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Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen Collector's Edition 
$ 13.99 USD or 2 credits
Journey into the mythical Snowfall Kingdom and investigate the disappearance of children in Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen! From the ashes of the snow, the legendary Snow Queen rises and terrorizes nearby villages with her supernatural powers. Rescue the missing children and stop the fabled Snow Queen before her sorrow brings upon the destruction of the world in this incredible Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!
The Collector’s Edition includes:
- Bonus gameplay
- Integrated Strategy Guide
- Wonderful Wallpapers
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: 10.8/10.7/10.6/10.5
- CPU: 1.0 GHz (INTEL ONLY)
- RAM: 512 MB
- Hard Drive: 784 MB
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Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen Collector's Edition
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The Best Dark Parables Installment Yet!
I absolutely loved this game! The three modes of play allowed me to pick the level of challenge I prefer. It was long enough to keep me busy for a couple days as well. They did a great job balancing HOS with puzzles, so the game kept the original HOS focus but had some extra challenges and adventure added in. The story line was interesting and well written, including the bonus chapter. The strategy Guide was super helpful also. Finally, I vastly preferred this game to the latest MCF game for all of the above reasons.
December 6, 2011
Fantastic, immersive experience... at a price
I will start off this review by stating the chief negative aspect of this Collector's Edition of 'Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen' - the price. The bonus content - in the form of music files, concept art, all the cutscenes, an integrated strategy guide, the puzzles from the game, and a bonus chapter - are wonderful additions and certainly enhance the experience and enrich the title and storyline (with regard to the bonus content, which is a prologue of sorts to the main story) but I honestly do not believe they are worth a price mark-up of 100%. Yes, the extra chapter of playable content is great, but the rest is a bit superfluous - after a cursory flick through the concept art and a quick listen of the music files I doubt I will revisit them again, and the mini games aren't as fun when played out of context of the game so I certainly will not be loading the whole game just to play one of them. I didn't use the strategy guide even once. I would recommend that all but the most ardent fan or total completist collector purchase the Collector's Edition; everyone else will get exactly the same experience (albeit without the extras) and satisfaction by paying half the price of the Collector's Edition for the standard edition.
Now for the positive aspects of this title, and there are so many (and I am assuming they will apply to the far cheaper standard edition too, for those that are still unsure about which edition to purchase):
-the storyline is superb. It takes well-known and rather boring fairy tales and turns them on their heads, mashing some together to create a story that is captivating in a world that is immersive and believable and which the player will be sad to leave at the end of the game.
-the graphics are, apart from some facial fuzziness in the cutscene videos, simply gorgeous. Every scene is beautifully lit, gorgeously coloured, and lovingly detailed. Items aren't necessarily easy to find, but are clearly rendered. The cutscenes blend beautifully into the gameplay and the only detraction is when the characters in these cutscenes speak and their faces seem to do strange things in terms of morphing and blurring, but this is a very (very very) minor niggling detail.
-three difficulty settings ensure beginners and old hands alike will find this game challenging, and indeed on normal setting the game (not including the bonus content) took me over five hours in an easy, relaxed play style where I used the hints as rarely as possible so as to prolong the enjoyment of the title.
-the music is stunning... when you realise there is music at all. It is so well blended into the gameplay that it is simply becomes part of the experience and most of the time the player will not even realise there is a background track. Whenever a particularly difficult to find piece of an item does stump the player and they take a breath and draw back from the game, the music will become more noticeable and it is then they will realise how wonderful the score is and how beautiful.
-the hidden object games I've played in the past tended to all draw from the same boring pool of items (bananas, hats, binoculars, wallets... oh, yaaawn. I'm tired of searching these humdrum items, game developers - take a hint!) and not only are they boring to look for but more often than not they make no sense in the scene (why, for instance, would the Amazon be littered with the contents of someone's living room?!). This game was refreshing in that the objects being searched for weren't objects in and of themselves but were, rather, parts of a greater whole that the player needed to progress in the game. Small pictures of each part help the player identify them in the scene, and each piece is clear and beautiful, and the satisfaction of seeing all the pieces come together to create the lavishly decorated final item is truly satisfying.
-the puzzles are clever and different too, and show some thought on the part of the studio, and weren't so difficult that I ever once felt inclined to hit the 'SKIP' button or rage quit the game.
My final recommendation is that this is a stellar title and everyone should play it, but most people would probably the standard edition game enough.
January 1, 2012
An excellent addition to the Dark Parables series.
Wow. You can almost feel the icy chill of this wintery set game. This is the third installment in the Dark Parables series. The art work is just beautiful, and the game does an effective job of challenging your hidden object skills. But it is the wintery look and feel of the game that really captures your attention. If you've played the other two Dark Parables, you'll want to play this one,but it does challenge you more. There is also a teaser for another future Dark Parable, but I'll have to buy the game to play the teaser! I'd need at least another two hours, but the 1 hour was a tasty appetizer.
December 2, 2011
Fun game!
This is a great new game in this series. If you like games with fantastic graphics, music, voice overs, and FROG scenes, this one will be right up your alley. I loved looking for the Parable Gems to further explore the story of the Snow Queen, and I also enjoyed the foreboding snowy atmosphere of the game. The game has three modes, from beginner to expert, and hard mode is great for people who do not want any help ( there are no hints or skips) However, there are no morphing objects in hard mode as there are in the other modes, so that is a miss. The puzzles, although interesting, are somewhat on the easier side. But, these are minor quibbles about this otherwise excellent game!
December 2, 2011
All that glitters is not gold
Clad in a wonderful, shiny armor of sumptuous graphics, with a pleasant soundtrack and stunning cutscenes, this game is in fact a huge lure without much substance. Apart from the usual hunt for useful objects that spices things up a bit, neither the HOS's nor the puzzles are enticing. At least in the first two chapters since the demo doesn't give access to the rest. There are too many HOS's anyway, highly detailed but boringly repetitive. In fact you spent most of your time finding fragmented objects. Even though these are very well crafted, having to go through the same sort of thing again and again rapidly becomes very tedious. There seems to be very few puzzles; those of the first two chapter failed entirely to enthrall me even though they have a slight aura of originality; and they are not difficult. So, where is the challenge in all this ? Nowhere. As for the storyline, nothing off the beaten tracks either. To me, and in spite of the impressive amount of 5 star ratings already awarded, the quality of the game does not justify a purchase.
December 15, 2011
Game got to be quite tedious
I have to join in with other 'Disappointed' reviewers. I literally started to groan when another 'hidden object scene' presented itself. They were all so similar. So tedious.
Repeated games also became tedious. I would leave the computer to do some household chore while waiting for the Skip buttom to become available.
I can never leave a game unfinished, so continued to the end. But, boy, was I happy to have this game over and done with. For me, the gorgeous artwork could not make up for the repetition of the gameplay.
December 25, 2011
So glad it's finally over
I don't understand the great reviews of this game. Do not waste your money on the CE. The guide is just awful. The story is stupid, the graphics are nothing special, the FROGs are like pieces of fancy objects from the Versailles -- all gilt and jewels and eventually the sameness gets incredibly boring. You don't know what you're looking for because they're all fragments of magical objects you would have no way of knowing existed.There is nothing intuitive about this game. Without the map and the walkthrough you'll never finish. And because the guide was inaccurate I had to email tech support when I got stuck, thinking the game was defective. I really hated this game. I'm not even going to play the bonus stuff because I disliked this game so much I'm just going to delete it. Props to BFG support for being so responsive but this was not fun, just boring and frustrating. The only thing I'm happy about is getting it on sale so I didn't waste even more money.
August 20, 2012
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!
The main purpose of hidden object/adventure game is to be looked at, every little detail scrutinized for clues, items or lists. Blue Tea games understands this, all of their games are lovely. Even with a history of beautiful illustration, this one is exceptional. It is well worth taking the time to pause and appreciate. Everything is just gorgeous.
Using fractured objects instead of junk-pile lists means that you're searching for a gilt curlicue or gleaming gem, instead of an out of place horseshoe or hammer. Mini-games are based on visually appealing logic puzzles instead of the usual pipes and jigsaws. There are a few types of puzzles which repeat throughout the game but each version needs a different approach so they remain challenging.
Inventory items are related to the fairy tale story. There are collections of globes and goblets, useful medallions, coins and magical items. This makes for a nice change from the usual keys and crowbars with obvious uses. There is some trial and error and a bit of backtracking, adding to the challenge.
Every mode includes morphing objects. In a game this pretty, it's wonderful to have a reason to stop and appreciate every little element of each new scene.
The story is based on traditional fairy tales but great care has been taken to make even the villains empathetic. The story doesn't try to scare or shock, it unfolds around you, filled in by little bits of back-story that are worth reading.
There is plenty of challenge for any level of player but no pressure to rush through. This is a game to relax with, to sink into.
The bonus chapter of the CE is a stand alone. It is not necessary for the main story. The artwork and atmosphere are also different, making it a lovely little desert after the main course. It takes about an hour to complete.
December 26, 2011
The most beautiful hidden-object game I've played so far!
I read "The Snow Queen" when I was little and it was one of the most scary, yet beautiful fairy tales I've ever read. The Snow Queen was always frightening, mysterious and beautiful at the same time. Whether or not she was truly evil depended upon how you interpreted the story. Did she simply love children so much that she spirited them away or did she truly mean to hurt them? And so I find it is with this game version.
The graphics are beautifully done and the music is haunting, but in a pleasing way. Not too loud or distracting. I'll be playing this game to the end no matter how easy or difficult it becomes, because it's just so pretty to look at. I'm a beginner, but I'm finding the HO scenes about medium in difficulty. Every so often there is an object that takes me forever to find.
The puzzles are medium to easy (so far). However, I'm still on chapter one, so things may get more difficult as the game progresses. I like the way the HO scenes are done by matching visual objects to visual objects instead of words to the corresponding visual objects. A very interesting way to do it and the first time I've seen it done that way in one of these games.
The game progresses at a good pace (for me, anyway) and the story line is compelling. If you like medieval or Celtic themes, you will love this game. Lots of Celtic symbols embedded in the hidden-object scenes. I don't own many collector's editions, but this one is a definite buy for me. Also, I see that there is a bonus game included, which should extend playtime a little.
Kudos to the developers for the beautiful graphics! I'll definitely check out the other games in this series.
December 5, 2011
Another Great Blue Tea Game!
This FROG is another great Blue Tea game! The art is fantastic and the gameplay is fun and challenging without being tedious. In casual play, the hints refill quickly. The CE guide will get you through the tricky places. You have three options of gameplay and since I'm not as smart of most of you other gamers, I chose the casual play. This made the game relaxing but still interesting. I had to have this game before the trial ran out and I was not disappointed in purchasing it. I recommend this game as a truely exceptional, interesting and beautifully designed game. For fans of FROGs, this is a must have game.
December 4, 2011
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