Darkestvile Castle Full Version Impression

[Old Gamer]

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[NeverwinterMoon]

This is, hands down, the best point-and-click adventure I played in a long time. I love the voice overs, the art style and the puzzles.

On the voice overs - I played the game in both Russian and English and loved both, but the Russian texts are sometimes translated directly, which in some cases doesn't make much sense. For example, there is an expression "No way, Jose". The name Jose in this is used only because it rhymes with "no way", thus it sounds fun. This was translated to Russian word-for-word as "Ни за что, Хосе". It clearly doesn't rhyme and never have I heard anyone say that in Russian. It would have been better to approach this (and a few other) translation more creatively. In this specific case, "ну нетушки" would have sounded better and more appropriate.

Also, I am not fanatical about achievements (anymore), but the game has them, so it would have been a good idea to throw in a few more. Now, there are only a few non-missable ones. Not even all the chapters/preludes/interludes have one - for instance, there are two interludes, but the achievement for only one of them.

It would be awesome to have some missable achievements, the game has enough material for them, for example for:
- Completing the game without using the highlight feature
- Examining some non-plot specific object
- Trying to combine some items in a weird way

[lancelot]

I liked the game, I think it's a good example of how to make a traditional rather than a casual adventure without making it frustrating. Very clean interface too.

+1 for the fresh fruit
+1 for the gate password -- that's how you do dialog puzzles!

The only letdown was the end of the third chapter:
how to get a cookie; then which cookie to choose; then what to do with the blue ghost (I did read the book, but the hand action always says "Grab", so that was confusing), then how to get a black rat and a seahorse -- maybe each one not very difficult on its own, but with them coming in succession, it was annoying to immediately get stuck again after every step.

[Lanceleader]

how do i get the full game this game seems Great

[Lord Crocosquirrel]

I would, but apparently it's not for sale, and it has not arrived via Keymailer.

[BridgetFisher]

Please copy paste over the controller support from Comrades reloaded so we can enjoy this game with our controllers :D

[NeverwinterMoon]

I understand the desire to play with a controller on TV sitting on a couch, but I never ever would chose controller when mouse is an option for any point-and-click adventure. Just recently I’ve played some adventures on Vita (Day of the Tentacle), Switch (Secret Files), and PS4 (Broken Sword 5) and was terrified how bad the controls are. Neither controller nor touch screen can replace moving the cursor and hovering over objects with a mouse in a classic style adventure game.

[CreatorPly]

Hello, each of the new added achievements to Darkestville Castle doesn't work (even if you reinstall the game and play from the beginning) - please HELP

[NS Plover]

Originally posted by CreatorPly:

Hello, each of the new added achievements to Darkestville Castle doesn't work (even if you reinstall the game and play from the beginning) - please HELP

Exactly - why would a developer add achievements that don't work?? Are they trying to get a ton of bad reviews??

[CreatorPly]

Hi, I just made an update and the achievements work! Thank you so much!

[Kaza]

Maybe solve the problem that Curator gamers cannot download your game ?

[Tiot tonton]

From june 2018 to january 2019, i'm feed off trying to install this game, i don't recommand it to my curator page, sorry.
Devs, you should not send copys to the curators if you don't want them to talk about your game. 8 months passed and the game still install a blank register.

[IFIYGD]

Honest opinion... a tad annoyed that new achievements were added after I completed the game with the original 6, a long time ago. Yes, I like achievements, but I do not enjoy having to play a very linear game, with little replayability, a second time, to unlock the new ones, that were added with zero new content added.

Cat mode is just... beyond annoying. My dog and my new kitten seem to agree. Both bristled up and got a tad upset by the noises coming out of my speakers. Not the greatest idea.

Typos galore. "Wimp" achievement- "Use the Hint button for a fist time? Fist? Please, use Bing translator, not Google?

I enjoyed the game well enough the first time I played it. Not enjoying the second playthrough very much. A tad bored, since I already know the whole story and progression.