Surface: Project Dawn Collector's Edition

Every adventure game is designed to feel like a journey, regardless of whether you go searching for hidden treasure or you explore dark dungeons full of nasty creatures trying to kill you. However, adventures also feature challenges you need to overcome in order to reach the end, which is why most games in the genre also include all sorts of puzzles and riddles along the way.

Surface: Project Dawn is a hidden object adventure in which you play the role of a mother who loses her daughter after a car accident. In terms of gameplay, there are no great changes to perplex you if this is not your first HOPA, but there are plenty of interesting mini-games that combine popular mechanics to provide you with a new experience. Even so, the tutorial is not required for advanced players.

In terms of story, the action starts with a mother and her daughter going on a trip, except that things go pretty bad when their car is involved in an accident. After waking up, the mother realizes that her daughter is missing, which obviously prompts a rescue mission. As it turns out, there’s an abandoned town nearby where evil spirits roam freely, so that’s where you go searching.

As mentioned before, the gameplay formula is pretty classic, which means that you have to examine every scene for useful objects, carry them around in your inventory, and then make use of their properties at the right moment. There are also hidden object sequences and many other mini-games to test your skills, as well as actual puzzles you have to solve in order to unlock more scenes.

Since the whole adventure takes place in a creepy town, the atmosphere is pretty dark as well, and the graphics are quite nicely designed to reflect that. Every zone is hand-drawn down to the tiniest detail, and there are basic animations added on top to prevent the scenes from looking too static. The atmosphere is improved with haunting sound effects and a bit of music every now and again.

Surface: Project Dawn is an experience worth playing through if you are a fan of HOPAs, even if there are no groundbreaking mechanics at work. Hence, the story and the puzzles should be enough to keep you entertained for a few hours. NOTE: This is a downloader for the game. Once run, the application will automatically download and install the game on your computer.

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