Dark Romance: Heart of the Beast Collector's Edition Reviews

Simple HOG for those wanting to pass time but by the time you're finishing the Bonus Chapter you just want to be done with it. !!The game crashed on me on my older slower laptop, I also needed to turn off my virus scan program to run this game so be prepared for that!! The story line wasn't anything mind bogling but too much things was constantly being added making it bit too messy. The animation is rather old and cheap looking but I think it just seems charming, the preview images give a good idea what to expect. Didn't bother me personally too much because the backgrounds were rather nice looking taking my attention. The voice acting is really varied; I recognized few veterans from various HOG titles but there were some who sounded rather stiff and lifeless. One even sounded like they were drunk?? You can skip the HO-scenes by doing Match-3 minigames which makes most of the achievements a cake walk and thus rather pointless. You can try to find 3 different collectables, a tad too many for my taste but they at least give more challenge than the puzzles or the HO achievements. The reason why I would not recommend this is the puzzles being really simple and being almost mockingly easy. For me the only thing making me hooked was the Beauty and the Beast storyline and the two playable characters mechanism but even that was kinda meh. For veteran players I recommend passing this one or not simply expecting anything special. And for newcomers I suggest looking up better games more worth your money. Buy this one in a bundle or when it's reaaaally cheap to try it out.

i love this games it got the same vibe as the first one more detail game the story line was great , fun puzzles not to hard make u think a lot, love it !!!

Cute story, silly voice acting, creative puzzles

Fun Beauty and the Beast-esque hidden object game. My only quibble is the art choice. The guy is objectively less handsome once he's been transformed back to normal.

This is the third game that I've played from the Dark Romance series and I'm not disappointed. I can't wait to play the other three in the series. As always, I'll lend you a list of Pros and Cons for the game. PROS: - Female and male protagonists; - Beautiful scenes; - Good voice-overs; - Fitting music; - Fast-travelling map; - In-game achievements; - Three sets of collections: the butterflies, the potraits of main casts and the information on witchcraft (I've found something similiar in Dark Romance: Vampire in Love where you get to learn about vampires); - Varied minigames and diverse HO games; - Main game + Bonus chapter; - Story has a moral like in every fairy tale. CONS: - No journal entry; - No trading cards. In my opinion, this is a good game for any veteran HOPA fan and to new players in the point & click adventure games.

The solve all HO scenes without hints achievement does not work correctly. You might have to play 3 times and on hard with no misclick mistakes to unlock it. That sucks.

Great game. Beautiful graphics, nice music, some interesting puzzles and a well written story. An interesting twist on Beauty and the Beast.

What was with that ending? Did a fire alarm go off in the dev's building and they thought "quick we'll cut to that". There was a bug in one of the HO games that wouldn't let me finish so I had to switch to the match 3 game just to carry on. Heavy on the old stereotypes - women can't handle power, they turn evil blah blah blah better not say anymore spoilers and stuff.

I like that you play two characters, it's a nice twist over those usual "X save Y" dynamic, the characters work together and help each other. The same way as the first one, the story isn't the most interesting though it was more original than the first one for sure. The puzzles were cool, some original, some taking 3 seconds to solve, but isn't this why we play those games in the end ? To relax and not be stressed out by a timer or other things. As usual I encourage people to buy the whole bundle at once when it's in sale, you'll get the games at a really low price and in case you hesitate, it's a nice thing to think of :) !

Beauty and the beast Dark Romance style. Beatrice's father's illness got worse, the only cure is a fabled Rose of Life which grows only in a kingdom far from home. Hoping to see her father getting well, the young woman ventured to the kingdom, only to find out she is not the only one after the flower. An evil witch called Claudine took a hold of it and cursed prince Jonathan and his servants, turning them all into animals. Finding a magical mirror, Beatrice is able to commune with the cursed peoples hoping to help them to help her cure her father. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2009233876 As most of Dark Romance games, you'll switch between characters in order to proceed with the story, You'll play as Beatrice and the cursed prince Jonathan. I quite enjoyed the game, if only the map doesn't lockout after you move from an area to another, this caused me to miss one of the collectibles. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1997105239 The hidden objects are very well done, the puzzles are fun too. I didn't dislike the voice-overs but they sounded a bit dramatic in some of the scenes, especially Claudine. The soundtracks are good but sounded a little bit familiar, not sure if they used it in other games from the same series. There was no journal, only characters profiles if you collect their portraits. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1997105988 Pros: +Beautiful detailed artwork and locations. +Fast traveling map. +Good Soundtracks. +Multiple hidden objects scenes +Ok-ish voice-overs. +Variety of puzzles. +Bonus Chapter. +Steam achievements. Cons: - No journal. The bonus chapter is a nice addition with a good length and extra story. I enjoyed this game a lot, if you like casual hidden objects games and puzzles, pick up this series. [i]Other Reviews from the same series: [/i] [i][url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/723930]Dark Romance: Vampire in Love Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/1046060]Dark Romance: Hunchback of Notre-Dame Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/941040/]Dark Romance: The Swan Sonata Review[/url] [/i] [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote]