The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

My two favorite game genres are adventure games and RPG's, and having enjoyed most other Aventuria/Arkania-based games before I thought that this mix should fit me perfectly. But alas, I find this game to be unplayable. The graphics are great, the animation might be sub par, but that doesn't bother me in an adventure game. But the story is just so... random. And uninteresting. The characters are just so horribly clichéd and un-engaging, and the voice acting is even worse. The game takes itself and its story very seriously, which is generally not a good idea in an adventure game. Combine that with the bad characters, story and voice acting and you're left with that joyless feeling that you get from certain bad movies. There are bad movies that "know" they are bad and run with it, then there are movies that are horrible but "think" they are good. Both those things can be hilarious. This is a third option. This is like a movie that believes itself to be good, but is in fact bland and uninteresting, which just doesn't work on any level. There are some redeeming qualities. The graphics, as mentioned, and also the puzzles are decent. Maybe the german acting was better - I sure hope so - in which case this might even be a half decent game. In English, I just can't stand it.

.....Geron My Boy How Can You Catch A Tricky Fairy But Not A Wicked Raven...........The Bracelet..... THE BRACELET IS THE ANSWER!!! Chains; A Very Chilled Artistic GEM with most ingridients!!! Handpainted P.A.C Adventures are very rare and Uniquely softcore!!!

+ Great characters + Great visuals + Great story Please continue this series. Nuri and Geron forever!

Good artwork and story, but subpar animation, and puzzles often don't make much sense.

I didn't think I'd like it after watching the terrible trailer, which made it seem like something geared especially for teenagers into fantasy (and I'm neither). But then I got it anyway in a bundle. It turned out to be fun and charming actually. It draws heavy inspiration from the LucasArts era of adventure games. I didn't love some of the later parts of the game and thought some of the puzzles didn't make sense at all, but was generally pleased and entertained. Narratively and functionally it's very similar to Deponia (developed by the same company), except in a different setting, and with less humor. I find aspects of Romulus negative review (female character analysis) to be ridiculously true of both these games, but just because I can analyze something and find stereotypes and tropes doesn't mean I won't like the game as a whole. I guess I'm a sucker ;) At least a couple of the character dialogues also conditionally unlocked more dialogues options, meaning you could ask something that may unlock a new question, but it doesn't. So you have to go somewhere and do something else, and then ask the same question, get the same answer and only then you'd have a new question available. I don't think this is acceptable and factoring in some other completely nonsensical puzzles (not kidding) it encourages you to cheat instead of trying to solve things yourself if you get stuck. I wouldn't recommend this as someone's first adventure game, but if you can't get enough of the genre I think you'll like it.