Dark Mysteries: The Soul Keeper Collector's Edition

Great Lovecraftian hidden object adventure with bonus chapter! There is also a behind the scenes featurette showing the acting and all that went into making the game...including apparently a lot of coffee lol! Also a neat feature is that you can take items from your inventory and click on the eye on the bottom right of the screen, and it will show you where the item is used! This game also comes with the ability to download the original story by H. P. Lovecraft upon which this game is based!

I went in expecting a basic "find the objects" game with some story in the background. I was not expecting what I got instead! "Dark Mysteries: The Sould Keeper" is a Lovecraft based game, in which a detective (the main character) is called by Charles to solve a series of murders that have been happening in his town, in an island in the middle of nowhere. However, once you arrive you realize Charles may know a bit more than he lets go, and not only everyone's lives are in danger, but yours too. The game is a mix between point and click and "find the objects". You move around picking everything you need, and sometimes you'll see a part of the scenery glowing, meaning you have to play the find the objects minigame, which will give you an item you need to progress. It's entertaining if you like these two genres, and the difficulty is easy-medium. The hint system is amazing, and I didn't need a walkthrough. The story has soooo many elements I love in a story: it's not overly comp...