Fairytale Demo

Fairy tales are usually told to children as a way to teach them things about life, without boring them after the first few seconds. The characters are exaggerated and they usually either portray good or evil, because neutral is way too complicated and they really wouldn’t fit into the stories. Hence, whether it’s dragons or young princesses, the two opposites are clearly defined and a lesson typically waits by the time the tale is over.

Fairytale is a point-and-click adventure game based on traditional Russian fairy tales and it tells the story of a girl by the name of Nastienka, a well-behaved pretty girl with an abusive stepmother. As it happens, she is always put to work on when it comes to cleaning the yard, feeding the animals, and various other farm-related things. Her goal is to get away from the abuse and find a handsome man to rescue her.

The point-and-click mechanics are quite straightforward and simple-to-use, given the fact that all you have to do is click on items and wait for the result. On the other hand, the interface is quite clunky and unclear, so you might want to make sure you have clicked on the right object multiple times. Thankfully, there are pointers that let you know the name of the item when you hover over it.

Although the story is not exactly bad, given the fact that it is written to be enjoyed by small children, it must be mentioned that the voice acting is horrendous, for multiple reasons. Beside the fact that each voice sounds like it was recorded by chance out on the street, they are not even synchronized with what happens on the screen most of the time either, which is mighty annoying.

Speaking of which, the graphics are nothing to be excited about, especially since they are hand drawn and in two dimensions. Moreover, the characters and the creatures that appear throughout the game are a tad weird-looking, although that may be in order to make them look funny. Not a lot of work went into the environment either, because they are mostly devoid of interesting objects.

All things considered, the voice acting is the element that completely ruins the game for an adult, but it may passed unnoticed by a younger player. Hence, if you want to tell your children a story and you want to visualize it better, you can use the game at hand, especially because the interface is simple enough for anyone to use.