Shrouded Tales: The Shadow Menace > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

4 / 5

10 of 13 found this review helpful

another game in the series

PostedJanuary 9, 2019

denniann2

fromharrisonburg, virginia

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

you are waiting to become a mage as your training is over but your friend veronica has been taken and now you have to fight the mages to get her back. good hint system. played on the easiest level. had to skip some of the mini games.

I recommend this game!

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I'm About To Become A Full Fledged Mage What Could Go Wrong?

PostedFebruary 19, 2017

pennmom36

fromI'll just take a small piece, what's the harm?

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Skill Level:Expert

Current Favorite:

Phantasmat Collector's Edition

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

Today is the last day of your training as a mage, what could possible go wrong? Well, just about everything! Your mentor Archie, opened the portal to Grimsdale, but no sooner did Veronica enter the world of Grimsdale, when a huge explosion occurred and cut off all communications with her. Something terrible must have happened, and it's up to you to find Veronica and help the good people of Grimsdale. Once on the other side you quickly learn that the citizens of Grimsdale have had their fair share of magic, their mage apparently isn't very good at his job. In his attempts to prove his skills to the people, Aedan hasn't fared too well, his last feat accidentally caught the town square on fire, but this time Aeden may have gone too far. It would seem that he has found a way to open a portal, a portal to the Shadow World, and the Shadows aren't just a Menace, they're deadly!

Archie has equipped you with the latest and greatest magical Bracelet which will allow you to communicate with Archie as well as hold a few magical spells you find along the way. You will eventually get five spells, but in the demo you will only have two different spells, the Light spell which is basically a candle to light up the dark, and a Restore spell which allows you turn back the hands of time to view destroyed items in their original state. In the Collector's Edition version, there are Collectible Magic cards located in each scene in Grimsdale, and in the Shadow Realm. The portal allows you to travel back and forth, from the present to the past, performing tasks in one time period that will affect the other. It does become a bit monotonous after a while because of the constant and tedious back and forthing, which get to be a little annoying at times.

The Hidden Object Scenes aren't very impressive, the scenes are repeated which is a feature I find very boring. The Interactive List finds have extremely large print, the largest print I've ever seen, and I've played a lot of HOPA games, and the items themselves are very large. There is one scene in a lake or pond, that has a bunch of random junk floating in the water, large vases, a brush, utensils, mirrors, kettles etc. all that was missing was a few car tires to make it the world's most polluted lake! There are also HOS that require you to find pairs of similar items, but for the most part they are all simple, slightly interactive list finds.

The Mini Games are decent, but nothing new really. The following are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter during the demo:

1) Assemble the gold plates so that they align with the patterns on the rune stones by swapping and rotating.

2) Adjust the speed of each tube so that all the tubes reach full capacity at the same time.

3) Put the shapes in the correct positions bases on the clues you found, using arrow buttons to rotate the surrounding shapes.

4) Find three of each item that match the highlighted keywords within a story, one paragraph at a time.

5) Find misplaced items within a storybook and place them correctly.

6) Select the symbols that don't match the others shown.

7) Restore the picture image by selecting arrows to move each section up, down, right or left.

8) Connect matching colored bulbs with a line of the same color, by selecting a prism to change the image, and buttons located on the bottom to swap the prisms.

The Collector's Image has 12 Achievements to earn, Music Soundtracks, 8 Wallpapers, 8 Concept Art sketches, 37 Collectible Magic Cards, a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Adventure, enjoy Show less

I recommend this game!

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Was Okay Game.

PostedJuly 4, 2018

yowzasma

fromCOWTOWN (Ft. Worth),TX

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Skill Level:Intermediate

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

Current Favorite:

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

(71)

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

It was an ok game but the longer I played - the more I wanted to finish it.
Sorry about my bah-humbug review but I'm tired of 'floating' shadow people, and too many (for me) mini-games but I bought it so I felt I had to play it.
Give it a try and you may find out you enjoy it ;)

I recommend this game!

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3 / 5

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Made No Sense

PostedDecember 30, 2021

thagrouch19

fromTN

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Family, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Strategy, Word

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

2 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

Scrattery storyline. Poor graphics. Very Short game. Overall it was a wasted purchase.

I don't recommend this game.

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Overall rating

3 / 5

Glitched with no fix

PostedMarch 5, 2022

ddcallahan

fromDallas, TX

Skill Level:Beginner

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I got near the end, up to making the ruby plaque, and the game glitched. I completed the task, but could not pick the plaque up. The game has good graphics. The puzzles were enough to keep me interested, but I hate it when a game glitches and I cannot finish. I tried restarting it several times with no resolution. I think I got my $2.99 of play, but not being able is finish stinks.

I recommend this game!

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