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Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison 
Help Kiera Vale discover her ancestor’s history as she explores Blackwater Asylum in Nightmare Adventures: The Witch’s Prison! After receiving a mysterious letter from Alton Quinn, Kiera sets off to find out about her birth parents. Finding Blackwater Asylum to be in a state of disarray, Kiera begins exploring the grounds looking for information about her family, and Alton’s mysterious secret. Help her discover the truth in this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- CPU: 1.0 GHz
- RAM: 512 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 227 MB
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Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison
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Prepare for creepy time.
If your looking for a spooky tale set in an asylum then this is the game for you.
Great graphics, non-annoying sound, solid story which gets the game off to a good start.
As we move onto the first of several different challenging puzzles, we actually have a game which requires you to think for once. I wouldnt recomend this game for beginners.
I enjoyed the challenge of being able to hack into online characters in-game computers so the fact that you get to do this a couple of times in game was a nice touch.
Your camera can take instant pictures of hints and clues which is a bonus, as is the fact you can actually bring them up to look at them if your stuck on a puzzle.
Each section of the story only has a few different scenes, negating the annoying travelling backwards and forwards found in some games.
I finished the game in 2 evenings so it did provide value for money and i will replay it again.
Missing for me were replayable mini games; items to collect which unlocked bonuses; rewards, or character development but i suppose you cant have everything and they have to save something for the collectors edition.
All in all a solid, creepy game for horror fans. Cant wait for the sequel.
March 4, 2012
Good puzzles, integral story
I'm kind of tired of hidden object games and gruesome, but when I played the trial for this the story elements and the puzzles made me mentally mark this as a "buy sometime anyway".
And I'm glad I did. I felt Glasya's review said it well: storyline, humor, varied puzzles. I liked that the responses weren't negative if I did something wrong (I've had some games suggest that I'm stupid, which doesn't endear them to me).
The end had a little twist or I just didn't expect it, quite, and I liked it.
February 26, 2012
Fun and entertaining, although not perfect.
Despite being a little rough around the edges, there was something that really intrigued me about this game. After playing through the demo, I decided that I'd risk a purchase to see where it would go.
I'd have to say the thing I liked best about Nightmare Adventures: Witch's Prison is that it's not your standard Haunted Asylum game. The story goes in an unexpected direction early on and keeps you guessing all the way up to the cliffhanger ending. The story ends with quite a few questions unanswered, which I assume would be addressed in a sequel, so here's to hoping we get one.
The gameplay is your typical adventure fare tasking you to find items, solve puzzles, and uncover the story through random notes and books, but without any hidden object scenes to work through. The complexity of the puzzles vary from pretty easy (I ended up accidentally solving a few by randomly clicking on things while trying to figure out the method) to challenging, but most seemed on the easier side once I put a bit of my mind to it, although the puzzle difficulty ramps up a bit towards the end. I think my favorite aspect of the game were the riddle clues; they weren't incredibly hard to figure out, but fun to work through nonetheless. I also loved the fact that the puzzles were not explained to you and you had to figure out how they worked. Without a difficulty setting, this helped stretch the gameplay out a bit for me, especially since I refuse to use the Hint and Skip buttons unless I'm completely stuck.
Speaking of difficulty, there is one challenge level to the game, and as such, no sparkles or any visual indicators of areas of interest outside of mousing over items. This may be frustrating for the more casual player who prefers easier game settings, but the Hint button refills quickly and gives detailed clues that won't leave you guessing, and of course there's a Skip button for all of the puzzles.
As for the graphics, they aren't groundbreaking by any means and did not detract from or hurt the gameplay at all. Nothing really stood out to me in either a good or bad way, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I liked the more stylistic and cartoon-ish cut scene images which I think worked well with the story and characters (this isn't meant to be incredibly dark and scary, at least I didn't think so).
One thing that really stood out to me was the flavor text on just about every item in a room/area. Many items even offer additional comments and descriptions if you click on them more than once. This added a lot of detail to the game's surroundings as well as quite a bit of humor to Kiera's character. I wish more games would put in the effort to add more flavor text as it was a real treat here.
The game is not without its flaws, however. There is very little music played outside of the cut scenes, which isn't a horrible thing if the background sounds fit in well and help build atmosphere, but even ambient noises and sound effects are completely missing from some scenes. I found myself checking my speakers and sound volume a few times because there just wasn't any noise at all coming out of the game in some rooms. The "item find" jingle seemed out of place for this type of game and was quite annoying, but I got used to it as I played. I wasn't particularly fond of the UI either, as I found having to actively click on the X buttons to leave the Journal/Clues boxes a bit tedious and sometimes frustrating when I would try clicking outside of them to close them out, but to no avail. And, again, a few of the puzzles were just too easy to figure out, some only requiring 3 or 4 steps to solve which removed any sense of accomplishment of having worked through them.
That said, I still really enjoyed Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison and feel it's worth picking up (especially if you catch it on the Daily Deal). I can't say it's the most polished adventure game I've ever played, but it does enough things right that I was able to overlook its flaws and appreciate the game for the entertaining, and often amusing, journey that it is.
November 6, 2012
Fantastic scary game with tricky puzzles and a great ending
Absolutely loved this game!!! It is billed as a Hidden Object Game but there were no tiresome junk scenes, just lots and lots of exploring of scary environments, searching for missing parts/keys/tiles etc. in order to solve puzzles. A few of the puzzles are similar to ones I've seen before but many are quite novel. None of them are particularly hard, but some were tricky and exercised the little grey cells a bit. If you can't work out what you're meant to be doing, the HINT button provides some guidance but doesn't give you the answer. There's also a SKIP button to use if a puzzle defeats you.
The graphics are well drawn and the music is superb. I particularly enjoyed the ending. Some games end rather abruptly, as though the developers have run out of budget and ideas and are glad to finish it; this one ended with interesting and surprising cut scenes and stirring music.
It appears this game was developed by a small company, and if so, it is particularly impressive. I'll be looking for more.
August 18, 2012
Great Mystery
Hard, without being too challenging. Interesting throughout, with detailed scenes, involved characters, and a plot that keeps you wondering..
November 21, 2011
A Great Puzzle Adevture Game
If you like puzzles, you will love this game. The Witch's Prison isn't a hidden object game, it's a supernatural adventure game with tons of innovative puzzles. The story is cleverly written and unfolds at a good pace. The scene graphics are nice and moody, bordering on downright creepy at times. The wide variety of original puzzles is what really makes this game rise above the standard search-and-find games. I wish there were more games like this. Great job!
February 22, 2012
Good spooky adventure game...
For me, there's not a worse nightmare than to be caught in an insane asylum and accused of being insane. It definitely has the creepy feel and great story and puzzles throughout. I tolerate hidden object games, but when there are adventure games that don't have them throughout, I am in HEAVEN. I just don't have the patience and it's just not that fun for me, but I will play especially if it's a good game with graphics and storyline. So when I can find a really good game without HO scenes, I enjoy them even more. I personally liked the easy navagational controls. It's easy to understand (eye-see, foot prints-walk, and hand to grab or take things). Overall, a good game play and worth the buy.
January 15, 2012
Entertaining!
I really liked the various puzzles in this one. My favorite was the
sudoku/chain lock. There is a right amount of challenge in this game. I enjoyed the atmosphere/story and art enough to want a sequel.
December 11, 2011
love it
:D enjoyed it to the max!! best game out there.. by far my favorite!
November 17, 2011
SLOW.
I had originally installed this on my old computer and couldn't deal with how slow the game was running. When I got my brand spanking new, totally up-to-date computer, I figured I'd give this game another go. Still slow. I found on the forums that this was pretty typical of this game. I played it all the way through, but found myself getting very impatient. It's a shame, because otherwise it was a fun game. Creepy at times, too. If there is a sequel then hopefully they'll fix this deal-breaking bug.
November 15, 2011
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