Dark Romance: Vampire in Love Collector's Edition

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This is the first in a long series of Dark Romance games. It's an old-school hidden object game with hand-drawn graphics and journals to help you keep track. I reviewed it 10 years ago on another site and here I am playing it yet again. You get to play two characters, decorate your castle and page, find hidden treasures, and the bonus chapter gives you two alternative endings. This will always stand as one of my favorites.

I enjoyed the game for the romance and catching story

Bought cheap as part of a bundle. Glad I didn't pay more for it. As HOGS go, this is average at best.

It has some interesting mechanics, but the graphics are dated, the story is poor, the locations are few and dull, and the entire thing rather feels like a chore instead of an entertaining game (for instance each HOG is recycled multiple times). There are much better puzzle games, even in the Dark Romance series.

[h1]Dark Romance 1: Vampire in Love[/h1] (っ＾▿＾)۶🍸Recommend the game to those who love the same genre 🍺٩(˘◡˘ ) (ｏ・_・)ノ”(ᴗ_ ᴗ。)This was not a bad game and have some very unique mechanics that might not be for everyone. [h2]Gameplay[/h2] What I noticed and loved in the gameplay is the switching of POV between Emily and Enron (ʃƪ ˘ ³˘)The art and music was good and engaging. There are three collectibles―garlic (used in the interface shop to change the inventory, cameo designɿ(｡･ɜ･)ɾⓌⓗⓐⓣ they are for....for visuals only but I love the design so it was fine for me(︶ω︶)), bats (use for upgrading the castle; I checked some walkthrough to see what I missed but sadly it seems that player was not meant to complete the castle(ㆆ_ㆆ)???), 15 items (that gives information on how that object relates to the vampire I love the ଘ(੭˃ᴗ˂)੭♡Black forest cake!). I love the journal but there are some parts where the content is the same. There are times you might refer to the journal to get hints on how to solve some puzzles. [h2]Story[/h2] Enron the vampire has fallen in love with a human and renounced both his vampire heritage and his father, Dracula. Angry Dracula then decided to kidnap his fiancée…