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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.1 hrs on record
Posted: May 16, 2016 @ 1:09am

Jane and Mike are separated after their yacht shipwrecked in a storm. However, a mysterious person dragged Mike away, letting Jane alone the island to solve the mystery. However, it seems that this separation was intended so that the young woman can break a curse...

While the plot isn't really bad, I must say that I was quite getting bored in the end of the game. I mean that I was probably expecting more revelations or more mysterious happenings. However, as it's a collector's edition, you get a bonus chapter, a very much interesting one, as the main game was cut abrupty. There, you can play Mike while he's hanging on a cord and discover how he escaped and how he managed to help Jane in the end. However, it does not stop there: the bonus chapter is the epilogue of the game, on what happened after the reunion. And I was kinda asking myself if it was going towars a certain direction and it did but I was wrong on one point.

Anyway, the gameplay is pretty standard: minigames to solve, hidden objects scenes to clear and items to find in each location. However, I regret the lack of map so that I could fast travel. And while some minigames were refreshing, as not common in the genre, others were kinda boring and hard. As for the objects scenes, some of them were well hidden, or near the HUD, too much for my taste (though it happened only in the bonus chapter). I wished that there were more to do in some locations, like in the old cemetery for example.

The story happening during a storm on a island, I loved the creepy ambiance and the animations. I also loved the mysteries around all the ships that wrecked on the island and how everything is related to the mysterious signs shown in the sky. However, I perhaps wished a little more locations related to the Ancients, so that I didn't feel that it was rushed in the end.

The soundtrack is also quite adapted for the game too.

In the end, while Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light isn't the best game in casual adventures, it's not a total failure thanks to refreshing minigames and the interesting plots. However, be also warned that the game may crash: it did twice: the first time when I arrived near the boat in front of the lighthouse and a second time when browsing through the extras (screensavers). You can find better games but for the price, it's still a good purchase.
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