They’re not even animated it’s basically cut scenes/movies of real people. Your journal is very important in this game.ĬHARACTERS: Real people are used. Mix of real and generated, mainly a realistic look. GRAPHICS: CLEAR, beautiful graphics and scenes. Still, I wouldn’t recommend it for kids at all. Falls into the category of horror, but I wouldn’t rate it above PG-13. There’s a legend associated with the relic, and you go to investigate the occurrence of 4 missing archeology students. I’ll say straightaway that there’s***** NO HINT ***** except for in the HOPS, and *****NO MAP***** Also this game is NOTHING like Return to Ravenhurst, or Ravenhurst Unlocked or even Dire Grove Sacred Grove.Ī relic has been dug up in the English country-side.
A BFG WALTHROUGH is AVAILABLE (I had to use it on numerous occasions).
It is a rare game that can present these factors at the same time.
But even more unusual than that, the STORY is just as AMAZING, from start to finish, builds atmosphere, and never lets up. ***BEAUTIFUL*** bitter-sweet*** captivating*** REALISTIC, snow scenes. OUTSTANDING & BRILLIANT…A STUNNING GAME…1,000,000,000,000 STARS FROM ME! (Game available at BFG since 2011, but if you’re up for the challenge, this game outshines many games of 2015-2016) Great game! The next time I want to play something that I can't just sleepwalk through and forget about in the space of a day, I'll be buying from these guys / girls! More of the modern developers should use this game as their model (at least as far as horror and chiller games are concerned). The realism level for such an 'old' game is breathtaking, in my opinion. The upside of this is that there aren't any illogical moments, when you come upon an obstacle, you have to find the same tools to overcome it that you would in real life, and you use them as you would in real life. Amazing!īe warned: if you're used to the newer games (I'm writing this in 2016) you'll be frustrated at first because progress is slow and you have to use all your brain cells to put 2 and 2 together. But overall, it's just like playing the protagonist in a real life horror film. You also get videos left behind by the vanished kids and the acting is spot-on, with just a few cheesy moments to lower the tone. You're tasked with finding them, and when you do you'll have the shivers for all kinds of reasons, both literal and metaphorical! I can't recall being so spooked by a game before (except the Vanishing Hitchhiker, again). The plot has been perfectly summed up by others but here I go: you arrive in a small town where a Celtic relic has been unearthed and it's clear that something went badly wrong for a group of students who came here to learn more about it.
The best of the Dire Grove series I downloaded this game after having played 'Dire Grove Sacred Grove' and wow, do I ever wish I would have bought this one first! There's no hand-holding so it takes a long time to figure things out - reminds me of the Vanishing Hitcher, that way - but isn't that what we play these games for? To figure mysteries out and spend a good few days on them, instead of just zipping right through in the space of a few hours?