Grim Tales: Echo of the Past > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

4 / 5

9 of 13 found this review helpful

Based on demo

PostedNovember 29, 2021

renaki

fromThessaloniki, Greece

Skill Level:Expert

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

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I will disagree with previous reviewers.
There is nothing surprising new, of course, nor that it is perfet but it is much better than dozens of other games I have played. At list, this game has a lot of different H.O scenes, very good scenery, easy going environment and it kept my interest on until
the end of the demo.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

3 / 5

55 of 67 found this review helpful

ANNA NEEDS A NANNY!

PostedNovember 26, 2021

pennmom36

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

Completed Game approximately 4.5 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
20 Main Game Scene Locations +6 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner

What happened to Grim Tales? In the beginning, this was one of my top 10 favorite HOPA series (start playing the series from the beginning, you won't regret it!) The story was really good but then for some odd reason, ...Show more

Completed Game approximately 4.5 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
20 Main Game Scene Locations +6 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner

What happened to Grim Tales? In the beginning, this was one of my top 10 favorite HOPA series (start playing the series from the beginning, you won't regret it!) The story was really good but then for some odd reason, Elephant took a 180-degree turn, adding new characters, and ditching beloved ones. Grim Tales started morphing into a saga that was far from the original plot, wandering all over the place as if they had forgotten what the saga was about. Eventually, they settled into a story that focused on Anna Gray's time-traveling character and her dead daddy Richard as her otherworldly sidekick. Admittedly, I wasn't crazy about the new path Grim Tales had embarked upon, but eventually, I became a fan of Richard's sarcastic personality and the fact that Anna lugged her daddy's skull around in her purse. Grim Tales is morphing again as Anna seems to be passing the torch on to her only daughter Alice...if she ever makes it through her childhood because she's been kidnapped twice now in the few games offered since her introduction!

If my daughter was kidnapped I would be inconsolable and moving mountains to find her yet both times Anna nonchalantly goes about her investigation as if this were the next-door neighbor's dog that went MIA??? It's bad enough that the developers can't keep up with their own plot, but they never seem to bother to listen to all the reviewers who keep asking for games with decent gameplay, NOT a game whose only challenge involves placing an emblem of the right shape! Cut glass with glass high heels? Mannequin body parts hidden within a brick wall? Cutting a perfect Windstar out of a thick piece of wood using a chisel and hammer? (and of course, it fits perfectly without any adjustments) REALLY? If the developer doesn't care, why should I?

BONUS CHAPTER: (Collector's Edition version only)
Travel back in time to the days where Anastasia and Richard first met. Naturally, there's evil-doing going on as momma Elanor tries to bring her son back from the dead. There are 6 additional Mini-Games and 4 Hidden Object Scenes. After completing the Bonus Chapter, you'll gain entry to the Archives, Expedition, and Secret Rooms.

COLLECTOR'S EDITION EXTRA'S:
1 Wallpaper, 1 Jigsaw Fragment Puzzle Screensaver, 5 Music Soundtracks, 22 Achievements, 12 Collectible Theater Props, 24 Zoom Zone Jigsaw Puzzle Fragments, a Secret Room (return to scenes in a timed scavenger hunt) Expedition Room (return to scenes to search for missed Collectibles & Jigsaw Puzzle Fragments) Archives Room (replay 13 Hidden Object Scenes and 13 Mini-games) 3 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.

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I don't recommend this game.

+43points

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Overall rating

3 / 5

No challenge and boring

PostedJanuary 18, 2025

ipprocessdoc

fromAustin Texas

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

2 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

This is based on the full SE game. This was just an OK game with very little challenge. The hidden objects weren't hidden and the puzzles were not puzzling. It was not even close to any of the previous Grim Tales games. I don't think I would recommend this to anyone that has any experience playing games. Maybe for a beginner it would be OK.

I don't recommend this game.

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Overall rating

2 / 5

16 of 25 found this review helpful

Boring

PostedNovember 26, 2021

Akoper

fromSpring Hill, Florida

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

I always bought these games, they were my favorite and I would play them over and over again... but when Richard was no longer in them they got boring . I wont buy them now .

I don't recommend this game.

+7points

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Overall rating

2 / 5

6 of 10 found this review helpful

Too short!

PostedNovember 27, 2021

mlc9

fromEagle, ID

Skill Level:Expert

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

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

This game was way too easy and way too short. Disappointing for sure.

I don't recommend this game.

+2points

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