Victorian Mysteries: The Yellow Room

The second game of the series Victorian Mysteries, not connected to the first one but hugely improved in everything. The story is also based on 1907 Gaston Leroux novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room. The story about a photographer and a reporter, Rouletabille who is sent to investigate a criminal case at the Château du Glandier where a young woman is attacked and almost murdered in the middle of the night inside of a locked room. The room was locked from the inside and the window blocked, can the young detective solve this case? The pace of the story is really good, the journal helps with all of the information is provided as well as the character's profiles, this mystery game is very well done in many aspects. The graphics have greatly improved from the previous game, as well as the map which adds extra details, sadly it didn't provide a fast traveling function although the game does require you to backtrack at some point. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1982132967 I enjoyed the hidden objects scenes so much, very detailed and none of them felt out of the place. However, the puzzles were very easy for my taste. The soundtracks fit the atmosphere and setting of the game, thankfully they didn't use the sound effects of the previous game. I wished there were an option to download the tracks, but there is no 'Extra' menu which we usually get in these type of games, to download the music and wallpapers. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1982131632 The length of the game is good, took me almost five hours to beat it - I took my time to read the journal and everything extra in the game- the good thing that the journal and tasks list does help to you find your next objective since the map is huge and it is all accessible, you'll find yourself roaming around not knowing what to do if you don't read the tasks list. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1980925165 Pros: +Murder/detective story. +Beautiful improved artwork. +Useful and full of information journal with characters profiles. +Good soundtracks. +Good voice overs. +Well done Hidden objects scenes. +Improved map and tasks list. Cons: -No fast traveling map. -No steam achievements. Very well done story-rich classic Hidden object game, you can play this one even if you haven't played the first game. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy these types of games. [i]Other Reviews from the same series:[/i] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/1101940/][i]Victorian Mysteries: Woman in White[/i][/url] [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote]

Really quite disappointing. The game was moderately interesting, but in the end, not only do you not solve the mystery yourself, the 'solution' makes no sense, with multiple loose ends, no evidence what so ever, and your own characters efforts apparently meaningless. The core of the game was supposed to be hidden object game, and there were some, but not very many. And it was often easy to spot items without knowing what you were looking for, simply because they stood out due to looking different from the background. The game had several puzzles, and they were for the most part fun, but the controls were often awkward or obscure. The main example is one with pieces of a puzzle you have to put into a shape, and it was only by accident I discovered that you could rotate them, and there was no clear indicator if you were moving a piece or rotating it, leaving it up to trial and error. All and all, I cannot recommend this one. I bought it on sale, and I played the whole thing in about three hours, but the excitement of the chase was ruined by the total flop of a flat and bizarre ending.

[h1]Описание:[/h1] Пора уже привыкнуть, что "яищуха" которая не локализована на кучу языков является очень посредственной... Эта игра не исключение... Яищуха 2012 года выпуска, русского языка нет, ачивок нет, очень много поиска предметов, допотопная графика, слабый сюжет. Единственное что понравилось, это взятый временной отрезок для повествования, но одновременно это и плохо, т.к. его не используют нормальные ищухи, а такие. Это проходная ищуха на которую не стоит тратить времени. Есть десятки, нет... Есть сотни ищух куда лучше. Играть только от безисходности... [h1]Оценка: 3/10[/h1] [h1]Послесловие:[/h1] Если вам понравился этот обзор добро пожаловать в группу http://steamcommunity.com/groups/uojer - тут вы сможете увидеть рекомендованные мною игры, другие обзоры, а также просто пообщаться в хорошей компании.

A fun mystery; yes dated graphics and a glitch (at least in my game) where the voice overs completely disappeared even though other sounds were still evident. I had been enjoying the "French" accents; rather generic but not annoying so it was disappointing when they vanished. Plus then the character's interactions or information flashed upon the screen and were gone before I realised what information had been imparted; possibly a glitch.... In spite of this, I enjoyed the game and do recommend it.

It was fine, except it was buggy for me. The movie files wouldn't play, and an item never made it into my inventory so I was unable to finish the game.

Attention ce sympathique EOC existe en français sur un autre site, avec les mêmes compatibilités de config. mais au prix brut plus élevé. Passé cela cette version anglaise de l'adaptation du célèbre roman français est une bonne surprise et même une franche réussite. Les graphismes bien qu'un peu surannés sont très travaillés pour un jeu de ce type et collent parfaitement à l'ambiance Belle Epoque avec quelques petites animations graphiques et une belle lumière. Chaque environnement (plutôt nombreux) possède son propre thème musical, les voix des personnages ont un petit accent français qui évite la caricature outrancière. Cependant tous les dialogues de la première partie sont bugués mais il existe un journal (bien pensé pour les quêtes au demeurant) qui résume l'histoire et présentent les protagonistes. L'interface est efficace même si on aurait aimé une option de TP. La liste des tâches s'avère utile pour repérer les HOC, les points d'investigation et notre token. Pas d'option indice cependant pour repérer la prochaine énigme, donnant ainsi un petit air de P&C au soft - et quelques aller-retour en option difficile. Cependant en niveau de difficulté simple un clic sur une scène vous informera si elle est complète et après un moment une lumière discrète vous indiquera les points d'intérêts. Il y a peu de scènes d'objets cachés et elles se justifient par l'apport d'un item utile. Elles n'ont pas de décompte, ni de pénalités en mode facile et les indices sont illimités avec un rechargement assez rapide. Comptez environ 5 heures de jeu si vous ne passez pas les scènes de puzzles ce qui serait dommage car elles sont toutes intuitives et plaisantes. Bien que très classiques elles illustrent à propos l'enquête. Si vous ne connaissez pas le roman ne comptez pas découvrir le mystère de la terrible Bête à bon dieu ni celui de la galerie impossible, adaptation en petit format oblige, par contre vous aurez bien le fin mot concernant celui de la chambre jaune. A vous de voir si vous voulez vous spolier en partie l'excellent livre de Gaston Leroux ou pas. Vu l'ancienneté et la durée de vie de cet épisode je vous le conseille tout de même avec une petite ristourne ou en bundle. Adeptes des enquêtes classiques et des casuals P&C vous passerez un agréable moment.

Yeah it's ok for a HOG with added extra puzzles, story is good and it's a good one to load up when rendering videos for a game not graphic intensive and casual to pass the time while waiting for render to finish. Type of game I'd play on a laptop while taking a ♥♥♥♥. Recommended for those times you're laying some good cable and need a game to pass the time.

It is quite good game for its age (2012, info from another review). Nice story, a dated graphics but still rather good. HO screens are extra good for the age of the game, items are clear and with nice contrast. It is easy to find them but still hard enough to find them between the other items. As for me HO scenes are the best parts of this game. Only the moving between places is a little stiff and the end is a little quick and sudden. My recomentdation is Yes for anybody. It is nice piece from a set of older games and still in quite good shape.

Older HOG, but very good story and HO scenes. The graphics reflect the age of the game - although wide screen is available, I ended up playing mostly in full screen because of the stretching effect of going to wide screen. I *originally* couldn't get the cut scenes to run, and was disappointed, since a lot of the story content is there. I also couldn't get most of the voice overs. I enjoyed it despite the glitches, so I went with a thumbs up. *** NOTE: Used Windows to test compatibility and let it adjust to run the game in a better setting (all automatic). Works perfectly now, and the cut scenes and voice actors are great! There are a few puzzles, but not many. They're generally of easy to medium difficulty. The ending feels a bit rushed, and is my one disappointment with the game. It should have been possible to involve the player more in the detective's final summation and solution. Definitely worth adding to your library if you enjoy older-style HOGs with a bit of mystery. I suggest getting it on sale, since you may need to deal with the same glitch that I did.

ein tolles Wimmelbildspiel. Es hat zwar leider keine Sammelkarten und Erfolge, aber es ist vom Spiel her sehr schön gemacht, die Musik ist toll und die Klickgeräusche beim Einsammeln der Gegenstände sind sehr schön ASMR like, finde ich toll ♥ Spielzeit bis jetzt 1,5 Std. bin aber noch lange nicht durch