Już przed połową gry trafiłem na błąd, który uniemożliwił przejście dalej.
Dokładnie to nie mogłem podnieść przedmiotu, który był potrzebny, a podpowiedź dodatkowo nic nie pokazywała.
Myślę, że jeśli nie da się przejść gry do końca przez jeden błąd, to nie zasługuje na pozytywną opinię.

Naprawdę koszmarnie napisana opowieść, którą wypełniono irytującymi pomysłami, które zupełnie nie odnajdują się w tym gatunku.

Postacie są nudne, a graczowi podarowano opcję wyborów dialogowych, które przy wybraniu innej opcji – niż przewidzianej przez scenarzystę – srogo karzą koniecznością słuchania okropnego aktorstwa osób podkładających głos.

Zagadki są proste, jedynie pod koniec pojawiło się ciekawsze, kiedy trzeba było manewrować pomiędzy lokacjami za pomocą teleportów.

Rękawica, która służy do unieszkodliwiania „wcieleń zła” została beznadziejnie wykorzystana. W walce wykorzystuje się ją poprzez kliknięcie w odpowiednim momencie. Co sprowadza się do tego, że magiczna kolorowa figura lata radośnie po ekranie, a gracz przyglądając się jej zastanawia się tylko nad tym co ciekawszego mógłby w tym czasie robić.

Historia przedstawiona w tej grze nie jest niczym interesującym i podobnie jak w innych tytułach mogłaby być tylko niewinnym pretekstem do rozwiązywania zagadek, ale z jakiegoś powodu twórcy postanowili ją wielokrotnie przypominać i nadać jej jakieś większe znaczenie.

+

Please keep in mind i got the game in a cheaper bundle. The game is good so this is why my review is recommended, however i dont recommend a 3hours game (with bonus chapter) for 15eur, even the sale price bit overpriced, but if you see a bundle around with this game and you like HoGs then you should know the game is pretty.

I must tell you guys that i love the mythology of ancient egypt and i like any game, series or movies about it even if not accurate historically. This story of this game include elements and symbols from this mythology and it plays there. Not hesitated long to start it instantly after i purchased.

The visuals are nice, nicely drawn all the pictures and elements but thats true for nearly all Artifex Mundi published games. The story pulled me in, not sure if it happened so just because its good or because of my addiction to anything which comparable (even if just slightly) to ancient Egypt. I definetly enjoyed every moment of this game.

The puzzles are ok, nothing too challenging, the game is a bit too casual, only 1-3 scenes active at the same time so dont need much logic or time to figure out what you should do, recently this became a trend for AM games. I believe such HoGs has much better sales on phones nowadays, not created mainly for PC so i have a feeling this might be the reason behind it.

So you want a summary? i liked the game, enjoyed every second of it but dont pay the overpriced base price for it unless you rich and want to support these companies to keep doing these games because for a 2-3h long this price looks like paying for charity.

Hey, iam an achievement hunter!

Most of hidden object games are easy to perfect to 100% achievements. This isnt the exception. It takes about 2,5-3hours to finish game to 100%. Only 1 playthrough enough (on any difficulty) but there are missable achievements, like need to loot up collectibles and the usual deals: dont use hints during hidden object scenes and dont skip minigames. Thats it!

This review was created for Average Achievement Hunter curator

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Kolejna świetna gra od Artifex Mundi przenosząca gracza tym razem do starożytnego Egiptu. Tam siostrzenica znanej z poprzednich części Dawn musi ratować ciotkę przed chcącym przejąć władzę na światem Setem. Gra jest bardzo ładna pod względem graficznym, historia wciąga, a zagadki są na odpowiednim poziomie. Polecam :)

4 th game & still creative & interesting. I like the old Egypt Gods (Mumie Movies with Brendan Fraser & Tom Cruise, Cartoon Series like Mumies Alive) or games in it Banjo Kazooie Desert Level, Super Mario 64 Sand Level, Serious Sam).

So it has its charme & still combinate many old puzzles with a few new parts.

Good for HOG & Achievement Hunters

When I thought they did an amazing job in the previous game, Demon Hunter series returned to the bad route. This game is very bad and extremely boring. Instead of playing with Dawn who grew old, you are playing as her niece, Lila who you saved from the previous game. The story is very out of the place, the first objective was finding an artifact to fix a gauntlet, then with some turn of events, you use this unfinished gauntlet to save your aunt and another missing person as you somehow teleported to ancient Egypt and meet the old gods. It was a very underwhelming experience.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2056576105

The artwork is good but verything else in average quality. The cutscenes, repetitive music and even the hidden objects scenes. Nothing wowed me in this game.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2056576319

There is a fast traveling map, and again you'll have only sections to roam in before you move to another and miss some of the collectibles. The journal has only objective, nothing to recap the story which only lasts for two hours.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2056576838

Pros:
+Fast traveling map.
+Collectibles.
+OK hidden objects scenes.
+Steam achievements.

Cons:
-Repetitive soundtracks.
-Same puzzles from the previous games.
-Mediocre story.
-Bad journal (Has only objectives and doesn't recap the story)
-Below average voice-overs.

The bonus chapter is even more boring, this series focuses on the gameplay more than the story. If you are in the play some puzzles and hidden objects scenes without caring about the actual plot, then this one is for you.

Other Reviews from the same series:
Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond Review
Demon Hunter 2: New Chapter Review
Demon Hunter 3: Revelation Review
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance Review

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒

This game had a number of issues with the mouse not connecting to items in hidden object scenes - leading you to think it wasn't the right object - only to click it later and find that it was. For example, clicking the bottom part of a fork - nothing - clicking the top part - it works. Item description - "fork". I was playing with settings that weren't supposed to have a misclick penalty, so it shouldn't have been that.

Then there are the cheap, repeat items from previous games that are not part of a HOG. Silly, cheap, arcade - hold the stick(or whatever it was) and walk over a pit/canyon while trying to point the mouse to one direction or another within their time limit. Tired, old arcade-style sequence - does not belong in a modern HOG. Probably a cheap repeat from the last game. Didn't like it then, don't like it now.

Another cheap, repeat item from a previous game that was very poorly done is the "shooting" sequences. The first three or so of these are fairly easy, click the mouse when the crosshair turns blue.Then there is the one that is "special" and doesn't work the way the previous ones did. Like the other shooting sequences, you have no control of the movement of the crosshair - in fact it looks like a drunken maniac is controlling it. It seldomly and randomly changes to blue and most of the time when it turns to blue and you click, it either does nothing or tells you that you've missed. OK developers - I'm not the one who missed - YOU are the ones who've missed what your audience wants in a HOG. One hint - this absolutely frustrating, arcade style, annoying shoot sequence (I won't dignify it by calling it a puzzle) is NOT it.

Should I also mention that there are some buggy morphing objects inside HOG scenes and sometimes mouse interaction doesn't work well?

And my final complaint is inconsistency in the user interface. There are these story scenes that you have to find specified elements in. Sometimes they give you a hand icon to see things you have to use to see the element. Sometimes they don't. NO skip on replay - even the actors sound bored.

If you are looking for achievements and miss a collectible - don't try getting it by replaying on the same profile. Totally bugged.

Demon Hunter 4: Riddles of Light is a hidden object adventure developed by Brave Giant LTD.


As a promising young demon hunter you are ready to face opponents from the underworld, but when an ancient Egyptian artifact appears on your doorstep and announces the return of Seth, a scourge of demons as old as evil itself, you face the most dangerous challenge imaginable opposite to. The penetrating darkness threatens to devour all the light of time itself. Can a mortal really hope to cope with such a power? In this adventure you solve various puzzles, hidden objects and collect one or the other collector's item.


+ compelling story
+ partly challenging puzzles
+ solid graphic style
+ good sound
+ several levels of difficulty
+ Notebook
+ Help function
+ collectable items
+ Trading cards and achievements


- short playing time


Demon Hunter 4: Riddles of Light offers you a journey back in time to ancient Egypt and lets you experience magical things. Clear purchase recommendation for fans of this genre.



Demon Hunter 4: Riddles of Light ist ein Wimmelbild-Abenteuer, welches von Brave Giant LTD entwickelt wurde.


Als vielversprechender junger Dämonenjäger bist Du bereit, Dich Gegnern aus der Unterwelt zu stellen, aber wenn ein altägyptisches Artefakt vor Deiner Haustür auftaucht und die Rückkehr von Seth ankündigt, einer Dämonengeißel, die so alt ist wie das Böse selbst, stehst Du der gefährlichsten Herausforderung vorstellbar gegenüber. Die eindringende Dunkelheit droht, das gesamte Licht der Zeit selbst zu verschlinge. Kann ein Sterblicher wirklich hoffen, mit einer solchen Macht fertig zu werden? Du löst in diesem Abenteuer verschiedene Rätsel, Wimmelbilder und sammelst das ein oder andere Sammelobjekt auf.


+ fesselnde Geschichte
+ teils anspruchsvolle Rätsel
+ solider Grafikstil
+ guter Sound
+ mehrere Schwierigkeitsgrade
+ Notizbuch
+ Hilfefunktion
+ sammelbare Gegenstände
+ Trading Cards und Errungenschaften


- kurze Spielzeit


Demon Hunter 4: Riddles of Light bietet dir eine Zeitreise in das alte Ägypten und lässt dich magische erleben. Klare Kaufempfehlung für Fans dieses Genres.

If anyone would have told me that I would see another Demon Hunter game, when it's not the strongest series in Artifex Mundi series, I would have perhaps told them that I would have preferred the first The Secret Order finally released on Steam or another Grim Legends entry. Because in my mind, Demon Hunter's first game wasn't that bad but with that problem of bad translation, it was not really enjoyable. Demon Hunter's second game was better, and before Riddles of Light, it was the better of the adventures of Dawn Ashmore. Because the third game was really confusing in terms of plot, despite a will to give Dawn the roots she deserved.

Demon Hunter 4 is still involving Dawn but she's not the main character anymore... well the one you can control. You're now Lila, her niece and you're still active in the paranormal field. Dawn may have aged but well, you didn't expect her to be kidnapped by the God Seth. Dawn, who managed to survive Ragnar, was taken by surprise and couldn't do anything to escape. Instead, it's Lila that managed to do what Dawn would have done before. However, while the role of Akiiki and her brother are a little confusing, this time, Demon Hunter managed to turn right, even by making the new Dawn looking like less than the badass lady she was.

And I would say that there is a huge factor of why I was more receptive: the Old Egypt setting. Being myself receptive of everything concerning Antiquity, while Egypt isn't my main focus, I was quite eager to try this game, despite the memories associated with the series. That's the strong point here: you're really surrounded by this "magic" of that Egypt, at that period (though I don't know which period exactly). The little fantasy touch with the gods and their own realms is also nice, though I would have preferred a better Anubis than this giant muscled chacal that looked at you with mean eyes. It means that while the plot has still holes, I didn't really felt them and wasn't really caring about them thanks to that ambiance. However, the bonus chapter has the decency to show who is really Akiiki and how her brother managed to drag everyone in that mess.

The gameplay is quite the same: find items, combine them, use them, solve puzzles or hidden objects scenes (with a variety of them: shapes, several of the same items, a list of words, shapes of items you'll have to use in the scene). Everything was easy, even the puzzles, though one of them scared me as it's not one of my favorite and one I really have an hard time to solve (though after two or three tries, in two moves, it was done). However, you can also choose your own dialogue by moments, though it doesn't have really an incidence in the game: choose wrong and you can still choose right - apart for the Sphinx riddle, with an achievement where I considered that I needed to answer them right at first try - maybe I've understood wrong because I realised after that nowhere, it was written first try but only correctly, which can be done despite wrong answers. I also liked the fact that you have demons to battle, though I didn't understand the last battle with the Undead King: I was clicking right but nothing was happening. I don't know if you needed to click several times to have a sort of loading time or if I needed to click on a specific point or it's just that it wasn't registering the click.

Anyway, you may already know that thanks to the mention of the bonus chapter, but it's a Collector's Edition, with goodies like concept art, music and many other things.

I suppose that you've guessed that I loved the graphisms for this one (else I wouldn't have ranted about that ambiance of Old Egypt), really bright and dark when needed - though the designs for the gods could have been better (Seth isn't really looking like Seth, Anubis seems like to be your enemy when it's an ally and Bastet was kinda a mix of animals that wasn't representing her). Only Horus looked like he should. As for the voice acting, it was still good and the soundtrack very good.

Really, Riddles of Light is a huge improvment for the series, even if you're not Dawn anymore. I loved this game and I must say that it's one of my favorites from Artifex Mundi's catalogue, even if they're only the publisher here - as the developers are Brave Giant. They did a good job, though they need to up a little their writing. No really, go for it, I know that I would be cautious with the first trilogy but here, if there is another trilogy with Lila, it's set in the right path!