Incredible Dracula: Ocean’s Call is one of Alawars time management games and one of the most entertaining and most challenging.

Each level starts with some lore, story. While you can’t expect some deep story, sometimes it feels childish, it is still nice to see that the story flowing and something always happens as you progress through levels. This is not true for most of the other time management series, but as I already experienced this is what happens on other Incredible Dracula titles too.

This genre is for casual players and intended to play just to have some fun without real challenges. Incredible Dracula Ocean’s Call changes on that too. First of all, as an achievement hunter I was already forced to play the game on a difficulty which is not Relaxed. It might sound annoying, playing a casual game under time pressure but it made the game already more entertaining. You could ask why I did not play other franchises like Hermes, Rescue Team on difficulties with time pressure? Well, I tried some levels on those too, but the given time was generous so it did not feel different than playing on Relaxed. It is totally different on this title.

Incredible Dracula: Ocean’s Call offers a more challenging gameplay. Most of the time it is very challenging to stay within the 3 star time limit, and require much more attention than similar genre games. Usually in time management games if you can use resources or items for anything then you are just free to do that. Not in this one! If you use them stupidly, upgrade your building too early then you might run out of resources before reaching some other resources. You might have 3 enemies which could be killed with one potion, but you have only one. You need to realize that if you select the wrong one then you won’t have access to more potions to kill the other 2, which then force you to restart the whole map. While playing under a time pressure it is actually easy to misuse items and resource:-) If that is not enough, you can still keep purchasing materials from merchants, even if you don’t need them anymore so wasted resources for buying extra items will force you to restart the level. Yes, unlike other casual time management games, this one is not a no brainer.

If we are talking about items already then it is important to mention that this time management game introduced a more complex crafting system too. You could craft various items and once the recipe is unlocked you could craft it also on maps where it is not required. One more good opportunity to fail a level and restart it:-)

This time management game is probably the best you could purchase from this publisher. (other Incredible Dracula game I played wasn't up to the challenge of this) Usually the games from this genre are very casual, you could watch some TV series while playing the game and most of them feels like just a no brainer clicker game. On other hands, in this one you need to pre-plan and an active focused gameplay is required.

Perfection time: ~8h+. As you can’t play the game on relaxed difficulty to get your perfect game you will face some time pressure. Finishing all levels for 3 stars is not that easy, which makes it harder to get this game to 100% achievements than other Alawar franchises, like Hermes, Golden Rails or Rescue Team.

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After entering your name for your Profile, you’ll be taken to the main menu screen, here you can choose the games difficulty. There are three difficulties, Casual (More time for thinking), Hard (For experienced players) and Relaxed (No time limits). Also, on the main menu is Achievements for the game, Profile will allow you to Create and Delete multiple profiles, so you don’t have to overwrite a previous game.

Once you have decided which difficulty to play, the game will start. Dracula and the Missus are enjoying a bite to eat (don’t worry, they haven’t got some bosom blonde or handsome young man over the table drinking their blood, it’s already in a decanter), while they watch the latest news. The news reporter states that the scientists in the far North are observing the ancient glaciers melt due to global warming. When rumours start to circulate about a demigod that’s been found frozen in the ice. The reporter travels to the site of the so-called demigod to verify the claims. It turns out to be true, frozen in the ice is a huge and terrifying creature. Scientists around the world are making their way to the frozen lands to study this creature frozen in ice.

Then something happens which doesn’t seem possible, the creature moved. After being stuck in the ice for thousands of years, it has now broken free of its icy prison. The creature heads for the sea, as everyone heads for somewhere which is safer than here. A week after the appearance of the creature the world is in chaos. Large number of amphibious creatures and other ocean creatures appear wherever the mysterious creature turns up. The world’s militaries are powerless against the aggressive sea creatures.

Rumours about the creature fly around the world on its origin, is it a descendant of Cthulhu? Is it a genetic study gone wrong? The world’s scientists are confounded and divided and on what they think. The latest reports indicate that the mysterious creature is heading towards the Kingdom of Count Dracula. It’s from here where your adventure begins ...

You play as Count Dracula and find yourself on the left-hand side of the World Map at the beginning of a pathway. This path winds its way around the various regions of Dracula’s kingdom. Along the length of the pathway are the game’s levels, a total of fifty levels. You start on the first level which is indicated by Dracula standing on a green plate with three stars underneath. The others are currently locked which are shown as having a padlock on the plates. These will unlock as you complete the previous level allowing you to make your way around the region.

You can either select on Dracula or hit the Play button in the bottom right of the screen to play the current level. You will then have a small text story intro about that level and what needs to be done. Along the bottom of the screen are the objectives for completing the level. The first level requires you to Remove Every Puddle (three of them), Build a BloodDonald’s, Clear the Way for Vlad and Build a Sawmill. At the top centre of the screen is where your current resources you have are displayed, along with the current game level, three stars and time limit and there is a Pause/Play button here also.

You do start with a few resources to help you on your way, there are five main types of resources which you can collect. These are Food, Logs, Power Crystals, Elixir and Fireballs, around each level you will find other resources which you will need to collect, craft or use them somewhere on the level. Each level has multiple paths with a Starting Point and Exit, the starting point is Dracula’s vehicle and the exit could be anywhere on the level. To reach the exit you will need to complete all the objectives and clear the exit so you can move on.

Between the start point and exit along the paths are resources and obstacles which you’ll have to either collect, repair and build until all objectives have been completed which will allow you to leave for the next level. Some of these obstacles and resources will require you to have certain resources or items before you can collect them. Other times you will have Quest Items or Characters, these are indicated by a Red Exclamation Mark. Once you have completed the necessary tasks for the quest items and characters the exclamation marks will then turn Green. You can then select the exclamation mark to complete the task.

You will need plenty of resources to complete the many tasks on each level. To help you with this you can repair rundown buildings, these buildings can then give you a steady influx of resources. The buildings are Sawmill (Logs), BloodDonald’s (Food), Pharmacy (Elixir), Crystal Mine (Power Crystals) and Fire Tower (Fireballs). You will also be able to craft certain items to help you get passed some of the creatures or obstacles which will be in your way. These will become available to you as you progress through the game. You will also find items like amulets which can give you a boost of speed for your zombie servants or instant resources at the Sawmill etcetera.

Playing the Casual mode will have you competing against time on each level. There are three stars in a yellow bar below your resources in the top centre of the screen. To collect all three stars, you are required to complete that level before you hit the first star. You’ll collect two stars if you complete the level before you hit the second star and one star if you fail to before then. If you don’t complete the level before the yellow bar has gone then you’ll have failed and will have to start again.

Relaxed mode is for those who just want to take their time in playing each level. There are no time limits in Relaxed so you can just relax and take the game in your own stride. Hard mode is for experienced players and those who want a challenge.

In the Options you’ll find Music and Sound volume sliders, Show Instructions, Full Screen and Cursor tick boxes for On/Off.

Incredible Dracula Ocean's Call is enjoyable to play, it looks and sounds good. I like the storyline of each level and main story. I do like to play these types of games just to relax a bit instead of poppin’ heads off all the time. It’s a game for everyone, it’s not hard to play but it can be challenging if you want to go for all three stars in casual and hard mode. Worth giving a bash if you like these types of games. Thumbs Up!

Positives
+ Fun and enjoyable game
+ Humorous storyline
+ Has achievements

Negatives
- No cards currently


After being imprisoned for thousands of years, a huge creature breaks free from its icy prison, only Count Dracula stands between it and possible world chaos!

7/10

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Fun game, would be a bit easier if you could tell if you are going to get 3 stars as the timer is behind star so you think you got all 3 but end up with just.

Game freezes up. Mouse stops working but timer continues. This seems to be a Steam issue, I hope it is fixed soon.

Very nice game. I like how kind Dracula is and how he just runs around helping everyone.
Here is gameplay for those curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_yvqEdFLI

nice game.

Engaging with fun and colors. I highly recommend to someone who likes games that require some time to finish, especially if you're, like me, wants to obtain all badges and achievements. Some of the low levels are just as demanding as higher ones.

A nice addition to the "Incredible Dracula" saga. Not as challenging as previous games in the series but still entertaining.

Definitely recommended for those who enjoy TM games where you have to gather resources to achieve the goal.

Fun and easy time management/clicker game. Easy to 100% achievements.