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Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition 
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Be the first to play Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove with this special Collector’s Edition.
Use your wits and Hidden Object and Adventure game talent to follow the trail of a group of missing graduate students in Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove!
Experience all the exclusive Collector’s Edition extras including bonus “Easter egg” levels and puzzles that reveal secrets related to both past and future Mystery Case Files episodes. The integrated Deluxe Strategy Guide also includes extra video outtakes, concept art, screenshots, and desktop wallpapers.
The Collector’s Edition includes:
- Bonus gameplay that reveals MCF “secrets”
- A new Challenge and Achievement system
- Collect over 50 hidden objects that continually change shape
- A Deluxe Strategy Guide, integrated into the game
- Check out our Blog Walkthrough
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- CPU: 2.0 GHz
- RAM: 1280 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 605 MB
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Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove? Collector's Edition
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FUN AND CHALLENGING
Casual mode over 5 hours. A very well thought-out and skillfully-told story. Provocative puzzles; fairly uncluttered HOS and flawless gameplay. Terrific production values. Video tapes you find throughout the game will tell the backstory of 4 students investigating the lore of Dire Grove ? I found them somewhat boring and not necessary to view to enjoy the game. No map, but it?s fairly easy to keep track of what is where. Your journal is integral to your gameplay and will contain some information (including possible solutions to puzzles or where to look for the solutions) not found during gameplay. Satisfying ending.
PUZZLES: If you?ve played a lot of HOGs, you will recognize many of the wide variety of puzzles. No instructions are provided. Experts and advanced intermediates should be able to figure out and solve most from having encountered them in other games. Other intermediates and novices will have to rely on trial and error or a walkthrough or the strategy guide for many of them. Suggestion: When the puzzle involves squares or tiles, you might first try moving one or two of them around. You might find a symbol underneath a tile or find that something lights up, which will provide a clue on how to solve the puzzle. You could end up feeling really smart. Clues for some puzzles (ex: combo for safe) are generally found very nearby. Suggestion: Also look through your journal (not just the last couple pages of entry). Sometimes solutions are included in the narrative.
GAMEPLAY: Is smooth and logical, though sometimes rather challenging. As you know, you must usually do something in order to activate a HOS. So, if you get stuck on what to do next, try going to the different locations to see if you come across 2 or 3 HOS. The tools you get should give you some insight of what to do (since you were probably looking for them). Note that the hint works within the HOS, but will not give direction on where to go or what to do during gameplay. Some tools aren?t found until much later in the game (such as that sparkplug for the generator or a means to cross that break in the bridge). Note that, even after you find the 4 students, you still have a ways to go before the end.
April 11, 2013
In the minority.
Most reviewers here seem to love this game. I found it almost painfully boring. Graphics are very good in the CE edition but sound was very choppy, music irritating, plot line disconnected. Hated all the jumping back and forth, found it hard to navigate from one scene to another, My rating is more generous than I'm feeling, given that I could have bought a couple of good games with the money I threw away on this one!
April 4, 2013
A very nice game with great story development!
This was a really great game, and although initially I was going to give it a 5 star rating, I ended up giving it 4 because, for me, the Collector's Edition extras weren't that worth it.
The pros:
- Wonderful, crisp and clear graphics, just beautiful;
- The presentation was really beautiful, specially the journal, and it had interesting information too, so I loved to read it;
- Top notch story development and investigation. It was a pleasure to know more about what happened to the students and what was Dire Grove all about;
- For once, I enjoyed these live-actions videos! The woman who played the main character, Alison, did great on her role (except on the screaming parts...);
- The environment was exceptionally well-built and the ambient sounds were a delight to listen to, since I always play games with earphones;
- The music was beautiful and very soothing and there was a track that had an ethereal feeling to it. Amazing!;
- The story was quite something and I just loved to investigate the abandoned and frozen town!;
Cons:
- For me, it wasn't worth the CE price. There were little achievements and there wasn't even a bonus chapter and so it was quite disappointing.
That's it!
This game was just great and I really felt like a detective and, overall, this stop in the freezing cold town of Dire Grove was definitely worth it!
March 15, 2013
Great CE Game!
This game was a real mystery game. Beautiful Graphic and awful background music. I will give one more star if this game has explanation for puzzle.
March 13, 2013
Excellent game!
MCF: Dire Grove is the first game in MCF series that I bought. I loved the SE and now I bought the CE. Everything in this game is so great that I so wish that all game developers to be just as good as this. In this CE, there is no extra gameplay, but there's something special that you won't get in an SE and it doesn't involve the regulars wallpapers, screensavers and all the usual stuff. I don't need the extra gameplay as the regular game itself is already so good. The acting is really well done, and I love watching the videos (a thing that I dislike usually in a game) and kept me hooked. The SG is fine, if only it is together with the game and not to be accessed from the main menu, this game will get 110% score from me. Nothing bad to say about this game, just simply buy it and you won't be disappointed.
March 4, 2013
Hard to know what to do next...
While I may be new to this genre of games, I have played enough to know what is good and I've of course played computer games in general for 30 years.
I love the story and how it is presented. It's interesting and has enough content to keep me focused and know what the general idea is.
However, the problem is that the game often leaves you wondering where to go next and what to do to move the story/game forward. I found this to be frustrating enough to come and write a review about it. I am very surprised to find 52 reviews that don't mention this flaw.. so may be it is just me.. but I do need some directional information on what to do next when I find a new clue rather than stumbling almost blindly around until I accidentally come across something to do.
Still would recommend the game for its production values and decently challenging puzzles.
February 16, 2013
Dire Grove great hidden object game!
This game have been great fun to play! Great story line, love the live action, kept the game interesting. Keep making more live action games if possible, we need more games like this.
January 5, 2013
Spooky Enough To Play, But Not As Great As Its Fellow Games
Let's just say Dire Grove overall proved spooky enough to play, but not as great as its fellow games. Purely because of its ending conclusion with the banshee. Play to find out why...
January 3, 2013
Nicely done
I purchased this game some time ago and had to buy a new computer so I had to re-start. Loved the graphics and the sound effects, the suspense of the story line.
Loved the fact it wasn't too hard to get to the strategy guide which was fairly clear and consise. Was hard to make myself stop playing which has kept me up past 2 nights playing.
I can hardly wait until I can replay it.
December 8, 2012
my all-time favorite
I love this game and highly recommend it. It was my first BFG purchase and it got me completely hooked! This is one of the few games where I leave the music volume up. Great story, great attention to detail. It took me many hours to play, which was fine by me.
November 29, 2012
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