Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate - Review

Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate is the third game in Orneon's innovative Secrets of the Dark series. With the first two games as its base, Mystery of the Ancestral Estate follows the same style of gameplay.

Secrets of the Dark: Mystery of the Ancestral Estate tells the story of a young woman live on a dark island in the middle of the Mediterranean. Once you arrived, she is being kidnapped by an evil spirit and it is your task to save her, break the curse cast upon the ancient family along with save a few other innocent souls. Surely the story is not the most unique one we have even seen but it still interesting enough to follow.

Secrets of the Dark 3 has great graphics although it could sometimes be described as 'muddy' but that suits the theme. As stated in the name of the game, most locations in the game are quite 'dark'. Luckily, Hidden Object scenes have perfect lightning which make items not overly difficult to find. Hidden object scenes also come in various types from standard list type, finding objects from its images and putting objects back to their places; all types are very well done with good amount of interactions.

Fans of the first two games would be appreciated to know that the gameplay of this third game is familiarly similar to its predecessors. In many locations, you can switch the lightning on or off and the location will change according to the lightning. Again, this is a very good idea and it can be said as the only idea that makes Secrets of the Dark series stands out from the crowd. Otherwise, all other aspects of the game are very typical.

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