно подзатянуто показалось. Ачивки выбились достаточно легко.