There's a good English manor atmosphere. You can only collect objects relevant to current puzzles and you can't leave an area until you complete puzzles. I like this concept so you don't waste time wandering aimlessly and you don't need to juggles with dozens of inventory items. I found the use of left and right buttons confusing. The left button is fine for 99% of actions but some objects require a right-click. Thing that annoyed me is that you occasionally need to wait until a character completes an action and this seems to take forever.
Graphics & animation are good but the story is weak. Puzzles are not very logical and there's pixel hunting required. I had to constantly refer to the walkthrough to progress. But it's free so I can't really complain.
There's some poetry in this cute game.
I was moderately engaged in this game. I didn't really understand the stories and I couldn't tell the 4 sons apart. Some puzzles didn't interest me and I just followed the walkthrough. Pros - Very detailed story - Journal: I felt a bit lost sometimes and the Journal provides excellent summaries, even for main puzzles. And the Codex conveniently lists all the documents encountered - Nice graphics - Vast universe with many rooms Cons - If you're motion sick, you may not enjoy the ghost following the mouse cursor all the time - Hardly any sound. I can understand that a ghost has no voice but demons could have. - Complicated story (stories?) over several generations
I usually only play 2D retro pixel adventure games but this 3D game is very pleasant to play. Puzzles are moderate in difficulty and I only had to refer to the walkthrough twice. Video cutscenes occasionally froze on Ubuntu in windowed mode. Maybe my laptop is too old. But dialogues continued so I could still get the gist of these cutscenes. The music alone is very pleasant. If you like Hercule Poirot & Arsene Lupin stories then you'll love this game.
There's a lot of walking but double-click will get you around quickly. No dying and no dead-end as far as I could see. But I had to consult the walkthrough a few times.
This long game kept me entertained for a few weeks. You will love it more if you have an IT background and you're nostalgic for old IT technology.
