Grim Tales: The Bride > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

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5 / 5

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Finally you can play at being a real detective

PostedNovember 15, 2011

Weedance

fromAustralia

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Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Ah, no sparkles, no hints, just you, your mouse and the screen. Lesson to all games - please add a 'hardcore' element to all games! This Game is really fun, although somewhat easy in places, and many of the puzzles are worked out too quickly, but there are several fun hurdles and a few new game designs - at last. The graphics are really wonderful, but above all else I enjoyed not being guided ...Show more

Ah, no sparkles, no hints, just you, your mouse and the screen. Lesson to all games - please add a 'hardcore' element to all games! This Game is really fun, although somewhat easy in places, and many of the puzzles are worked out too quickly, but there are several fun hurdles and a few new game designs - at last. The graphics are really wonderful, but above all else I enjoyed not being guided through. It is a long game as well, again another bonus. I loved adding and adding to the inventory even when not sure why - and then unloading as the solutions were revealed. Missing out on clues because there were no hints was half the fun - am I alone in this? The walkthroughs are there if they are needed of course, and I had to find out a few things that way. Enjoy Show less

I recommend this game!

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Would You Sacrifice Your Soul For Your Sister?

PostedApril 29, 2013

JustTheFacts

fromRural Western Australia

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

GAME COMPLETED SEVERAL TIMES

This series is one of my favourite, and I have as much fun playing these games for 4th and 5th time as I did the first.

In this game we are first introduced to our character, a concerned sister who is determined to find out what really happened to her sister. The sister, Luisa, was last seen being pushed off a bridge on her wedding day.

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GAME COMPLETED SEVERAL TIMES

This series is one of my favourite, and I have as much fun playing these games for 4th and 5th time as I did the first.

In this game we are first introduced to our character, a concerned sister who is determined to find out what really happened to her sister. The sister, Luisa, was last seen being pushed off a bridge on her wedding day.

Arriving back at the family home, you are confronted by a demon who says he will make a bargain with you, he will allow you to enter your sister’s memories in order to find a chance of saving her, but if you don’t succeed, he gets your soul. Thus begins your journey through the recent past of your sister.

In terms of STORY, this game is on shaky grounds. Exactly what you can do to save your sister is a mystery, what might have happened to her is equally unclear. But there’s enough there to be going on with, so it doesn’t affect your enjoyment of the gameplay.

GAMEPLAY consists of WORD LIST HOS primarily, interspersed with some interesting PUZZLES. Nothing is too difficult, although I did have to skip a couple. HINT tells you exactly what to do next, eg. “There’s a hammer by the right door in the bunker”. There is NO MAP, but this is not a game where one would be helpful. Each mini-adventure is confined to its own locations.

ARTWORK in this series is spectacular. The opening splash already had me committed to buying this one. The developers do marvellous VISUAL EFFECTS, and the GRAPHICS both in and out of HOS was clear, detailed, beautiful and colourful.

Great use was made of SOUND in this game. MUSIC was very pleasant and unobtrusive, allowing you to enjoy the ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS, until at an appropriately tense moment it blasts in. Certainly made me jump.

This is a really fun beginning to an ongoing saga with games following similar stories and game structure.

Not to be missed. Show less

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Great and a must buy

PostedAugust 16, 2012

neilskinut

fromBridge city tx

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Good fun and challenging game. You do have lots of moving around to find clues. No voice over which I'm liking more. HOS are not that difficult. The hint button tells you where to go next for the item you are looking for. I think that tell you too much. The other Grim Tales were also good fun games.

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Fans Of Return To Ravenhearst Will Love This!

PostedNovember 26, 2011

graciesmith7

fromBradford, Minnesota

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

This was a thoroughly enjoyable game for me. The graphics are dreamy yet clear, the story was unique and the gameplay was linear and easy to follow. The H/O scenes were beautiful as well, and the objects not impossible to find. It was very similar to Return To Ravenhearst in these qualities. I like the fact that things you find along the way make 'sense' to the gameplay# There is not tedious ...Show more

This was a thoroughly enjoyable game for me. The graphics are dreamy yet clear, the story was unique and the gameplay was linear and easy to follow. The H/O scenes were beautiful as well, and the objects not impossible to find. It was very similar to Return To Ravenhearst in these qualities. I like the fact that things you find along the way make 'sense' to the gameplay# There is not tedious repetition with scenes, and the way the game moved from lo#ation to lo#ation was interesting and unique# I would absolutely recommend this, it is a lot of fun and very immersive! =-# #for some reason, the periods and 'c's are being replaced by the # sign...not sure why# Show less

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Grim Tales- the bride

PostedNovember 11, 2011

basia21usa

fromedison, nj

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

This game was great! i liked that it had a lot of different scenes and plenty of games within the hidden object game itself. I like the story a lot. sometimes with these hidden object games the story line is lacking, but this one i really enjoyed.

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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grim tales the bride

PostedNovember 28, 2011

okanaganbeat

fromVernon BC

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

an excellent game! Nice and long, with lots of interesting twists and turns, a bit of running back and forth, but some great "remember that, you'll need to finish it later" stuff, the graphics were terrific, the HOG's nice as well. Highly recommend this game! One interesting thing, the adventure type puzzles always lead to the HOG's, kinda fun, tho some of the puzzles were hard, and a small thing, ...Show more

an excellent game! Nice and long, with lots of interesting twists and turns, a bit of running back and forth, but some great "remember that, you'll need to finish it later" stuff, the graphics were terrific, the HOG's nice as well. Highly recommend this game! One interesting thing, the adventure type puzzles always lead to the HOG's, kinda fun, tho some of the puzzles were hard, and a small thing, but they could have been explained better, sometimes I wasn't sure what they wanted me to do, but eventually figured it out by trial and error. Show less

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Worth buying the Collector's Edition!

PostedNovember 29, 2011

Pst4n3k

fromLuxembourg

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

This game is simply amazing. Intriguing storyline and overwhelming atmosphere keep you on your toes all the time. The graphics are good, the settings and the music beautiful. HOGs are not annoying, which is always a relief for me. There are not interactive, but the objects are clear and you can find them quickly. Mini games and puzzles, on the other hand, are challenging enough to keep your ...Show more

This game is simply amazing. Intriguing storyline and overwhelming atmosphere keep you on your toes all the time. The graphics are good, the settings and the music beautiful. HOGs are not annoying, which is always a relief for me. There are not interactive, but the objects are clear and you can find them quickly. Mini games and puzzles, on the other hand, are challenging enough to keep your interest going. There are a lot of them as well. The chapters of the story (levels) take place in different situations, so you don’t have to return to the same scenes all the time and you don’t get bored. No wandering about, searching for missed objects and trying to make sense of it all! The bonus chapter in Collector’s Edition is quite long, indeed, and quite creepy as well, so definitely worth buying! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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Everything I'm looking for in a HOG

PostedJanuary 6, 2013

Tikatoy

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

This game is the full package. Absolutely beautiful graphics in a luscious and dreamy hand-painted style, atmospheric sound effects, spooky story with a creepy antagonist, well-designed gameplay progression, a good variety of well-executed puzzles including some unique/challenging ones and very good game length.

Good graphics is the #1 factor for me for HOGs and this game has really beautiful ...Show more

This game is the full package. Absolutely beautiful graphics in a luscious and dreamy hand-painted style, atmospheric sound effects, spooky story with a creepy antagonist, well-designed gameplay progression, a good variety of well-executed puzzles including some unique/challenging ones and very good game length.

Good graphics is the #1 factor for me for HOGs and this game has really beautiful artwork. There is the luscious, painted look and a nice soft glow in many of the scenes. There is no music for most of the game, but it works well as there are great atmospheric sound effects (like rain, crunching through snow) that give a good feel.

There is no map, but it's not necessary as there are only a few locations per "chapter". I like the game structure which has you exploring your family home for while, then entering a memory of your (missing, presumed dead) sister's, then returning to your family home to explore some more. I liked this; it felt like you had a "home base" and were going on missions. The only time I missed a map was at the end of the game where you were forced to make two full round trips from one end of the house to the other and I would have appreciated a shortcut.

While I expect the same types of puzzles to appear in HOGs, I appreciated the increased difficulty of a "sliding block" type puzzle and also a puzzle that I've seen only once or twice before (A drawing full of connected lines; you are shown an image on the right and have to highlight the lines in the first drawing to form the same outline as the image).

Not only was this a good game, but there was a lot of it! :) I thought it had a higher than average game length.

(I've started playing the sequel Grim Tales: The Legacy and so far it seems to be even better than The Bride!) Show less

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Seriously Creepy

PostedNovember 26, 2011

Gojira2006

fromMaine

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Skill Level:Beginner

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3

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Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

This is a beautifully-crafted game - I particularly like how an item must be found to resolve a level before moving on . . . The artwork was top-notch, & the puzzles equally crafty . . . !

All-in-all, a clever supernatural romp . . .

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Absolutely a great game

PostedNovember 29, 2011

DonnaJoeAZ

fromAZ

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Family, Word, Arcade & Action, Adventure, Hidden Object, Marble Popper, Large File, Match 3, Card & Board, Puzzle, Mahjong, Strategy

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

I loved this game, it's one of my all time favorites. Everytime I thought it was getting close for the game to be over, there was another chapter. The game is a nice long one for once. I loved the story line also.

I recommend this game!

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