About This Game Eipix Entertainment proudly presents the next terrifying case of the classic series Mystery Case Files! Lady Eleanor Codington, prominent friend of the Queen herself, has disappeared while renovating her family’s legendary estate. Explore the crumbling grounds of world-famous children’s author Gloria Codington for clues. A towering black mirror may reveal a secret, but gazing into its depths may bring more than just a few years of bad luck. Can you find Eleanor and escape the manor alive? Find out in this heart-pounding hidden-object puzzle adventure game! This is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game, meaning a specific genre of story-driven, point & click adventures. Throughout the game, players are tasked to find a list of objects hidden within a particular scene, and to occasionally complete various mini-games/puzzles. 7aa9394dea Title: Mystery Case Files: The Countess Collector's EditionGenre: Adventure, CasualDeveloper:Eipix EntertainmentPublisher:Big Fish GamesFranchise:Mystery Case FilesRelease Date: 27 Nov, 2018 Mystery Case Files: The Countess Collector's Edition Ativador The Countess is the 18th entry in the Mystery Case Files series. The story starts with the disappearance of Lady Eleanor Coddington as she sought to reclaim her family estate. In your search, you come across a mysterious black mirror as well as learn about an entity simply known as the Shade. What can you expect in this game? It is a Hidden Object Game so it comes with a combination of hidden object screens, point and click elements, and logic puzzles. One thing I did notice is that the number of hidden object screens was actually much fewer than is typical, but this is balanced by an increase in logic puzzles.Since this is a collector's edition, you also get access to the game's soundtrack, a bonus chapter upon completing the game, and a few other goodies. I am pleased to say that you can adjust the difficulty in the options menu, even customizing how fast hints recharge or for skipping difficult puzzles (lowest setting is 15 seconds). Even at normal settings, the game will probably take 3-4 hours at most for an average player to beat.For those interested, the game does include Achievements, but no Steam Achievements. So what did I think of the game? Unfortunately, I didn't like it. The story itself is as bare bones as you can get and still call it a story. For example, the game says that Eleanor is a dear friend of the detective. Considering this is the first time she's ever been in the series, you would think the game would spend at least a few minutes establishing that relationship, but doesn't. This is just one example of what feels like a shallow game. The villain isn't particularly interesting, though it had a chance to be. I mean, a creature existing on the other side of a mirror is a cliche, but it didn't have to be dull.This minimalistic quality is reflected in other aspects. Animations, what few there are, feel more cut and paste than any fluidity. I understand trying to keep costs down (some earlier games in the series had FMV elements, for example), but this game feels like it was done by a couple of people with a pressing time limit. Considering Mystery Case Files is a big draw for Big Fish Games, this is disappointing.The bonus chapter might as well not be here either. Of course, most bonus chapters tend to make people feel good about the collector's edition, but in this game it honestly didn't enhance the lackluster material. At the moment, the MCF series feels like it lost its identity. For the longest time it got overly complicated with the Delimars, as well as suffering retcons as developers were switched, etc. This game could have given it a fresh start, but instead squandered it.
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Mystery Case Files: The Countess Collector's Edition Ativador
Updated: Mar 13, 2020
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