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 | Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove |
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The Celtic legend of Dire Grove has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. When a recently unearthed artifact in the United Kingdom corroborates the legend there begins a journey of survival for a small band of researchers in the small resort of Dire Grove. Discover the secrets hidden deep within the snow that now blanket the once peaceful community of Dire Grove!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1935 in Video Games
- Brand: Activision Publishing
- Model: 35789
- Released on: 2010-02-23
- ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: DVD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .40 pounds
Customer Reviews
Blew me away!
I don't know about you, but I
play casual games as an escape, to go someplace where there are no
utility bills to pay or meals to cook. Somewhere new and exciting. "Dire
Grove" is the perfect escape, so immersive you'll shiver in your
computer chair, as it never stops snowing in the strange, isolated
little English town where you're marooned behind an abandoned car, its
lights on, its doors open, a cryptic note on the front seat.
The
graphics are gorgeous and "Dire Grove" is a worthy successor to "Return
to Ravenhearst" both as an art production and a drama. Most of the
action takes place before you arrive on the scene but near the abandoned
car you find the first of 20 videotapes scattered around the area which
document the adventures of four graduate students who seek to find the
truth behind a Celtic legend and quickly get into deep, deep trouble.
The tapes are very well done and as you pick them up and listen to each
one you'll detect the palpable rising distress of the students as they
get sucked into a strange world from which they cannot escape.
Of
course, you've got to find the twenty-somethings! You've got to rescue
them! With the snow crunching under your boots and the wild wind
whistling in your ear, you'll explore the lonely, bleak cold area,
including a creepy old bed and breakfast inn, a cemetery guarded by a
hungry wolf, a sabotaged historical museum, an old mill, an abandoned
barn, a boat shack and much more.
Sparkles will let you know
there's a hidden object cache for you to explore and you save one tool
from each hidden object location to use somewhere, somehow- a saw, a
plank, a hammer, nails, a fire extinguisher. All of the tools are
utilitarian and perform a sensible function. There's no combining of odd
or inappropriate objects, but you will have to use your ingenuity to
put the tools in the proper place such as powering up a generator to
provide lights for the inn.
There are many stand-alone puzzles
for you to solve as you trudge along in the snow. They are hard enough
to be interesting but not so difficult that you become a basket case of
frustration. From tile rotation to code deciphering, sliders, pattern
connections and at the end a nifty riddle and alphabet sequencing
puzzle, your brain will get a good workout. However, you can by-pass the
puzzles if you wish.
"Dire Grove" pulls you into an atmosphere
of dread: gloomy orchestral music is interrupted by eerie ambient
sounds, crunches, squeaks, groans. You'll get so immersed you'll forget
where you are! All in all, Grove is a cut above the rest. Perhaps you
can call it class, but whatever you call it, don't miss this one!
Game is worth it but...
This game is definitely worth
buying if you're into hidden object games. And while I love Amazon the
developer sells this version for 6.99. Catch the "this version"? There
is another one. It's called the collector's edition and available only
to members of Big Fish Games, the developer. It's the same price as what
this one sells for here but has a built in strategy guide, a couple
more scenes and behind the scene material. It also has objects that
morph from one object to another (spoon to bowl to spoon) and various
achievements.
Fantastic series especially from Ravenhearst to
Dire Grove. Definite must buy!
Really
good hidden object game
search online I got it for
$6.99 (downloadable) (from a famous online game company) don't pay this
price! You can also play it for an hour free to see if you like it.
This
is a hidden object game and an adventure game combined. I really like
hidden object games but to be frank the old type gets boring. This takes
it up a notch and has 'point n click' - pick up an item then combine
with other items or use it somewhere later in the game. Also a nice
amount of puzzles thrown in. Nice amount of time - not too short and not
too easy either - quite logical with the items and requres some
thinking for puzzles which is refreshing.
For those a fan of
hidden object this is a must play game, and if you pick up like I did
cheaper - it's worth the price.
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