Grandma Studios is back with the latest gripping installment of the Whispered Secrets series!
When your friend’s new job turns into a nightmare, you rush to help her. But what you find is no mere hospital. A dark presence tracks your every move and someone’s trying to keep you trapped inside for good! Can you rescue your friend and escape the deadly halls of Acorn Hospital in time? Find out in this exhilarating Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure!
- Go back in time to help patients trapped in the hospital during an air raid in the bonus game!
- Replay your favorite HOPs and mini-Games!
- Unlock a hidden chapter to crack an additional case!
- Tons of figurines and healing herbs to find!
- Enjoy exclusive concept art, music, videos, and more!
Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
- CPU: 2.0 GHz
- RAM: 1024 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 754 MB
Big Fish Games App System Requirements:
- Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later
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Whispered Secrets: Dreadful Beauty Collector's Edition
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Whispered Secrets: Dreadful Beauty Collector's Edition is rated
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Rated 5 out of
5
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timothya from
Choices, Choices
There are games that are too linear - simply plod, scene to scene, challenge to challenge, until you get through. This definitely isn't one of those! Here you have a few crossroads to contemplate, choices to make that definitely affect the solution path, but which is correct? I'd recommend taking notes on which choices the player makes, because we might just be back that way on a replay. This alone gives the game unusual value.
Pros: Excellent plot, slow reveals that we have to earn. Some challenging puzzles, adequate to very good voice acting, and a couple of memorable ancillary characters. And, of course, the options - one of these leads only to having to solve the puzzle over again in reverse, others to major shifts in game strategy, and the player doesn't know the consequences until after the commit button is pressed.
Cons: Plot is just convoluted enough to make play over several sessions challenging - here the journal is invaluable. I'm not sure anyone playing the SE can completely get the plot since some of it is not completely explained until the Bonus Game.
Bonus Game: Superb. It is actually a prequel but one that makes the dilemmas of the main game's characters make sense at last. A couple of nice puzzles, and adds enough play to make the CE a good purchase.
Overall, a rather innovative game with a high replay value. I'd love to see more of this approach.
Date published: 2019-11-16
Rated 5 out of
5
by
pennmom36 from
WOW GRANNY! A GAME WITH CHOICES THAT ACTUALLY AFFECT THE OUTCOME, GREAT REPLAY VALUE!
Completed Game approximately 5.5 Hours
(including completion of all puzzles, Bonus & Hidden Chapter)
*20 Scene Locations +6 CE Bonus Chapter +6 HC*
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate
Okay, the storyline is a bit cheesy, okay, a lot cheesy...monsters that are just arms and cheap Halloween chattering teeth, easily banished with a grain of salt? That's not going to fly with most of us true horror fans, but hey, it's better than most plots nowadays. The story isn't what's important here folks, what's important is that this game is developed by an Indie developer with amazing insight and a heart the size of the Acorn Institution where the game takes place! While the big guys are throwing us breadcrumbs, GrandMa is throwing us whole loaves of bread. I have been rather harsh on my reviews for this developer in the past, but Dreadful Beauty has shown me that they care about their games and obviously have their claws sharpened to dig in for the long haul. There's still room for improvement (especially with the mini-games) but I say "let's support these guys, they obviously care!"
What am I talking about? You know how some games give you Conversation Choices or Action Options but they are so vague that it doesn't really matter which one you choose because the result is going to be the same either way? In this game, the choices and actions you make actually DO change the outcome which makes this game an excellent value because you can replay it several times with slightly different outcomes (bwahaha...I fell in a hole!) Throw in the fact that you get to fill in the blanks of the story during the Bonus Chapter AND then brush up on your sleuthing skills in a Hidden Chapter, well that's solid entertainment folks. Morphing Objects that are somewhat challenging, Collectible Figurines and extremely well-hidden Herbs in every scene is just added butter on your GrandMa's homemade loaf of bread!
Hidden Object Scenes: There are 15 Hidden Object Scenes +4 in the CE Bonus Chapter, and several smaller Zoom Zone HOPs as well. Granny did a fantastic job as far as creativity goes, adding multi-scenes and panning features. My only complaint is that towards the end of the game, they got a bit lazy and began repeating the same scenes. There are Interactive List Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Multiples of the Same Item Finds, Find & Replace, and several scenes that simply require interactions to open, find, and place items, well done GMa!
Mini-Games: There are 16 Mini-Games +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter. Most of the games can be played in an Easy or Hard Mode, however, the only real challenge any of the games presented was the fact that they included so many "clicking one affects others" puzzles. I must admit that I became rather bored with the puzzles because they were far too easily solved. Below are a few of the game you'll encounter during the game:
?-Separate colored tiles by dragging a wire from beginning to end x3.
?-Play a game of checkers with Mr. Bones.
?-Place all stoppers to direct the gas to the far-right container.
?-Click on various icons of limited amounts from beginning to end, all icons must be used.
Bonus Chapter: Brace yourself for an action-packed prequel playing as Dr. Harry Jules on that Dreadful day when Annabelle met her horrible fate during WWII when the hospital was bombed. This is an average-length chapter that takes place over 6 scene locations with 5 additional Mini-Games and 4 Hidden Object Scenes. You will pick up the remaining 6 Morphing Objects, 4 Character Figurines, and 6 Herbs (actually 12, each scene has an herb & a copy) You must locate all Herbs to unlock the Hidden Chapter, but you can click on the missed Herbs & Figurines in the CE extra's section by clicking on the ones you missed)
Hidden Chapter: After completing the Bonus Chapter and locating all copies of Herbs you can access the Hidden Chapter titled Redemption. You will search 6 scenes to locate evidence, speak with witnesses and gather statements to identify Dr, Lewis Horton's killer. Did I mention this game has an excellent replay value lol?
Collector's Edition Extra's: 10 Wallpapers (all with Characters ?) 10 Concept Art Pictures, 17 Movie Cutscene Videos, 8 Music Soundtracks ?, 12 Replayable Mini-Games?, 17 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 15 Achievements, 20 Character Figurines, 20 Morphing Objects, 40 Herbs (2 copies of the same herb in each scene) 6 Main Chapters (Affliction) +Bonus Chapter (Reminiscence) +Hidden Chapter (Redemption-you must find all Herbs to unlock) and a Built-In Strategy Guide.
WHISPERED SECRETS SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-The Story of Tideville (October 7-2012) 3.9
2-Into The Beyond (November 14-2013) 4.1
3-Into The Wind (October 4-2014) 4.2
4-Golden Silence (August 6-2015) 4.2
5-Everburning Candle (March 31-2016) 4.4
6-Song of Sorrow (November 12-2016) 3.7
7-Forgotten Sins (September 2-2017) 3.7
8-Enfant Terrible (July 5-2018) 4.1
9-Cursed Wealth (March 14-2019) 4.2
10-Dreadful Beauty (November 7-2019) n/a
by: GrandMa Studios
Date published: 2019-11-07
Rated 5 out of
5
by
valjoy from
A Gift that keeps on giving!
What a lot of love and planning went into this rich package. A good story with different pathways, according to choices you make. Well crafted and original puzzles to solve and lots of collectibles. A well considered back story for the Bonus Story. And then - more! A Whodunnit to solve from picture clues and anecdotes. The time and effort put into crafting this makes it far superior to most games. And no monsters!
Date published: 2019-11-27
Rated 5 out of
5
by
loondance from
Yes, yes, yes...play this game!
Wow! What an awesome game! I loved that the 'searches' you perform to get clues...are really and truly related to the storyline and making progress!!!! Love the interactive HOPs. Awesome to have three different games in one. Totally engaging game! Please...can we have more of these?
Date published: 2019-11-22
Rated 5 out of
5
by
karenmusik from
Do not apply for jobs at run-down old hospitals
I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this, but I got addicted pretty quickly. Others have gone over the storyline, so I'll just list the plus & minus points.
Plus -
-Choices affect the story outcome. I'm already itching to play a second time through to change the story.
-Collectible icons. The herbs and morphing objects are not always easy to find, but you have a flashing icon for morphs and a sliding screen for herbs to keep you looking.
-Interesting HOPs and puzzles with 2 levels of challenge.
- Most voices were pretty good.
Minus -
-The boy's voice was annoying. Why do developers always have whiny children? Have they ever actually worked with real kids? I do every day and most of them don't sound squeaky.
-Cheesy monsters
-My conscience when I made a poor choice
Date published: 2019-11-16
Rated 5 out of
5
by
ColoradoGold from
Hours of entertainment with twisted surgeon
I played this main game and the bonus games in the Collector's Edition for hours, enjoying most of it. This doc is really twisted! Won't go into storyline details as it's been done, but I will say that I thought the artwork and creativity that went into this game was amazing - and appreciated. The storyline flowed fairly well, but it was the choices that the player can make that had me smiling throughout. Now I have to go back and play it again, making the opposite choices I did previously to see what happens.
Date published: 2019-11-15
Rated 5 out of
5
by
biscuitsmama from
HOW FAR WILL A DOCTOR GO TO SAVE HIS BELOVED WIFE?
Whispered Secrets Dreadful Beauty seems to be a change from the previous games that we’ve seen from this developer. This is a dark and excellent game that drew me in right from the beginning. For me the game seemed a bit more difficult and not quite as easy as some of the more recent games we’ve seen. I loved that the solutions were not always obvious and that I sometimes had a difficult time figuring out where to go, or what to do next.
The mechanics in the game will often present a choice between various actions in order to solve a problem. The result of whichever action we select will somehow change the game, but until I replay it, I am not certain that anything actually changed the end result. It is a fun idea at least and one that guarantees I will definitely play the game more than once.
The HOPS were entertaining and it was difficult to not hit that hint button when I got stuck. Yep, I did have to resort to using it once or twice in the game, so I won’t earn the achievement for getting through the HOPS without using the dreaded hint button. The puzzles were also very good and I didn’t find any that resulted in a huge brain drain headache to solve.
The CE version of the game does offer a lot of extras. I enjoyed spotting the morphing objects and then the herbs that were hidden in all of the scenes. Sometimes the morphing objects jumped right out at me but sometimes I missed them when I first looked at a scene. Something I appreciate in the game is that there is a pop-out slider that will let you know how many herbs are to be found in each scene. Since I am fairly driven to find all of the collectibles in CE games, I always appreciate knowing how many there are to find.
Whispered Secrets Dreadful Beauty is a challenging and terrific game that held my attention as I played. I enjoyed the storyline and it took a bit of time to figure out who really was the “bad guy” in the game. I always enjoy a game that keeps me guessing! Even though I purchased the game, I recommend that you try the demo to see if this Whispered Secrets game is one that you will enjoy. Happy gaming!
Date published: 2019-11-07
Rated 5 out of
5
by
BuckSatan69 from
Excellent Game
Excellent game - One of the best I have played. Loved every minute of it.
Date published: 2019-11-09
Rated 5 out of
5
by
gallica2 from
at long last!
has been a rather dry spell for a while. review based on demo only.
great story line. visuals a bit dark but collectibles are there if look and there's a handy sidebar to let you know if you've got them all in a scene,
spook factor is perfect.
great game so far!
Date published: 2019-11-07
Rated 5 out of
5
by
eurojosh from
One of the best
I rarely review games, but this one deserves it. Fantastic gameplay, a plot where the decisions you make matter, perfectly pitched puzzles (for my level anyway!) and atmospheric graphics and soundtrack. One of my top 2 or 3 games on this platform of all time.
Date published: 2019-11-30