Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Collector's Edition

A particularly lazy Hidden Object game. It took me only 3 hours to complete - and that's including the bonus chapter! For comparison, other titles in the "Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe" I played took me at least 4,5 hours to beat. The plot starts fairly well with a ritualistic murder of a young woman, but the game fails to capitalize on it in interesting way. You're stuck with analyzing crime scenes and bodies, which amounts to "select this tool and click here a couple of times". To make matters worse, it's never explained why the bad guy committed the murder in the first place, let alone why it had appearance of a ritual. And we don't actually confront the killer - someone else takes him out in a nonsensical ending! Other things the game offers are very basic and uncommon hidden object screenes, and stock puzzles. If you're thinking about buying this one, check some other titles in the series. This one isn't worth it. 3/10

This series seems to follow the plots of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. Of course, with you and a Detective involved. This one, you are tasked with hunting a murderer, who may only be getting started. And his first kill did not lack for theatrics... HO scenes are fun, minigames challenging, and the plot engaging. Recommend in the bundle, just for ease of purchase.

I've played other Dark Tales games in the past and decided to pick up the bundle for them on Steam. Played this one first since it was one of my favorite Edgar Allen Poe stories. Honestly? It felt like the ending was abruptly cut off. Some of the game play was very fun, but the ending just left me and my brother disappointed. There was no actual conclusion. It feels like a huge chunk of the game is missing, which really saddens me. Like I have said, I use to play these games a lot as a kid and honestly was disappointed with this one. The only reason I will be revisiting it is to get the rest of the cards, and then never touch it again.

Very poorly executed game. The story makes no sense at all.

I was really excited for this one and it started out pretty good but the ending was so quick and didn't make a whole lot of sense honestly. Felt very thrown together which is unfortunate because the TTH is such an amazing story. Most underwhelming one by far.

Plot - 4/10 (The ending ???): The game's plot takes players on a twisted journey inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, "The Tell-Tale Heart," which initially had me engrossed with its dark and mysterious atmosphere. The voice acting and visual design are commendable, but unfortunately, the ending left me with more questions than answers, and the narrative felt somewhat unresolved.