Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil Collector's Edition

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil" Collector's Edition is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. The game was developed by Eipix Entertainment and published by Big Fish Games Studio. "The Black Veil" is the fifteenth episode of "Mystery Case Files." Previous episodes: "Huntsville;" "Prime Suspects;" "Ravenhearst;" "Madame Fate;" "Return to Ravenhearst;" "Dire Grove;" "13th Skull;" "Escape from Ravenhearst;" "Shadow Lake;" "Dire Grove, Sacred Grove;" "Key to Ravenhearst;" "Ravenhearst Unlocked" and "Broken Hour." There are three different developers for "Mystery Case Files." Eipix Entertainment is the current developer for "Mystery Case Files." Previous developers: Big Fish Games Studio and Elephant Games. Please be aware that not all of the "Mystery Case Files" games are available on Steam as of yet. Since this is a collector's edition, it comes with extra features that are not available in its counterpart; the standard edition. [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention that the visuals in the game are nicely done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu, Game Audio I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well. Gameplay There are four different game difficulty modes to choose from: Casual; Expert; Insane and Custom. There is an interactive map in the game. It allows the player to fast travel between each location quickly. It also indicates that there are tasks that can be completed at certain locations. The interactive map is automatically given at the start of the game. There is a padlock feature that is available to lock the inventory panel in place to make it stationary. There are interactive items in the game. Some of these interactive items may require extra components before they can be interacted with. All interactive items are marked with a symbol in one of the corners. The hidden object scenes consist of the following: Shadow items and Traditional word lists. Some of these hidden object scenes may require little or no interactions. Most of the hidden object scenes can be replayed in the game's extra feature section. The puzzles are fairly easy to solve without having the need to skip any of them. Most of the puzzles can be replayed in the game's extra feature section as well. There is a collectible in the game: Puzzle Pieces. They are scattered throughout the game for the player to find. There are beyond objects (morphing objects.) They can be found in the hidden object scenes only. Since this is a collector's edition game, there is a bonus chapter, but it can be accessed only after the main story is completed. There are nineteen different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. These achievements are in-game only. Miscellaneous There are extra features in the game: Bonus Chapter; Bonus Hidden Object Scenes; Bonus Puzzles; Soundtracks; Wallpapers; Concept Art; Trophy Room and Game's Strategy Guide. Most of these extra features can be accessed only after the entire game is completed. Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

Судя по всему, я с разгону влетел в какой-то корпоративный стандарт на Hidden Objects. Последние три игры серии, в ретроспективе, ничем друг от друга по структуре не отличаются (и очень похожи на другие Hidden Objects от BigFish этого же временного периода): - Средней паршивости адвенчура с довольно простыми головоломками, главная проблема с которыми - найти, где они вообще находятся. - Довольно навороченные по структуре, но слишком простые Hidden Objects, где список совершенно случайный, для получения всех предметов нужно делать простенькие адвенчурные действия - но сами предметы не особо прячутся, и их немного. - Паршивенький сюжет, связанный соплями и умещающийся на два абзаца. - Метаголоволомка или две по поиску нетривиальных предметов в неожиданных местах. - Бонусная короткая игра за антигероя, без которой мету не решить (предметов не хватит). Оно не то, чтобы совсем плохо (сюжет The Black Veil по сравнению с совсем уж ужасным Ravenhearst Unlocked даже похож на сюжет), но рассчитано на довольно дубового игрока, и в моих глазах выше троечки не тянет. Но раз уж я поставил плюсик Рейвенхёрсту, эту гнобить было бы совсем нелогично, поэтому +. Но вообще-то это ноль: ругать особо не за что, но и хвалить тоже.

Finally something that isn't connected to the ravenhearst storyline. That alone made it more fun to play through. The main concept of the story is interesting, however the plot itself is easily forgettable. The game doesn't really excells at anything compared to the previous titles. As a standalone game I wouldn't buy it, but it felt like a good addition to the bundle.

Its a good MCF game but not on the Dire Grove / 13 Skulls/ Madame Fate level. I miss those monster puzzles!!

The most uninteresting villain in the series, and it pulls out one of my least favourite tropes near the end. I'd say skip it, but considering the franchise's love of callbacks I'm afraid it may be important down the line.

4.5 Stars. Good Game

This game was awesome. I loved all the puzzles. Some were actually quite hard. Hopefully the others will be just as fun!

03年神秘视线3入坑到现在神秘视线15 可以说这个系列陪伴了我的大半个人生。现在玩的不光是游戏，还有情怀。冲着情怀的角度，给游戏打4星，没有情怀的话，大概3.5星左右吧。4H通关整个剧情，剩余2H收集下奖杯+bonus game。为啥收集这么长时间。。。且听我仔细说。 ——操作和前几作比较类似，不多评论；可以设置skip和Hint时间也是比较常见的操作，不过这点在拿一个奖杯时意外的有用。 ——收集要素个人认为大致可以分为4方面， 1. 每个场景里都有的puzzle piece，是最好拿到的； 2. MCF系列熟悉的morphing project，在HOP里才有出现，这就拉长了每个HOP的游戏时间，加上总共10个HOP里大多融合了小机关的要素，整体时间都比较长——所以HOP20s通关的奖杯也是给bonus部分单独游玩才能拿到的。顺便说下，HOP已经不是MCF的重点，游戏中每个HOP场景都只出现一次；当初苦刷神3-5的单个场景，对边边角角的每个物品如数家珍的日子，已经不再了，这一点有利有弊，看个人爱好了。 3. 有一套trophy，是从extra界面才能拿到的，这一套设置的比较奇怪——感觉一切不能从游戏过程中拿到，要翻回头去打的奖杯都是耍流氓，虽然我还是乖乖地过去拿了。 4. Collection: 大部分奖杯都还OK，但是有几个奇葩的，包括在extra里面20s通关所有HOP（平均每个刷2遍= =，体验很一般），包括跳过3个mini game和5次reset mini game——这次的谜题虽然比较精巧，但是很简单，没有必要reset和skip了好嘛，都是通关了之后到extra界面去为了跳过而跳过的，而且我玩的是difficult模式，应该不存在谜题特别防水的情况吧。。。 ——故事情节比较老套了，而且有点说不圆，如果怕剧透可以不用看下面了。 小镇居民发现自己急剧衰老，因此大肆外逃，侦探受命侦查，碰巧遇到当年在dire grove作死的四名学生之一Allison，而Allison又正好在这个镇上有个朋友——这个朋友还正好被大反派选为榨取生命的测试对象，朋友的11岁娃Henry还碰巧不知怎么和大反派不对付，在不能说话的基础上潜入反派家里偷了装置启动器。然后我们饱经玄幻案件考验的侦探居然对反派家明显cult的装饰无动于衷，毫无戒心地替反派激活装置，成功将allison榨干成为老人。Allison身残志坚，配合另一名有心杀贼口难开的Henry成功起到人质的作用。最终反派供述自己实为活了几百年的一战老兵，想将侦探作为献给死亡女神的钥匙，因此搞事将侦探引来，并且一匕首重伤侦探。却不料死亡女神给了侦探第二次机会，反派被侦探反杀，被反派囚禁（？）的死亡女神得到自由，成功吸干反派。最终Allison成功恢复青春，Henry也开口说话。Happily Ever After.（?） 下面是疑问： 1. 纸条为证，Allison的朋友是用来测试榨取生命的装置的，并未提及装置公测，也没有激活装置（留待我们侦探。。。），Henry也没有衰老，为什么小镇上的人就如此急匆匆地外逃？ 2. 侦探实在太容易轻信，玩家都知道不能相信反派，偏偏侦探能在看到哥特装饰、死亡陈列柜之后，对着獠牙皮箱感叹一番不知道是谁用这样的箱子，然后轻易激活装置？ 3. 为什么死亡女神能spare dectective a life？说好的侦探是钥匙呢？反派表示不服。 4. 反派已死，Allison回复青春我可以理解，Henry开口说话是什么鬼？难道女神不光是吸取寿命，还吸取语言能力吗？ 等等等等。 总的来说，神秘视线15是一款比较不错的杀时间的游戏，画面精致，小游戏比较精巧，难度一般，故事情节一般，整体中规中矩，无惊无喜。 虽然已经出到15了，但是还是希望能有新意一点，比如当初玩MCF 4 Madame Fate时，以为和前作3毫无关联，玩到最后才发现原来大boss是从3追过来的，那一瞬间的惊吓，哦不，是惊喜，才是我作为一名玩家真正期待的。从开场动画就能猜到结尾的游戏，真的是为了游戏而游戏了。

I really enjoyed this game. Puzzles can be difficult due to some vague instructions but they can be skipped if wanted.

everything i expect from a mcf game, immersive story, fun puzzles, heaps of achievements to unlock requiring several playthroughs