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Elephant Games returned with the latest chilling installment in the Halloween Stories series!

It's Halloween, and you're excited to go party with your best friend. But this festive night quickly turns into a nightmare when a shadowy specter from your past returns to claim your friend's soul! You and Ted narrowly avoided death before, but can you escape the Grim Reaper himself when he comes to claim what's due? Find out in this stirring Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure!
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Halloween Stories: Defying Death

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It was OK.
3.1 / 5
3.1 out of 5 ( 11 Reviews Review )
78%(7 out of 9) of players recommend this game
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Loved it!
5 / 5
10 of 11 found this review helpful
good HO
PostedNovember 9, 2020
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denniann2
 
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fromharrisonburg, virginia
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
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Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
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Excellent
5 / 5
you are fighting with the grim reaper who is collecting souls. when 3 teenagers go missing it all breaks loose. it has a good hint system and i played on the custom level. feel sure there will be another one.
I recommend this game!
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Liked it!
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~~ANOTHER DECENT EDITION TO ELEPHANT'S HALLOWEEN SERIES~~
PostedNovember 6, 2020
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skullfun
 
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fromHalloween just wouldn't be the same without Elephant Games Halloween Stories to kick off kthis haunted holiday!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
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Good
4 / 5
You play the role of Dylan in this episode and the Grim Reaper is ready to to offer him a deal but first he must save three of his close friends; Roy, Grace and Ted. Each of them trapped in their own Death Defying Dilemma which the Grim Reaper has orchestrated. Can you save your friends and yourself before the Reaper claims your soul? Find out how to alter fate in this frightfully fun Halloween ...Show more
You play the role of Dylan in this episode and the Grim Reaper is ready to to offer him a deal but first he must save three of his close friends; Roy, Grace and Ted. Each of them trapped in their own Death Defying Dilemma which the Grim Reaper has orchestrated. Can you save your friends and yourself before the Reaper claims your soul? Find out how to alter fate in this frightfully fun Halloween Story, Defying Death....
After the year-to-year success of the Halloween Stories series, Elephant Games has created another excellent edition to their holiday-themed series. The storyline is thoroughly entertaining and the unexpected twists distinguishes it from all the other Halloween theme games out there. I also love the classic jump-scares and spooky-looking decorations that appear throughout the game.
Halloween Stories: Invitation (the first game in the series) is my personal favorite but I enjoyed this game equally as much as the first installment so I highly recommend you play both. If you are new to the series then play all them. You can binge play each of them and indulge yourself which will really put you in the mood for celebrating Halloween or Spooky themed games.Cheers!
Series in Order:
Halloween Stories: Invitation
Halloween Stories: Black Book
Halloween Stories: Horror Movie
Halloween Stories: Defying Death
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I recommend this game!
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Liked it!
4 / 5
10 of 13 found this review helpful
NOT AN EXCEPTIONAL GAME BUT STILL QUITE ENJOYABLE
PostedNovember 8, 2020
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fromA good Halloween game at least for me
Skill Level:Expert
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4 / 5
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Good
4 / 5
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Good
4 / 5
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Good
4 / 5
Halloween Stories Defying Death was surprisingly a game that I did enjoy. I am not much into spooky games but this one really was rather tame compared to some of the other Halloween themed games that we have had over the past several years.
The game had an interesting storyline that was easy to follow and it did make sense. So often the back story of some games seems to get bogged down or last ...Show more
Halloween Stories Defying Death was surprisingly a game that I did enjoy. I am not much into spooky games but this one really was rather tame compared to some of the other Halloween themed games that we have had over the past several years.
The game had an interesting storyline that was easy to follow and it did make sense. So often the back story of some games seems to get bogged down or last but this one held to the storyline without getting bogged down or side-tracked.
Another thing that surprised me while I played the game is that I found myself enjoying the puzzles. Maybe it’s because I enjoy puzzles that are not too difficult, but I think it was most likely that I happened to like the types of puzzles that were included in the game. At any rate, I did find myself playing all of the puzzles without skipping any of them which is highly unusual for me. In fact, I think I liked the puzzles more than I did the HOS. I found the HOS a bit boring and, particularly, in the silhouette style HOS the items were difficult to figure out.
Even though the game is not exceptional, it still was entertaining. Defying Death is a game that I will play again since I know that I missed some of the fragments and morphing objects. I think that I was so engrossed in the storyline and moving forward in the game that I overlooked hunting for the collectibles at times.
For me, the game was one I purchased as soon as the demo ended. I found that I wanted to continue playing to see how it all ended. If you want an easy sort of Halloween game, then I can recommend Halloween Stories Defying Death as one you might enjoy. Happy gaming! Show less
I recommend this game!
+7points
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Liked it!
4 / 5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Right Up My Street
PostedNovember 22, 2020
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villaman
 
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fromEngland
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
This is more like it. Right up my street. No machines or Sci Fi. Like old school games. But when I play my games from 2012/13 I realise how short games are these days. More please but longer even if it costs a bit more.
I recommend this game!
+4points
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Liked it!
4 / 5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Final Destination Meets Elephant Games!
PostedOctober 21, 2022
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JulzCat
 
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Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
You and your friends survive a bus crash...but the reaper is coming to collect what belongs to him!
This is a good game to play if you're limited on time because it's over in a flash! I wasn't super impressed with the graphics but I did find the story interesting and the puzzles challenging.
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It was OK.
3 / 5
33 of 40 found this review helpful
HAPPY HALLOWEEN?
PostedNovember 6, 2020
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fromDoesn't Halloween seem like it was ages ago?
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Fun Factor 
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3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
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4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Completed Game approximately 4 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate
Everyone knows you can't escape your destiny, no matter how hard you try, or how far you run. The Grim Reaper is coming, he is coming for you. There wasn't supposed to be any survivors, you only thought you were ...Show more
Completed Game approximately 4 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate
Everyone knows you can't escape your destiny, no matter how hard you try, or how far you run. The Grim Reaper is coming, he is coming for you. There wasn't supposed to be any survivors, you only thought you were the lucky one...but they were the lucky ones because you, my friend, are being hunted down like a wild animal by Death himself...good luck with your destiny!
I really enjoyed this story (and the CE bonus chapter wasn't bad either!) The puzzles were rather easy, but I thought they were fun, and the HO scenes have vastly improved lately! The graphics are amazing as usual, and the developer seems to have gotten the hint about our bitterness towards the never-ending emblem-placing scenario (thank you!!) but mostly, I just enjoyed finally having a creepy-themed game rather than a fantasy-themed game even though I'd prefer a REAL horror game and a REAL hard-core or at least a game geared towards seasoned players!
Helper/Gadget:
There are NO gadgets or Helpers in Halloween Stories: Defying Death.
Morphing Objects/Collectibles: (CE version only)
There are 11 Halloween Collectibles that are actually kind of cool, but with every Elephant game, the CE bling seems to be dwindling??? There are 26 Morphing Objects that morph at a decent speed and for a change aren't the size of baby elephants!! One Zoom Zone in each scene has a Jigsaw Puzzle Fragment (18 total) that automatically assembles a Grim Reaper picture, it's actually supposed to represent replacing the glass onto the frame.
Hidden Object Scenes:
There are only 8 Hidden Object Scenes +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter, several of which are smaller zoom zone HO's that usually precede the main HO scenes. What I am noticing from this developer in the last 3-4 game, is a marked improvement in the Hidden Object Scenes! The objects are smaller, they are clearly making an attempt to blend the objects into the scenery and choosing objects that will blend into the scene rather than stick out like a sore thumb...when developers try to improve...I always notice! There are Interactive List Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Matching Pairs, Related Objects, Associated Objects, Keywords in Sentence Finds, Swatch Finds, and Multiples of the same Items. There are no alternate games available.
Mini-Games:
There are 13 Mini-Games +6 in the CE Bonus Chapter. They did a good job with variety and putting twists on standard games and making them Halloween-themed. The puzzles were easy to complete, but for the most part, they were fun puzzles rather than an insult to my intelligence if that makes sense? I usually like Elephant Games because most of them are mechanical type puzzles where you tinker with fuses, electrical panels, or gauges and they always seem doable and never frustrating.
Bonus Chapter (Collector's Edition version only)
Gertrude, the Patron of Souls, will grant the Grim Reapers wish to become human on one condition...well, actually three conditions! He must pass three trials by rescuing three entities in dire need...kind of like a Halloween-Scrooge hybrid.
This is a decent story and of average-length spanning over 8 Scene Locations with 6 Mini-Games and 5 Hidden Object Scenes. You will search for the remaining 2 Halloween Collectibles, 8 Morphing Objects, and 7 Puzzle Fragments which allows you to complete the Grim Reaper picture (it's more like placing the glass on the frame)
Collector's Edition Extra's
5 Wallpapers, 1 Jigsaw Fragment Picture, 4 Music Soundtracks, 22 Halloween Mask Achievements, (2 of the masks don't show up on the rack, you can scan the cursor to read the achievement, but once you earn the achievements "Heartbreaking Margin" and "Distressing Power" those two masks vanish!) 13 Replayable Mini-Games, 13 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes (within the Archives Room) 26 Morphing Objects, 18 Zoom Zone Jigsaw Puzzle Fragments (automatically fills in the Grim Reaper Picture, 11 Collectible Halloween Decorations, 3 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.
HALLOWEEN STORIES SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating

1-Invitation (October 31-2017) 3.7
2-Black Book (November 9-2018) 4.3
3-Horror Movie (November 8-2019) 2.0
4-Defying Death (November 6-2020) n/a
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I recommend this game!
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It was OK.
3 / 5
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PostedSeptember 1, 2024
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3 / 5
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OK
3 / 5
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3 / 5
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OK
3 / 5
I've tried 3 times to play. Can't get gas in the chainsaw, the cursor becomes inactive.
I recommend this game!
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Disliked it.
2 / 5
5 of 8 found this review helpful
Cant give a review
PostedNovember 11, 2020
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fromNew York, NY
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
I just started to play the demo, when it completely froze on me. Its the first this ever happened to me. I never got the gas in the chainsaw. Very disappointed, but glad I didn't purchase it. I think I would have enjoyed this one.
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Disliked it.
2 / 5
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Not my favorite Halloween Stories~ Here's why
PostedOctober 15, 2021
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Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Poor
2 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Poor
2 / 5
Storyline 
Awful
1 / 5
BASED ON COMPLETED GAME
*** May contain a slight spoiler, but nothing major****
This SE took me 2hrs 17 min to finish.
(I play on custom mode and like to take my time and look around and read everything. I don't like mini-games for the most part but I will try them and skip the minute I become frustrated. I love HOS and will take the time to really search before hitting skip. I'm just
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BASED ON COMPLETED GAME
*** May contain a slight spoiler, but nothing major****
This SE took me 2hrs 17 min to finish.
(I play on custom mode and like to take my time and look around and read everything. I don't like mini-games for the most part but I will try them and skip the minute I become frustrated. I love HOS and will take the time to really search before hitting skip. I'm just letting you know how I play so you can figure out how long it may take you).
I feel this quote from the game sums up the game play.
"The Reaper is a creature of the world of the dead. He collects the souls of those who escape their death inside his lantern". I mention this because a lot of this game is spent in a dirty dark location dealing with this reaper. I wonder if the DEV actually reads the reviews every day because one of the things reviewers hated in the prior Halloween Stories, and other games, are hooded evil reapers who steal souls, and gross or weird locations to spend their time in.
For a Halloween "themed game" I wish they would make a Halloween game called "Halloween: Trick or Treat" Maybe have people out trick or treating then going to a Halloween Hayride with fairground locations.
Other things I see many reviewers hate is "alternate realities" that contain weird monsters and flying furniture etc. If only they would create a game with a mystery, in a grounded location and drop all the weird monsters and dirty gross locations (that aren't scary in a themed game anyway).
Or... better yet, before Halloween give us a truly scary game such as True Fear: Forsaken souls or another game like Maze: Subject 360. It's been suggested to the DEV over and over that most players are over the age of 35 years. Many adults here are begging for a truly scary game that isn't just a point and place item that is "fluff easy". All of these DEV should play some of the older games and add maps.
When we aren't in the evil scenes we spend a great deal of time in a dark library full of broken objects. The locations and objects are "weird" so they aren’t logical as to where to use an inventory item.
I was laughing upon exit of one dark, deserted indoor location to find out my character had been carrying an invitation to a Halloween party the entire time! I was wondering why anyone would spend Halloween night in a place like this. So I think to myself... "Ok, cool here we go, party time! Yay, finally!" So I was ready to weep when I realize this party just isn't hopping. There was no one else there.
What kind of parties do these DEV go to? Ha ha.... There were just more empty locations with broken items, and another interaction with the reaper. The scariest thing about these areas was trying to figure out who entered this place and broke every little item?
In chapter 3 while in a dark deserted lab, your character has a black bar thought that says, "Right now, most of all, I'd like to see a fun party with friends". Yep! Me too! I think the poor script writer to this game had the same subconscious moment there. ;) Maybe next year?
I wasn't a fan of this game but I highly suggest these other awesome CE's Elephant did to play around Halloween. I own and completed all the CE's to these. And my favorite Halloween Stories was the first- "HS Invitation".
~ Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare- 5-2017(it has incredible special effects the entire game).
~Haunted Hotel: The X-11-2015 (also has great special details & affects the whole game).
~Grim Tales: Bloody Mary- 8-2013 (a darker theme that is played in GORGEOUS scenes, so it's worth your time to spend there).
~Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence- 12-2014
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I don't recommend this game.
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Disliked it.
2 / 5
Good, but too short
PostedOctober 13, 2022
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Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
I enjoyed this game, but it was WAY too short. Like the other games in this series, the graphics are very good and you want to keep playing, but I wouldn't consider this game a good value for the money unless it was about an hour longer. If you can get it on discount for a few bucks, then go for it!
I recommend this game!
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