The game makes it clear that this legend – and monster – is just legend. : The backstory to the mystery is that numerous girls have disappeared in the past, seemingly taken and killed by a legendary monster. Particularly, the story behind the beast and its former victims is uncanny, which I’ll delve into now for those who have played the game or who don’t mind spoilers. I will say now though that the story does have a lot of creepy and sinister undertones. It was nice to see the mystery unfold with such coherency and depth, even if had followed hours of character dialogues and tiresome minigames. As I mentioned before, there is a lot of information given on each of the suspects and their backstories do become an integral part of the plot later on.
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To give Her Interactive credit though, the story is the strength of the game and it comes full circle during the final third. Until the story gets going, you’ll need to sit through long character dialogues and minigames. Although many of my friends loved Raid, I hated it for the principle reason that a single round could take upwards of twenty minutes to complete it’s one clear example where it feels like the game-makers are just trying to pass time until the story has been set up for the final part of the game. For others though (as it was for myself), these chores and minigames can feel like another distraction from the mystery at hand. While I didn’t enjoy a lot of the minigames, I did love Monster, a game where you can play as three wolves who need to ‘consume’ as many sheep in the paddock without detection. For some, they are likely to be a pleasant pastime during the lulls in the story. Similarly, there are a lot of chores and puzzles/mini-games. Most of it is background and becomes relevant later on in the game but, until the connection becomes obvious, there’s a lot of tiresome scrolling through chunks of ostensibly pointless text. The main problem is though that these conversations are very long and, simply, are not very interesting.
In regards to the suspects, there is so (very) much dialogue and character interaction with them each character’s background is very thoroughly laid out and their motivations are clearly examined in adjoining plot threads.
Thus, for the first two-thirds of the game, the focus is principally on the suspects and puzzles which, for the most part, are a hit and miss. While Nancy does witness the monster on a few occasions, these sightings are primarily during the latter part of the game. There are long periods where almost nothing happens, with Nancy primarily going around the large and expansive castle, chatting with suspects and playing games with them. Although the game’s concept is interesting, this game moves very slowly.
The first time I played this game, I found it to be extremely dull. It’s up to Nancy to find out what, or who, is behind the monsters’ sightings before the monster claims another victim. The monster is believed by the locals to be the same legendary beast who terrorised the castle and its residents during numerous points in history, resulting in the disappearances – and even deaths – of various girls.
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In this adventure, Nancy visits Castle Finster following a series of monster sightings. I’m going to be the first to admit that this game really comes down to personal taste.
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