Dark Romance: Winter Lily Collector's Edition

Video game stories usually provide you with a singular point of view, usually through the eyes of the character you play as. Sometimes it’s possible to switch from one character to the other, or even create your very own alter-ego, which opens up a lot of possibilities. However, the casual titles do not usually dabble in these matters, mainly because it’s a bit tougher to use multiple main characters.

Dark Romance: Winter Lily is an adventure game with puzzle and hidden object mechanics, in which you follow a fairly simple plot from the perspective of two main characters. This allows you to jump from one character to the other throughout the story, as well as use different skills and abilities depending on which protagonist you happen to be playing as. On the other hand, the gameplay is about as common as it gets.

The baseline plot is not too original, given the fact that it revolves around a kingdom endangered by an evil queen, but as mentioned before, you play as both the king and the princess in order to tackle these problems. Not only that, but you also get to deal with magic, terrifying creatures and a variety of interesting mysteries along the way, all of which must be solved as quickly as possible.

Every scene is designed to prevent you from advancing before you find all the items required to solve the puzzles, which can take a while if you disable all the hints. As for the puzzles themselves, most are just regular mini-games that require a bit of critical thinking. However, there’s also the option to switch to a match-three mini-game instead, or even skip the puzzles entirely if you don’t feel like solving them.

Given the fact that the story deals with magic and all sorts of outlandish concepts, the graphics are colorful enough to depict them. Hence, every scene is hand-drawn with as much detail as possible, with a bit of post-processing added on top as well. There’s always a bit of music playing in the background, as well as sound effects for when you interact with objects.

The greatest thing about Dark Romance: Winter Lily is the fact that you can experience the story with two different characters. However, everything else is pretty straightforward, so everyone should be able to start playing right away.

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