Haunted Legends: The Black Hawk Collector's Edition

Murder mysteries are always exciting to investigate in video games, because it feels like your actions can save lives, and you also feel quite smart if you manage to solve them. It is obviously a lot easier to do so when all the clues are just waiting to be found, and in real life they might not even matter in the end. Thankfully, video game mysteries always have a clear culprit and a conclusion.

Haunted Legends: The Black Hawk is a classic hidden object adventure game that allows you to play the role of a secret agent on a mission in Bordeaux, who must solve a few murders and also protect a visiting cardinal. The gameplay mechanics revolve as usual around finding objects that might come in handy and storing them in your inventory until they can be used.

As for the story, everything takes place in the medieval city of Bordeaux, where eight monks have been recently murdered by an unknown culprit. You play the role of a secret service agent sent by the king himself in order to solve the case, as well as keep an eye on the cardinal who’s visiting the city. A few supernatural events make an appearance along the way as well, so the adventure is certainly exciting.

In order to find clues and manage to pinpoint a suspect, it’s important to investigate the crime scenes and gather all the clues you can find, which in this case is achieved by picking up objects and storing them in your inventory. Later on they can also be used to solve puzzles, although most of them are just various mini-games that take seconds to solve, depending on your experience.

Lastly, it’s important for the graphics to be as detailed as possible, especially since there’s usually not much to do other than to admire the scenery while you find useful objects. Thankfully, the artists did a wonderful job when it comes to the in-game artwork, since there are plenty of beautiful landscapes to admire along the way. The soundtrack is also decent, although the voice acting is a bit overdone sometimes.

In the end, Haunted Legends: The Black Hawk can easily keep you busy for a few hours, especially if you like a good mystery. It’s in now way original when it comes to mechanics, and it might get repetitive after a while, but the overall experience is certainly worth it.

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