Drawn®: The Painted Tower

If you are looking for a true adventure game, this is not for you. And for this reason, I am not recommending the game. Some of the blame for my negative feelings about the game falls on me, as I didn't look into the game and purchased it solely on the Steam store page (description, "about this game", screenshots and tags). The tags at the time of purchase were "adventure", "casual", "point & click" and "puzzle". My expectations and hopes were that it would be reminiscent of a LucasArts adventure game. Steam doesn't give the option of star-ratings or a "maybe" or "neutral" - If any of these were options, my answer wouldn't be a flat "no". If you can get this game on sale in the $2-$3 range, then yes, I recommend it. TL;DR Pros: - Pretty artwork. - Fun concept. - Short and light. TL;DR Cons: - "Adventure game" mechanics are severely dumbed-down. - Almost entirely games of fetch or hidden items, with a few pattern/number puzzles. - Crashed multiple times. The graphics are nice and I enjoyed the concept of the main character's magic. However, the "adventure game" mechanics are boring and dumbed-down to the point where the majority of the "adventure game" type puzzles involve just finding the inventory items that you need. Go to point A to find ___, then go to point B to use it. In most cases, just *seeing* the item in the scene is the hardest part (don't get me wrong, some "hidden object" games can be fun... but those games aren't the same as adventure games). The times that you need to combine items to solve a puzzle, and it's not made instantly 100% obvious, are few and far between. Drawn switches between this item finding mechanic and actual pattern or math puzzles. The game also ended up crashing multiple times. Fortunately, no progress was lost from any of the crashes.

Love the game and its story. Not too complicated (with help of hints). Enjoy helping Iris! :) PS: Part 2 and 3 are also awsome just like first one. You will not be dissapointed.

Sweet little puzzle game, simple enough to not be frustrating but challenging enough to actually have to think about some puzzles. Fantastic soundtrack.

well it a really well done game +good story +good and enjoyable puzzles +AMAZING MUSIC and i think this is one of the most underrated games of all time

[u]GAMEPLAY[/u] Drawn: The Painted Tower has you exploring a mysterious tower whose environments are presented as a series of screens that don't have animated objects within. You solve puzzles and explore by using your cursor to hover over key points of interest and to interact with objects. There are pictures or areas within pictures and puzzles are presented with virtually no text or, at the very most, a few cryptic clues to give you a vague idea of what to do. Your ultimate aim is to reach the top. There is a trial and error feel about the game but it gives the player a decent enough workout for the brain. [u]PRESENTATION & DESIGN[/u] Drawn: The Painted Tower is a moody, atmospheric game which is put across immediately by its eerie main-menu. To sombre and mournful tones, a choir sings gentle choral notes in the background as if in a peaceful monastery. We also see the stone carving of Iris - the protagonist of the story - appear before us in a sad, pale turquoise colour. All of which sets a suitable tone adding to the mystery and dark nature of the game which has an almost dream-like quality. It's more of an adventure game than a hidden object game and like many adventure games doesn't tell you how far you've progressed or how far you have to go. Although there are objectives to fulfil and it keeps you informed, there are no records kept or tabs kept on chapters. When you fire up the game, you're thrown in immediately from where you finished the previous session. [u]CONCLUSION[/u] Adventure games can be obscure and downright nonsensical while others can be too text-heavy or contain overlong and repetitive dialogue trees. Thankfully a few come along that seem kinder to us noobs and a bit gentler but which still manage to be challenging enough for us to be entertained. This is one such game. Granted, although there is an option to skip the puzzles (and there is a very nice hint system), I personally only felt the need to skip two which I found too tricky. 5/5

This was one of my first Hidden objects game to play and I absolutely love it!!! The music, the graphics, the story, it's all so magical and pretty!!! One of my favourites with out doubt!!!

“The Painted Tower” (actually the first part in the “Drawn” series) is a lovely puzzle-adventure with a grimdark fairy-tale feel. It takes place inside a cursed tower, with paintings that lead to other worlds, and your goal is to get to the very top and save the princess (who has a unique talent to create living things from drawings) from an evil king. Graphics are well made, and the music is good to listen to; voice acting is few but technically well done. Puzzles are not too difficult, so even the beginners should have no trouble with them. Gameplay is relatively short, but at least with diverse achievements there is some replayability. Overall a good adventure which I can recommend.

My childhood puzzle games ever, 10/10.

Iris is a little girl who has the ability to make her drawings come to life (sort of like Simon and his chalk drawings, but this game is a lot more elaborate). She is living in an oppressed and evil kingdom, whose king would like nothing more than having Iris’s powers for himself. Her family sends her into exile to protect her. She goes into hiding in a tower she has constructed in her drawings, making even more paintings in the tower to hide in as well. There you are tasked with finding her in the labyrinth of mazes and gorgeous paintings to save her before the king finds her. From the first title screen, Drawn: The Painted Tower was nothing but beautiful, sad, and absorbing, with a lovely soundtrack to match.

Небольшой квест с интерфейсом hidden objects-игр, но без HOG-сцен. Создаёт мрачное настроение, поэтому не рекомендую.