Untold Mystery: Angel's Cry 2 - Tears of the Fallen

Classic old hidden object game. Nice way to spend an evening or two.

very well done art and voice acting.

Good Hidden Object Game about an man following a maniac inquisitor, who is causing havoc in a community. Liked the "handdrawn" cutscenes, the animated cutscene not so much. Nice selection of mostly easy minigames and a variety of hidden object scenes. Has a few flaws: if you restore a save game the world map is empty and to fast travel to a location you have to revisit that location. The shape hidden object scenes are really weird in the bonus game with them looking very disjointed; did not have this problem in the main game. Bonus game hung once during a minigame, but was able to kill it in the task manager and was able to continue with no problems. Final oddity was I skipped the boat minigame (there MIGHT a speed up bug with the dynamic minigames), I still got the achievement for doing all the minigames.

What an amazing game! It's a very big improvement from the first part. It should be on the must if you enjoy playing HOPA games! You can also get all the achievments from the first walkthrough. There's also Kristin Price as the voice actor for one of the characters. You may know her as Detective from Enigmatis, or Sarah Black from Nightmares from the Deep. Pros: + Soundtrack. It's a big improvement from the first game, I really enjoyed listening to the main theme. + Graphics and artstyle, it's fascinating. It's sharp and clear, there's also a lot of FMVs(cutscenes) in HD quality. I also really loved the 2D cutscenes, they're very charming. + Gameplay. Now it has everything that should be in a modern HOPA game - HOS, puzzles, collectibles, bonus chapter and even flashback stories that reveal the lore. + Story, it's still simple, but it's written better than the first game. The villain has backstory that explains his horrific actions, ,making him a remarkable character. But there were some cons I met on my walkthrough: - HOS were tiring, I had to take a break from the game because of them. Silhouette mode is very confusing because there were times when they simply didn't match with the actual objects, and you had to just randomly click on all items. Hitboxes are small, and sometimes you had to click on the item a few times for it to be registered. - When I relaunched the game, some locations disappeared from the map. Some of them were restored when I revisited them, but some didn't. - The ending doesn't feel satisfying (Spoiler: [spoiler]It's almost the same as the first part - the cave crashes and the villain just disappears.[/spoiler]) but the bonus chapter made the situation a little bit better. Bonus: [spoiler]I didn't find any Angels here except from one puzzle.[/spoiler] 8/10. Very underrated game and a great sequel.

I love this Angel cry, because it has the mysteries and hidden object to mix with. It given me a hard time partly, but it is great game. I'm not giving up this great game. Thank you for this game. It's an awesome.

Full disclosure: I got this for a deep discount on the winter sale for around eighty cents USD, so that no doubt had some influence on my review. I'm not sure how much progress I've made, but I thought I'd write a quick review as there just don't seem to be that many here. First, the game is way better than the premise sounds. I don't mean that in a bad way, but it's closer to an action/adventure game than a standard HOG. Speaking of which, if you want a lot of hidden object scenes, you may be disappointed. You will be crafting things and a lot of them. But what hidden object scenes there are have been richly detailed with a little bonus at the end of one more things to do. The story is strong with this title, something I found to be a pleasant surprise. There are even collectible videos that explain the past and how our nemesis came to be. It even shows paganism in a kinder light than usual, though keep in mind the character you play is a priest during the Inquisition. He's going to act like it too, though he mostly seems sympathetic so far. I liked that the combat techniques were easier to grasp on this one than some other titles, and I'm still not used to saying that in a HOG. The other characters do have some uncanny valley uh, charm to them, but most seem good-hearted and to be actual fleshed-out characters. Also, any game with ravens and wolves in a positive light gets my vote. Downsides? A few times objects have been hard to see, though if you play on novice you can use the hint button to take care of that. There is a fair bit of back and forthing, and crafting objects. So it's closer to an action/adventure FROG, just so you know. Also, sometimes I'd go to pick up an object and it would refuse to budge, but moved just fine after I used a hint. And the hidden object scenes can use outlines instead of item names. I'm personally not a fan of that. Other than that, the controls can be a bit fiddly in game and using the fast travel map. Overall though, the game has great music and atmosphere. Just be prepared for a lot of side quests given to you by the NPCs. Also not used to saying that in a HOG either. Playtime 3.5 hours for the main game. ________________ Bonus Chapter While I enjoyed getting to play the antagonist for once, did a different team make this chapter? The first thing I noticed was the tendency to pad out the chapter. Objects I needed and should have appeared the first time didn't appear until needed with no logical reason not to. Also, I'm photosensitive, there was one area and hidden object area with flashing light. Yikes! Instant headache and I just kept swatting the hint button as each strobe blinded me. Seriously, there needs to be an option to turn that off. It was OK, but I honestly lost any empathy for the main game's antagonist about half way through. He went from being someone you could feel empathy for to, I don't know, he was kind of phoning in his motivation for revenge. Considering what he looks like in the main game and various hints, I was expecting something more diabolic. Also, there are no angels to be found in the game anywhere, fallen or otherwise. Kind of makes the title misleading. Playtime 1.5 hours

This is a definite maybe as hidden object game recommendations go. The game's strengths are the background art and the interface. The background art is colorful, and the tricks really work that make it look more animated than it is. I rarely got stuck because of a pixel hunt, and the mini-games mostly weren't too punishing when it came to mis-clicks. There is one major lousy exception to this involving a boat, but I got through it without skipping, and yes the game will let you skip. The weaknesses in the art are probably that the bizarrely animated faces are just goofy and the hidden object scenes reuse and reuse the same objects, which pretty much kills the fun of those exercises. Other weaknesses include the weird game element of hidden object scenes becoming accessible in locations you've already visited with no indication that anything would have happened there, so if you seem stuck, you just have to cycle through every background and look for sparkles where there weren't any before. Those scenes tend to give you an item you need to advance, but there is rarely a reason for a searchable pile of items to suddenly appear. And I never found myself looking forward to the puzzles after I saw enough that were fine but not really fun or challenging. In summary, you get pretty much what you expect from a hidden object game, and although I didn't use skips or hints, they are there if you need them. That will be good for some players because for the most part, clicking to shoot an arrow or steer a boat doesn't work here, instead just serving as obstacles. The worst that I can say is that I wasn't surprised by anything being particularly fun, but I've played enough of these to know what I was getting. And it could be much worse. I seem to recall the first game feeling more like adventure-lite, so I don't know if this one intentionally leaned in to what has been working for Artifex Mundi, but I didn't need more opportunities to clicks hidden shapes to make the game better. Last thing: with the bonus story, the game is about 5 hours if you don't skip but also don't get stuck.

Trop de bug sur Win10. On prend un objet, un script de code apparaît et on ne peut plus jouer.

Very different to the first game, but in a good way. This feels like a more traditional HOG.

Okay