Margrave: The Curse of the Severed Heart
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Pleasant hidden object game
I Just finished playing this game (in french). I liked it. The pictures and the characters are beautiful But some problems. The game is playing very slowly at some moments and I could not do all the mini games. Some hidden objects are difficult to find. But the hint button is very useful and loads quickly. It is very interesting when you are stuck because it says what to do or where to go. Finally I liked play this game and for me it is a good purchase.
November 18, 2011
Wonderfully fun to play
The music and artwork went lovely together. In fact, the best artwork I have seen in a while. LOVE the tune at the starting screen. I was surprised at the voice-overs and liked most of them. They do get a little repetitive at some points. The hidden object scenes were challenging however, I did not find the puzzle games all that hard. A lot of beautiful settings that made for a fairly large "world" to investigate. It was enjoyable to play as there were plot turns to keep me interested. My favorite game since the Drawn and Dream Chronicles series (though definitely no where NEAR as hard as those). If there is a sequel, I am going to get the collector's edition for sure.
January 7, 2012
Fun Hidden Object Game
LOVED IT ! Has a Surprise ending so don't give up halfway through.
November 15, 2011
Nice Game, Could be Longer.
Margrave: The Curse of the Severed Heart is a hidden object adventure game. The plot has you playing Edwina Margrave, a woman searching for clues as to what happened to her dead parents, and the legend of something called the Severed Heart.
The graphics are lovely, drawn scenes. The music was very nice. The voice acting was okay, but got on my nerves at times, because the main character talks quite a bit when you are just clicking around. There are two difficulty settings for this game. I played on the harder setting. The puzzles were enjoyable, none were too difficult. Some of the hidden object scenes were repetitive, and some of the items were tough to spot.
The game took me three hours to complete, playing slowly. That includes the time I got lost because I overlooked the path to a new area. If I hadn't gotten lost, it would have taken me less time to finish. Still, it was a nice game that I definitely enjoyed playing.
December 29, 2011
Fun puzzles and HO
This game was fun and was a relatively long game for the price (non Collector's edition). The game starts out easy, but the puzzles get progessively harder. Some of the puzzles were different from the unusal, which was also nice. The hint command helps with both the HO and the puzzles, which is helpful. Overall, it was fun to play.
December 31, 2011
Surprisingly Good
Just played the game and enjoyed every minute. Seemed to be a little childish in the beginning, but to our surprise it ended up being quite challenging. Great hidden object scenes!
December 4, 2011
Sappy City
After reading the glowing reviews I had such high hopes ...
The Upside -
Graphics and sound are good
HOS challenged a few times causing me to resort to hints
Music was non-intrusive
Instead of a journal there was a separate "discovery" section along side the inventory. The discoveries would disappear when no longer needed - that was handy
The rest-
Sappy, sappy, sappy storyline that grew stickier as the game went on - Daughter revisits the place where she lost her parents as a child.
Lots of casting of spells and very silly "puzzles" - Non of the mini-games were challenging and there were plenty of hints - no strategy guide needed
Lots of traipsing back and forth revisiting the same places for multiple HOS
A young woman's British accented voice over would come with each click, like it or don't.
At one point little ghost animals sing a child like song about a cursed woman. Yeesh.
Guess it just wasn't my cup of tea. Choose the Macabre or the cutsie, but try to mix them, and...well...you get Margrave. Sticky, bizzare, and silly to the point of forgetting to be fun.
I do not recommend this game.
February 18, 2012
Very entertaining and reasonably challenging.
I really liked this one. The conversations could have been shorter but they are part of the story after all. I found the puzzles and HOS's challenging enough and some innovative ideas during game play. I think the creators could have gone a bit longer in the game, the end is a bit abrupt and it leaves you wanting more. Hopefully they will deliver with the promised saga.
January 9, 2012
WHY?
I don't get the point of this game. No logic involved, silly premise,etc.etc.
The graphics are nice .
January 21, 2012
Lovely game
Really enjoyed playing this one. Bright colourful graphics and nice story. Found the HOG quite easy as were the mini games. But still enjoyed the game.
March 1, 2012