Grim Tales: The Stone Queen Collector's Edition
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It is what I had hoped for.
This game is what I had hoped for in the "Grim Tales" series. My grandmother and I both love this series. The artwork is exceptional and the story is very unique. Some puzzles were more challenging than others but the challenge was satisfying. The characters were very interesting and I loved the pet that you obtain. Not an overwhelming amount of HOS. I believe you never do one HOS more than once. The map was very helpful and I loved the fast travel. Although my map would sometimes show objectives that I had already completed especially on the bonus content. The music was a little lacking considering sometimes it wasn't there. I really like the journal feature in games and this time it wasn't there. But I don't think that took away from the game at all. I highly recommend any of the Grim Tales games.
January 15, 2013
The Stone Queen
I like to think I am an expeienced gamer even though I prefer to enjoy the games in casual mode. I like Elephant Games as so far they have been of good length and excellent games. However......this is the third one I have played recently (thanks to the sale I bought collectors editions) and all I have to say is thank God for the strategy guides. They have all had the same problems as I am about to describe here. Are these developers just trying to complicate things?
The game itself is stunning. Artwork beautiful and HOS and puzzles great. Story line good. But in a lot of things it was not clear what to do next. Something needs done or put in place but no clues as to what. There were a couple of instances where I would not have thought to use the required items. Also by the time I had finally found the last piece of a puzzle I had forgotten where I was supposed to use it! Just as well there is an interactive map too because there is a lot of going back and forth to place items that you find. I liked the fact that the map told you what needed to be done in the areas. Some of the puzzles, while good and different and interesting, did not have clear instructions and again I had to refer to the guide to clearly understand what to do. I don't want to be told every step, and its good to work things out but, this was just so frustrating.
for the beauty of the game I will give 5/5
for the puzzles 5/5
for the HOS 5/5
for the frustration 5/5
for the enjoyment 2/5 (though this will improve second time round now that I know what to do)
For all the frustrations I did like the game and will recommend it.
January 9, 2013
Beautiful and LONG adventure !!!!!
Based on completed game.....
WOW. What a fantastic game this was, including the bonus chapter!! It's true that it wasn't exactly like the other Grim Tales, but Elephant Games has brought us another beauty!! I can't even guess at how much time it takes, since I take my time and try not to use the hint button or strategy guide unless I'm really stuck as to what to do next.
The hidden object games are a joy to do, as the items are large enough even for my older eyes. I think that if you enjoyed "Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper" and "Christmas Stories: Nutcracker", you will certainly love this game!!!! Highly recommend!!
January 5, 2013
Like dancemom1 disappointed
Played only the demo after which there was no desire to buy at all. I also don't know what has happened to Elephant . Apart from Nutcracker which had excellent graphics a good story and well done characters, even though there were no achievements etc , Elephant have lost the plot for me. All their games always had something extra which is why I own so many of their games. This had hardly any cut scenes to draw you into the story unlike most of their other games and the characters were poorly done and were just a drawing with a voice over. Although Grim Tales is not my favourite from this dev I still bought the other three which I enjoyed well enough. Sorry this one does not tempt me to buy at all. I am surprised it has jumped to number 1. But then ERS are also getting games out there without I feel getting them finished. It just seems they can't get them out there fast enough. Sorry.
January 13, 2013
Two Words: Elephant Games
When you play a game from Elephant Games you know that the chances are pretty good that it's going to be a good one. The Stone Queen is a great example. It involves members from the family in the previous games which I like since you have a sence of familarity. I loved the graphics. They have all these cute charecters in the Stone City. The people who have been turned to stone have eyes that follow you. As mentioned in a previous review-there is a creepy decapatated monkey with scary spring eyes so I had to deal with that ASAP. All in all it is a good game. It has challenges which I like. I think this game is well worth a try.
January 3, 2013
Could have been excellent
I think this was a good game. I think it could have been an excellent game if the puzzles were brought up a notch. I am continually disapointed by the lack of challenging puzzles in these types of games-HOG/HOA--and this game was no exception. I don't necessarily find it "challenging" to have to figure out where to go, or what object I need to pick up to get there. For me, the level of challenge comes from the difficulty of the puzzles imbeded in the game and other aspects that require thought --not just memory. The puzzles were interesting and fun but not challenging. Overall, an enjoyable (long), but somewhat easy game. Nevertheless, compared to what else is out there - in my opinion --this is a four star game.
January 12, 2013
More great fun from Elephant Games
The Stone Queen has nice music, great puzzles, and a compelling storyline with characters you come to care about. I usually skip the cutscenes - but these were tremendous fun. The game is light on hidden objects (which I prefer) focusing more on the adventure/puzzle aspects. I'm now playing the bonus game which is as much fun as the original game itself.
January 9, 2013
LadyHawk
I found this game fun and entertaining, the story line was good, the ending to the game was good but the ending the to bonus game was lacking in that it didn't show the whole family reunited. It just stopped, leaving the princess out. It needed to be complete. The colors, the graphics the game itself was great. I look forward to their next release.
January 8, 2013
Not on my wish list.....
I might get this later, but not as a collectors edition. My grand daughter liked it who is 8, but it did not seem to be up to the level of other games from Elephant. It lacked the ahhhh factor that some of the newer games seem to have. I would have liked some cute animated friends to play with and have some achievement awards for getting stuff correct.
The puzzles were good, and I liked that some have a few different parts to them. When I think of a 'Grim type story' I think of more fairly tale overtones than this game had,
. Art work was excellent in some places and not it others. The voice over art work was not animated, which would not have been much of a deal, if the general feeling of the game was not so gloomy.
In comparison to Nut Cracker, which was so amazing and captivating, this game left me feeling a little flat.
January 6, 2013
Very good addition to the Grim Tales saga
The trial was very enjoyable and the challenges good. Will enjoy adding this to my collection.
January 5, 2013