Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil Collector's Edition

Mysteries are a great way to make adventure games more enjoyable, because they keep the suspense going and your spirits up. It helps if the said mysteries are truly interesting, otherwise everything gets repetitive and annoying after a while. Hidden object games are not always particularly exciting, but it depends on the quality of the story.

Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil is a hidden object adventure game in which you play the role of an investigator trying to get to the bottom of a weird case. As unusual as the story might be, on the other hand, the gameplay mechanics are as classic as they can get. Hence, your role is to investigate every scene and find the necessary clues required to solve the case.

As mentioned before, it all revolves around an illness of some sort that affects the town of Dreadmond, and it is your duty to investigate it. This disease makes the people get really old in a matter of seconds, and there doesn’t seem to be a cure yet. Naturally, someone is responsible for creating and spreading it, and you must find that someone before it’s too late.

Each scene you visit contains multiple areas that can be examined closer, and you can usually find a handful of objects that help you along. These items are also used to solve the puzzles you have to tackle, even if these get repetitive after a while, given the fact that most of the time you have to find the right pattern and apply it until the lock is open or the container is unlocked.

The graphics are not necessarily impressive, but they go great with the general mood of the game. Every scene is incredibly detailed and nicely colored, although it must be mentioned that the animations and the cutscenes can be a tad anticlimactic. The soundtrack is decent, on the other hand, and so are the sound effects that complete the experience.

Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil may not be the most original adventure game out there, but it’s very polished and enjoyable. There are many interesting environments to explore as you go through the story.

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