A Plot Story

Simple adventure games can be just as fun as complex journeys with branching stories, depending on whether you are a casual fan of the genre or not. Hence, a good story can take your mind off the repetitive gameplay mechanics, and challenging puzzles are just as good to keep you entertained for a few hours or more.

A Plot Story is a hidden object puzzle game that challenges you to solve a variety of tricky riddles in order to unravel an interesting story. The gameplay mechanics are about as basic as they can get in the genre, so don’t expect anything too revolutionary, but they are entertaining enough to keep you glued to the screen until the end. There are multiple difficulty levels to choose from as well, which is a great way to encourage replayability.

As far as the story is concerned, you play as a girl named Lily, who receives the assignment to break into the Duchess’s mansion in order to steal some documents. However, she discovers that the Duchess is actually plotting to end the life of the king, so the mission gets a lot more important from that point on. Granted, most of this is explained in the cutscenes, because the gameplay remains the same throughout the game.

Speaking of which, there are many types of mini-games along the way, including actual hidden object scenes, as well as jigsaw puzzles and a few other variations on the theme. All of these help you stay motivated and keep trying, although sometimes your eyes get really tired while trying to spot specific objects in a cluster of random items that also feature similar colors.

The graphics are nothing too special either in terms of technology, but the artists have done a good job when it comes to the backgrounds and the static cutscenes. Every hidden object scene is at least somewhat different than the last, even if sometimes they can get a tad repetitive. Not much can be said about the music either, but at least it’s not particularly annoying.

A Plot Story has its flaws in terms of variety and gameplay mechanics, given the fact that it becomes rather repetitive sometimes, but the adventure as a whole is definitely enjoyable. Thus, it’s worth a shot if you like puzzles and fantasy stories about kings and magic spells.

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