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I liked TWW a lot, and I also found TDE to be quite an enjoyable adventure, but not without its flaws. Though the background art was amazing, the characters were about as dull as wallpaper paste. Getting to know Geron certainly wasn’t the motivator to keep going. I suspect that some of the intented personality and charm may have been lost in translation. Uninspired (cheap?) voiceactors certainly didn’t help the matter. However, this is a feeling I tend to get from most German/Spanish games, and I believe it’s tied to a restricted budget, rather than the games themselves being bad. If they could afford hiring talents like Tim Curry or Michael Gough, I’m sure every character would shine.

Oscar - 28 June 2012 11:28 AM

Does anyone think the chapter with the giant peacock was the best fantasy section in a game in years?

Absolutely! The game is solid throughout all the way, but this part somehow stood out - it’s a combination of enchanting setting and clever puzzles, even though there’re not many characters to interact with in the fairy world.

So, I’ve finished the game. I have an interesting “misfortune” to tell: [spoiler]At the ending, I’ve gave the ring to the raven, talked to him, he said SATINAV… and then immediately the credits start to roll. I was sure I’ve reached the bad ending, and then spent 2 more days hanging from the harp trying to figure out what to do I’ve seriously started to suspect I might have reached the dead end Then, I’ve came to realize my original action must have been the right one, and just thought to myself that’s probably the reason why I’ve heard some players criticize the ending - because it was non-existent in my case Then I’ve loaded Youtube video and was surprised to see that there is actually an ending cutscene - the game ran fine on my computer for the whole time, but it was just that it decided at that critical moment to fail on me and skip the ending sequence [/spoiler]

Anyway, the game definitely proved to be better than I first suspected. Not perfect, but a worthy addition to Daedalic catalogue. It drags a little bit in the middle, and plays too much on the linear side because there’s no “Monkey Island-esque” freedom like traveling back and forth between worlds (islands), but it still manages to capture the “epic” feel, especially in the final quarter.

I actually liked Geron’s voice apart from few moments where he sounded totally misguided as to what was happening on screen. Raven’s voice is one of the best voices I’ve heard in recent titles. As for music, it’s one of game’s brightest sides.

Puzzles manage to reach the typical Daedalic quality, perhaps a little shy to the level of The Whispered World, but still good. Magic spells are a great addition (even though I could never guess right away which one does what ), and the best puzzle is definitely the one with pushing the God stones - not only because of a solution, but it succeeded to completely fool me, because I was sure the solution has something to do with the translation of the panels in the library, because of the word “wisdom” in the translation which I thought corresponds to the Wisdom God Definitely one of the more mean red herrings I’ve stumbled upon. My only gripe about puzzles is that it could use more puzzle variety, and that the final stage is too easy - it lacked at least one harder puzzle to spice the things up.

The story is okayish overall, even though I think I liked better while The Raven was kind of a sidekick, and not the Seer . Like someone already mentioned - there’re no grand battles, monsters, sense of a great journey… one might expect from this kind of game, but it’s still decent enough. “Hand puppet” animations are the biggest drawback, no question, as it take away some of the title “epicness”. I’m well aware it’s a budget issue, but they somehow bothered me more than the “static” cutscenes. All in all, I can’t wait to see the continuation in Memoria, and hopefully Daedalic will only improve from here.

diego - 17 May 2013 01:32 PM

...and the best puzzle is definitely the one with pushing the God stones - not only because of a solution, but it succeeded to completely fool me, because I was sure the solution has something to do with the…

He He, that one also had me stumped for a long time, for the very same reason.

Bumping the thread since I finished the game now and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t really find Daedalic games super appealing to me but I played TWW demo back in the day and liked it, and now a few months ago I played Edna & Harvey and loved it. Now I really liked The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav too so I think I might be turning into a Daedalic fangirl afterall.

Anyway, the story was good and I don’t really understand what was wrong with the characters, I liked them too. And for the most part gameplay and puzzles were also very entertaining. Towards the end there were moments when it was a bit unclear to me what I was supposed to do next, as I thought like 5 times I was ready to go but I couldn’t go anywhere.

The fairy part of the game was very good puzzle wise. I pretty much talked to the peacock as the last thing I could possibly do and still managed to crack most of the puzzles, even without it explaining all the ideas behind them. So this part of the game really wasn’t hard by any means. I was a lot more stuck in all the other chapters, though overall I wasn’t stuck much and most of the those stuck moments included a missed hotspot or a bug that kinda knocked me off my game (not a bug that would actually prevent me from progressing but something that makes me convinced that the solution is something else).

I wouldn’t mind a sequel at all, though the ending was pretty good as it was.

Oscar - 10 April 2014 01:48 AM

millenia - 10 April 2014 12:37 AM

I wouldn’t mind a sequel at all, though the ending was pretty good as it was.

Too bad that’s never gonna happen.

Oh wait, wasn’t that Memoria game last year a sequel?

And not only that but it was originally planned as a trilogy, so I expect that it wont take too long before Daedalic announces the 3rd game in The Dark Eye series.

life is always either full of slow witted or dumb .. ,where are the normal ..!

Oscar - 10 April 2014 05:22 AM

You’re not alone, but I can tell you there are just as many average and negative reviews of the game. I like the way you put it though - if I enjoyed this game as much as some people did I feel I’d be entertained by almost anything.

So… If people have a different taste in games then you do then they would be entertained by almost anything. Did I understood that correctly?

Criticize the game if you want to, but there is no need to insult the many members here that enjoyed it.

I couldn’t resist starting Memoria and I “accidentally” played it 7 hours straight. Jeez. These games are indeed good. Engaging story, beautiful world and mostly very good puzzles. I was surprised that Memoria actually was a sequel - kinda. Pleasantly surprised of course.

What’s up with Jacomo Nauta being David Bowie btw?