August 2011

It's always nice to hear what players think of a game especially if it has been just released and people only get to know it. Here you can read some words published on hidden-puzzles.com about Grim Tales: The Bride.

"After your sister met a gruesome fate on what was meant to be the happiest day of her life, you have been given the chance to make things right in Grim Tales: The Bride. With the help of a mysterious benefactor and your puzzle-solving skills, revisit your sister's troubled memories. Retrace her steps leading up to her wedding day and search for clues that may explain her death.

Grim Tales: The Bride is a hidden object adventure game by Elephant Games, the minds behind hit games such as the Mystery Trackers and Lost in the City game series. This game is fairly dark - both in lighting and theme - as you explore the circumstances surrounding a death. This is par for the course in the hidden object game genre though. After all, nothing quite spooks and excites like the thought of investigating a potential murder!

The story is a standard romance: boy meets girl, boy proposes to girl, girl falls into a river on her wedding day, never to be seen again. It just so happens that the girl is your sister, and you have taken it upon yourself to discover exactly what happened on that fateful day. As you return to the family mansion to investigate, you meet a creepy-looking apparition who gives you the chance to go back in time and save your sister by exploring her memories. But if you fail to save her, your soul will belong to the apparition. Muahahahah!

Those of you who feel that recent hidden object games have been too easy will be in for a treat with this game. There are three game modes, the hardest of which has no hints, no skip button, and no sparkles for areas of interest! In other words, all you have is your own wits and skills. Many people will appreciate this increased level of difficulty and relish the challenge of the puzzles, some which are pretty diabolical.

The main mechanic or gimmick in the game is being able to travel into the memories of your sister via items associated with her. Via this method, you will revisit the key moments in her life and learn more about her in the process. In each memory, your task will be to obtain another personal item of hers that will transport you to the next memory. The mysterious apparition will also be there to guide you throughout the journey.

Each of these memories is a self-contained world with quite a few locations to explore. For example, the "proposal" memory has a pagola, a church, a basement, a cemetery, a fountain and even a tree-house, each of which has multiple scenes! As you go about trying to obtain your sister's items, you will come across many obstacles such as locked doors or machines that won't run until you find the required item or tool. You will encounter and pick up these items as you explore the memories, but some of them will also require some manipulating before you can obtain them.

There are plenty of puzzles and hidden object scenes that you will encounter along the way. As has been mentioned before, some of the puzzles are very challenging, made even more frustrating when you are unable to skip past them if playing in hardcore mode. The puzzles are also pretty unique, and are mostly interesting new takes on tried-and-true puzzle types. The hidden object scenes are the standard list of items you need to find, and are also fairly challenging.

The art and music are pretty good, and complement the game very well. The dark yet rich atmosphere draws you into the world (or memories, to be precise) and makes you feel invested in the outcome of the story. You will love this game if you liked the other Elephant Games games such as the Mystery Trackers series, or other memory-exploration games such as Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker."


The review hopefully represents the general opinion about the game and if you have something to add you are more than welcome to our forums!

Another great game is out on August, 4, 2011. We are pleased to to present you Grim Tales: the Bride which is the first project from our new team which joined us this year. The game combines two genres: hidden-object and adventure. Hopefully you'll enjoy the plot where the main themes are love and family.

Luisa's life is all but ordinary. Even when she's dead you can come to rescue her. Going through her memories you are to reveal all the family secrets and discover the love story of Luisa and John Gray. The young man managed to conquer Luisa's heart at once and now they could have been happily married but an accident changes everything.

The adventure promises to be even more challenging and breath-taking as far as an evil demon is involved in all the events taking place in the family mansion.

You can learn more about the game here.

Happy gaming!