Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon Collector's Edition

Every hidden object game out there is designed to feature more or less the same ideas in the gameplay department, but the developers are free to approach the concepts in a variety of ways. Hence, even if the mechanics might be the same when you get right down to it, sometimes it’s difficult to notice such things if the experience is engaging and you are too busy trying to find solutions to riddles.

Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon is a hidden object adventure game in which you play the role of a young boy as he tries to decipher mysterious research and find a dragon in order to save his people and his hometown. The mechanics are more or less as classic as they can get for the genre, which means that you should be able to jump straight into the action from the first few minutes.

The whole adventure begins with a letter received by the main character from his father, which leads him to his hometown. As it turns out, the town is in flames, and there are other matters to attend to as well. The ultimate goal is to study your father’s research and find the Wise Dragon, but there’s no way to tell if the dragon in question is going to be friendly or hostile once you stumble upon it.

As mentioned before, there are not many original ideas in the gameplay department, but you can still get a lot of enjoyment out of the puzzles and the various mini-games scattered all over the place. Some are actually quite tricky, especially since you have to find specific patterns and apply them in the correct order. On the other hand, there’s nothing new under the sun, so it might be a bit disappointing if you are an enthusiast of hidden object flicks.

Things are better in the graphics department, because every scene is incredibly detailed and pleasant, not to mention full of interesting objects. You can only interact with items that are required for puzzles, but even so, everything looks like it belongs there. The cutscenes are great too, and so are the sound effects and the voice acting that accompany the story.

Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon might not be extraordinarily exciting for long-time fans of the genre, but it has a very intriguing story and pleasant graphics. Thus, it should be able to keep you invested for at least a few hours.

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