Queen's Tales: The Beast and the Nightingale Collector's Edition

[h1]Short version: 80%[/h1] Queen’s Tales 1 offers gorgeous art, incredible storyline, and top-notch hidden object gameplay… at least until its halfway point, where it abruptly runs out of ideas until the endgame. [h1]Long version:[/h1] Initially, Queen’s Tales: The Beast and the Nightingale looks like a simple hidden object game interpretation of the Beauty and the Beast tale: a careless father ends up in a terrible debt towards a monstrous lord, so his daughter decides to offer herself to save his life. Her journey to the Beast’s home takes up the better half of the game, thanks to the relentless efforts of a sorceress who tries to prevent her from reaching the destination before the deadline. This sense of urgency, coupled with the excellent difficulty ramp-up, the varied hidden object scenes, and the merciful lack of pointless backtracking result in a marvellous HOG experience. Then we reach the castle, and suddenly everything screeches to a halt. The plot simply disappears and only pokes its head back during the finale. Progression turns into running around in circles, and even the puzzles start to get tedious. In the end, all of these are barely more than an inconvenience,…

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "Queen's Tale: The Beast and The Nightingale" Collector's Edition is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. The game was developed by ERS Game Studio and published by Big Fish Games Studio. "The Beast and The Nightingale" is the first episode of "Queen's Tale." Since this is a collector's edition, it comes with extra features that are not available in its counterpart; the standard edition. [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention that the visuals in the game are nicely done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu. Game Audio I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well. Gameplay There are four different difficulty game modes to choose from: Casual; Advanced; Hard and Custom. The notebook keeps track of progression in the game. Such as story events and clues. There is an interactive map in the game. It allows the player to fast travel between each location quickly. It also indicates that there are tasks that can be completed at certain locations within the game. The interactiv…

A very good game, highly recommended for having a good balance of puzzles and traditional HO scenes, together with lovely art, a strong protagonist, and a nicely re-worked fairy tale. Everything worked smoothly, with the exception of a couple of places where click placement seemed (to me) to be too picky, leading to some unnecessary hunting for what to do next when I had it right in the first place. However, the excellent guide (included) solved those 2-3 problems for me. This game allows the player to select two difficulty setting for the overall game *and* for each mini-game / puzzle. I like the idea of choosing the level of the puzzles. This game is more similar to series like Dark Parables, Lost Lands, and Legacy. I'm happy I got it and got around to playing it - I just wish more of these games had achievements (even a handful of basic ones, like completion without hints, for example), and it would be nice to be able to get a badge (i.e., trading cards).

A few janky puzzles, but otherwise very pretty

great puzzles good map but couldn't find the bonus chapter?