About This Game A world famous castle, the mysterious, unexplained death of a romantic king, and anonymous clues pointing to a whole web of dark conspiracies—what more does a savvy journalist need for a gripping story—maybe one with Pulitzer potential? As an investigative reporter for the Irish magazine “Facts & Fancy,” Sarah Hamilton does not miss a beat as she receives hints that something strange is going on at the famous Bavarian castle Neuschwanstein. In the thrilling puzzle adventure Mystery of Neuschwanstein, Sarah and her new acquaintance Wolfgang Adler, a professor of historical criminology from Heidelberg, find themselves on a dangerous search for the truth behind Germany’s most famous unsolved death—the untimely death of the Fairy Tale King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886.Was his death in the shallows of Lake Starnberg the result of a successful suicide attempt, as the official sources claim? Or was it indeed murder? And who actually profited from the death of the monarch?This gorgeous castle is more than meets the eye. It conceals secret passages, hidden rooms, and other secrets! Sarah and Professor Adler will have to combine their knowledge and different skills to get to the bottom of things. But that is easier said than done when a mysterious monk starts passing on cryptic messages, and the first dead body turns up.The ambitious journalist and absent-minded Professor Adler will have to stay on the ball as they carry out their investigation; people are not as they seem, and some of them do not want the secrets of Neuschwanstein to see the light of day. What is hidden behind the polite facade of the castellan Beatrix von Lohen, and what is the Italian building inspector Francetti really up to? And then there are rumors about the “Guglmänner,” though nobody knows what role they play in the web of conspiracies. Will you be able to accompany Sarah and Professor Adler through this adventure and solve the mystery of the fairy tale castle Neuschwanstein and the unexplained death of King Ludwig II?Features:An exciting mystery story about Neuschwanstein Castle based on the true story of King Ludwig II of Bavaria Help Sarah uncover the secret of Neuschwanstein and the death of Ludwig II! Beautiful and challenging puzzles and complex visual scenes Hand painted scenes Atmospheric soundtrack With German and English voice-over talentsDeveloped by Chimera Entertainment 7aa9394dea Title: Mystery of NeuschwansteinGenre: Adventure, CasualDeveloper:Chimera EntertainmentPublisher:astragon EntertainmentRelease Date: 18 Feb, 2015 Mystery Of Neuschwanstein Download 10 Mb Mystery of Neuschwanstein is a classic Hidden Object Scenes game, with casual puzzles and mini-games.The plot isn't very exciting, nor sophisticated, as most games of the genre. At least it's not full of monsters, beasts or other unrealistic creatures and fantastic events. And it refers to real historical figures (mainly Ludwig II of Bavaria who commissioned the construction of the splendid Neuschwanstein castle) and some true facts about them, which is a good informative and educational attempt. Even though most unlikely, the events of the story remain credible. The storyline and the characters are pleasant enough to peacefully travel from mini-games to HOS and kill several hours of time till the end of the game. Some HOS may require you to use some of your inventory items, which adds something to a classic HOS. Achievements unlock easily and can be obtained with a unique playthrough. The voice acting (English version) is fine by me. All the documents you're supposed to read can be listened to by clicking on them, which is nice if you're playing after a hard day's work or if you're lazy when it comes to reading. I regretted the lack of music. Well, there was some but it was either very slow, somewhat sad and almost unnoticeable or either too loud (action cutscenes). You can skip all cutscenes and dialogues. Important facts are still available in your phone and no achievement depends on watching them. I wouldn't recommend it at full price because as most games of the genre it has a low replayability value and this one is quite short to finish (don't take my shown hours of playing time into consideration : I've let the game running on the start menu for hours while i was at something else and it took me 3 playthrough to write some guides since I had forgotten to take screenshots etc..).On sale it's a good acquisition.. Ok this was actually a decent HOG. Actually good voice acting. A plot that's interesting. Good graphix. And if you find everything you should get all the achivements. That being said there's a few problems. One of which is some of the converstations that will take place seem to be taking into account things that have not happened or not happened yet. It may have been me doing things out of order or not. Happenes at least twice. Also some of the items and or puzzles are not as straight forward as you could hope. Other then that a solid game.. as a bavarian i especially like the setting. normally way more hardcore as a gamer but i think this is quite nice and especially the graphics and the story. This little gem has beautifull graphics (really) which reminded me of the old days when playing Sierra games (remember those?). The puzzles are certainly not too easy, had to use the help button here and there because I some puzzles were somewhat annoying :)The game offers a 'jump to location' map, which is really cool since it saves you a lot of walking. Also the game isnt too short and has a nice plot to it.. I really liked the style of the game. Compared to other hidden object adventures I played, this one has an unique look and an intersting historical setting. Always wanted to know more about Castle Neuschwanstein, seems they did a really accomplished combination of fact and fiction. I guess they watched bavarien cop series, this Wachtmeister reminds me strongly of someone.... Neushwanstein is one of the most famous castles in Europe, and the inspiration of Disney's Cinderella castle. It was commissioned to be built by Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1869 and has been open to the public since 1886. The game takes place in this historical setting with a couple of conspiracy theories thrown in to liven up the plot. Storyline: Sarah Hamilton of Fact and Fancy (newspaper) stalled in her investigation of a credit fraud scam is sent to Neuschwanstein to investigate rumors about unusual amounts of debris being generated in the refurbishment of the Neushwanstein. Once there, she meets the resident historian\/criminologist Dr. Alder and the castellan Beatrix von Lohen. Together with Dr. Alder, Sarah uncovers what has been happening during the refurbishment and runs across an ancient mystery. First of all, I am very impressed by the historical accuracy of Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the authenticity of the castle's interior scenes presented in this game; so few games even try for accuracy when basing their story lines on real places or eras. The game includes factoids about King Ludwig II and Neuschwanstein, mostly in the form of Dr. Alder's notes and occassional commentary. Big thumbs up here for accurate information! However, do not let the educational aspect put one off. The game play is both easy and challenging at the same time.How can this be? One is probably asking. Answer: Easy to follow and fast paced storyline with challenging puzzles.Gameplay: A nicely blended combination of point and click elements, hidden object scenes and puzzles in a linear story which occurs over six days. There is a very useful and needed for a few locations fast travel map. In casual mode, the map shows the places where an action is still required or some clue needs to be found. No penalties for hints or skips. Achievements for this game can be earned in a single play through and are for the most part story related. Nothing is timed. Three game modes but I suggest Casual play for the little sparkles for two reasons. 1) It is much easier to find the puzzle locations, HO scenes, items, and clues since some are quite small and seem almost hidden. 2) No achievement for Hard mode. There is a bonus chapter (day 6) which is a mystery all by itself and in some ways ties up the loose ends found in the main story line.Some special features: The player gets to use their cellphone for emails and as a camera, a UV light, fingerprint powder, and night vision goggles. The cell phone also holds various folders: one for Sarah\u2019s notes, Dr. Alder\u2019s notes, and King Ludwig\u2019s diary pages. Plus there is a task folder. Reading the notes, emails, diary pages prompts the game forward to the next set of tasks.Hidden Object scenes: Found in logical places like drawers and wall recesses or when looking inside of something. The HO scenes blend into the gameplay without standing out and the stuff found in the scene is what one would expect to find in that location. Basically no contrived or \u2018just because\u2019 HO scenes. No find clue is unfairly hidden, but they do blend well into the scene so some are quite tough to find even though they are in plain sight. There are also interactive clues so look closely for the cursor change. Some of these finds are quite small, and once again not unfairly hidden and in plain sight. Some find clues are a bit unusual like cube is a dice die. So feel no shame in using that Hint button especially when looking for some of the interactive pieces. NOTE: Late in the game the UV light needs to be used to find some interactive clues. The player is generally prompted by the game when the camera, email, UV light or night vision goggles are needed. Puzzles: Healthy brain work out challenges and found on locks, computer, and equipment usually. Logic and maze types mostly: 1) Locks \u2013 get the correct combination within X amount of moves. 2)Computer hacking puzzles \u2013 free flow type where the players needs to connect the same colors in a continuous \u201cline\u201d. These are quite a challenge because the grid is not square and each puzzle has three levels. 3) Lock picking \u2013 use the lock pick to open the lock in X amount of moves. 4) Connect wires across a moveable tile grid. 5) Skipping\/jumping stones \u2013 eliminate stones from playing field by jumping over them until only the DESIGNATED STONE is left in the CENTER. Tough but doable. 6) Rotating sliders. 7) Matching. Gameplay is about 5-6 hours and well worth the price for many reasons from a built-in history lesson to a great storyline to challenging HO scenes to brain twister puzzles.. This is a nice little game. Here are my pros and cons:+ beautiful design+ good voice acting in comparison to many other games in this genre+ puzzles are interesting+ use of tablet as communication device, camera, UV-light, night vision ..+ nice music, and I loved the ambient sounds- I like it, when you can adjust difficulty levels to customary preferences, here you only have the three default difficutly levels - they are ok, so no major thing- game crashed once when I switched to desktop, otherwise it ran without any problems- although I found the story interesting, I could have done with a little less dialogue or more playable content between the existing dialogue ;)If you like HO-games with adventure elements, I can only recommend this.. I'm glad I picked this title up at one of the sales - it was a great historical mystery with many twists and turns and my inner historian was quite intrigued by the subject of King Ludwig II. I also appreciated that the hidden object scenes and puzzles were a little challenging, as in, you really have to look and sometimes use objects from your own inventory to access items in the puzzle. The mini games were a good challenge, though I admit to skipping some of them out of frustration... Besides the hidden object scenes, I enjoyed the 'hacker' challenges the most. I did wonder whether I should've tried to play it in German simply for language study's sake, seeing as it was set in Germany and many of the inventory maps included German keywords... Something to try next time.
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Mystery Of Neuschwanstein Download 10 Mb
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