Guardians of Beyond: Witchville Collector's Edition Review & Download link

 for only $ 13.99 USD!

Hi there. Let me start my review of newest for today Big Fish game - Guardians of Beyond: Witchville Collector's Edition. As usual, we will start this review with video of the gameplay.

As I noticed, gameplay is dynamic enough, full of animated objects, scripts and game videos. And game is really scaring. It dedicated to the popular theme of ghosts.

Storyline is the strongest part of the game (if we doesn't count the atmosphere, that is truly exciting too). Guardians of Beyond: Witchville is telling us about the whole town, Witchville, that in a moment is become a ghost town. And the most terrifying thing: Witchville is a literally ghost-town - it is full of ghosts!

In fact, whole population of the Witchville become ghosts. In a single moment. Some of them doesn't even noticed this, others now are full of vengeful spirit. And the most dangerous problem - ghost's pandemic is spreading! More and more people are becoming ghosts, your avatar is also under the deadly menace.

 You are playing as Alice. Firstly it may seem that Alice is usual private investigator. But she's not. Alice is the guardian of beyond: she investigate paranormal, mysterious and strange cases, establishing the truth and justice, protecting people from the supernatural threats.

But this case may be the hardest (and the most dangerous) in her career. When Alice entering Witchville after the car accident near the town, she firstly meets ghost of the old scientist, which tells, that she is in the grave danger. Ghost's pandemic is spreading, and if in the six hours Alice won't save the Witchville and it's townsfolk, she will become ghost too and will be trapped here forever!

After some time Alice will forget about her past life and will become an evil vengeful spirit, full of anger to all living beings. The only way to prevent that is to save all citizens of Witchville using powerful magic. She will prove herself as true Guardian of Beyond!

She will travel through various locations of the Witchville - abandoned lighthouse, old haunted cemetery, ghoulish carnival, half-ruined stores and so on. Lighthouse is the heart of the city troubles: there local scientist, ghost of which meet you at the town's entrance, did his dangerous experiments with magic and atmospheric electricity.

These experiments result was catastrophic: science equipment has gone mad and gone out of control. It turned all human beings in Witchville into the ghosts, including the luckless scientist. To reverse action of ghoulification you must repair complicated machinery with the help of the ghost's bunch. And you must do it in the limited time, or machine will turn you in the ghost too!

But as far as machinery used magic, you must use powerful magic too for restoring peace and order in the Witchville! This won't be easy - you must find all necessary details for repairing those twisted machines, and for providing reverting spell too. Will you be able to do all of these in only six hours, or you will fail, will become a helpless ghost and will see, as satanic experiment will turn all humans on Earth into the ghosts?

As you may see, game scenario is really interesting. Atmosphere is spooky and dynamic too, that making Guardians of Beyond: Witchville even more interesting. Moreover, this is the Collector's Edition of the game, that including lot of additional features:

1. Integrated Strategy Guide with pictures. As I said before, some puzzles in the game are really complicated, so this Strategy Guide is may be really useful.
2. Bonus gameplay. You can start the bonus chapter from the Main menu, that can give you few additional hours with this exciting game.
3. Wonderful Wallpapers and Concept Art. Some pretty pictures, pretty useless for me, but someone may find them useful.

4. Musical soundtrack - lot (almost a dozen) of atmospheric tracks.

Summing up, Guardians of Beyond: Witchville Collector's Edition game is successful. Gameplay is interesting, graphics and music are atmospheric, story is tense and exciting. I won't say that Witchville game is a new word in the game development, but it is pretty good. So if you are looking for some interesting Hidden Object game to play - Guardians of Beyond: Witchville Collector's Edition will suit you.

 for only $ 13.99 USD!

Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial Collector's Edition Review & Download link

for only $ 13.99 USD!

Hi there. Thursday has come and Big Fish releasing new Hidden Object game (as usual, with Puzzle and Adventure game elements) - Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial. Once again Big Fish firstly releasing Collector's Edition of the game to make gamers pay much. Let's firstly see game video to start our review and to discover, is this game worth paying $14.

I may say: not bad, not bad at all! But let's examine Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial to make more precise conclusion. And we will start from the heart of any game - from the game script. Name of the game series, "Dark Tales" isn't gives a clue, that you will play a game based on Edgar Allan Poe's novel. It's more likely must be about some Hans Christian Andersen's or Grimm Brothers tales. But Dark Tales isn't confirm this assumption. Moreover, Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial isn't the first Dark Tales game, based on the Edgar Allan Poe's novel - some time ago Dark Tales - Edgar Allan Poes Murders in the Rue Morgue and Dark Tales 2 Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat were released.

 Edgar Allan Poe is a world known horror novels writer. Stories about the killing in the Rue Morgue, committed by the giant gorilla, about mystical black cat (these were showed to us in previous games of  Dark Tales series) are really famous. But there is one motive, that appeared in many Edgar Allan Poe's stories - burying alive. As is well known, Edgar Allan Poe was panicky feared of being buried alive.

One of his stories is about the man who, just as story's creator, was afraid to death of being buried alive. He has some strange disease (something like epilepsy). Attacks of this disease, filled with seizures, leaves him in near-death coma state, when even best doctors can make mistake and decide, that he is dead. So he hired special servants with specific instructions what to do, when he will die (or only looks like dead). He wrote a note about his disease and always took it with him, so if someone found him look like dead, he will read the note and help. Hero builds for himself special mausoleum with light, ventilation and ability to open it from inside. But it won't help. One day hero awakes in the dark coffin and understands, that he was buried alive and his worst nightmare comes true...

In the other Edgar Allan Poe story (The Fall of the House of Usher, 1839) hero was invited by his friend Roderick to the family manor and become the witness of family madness, that ends in burying alive of Roderick's sister. In the other story - The Cask of Amontillado,1846 hero is killing his antagonist,making him drunk, luring him into the basement, chained to the wall and then immured him alive. So as you can see, this theme is one of the main in the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

This theme is also manifested in the plot of the Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial. You are the world famous Detective Dupin. You was hired on the investigation of a very strange case, where on the first sight wasn't committed no crime at all. Julien has hired you to discover the truth about death of his secret beloved one - Victorine. Looks like her death was natural, but her husband (not Julien, of course) buried her suspiciously too quickly. Husband didn't love her, so it's possible, that he killed her. Or just buried her alive.
Now Julien sees strange dreams and visions, he says, that Victorine's vengeful spirit comes to him and will avenge to the murderer. And maybe he is right. Will you be able to find out the truth about The Premature Burial?

As usual for Big Fish, graphics quality of Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial  is splendid, all landscapes, rooms and characters are drawn nicely to the smallest detail. Music soundtrack is also very atmospheric, there are lots of environment sounds and small animations in the game, that make it really magical. You feel that the game world on your screen is alive.
Collector's edition complectation of Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial is standard: Integrated strategy guide (with pictures), screensavers, wallpapers, concept art, bonus gameplay and musical soundtrack (only three tracks). Also original story of Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial is included (I guess, anyone can find it in any library). Bonus gameplay and early access are main advantages of Collector's edition.

Gameplay of Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial is pretty usual for Hidden object/Puzzle games - look for hidden objects, solve riddles and move on to the dark hidden secrets if Victorine's husband. On your way you are going to meet Victorine's spirit and other spirits too. Main difference from the other Hidden object games - this one is creepy. Real creepy. I wouldn't give it to my little children. You are going to spend many time on cemeteries, call the spirits of the dead like the psychic medium, search for hidden objects into the open coffins with dead bodies and so on. But for teenagers and adults The Premature Burial will perfectly suit.

So, is Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial game worth its price? For me the answer is yes. I spent many hours playing it and I liked it. Game is great, specially if you like ghost stories and dark tales.

for only $ 13.99 USD!