Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death Collector's Edition Reviews

This was a very good hidden object game. Superior to most of the Artifax Mundi games, in my opinion. There was great variety in the hidden object scenes. The mini-games were not the same ol', same ol'. Many things to find per screen usually. Some cons to consider: I don't think the story was that great. I personally don't care about story too much, but it matters to some people. It's an older game, so there is no map, but that didn't bother me in the least.

If you loved Edgar Allan Poe's books this is a fun game to play through ! ✨ I think Detective Dupin is handsome lol

This game ended up being one of the worst mystery/solver games I have ever played. Don't waste your $$, even if it's on sale; thank God I got it for free.

Plot - 6/10: The game's plot, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," offers a captivating and dark narrative, but at times, it felt slightly disjointed, affecting the overall immersion and enjoyment of the storyline.

My experience with the game was tampered by game-breaking bug I encountered where I couldn't pick up an item critical for progression and I had to restart the whole playthrough from scratch. That being said, even before that I wasn't terribly impressed. While the plot is solid, the creators decided to spice things up by giving you ability to choose the real bad guy of the story: the vigilante who runs around committing murders or his victims, the corrupt city officials. Unfortunately, the game doesn't go in depth enough to make anything interesting with that concept and your choice doesn't affect much other than what 5-seconds cutscene will play at the end. The pacing also caused problems. You'll be picking up objects left and right, often a long time before you'll have use for them, forcing you to scroll through increasingly longer item menu to find something useful. And the puzzles can get rather obtuse. I would never figure out that a HONEY would be ingredient necessary for creating a leather mask. "The Masque of the Red Death" isn't a horrible game per say, but there are better hidden object games out there - in this very series even! 5/10

This game is very enjoyable with fun puzzles and an engaging story. The player's decisions dictate which ending is given, which I thought was a nice touch.

This series seems to follow the plots of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. Of course, with you and a Detective involved. This one seems to be about a vigilante calling himself the Red Masque, and the Mayor who he has issues with. HO scenes are fun, minigames challenging, and the plot engaging. Recommend in the bundle, just for ease of purchase.