Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories

Most hidden object adventure games are designed to be simple and to the point in terms of gameplay mechanics, because the fans are mostly interested in the puzzles and the story as a whole. However, it’s obviously very good if developers manage to introduce new mechanics that work even better, but that’s usually very difficult to achieve in such a simple genre.

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories is a regular HOPA with classic mechanics and a simple story, in which your goal is to tackle a simple mystery and solve various puzzles along the way. The whole thing is presented quite well, on the other hand, so it certainly feels and looks better than it sounds, which should help with the overall atmosphere and mood.   In short, the story revolves around being able to restore your uncle’s lost memories, as well as saving a woman who has asked for your help in your nightmares. Naturally, things get even more interesting along the way, since it turns out that a terrible darkness is threatening the whole world. Thus, the adventure should end with you saving the world and everyone on the planet just in time.

Every scene requires you to look around in order to find the items that might come in handy later on, but it doesn’t take long to spot all of them, especially since there are many helpful hints, depending on the difficulty level chosen. The actual puzzles are a bit tougher to handle, but then again most of them just require you to find a specific pattern and apply it a couple of times.   As far as the graphics are concerned, most of the credit lies in the artwork, since there are no three-dimensional environments or anything of the sort. Every scene is incredibly detailed, not to mention the fact that there are all sorts of post-processing effects added on top. There is also voice acting to help with immersion, and it’s actually fairly decent.

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories achieves its purpose and provides the players with a nice adventure, even if it’s far from original. Thus, it should keep the fans engaged until the end of the story, even if the puzzles are not particularly challenging.

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