With near-perfect execution, Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride is a must-play for any adventure fan.
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Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (95% positive from 1.7K reviews)
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Enter an enchanting world of legends and magic, filled with gloomy forests, forbidden temples, and abandoned castles; a realm of dark secrets, where your destiny was written long before your birth... Within the shadow of an ancient forest, on the bottom of a foggy valley, stands the lonely village of Ravenbrook. The folk there are cheerful and diligent, yet warily superstitious. They surround the village with countless charms to keep the evil spirits at bay, for on the other side of the forest, there lies a seemingly bottomless pit, known as the Abyss. It is the place the villagers of Ravenbrook fear most... On this night, a young woman is returning home for her twin sister’s wedding. The sisters haven’t seen each other in years. Yet the invitation was strange, almost as if someone else wrote it, other than her twin. But still she comes, ignorant of the danger that awaits...
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 8d ago
One of my favorite puzzle games from Artifex Mundi. The puzzles are simple, but they are fun and fit really well into the story, so it never feels boring or too hard. I liked how the hidden-object scenes and mini-games kept things moving at a nice and relaxed pace. The story surprised me a bit too. It has that dark fairy-tale feeling with mystery, magic, and a bit of sadness underneath it all. The game badge is pretty. I would definitely recommend it if you like hidden-object games or light puzzle adventures with a strong story.
I play on a Mac and I ran into to bugs, the first almost made me quit before even starting. The mouse arrow was stuck in the top left quadrant of the screen. I figured out how to get into the menu anyway (the shown arrow is not where the actual pointer is!) and deactivated custom arrow. This solved it. However you have to do this for every new save game. I had 2 because I thought I could get around the second bug. After maybe 10 minutes of game play there is a scene where a tutorial popup opens (one of way to many) that points to a domino game or something like that. But then the game is stuck. Nothing is clickable anymore and I had to force quit. Tried 3 times, always the same. Gave up. Puzzles are extremely low level anyway. Just click a few times here and there. Can't understand the good reviews. Maybe it's getting better, but I cannot find out because of that bug with the frozen game.
Very relaxing game
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