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Black Swan

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Investigate a mysterious ballet school and save the students with the help of a spirit. #Hidden object  #Puzzle game  #Adventure game  #Puzzle  #Adventure  #Ballet  

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Ballet is one of the most demanding forms of art out there, mainly because it requires the performers to start practicing at a very young age. Not only that, but it also takes its toll on the feet of the performers, since it’s quite easy to recognize a ballerina without her shoes. Even so, the performance is beautiful enough to be worth the sacrifice, some would say.

Black Swan is a hidden object adventure game in which your goal is to investigate a mystery and gather clues as to what happened to a bunch of ballet students. It’s a pretty dark and grim story, but it shouldn’t be too intolerable even for casual players. As for the gameplay, it’s pretty much the same idea as with every other HOPA out there, although there are some subtle differences.

You play the role of a woman by the name of Victoria, who stumbles into a mystery regarding a ballet school. Given the fact that she is able to see the unseen, such as where the spirit world comes in contact with reality, she has a gift when it comes to digging up secrets. Granted, a spirit helps her this time by giving her a mirror capable of letting Victoria see into the other world much more clearly.

You can change between the two worlds in order to gather clues, but although the game tells you it can be done at any time, it actually only works when there’s a clue nearby. Each switch requires you to play a mini-game in which you have to click on symbols, and it gets boring pretty quickly. Other than that, you just tackle the usual hidden object scenes and the occasional puzzle that requires a bit more concentration.

It’s a shame that the gameplay is so dull most of the time, because it would be great to explore the detailed environments and get more intimate with the story. However, the whole thing becomes very repetitive in a rush, which ruins the mood. Thankfully, at least the scenes you visit along the way are still pretty nicely designed, even if there’s so little to do with them.

Black Swan could have been a lot better if only the gameplay weren't so repetitive and boring most of the time. Hence, unless this is your first hidden object adventure game, there’s nothing you haven’t seen before.

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