Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path

Я могу только повторить то, что писал на предыдущую часть: Очень простенький, но вполне неплохой квест. Периодически было весьма смешно натыкаться, на что-то крайне нелогичное потому что именно в этом моменте нужно сделать так, а не так... но игре такого уровня, это можно простить. Тем более за такие деньги. Разве что, в 2017 году можно было сделать анимации получше, даже для такой игры.

7th Hidden object game I've 100%'d and am reviewing. Much like the first Endless Fables, this one took me ages to motivate myself to play through. It's not as entertaining, intentionally or otherwise, as some of the others I've played. The mythology storylines this series goes for are so bland and boring. Overall both the puzzles and the things you have to do for the 100% are so easy and uninspired. I guess this one had a couple of neat fantasy-ish characters/designs and the music was absolutely adequate. Hilariously abrupt endings to both the main story and the bonus story which was kind of funny.

I am pleased to say this seems to be a direct sequel to Endless Fables. I have a soft spot for game series where the same character is featured in all of the games of a series. I don't know if this will hold true for the other entries, but it's nice to see. The story is very similar to the first, involving some famous myth or fable and the characters from that tale. It's hard sometimes to tell how much of this is taken directly from the real myth/fable and how much is stretched a little to fit into the game, but in either case I found it entertaining. This entry continues from the first in tone, I would almost even say it's slightly darker in tone, which I am not saying as a negative. The game itself was good. I especially liked the puzzles, I found there were some I either hadn't seen at all before or at least hadn't seen in another game for a while. These games tend to have similar puzzles between them, but these had twists to them that I found more engaging and challenging to play than in some other titles. The hidden object puzzles were good too, they had ones with multiple steps as well as some where you have to use objects in the scene in a certain order to find the one item you're looking for and I really like that variety. I have been having a lot of fun with these games. Unlike the first game, I am pleased to say that collectibles are both easier to see/find and also have an indicator built into the HUD. I did have to play through the game a second time to find them all, but that was my mistake since I could have checked the indicator in the HUD! The game contains a bonus adventure and it also has some collectibles in it, which I actually like. Bonus adventures are great, but the collectibles spread throughout them makes it feel bigger and more like a part of the main game. The bonus adventure even has new scenes included which aren't in the main game. Overall, really good, I like this series a lot. I did not have any technical issues with this game and this game does not have an achievement tied to difficulty.

Starts out well enough with yer bog standard HOGing in a seaside village, but the back 2/3rds of the game are below par, with dodgy art and dumbed down puzzles. Collectibles are good and challenging though. Was going to give this a thumbs down but I think the (much higher quality) bonus adventure juuuust barely redeems it.

A Hidden Object game and this time the story evolves around Northern Mythology. Well, story is said too much, mainly clicking from screen to screen, The riddles are ok, even though too many amulets and gems to open box after box in my opinion. All in all, the game is ok but neither sticks out nor motivated me to play through in one go.

Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path is quite its story and experience. Upon entering the game, you have the map from the get-go. As it is on the much later side of release, detection for collectibles is available and combination of items are fairly common. It can be noticed that some elements of animation is in 3D. Perhaps some of the puzzles were alright for a 2017 game, but this game has no voice narrations in between areas. There is only voices between two of the characters talking. Some of the dialogues also adopted its appearance on past AM games, where they appear on square pop-ups and you can select a response. Achievements-wise, they were not difficult but not easy either. You have to play the extra story to complete all achievements, so you have to be attentive because some of the collectibles are hard to be noticed. I have played this game for nearly 3 hours, with one achievement missed, and little more than 3 hours to complete the said achievement for a 100% run. By experience, this game definitely ranks itself a personal [u]8/10[/u] for me, and still a sure recommend.