Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope Collector's Edition
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Great HOG!
I knew 5 minutes into the trial I was buying this game. The movie clips are the best I've seen and the graphics are outstanding. The bonus play was pretty short, but fit with the rest of the story seamlessly. I even enjoyed most of the mini games, which I usually skip over. Overall, a really good game.
June 3, 2012
Gripping Game
The story is told in an interesting and suggestive style.
The combination of video and graphics first surprised me, but then I liked it. Graphics visually is very interesting. Some puzzles are too difficult, but the rest is fun. HO boards are ideal.
The ending is surprising.
June 2, 2012
i love the game and would tell all my friends .
the game was fascinating and would like more game like this to keep me interested.
June 1, 2012
Awww, what a disappointment
I have to say the graphics and everything about the scenery were great. Other than that, I did not like this game at all. The mini games are not fun in the least. Matching up symbols to letters over and over again seemed like the developers ran out of ideas on how to make a mini game. Also, there are no acheivments or morphing objects to collect. Just these scrolls which I really don't even care to read. Playing this game has made me realize how much better a game is when there are achievments in the game. It makes you more careful of what you click on and makes you more observant during the game so you don't miss anything. Without that, if a mini game ticks me off, I just skip it. When I am looking for something and cant find it, I find myself just clicking around. I wouldn't do this if there were acheivments to be made. I know I could disipline myself to take more time, but the game would have to interest me. And this one really misses the mark for me. Just my opinion.
June 3, 2012
Pretty Fun
This not like the top notch games, but is pretty good game. Easy going and good graphics. Good story line. Not to hard to play. I liked it and would buy it on a rainy day.
May 31, 2012
Not Bad!
I always play a demo in the easy mode. If easy is too easy, I don't bother. I found the graphics a bit fuzzy, but not so bad that I wouldn't purchase because of it. HOGs were fun, but a bit pale in color, not difficult. Game play was good, music good. Nice voice-overs, SG and hint system (didn't care for the blood splatter when using the hint#. Nice job mixing real with fantasy. So why click on a ghost if they aren't going to do anything but run away? Funny..
I prefer seeing the number of chapters up front on any game, which gives me an idea of approximately how long it is. So tired #no pun intended) of the sleepy eye in all these games.
This game didn't grab me, but I found it interesting enough to want to finish. Not sure if I'm going to use the special today, or hold it in the puddle for a really nice special. I will purchase at some point. Thanks for the reviews.
May 31, 2012
Good way to spend an afternoon
Decent game though most of the puzzles could have used a reset button. A good way to spend an afternoon or two when you have the time.
June 1, 2012
same story different game
This was another in the okay catagory for me. Bought the CE on a sale. The atmosphere was very nice, graphics good and there were plenty of locales. I particularly liked the firey one. Lots of inventory items and plenty of HO scenes. But I felt that the storyline was very predictable and somewhat flat. When the villan did his big speach my first thought was .. what the heck was that? His lips didn't match, the VO was robotic and the dialogue was quite ridiculous. I guess despite a really great opening, I just didn't buy into the story that much. However I liked the artwork, the hint system was good, the SG was helpful when needed and it did have a story complete with the blackbird with the terrible voice that followed you around. I thought that it could have used the addition of some bells and whistles like collectables or achievements. I would say that for me, this was a good.. not great game. Worth an afternoon or two but not one that would stand out from other games. Maybe 3.5?
July 13, 2012
Muddled graphics, couldnt get into it
Well, it started off promising with the determined intro, FMV & good voice over, however, it quickly lost steam due mostly to the grey, muted, muddled graphics. Everything just seemed messy & blended together, like the entire game was one big HOG. This is sad because I really liked the story line & some of the object placements & usage were devious, in a good way. Some of it could have been me due to my own aggrivation & having to use the HINT button often as for what to do next - the game gave absolutely no clue. I liked that you ran into other characters, but even they were down trodden & gloomy. Better graphics, scenes & characters next time please. A shame because like I said the story & FMV premise seemed promising.
June 30, 2012
Enjoyed this one!
This was a fun game, not terribly challenging but lots of places to go and look for stuff. I did like that there were always new places opening up. My only complaint is that I thought the voiceovers while showing the person's eyes were odd and the evil guy's ravings didn't even come close to matching the voiceover but I have a feeling it probably wasn't meant to. But that's just a style issue that doesn't affect gameplay. Other than that I enjoyed it. The collector's edition strategy guide was never needed. The hint button was enough if you couldn't remember where to go next. If you have a good memory you won't even need that. The bonus game doesn't start automatically, just click on bonus content to play that one. Several hours of enjoyment for me on this one!
June 30, 2012