Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients

https://youtu.be/4XFfPLsDNYs A fun little adventure point-and-click. And please note: THIS IS A TRUE POINT AND CLICK GAME! You use the mouse to move, not WASD. The only time you use the keyboard is to open inventory/check goals. Thought I'd add this right at the top as a lot of people dislike the old-school P&C style games where you can't "free roam" with your keyboard. Okay, so onto the review~ PROS: * Interesting storyline and characters (love the archaelogical expedition theme) * Lovely voice acting (English audio) * Fun environments to explore (little creepy too!) * Puzzles aren't crazy-difficult and make sense within the game (i.e, don't feel out of place/pointless/random) * Audio ties in well with the atmosphere CONS * The lip syncing is hilariously bad, I couldn't stop laughing at Petrov and his facial movements, which isn't a good thing when this is a Super Serious game * No subtitles, although developers have said they are coming in the next patch in multiple languages [...

Hidden 'On the Trail of the Ancients' has a lot going for it but it is hugely overpriced given its extremely short play time. Expect no more than 4 hours, even if you end up stuck on the puzzles for some time. Without a doubt, I'd say that this is a great start to a point and click adventure. The voice acting and graphics are good quality, there are some interesting puzzles and the 'creepy' factor is well pitched. You see the beginnings of a well throught out supernatural horror story with enough detail to make you want to know more and well pitched tensio leading to some properly 'jump out of your seat moments'. The problem is the game is over before you feel it has begun. The story is set up but hasn't developed at all. If this had been marketed as an episode 1 of a longer story and priced as such then I would not complain. But it is shorter than a single episode of many other games and at least twice the price.

Hidden is an atmospheric first person point n click adventure with focus on story, exploration and interesting puzzles. Mechanics are good. The music is perfect for this game. My only nitpick is that it is too dark and can be difficult to see at times.

If you are a fan of spooky old-school First-Person Point&Click Adventures with Lovecrafion style (such as Dark Fall: Lost Souls, Scratches, Darkness Within 1 and Barrow Hill), then this clearly the right game for you. It looks very appealing and overall I really enjoyed of the puzzles although there were three of them that frustrated me just because of game mechanical reasons. There are some optional puzzles that are partially very hard, and extra stuff that you can do but don't have to do is something I already liked alot in The Night of the Rabbit. I'm looking forward to the other part of the game and fully recomend this one if you are into this niche games.

*** Encountered a fairly common error when transitioning from Chapter 1 to 2. Support team was really helpful and quick to respond by sending me a replacement savegame that bypasses the error. http://steamcommunity.com/app/352580/discussions/0/458605613395495110/ *** Pros: + Beautiful locations + Great theme + Intriguing story + Good price point, especially on sale + Voice acting + Good writing + Beautiful scenes with flickering lighting Cons: - Tons of pixel hunting for relevant items - The "puzzles" of the game require too specific items or aren't intuitive. Had to frequently dig through hours of walkthrough videos or translating a German pdf walkthrough to find a missed item - Fairly commonly reported bug causes the game to be unplayable in the second half, was sent savegame to bypass error (see above) - Flickering lights made streaming nearly impossible as steam had to reload the full screen every frame as the light changed. Would have loved an option to disable this Didn't ...

10 bucks for 3.2 hours of really badly designed puzzles happening in only two areas without adequate illumunation is a bad deal. There isn't even an ending, the game just ends, But hey, the devs have already announced the next entry into the series. At least be honest and clearly label your shit as episodic.

Hidden: on the trail of the ancients is the first of a two parts game, the second part, Hidden: the untold, not being out yet. That being said, Hidden is an old school Pt & Click game, very similar to Darkness Within 1 but without the documents search and combination thing. If you like games like Dark Fall, Darkness within or Barrow Hill, you should also like this game. You are playing as Thomas Farrell, an anthropologist who is part of a scientific expedition aiming to uncover the remains of an archaic civilization. The game consists of 2 chapters. In the first, after waking up from a nightmare, you start exploring the boarding house where a colleague of your uncle spend his last years, and try to find clues about his research while having nightmarish visions. In the second chapter, you travel to the research site in order to rejoin the expedition team but on your arrival in the woods, there is nobody there; you investigate to figure out what is going on while encountering a nightma...

Nothing pleases me more than being able to write a review on a game that needs to be flushed down the nearest toilet. For starters, the plot is unengaging, the surroundings have way too many items to click on that turn out to be worthless distractions, and if you're streaming, the scene where you talk to the Russian landlord causes the picture to freeze on your stream, so your viewers get a nice entertaining image of some old guy in a stupid looking hat sitting like a mannequin behind his desk. That ought to keep your viewers glued to the channel! Oh, and did I mention this game is boring as hell? I've had dentist visits that were more fun than this turd. Don't waste your time on this one folks. It's a stinker. Rating: 1/10

Very short game. Started good, but then rushed the ending out of nowhere like they ran out of funding.

Seems like an interesting game. Helsinky https://youtu.be/hHVedCsoBys