Witches' Legacy: Rise of the Ancient Collector's Edition

If fantasy stories are to be believed, most ancient evils or demons have one easy-to-discover weakness that can be exploited even by simple people. Hence, you can bring an entire evil empire to its knees with a simple ritual, but the journey is usually a bit tougher than that. Because of that, you can still enjoy books like The Lord of the Rings, even if the premise is pretty silly.

Witches' Legacy: Rise of the Ancient is a hidden object adventure game that’s part of a pretty long-running series revolving around magic and the usual demons/dragons. Although it doesn’t stray very far from the norms of the genre, the games are usually fairly engaging and enjoyable, especially since they feature great artwork, as well as interesting puzzles that keep you guessing.

This time, the story revolves around a demon that returns to the world with plans to destroy it, after failing the first time a long time ago. You play the role of a mage trying to stop this demon from achieving his plans, but you need a bit of help in order to do so. Thus, you team up with two other people and combine your powers in order to save the world once again.

Since you are a spellcaster, you can use your magic to cast certain spells when the situation requires it. However, you don’t know that many spells in the beginning, so you have to find more of them by exploring the world and solving puzzles. Speaking of which, the puzzles are designed to be fairly intuitive, but there’s usually a bit of work involved in them, given the fact that you must uncover various patterns.

There are also all sorts of mini-games that break up the action, which is a nice tough to avoid boredom along the way. As for the graphics and the level design, the hand-drawn artwork is definitely eye-catching, although it is often pretty flat, given the lack of 3D movement. The soundtrack isn’t bad either, and there is voice acting accompanying the cutscenes.

In the end, it’s a bit difficult to differentiate between Witches' Legacy: Rise of the Ancient and all the other HOPAs with the same theme, but the story is not too cheesy, and there are a few unique puzzles along the way. Thus, it’s worth a shot if you are a fan of mages and fantasy in general. 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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