Love Chronicles: The Spell Collector's Edition

This is a delightful game. It is somewhat simple but with a twist from your average HOG's which I don't know if you will like or not. There are no HOS's involved instead you are presented with a tasks to perform and a picture list of items to obtain to accomplish those goals. Some of the pictures will be dark with what appears to be cracks in the presentation; for those you will need to search in a different location in order to find the items. I kinda like the play style but it can get repetitive. The game isn't overly long but not too short either. The story is that your are a prince, restless, because of dreams, to go on adventure. You find a kingdom that is asleep ( not a natural sleep ) and you have to waken them. You will find there is a princess who needs to be shaken from her slumber and I will stop here and only say its conclusion was not what I was expecting and I was pleasantly surprised. Game has a guide if you get stuck which tells you how to do all the puzzles; however I did not come across any that I needed that help. The music is beautiful with one tune that you will find yourself thinking about long after you finish the game. The graphics were very nice th…

I strongly recommend "Love Chronicles: The Spell Collector's Edition" to fans of hidden object games. The developers did everything right in terms of gameplay (with an exception noted below). Rather than lists of words, they used pictures of the parts to be found and assembled, which avoids the vagueness and translation problems that plague other titles. It hardly mattered, because the writing was well done and free of errors. The puzzles were explained well, and the interactions of objects were completely sensible. It may be tempting to see the story as a cliché, but it is simply familiar because it is a classic theme. However, the ending (the Prince's reward) introduces a novelty that was quite psychologically mature, modern, and healthy. And why not? This prince solves problems using the skills acquired through (what one must assume was) some sort of medieval vocational schooling, rather than by asserting his will via a masculinity substitute such as a magic sword. That being said, there was a moment that turned into a strong negative for me, and I want to warn about it because I found it a very disappointing exception to an otherwise wonderful game. At one point, the prince ha…

Not exactly the usual hidden object game, instead of HO scenes you find yourself spending the whole game going around the map trying to find the components to build the things you need. The concept was refreshing but the hidden areas in the locations were annoyingly too well hidden in the scene. I'm waiting for our bro to find love instead of helping others find it.

If you're looking for a new HOG and you're used to the Big Fish lineup, skip this one. Even though it's a later game, it feels dated. Dialogue and animation are cheap. The Bonus Chapter feels like an unfinished demo. Frustrating and lacking the charm of the usual HOG fair.

Short but very nice. This is [I]Love Chronicles[/I] #1. It's hidden-object game that does not separate point-and-click adventuring from hidden-object scenes, rather the story itself progresses organically through having to collect hidden objects. It's a gameplay style that works well, though can wear out its welcome of the game is too long. Here it's just right. And there are also some puzzle mini-games.

This game is a walking simulator disguised as HOG. The story is loosely based on sleeping beauty which is fine. But there is so much back and forth between the locations it got annoying.