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This title was chosen for its high standard of quality and amazingly positive reviews.

The bestselling Dark Parable series continues with The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide! Follow the clues as they take you to an underwater kingdom in this exciting hidden-object puzzle adventure game! You've been called to investigate a strange purple tide. And that's when the mermaid shows up...

-A variety of hidden-object scenes, including fractured objects!
-The bonus game unlocks the secrets of Prasino's mad king
-Achievements
-Available Strategy Guide
-Wallpapers and concept art a09c17d780

Title: Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Collector's Edition
Genre: Adventure, Casual
Developer:
Blue Tea Games, Eipix Entertainment
Publisher:
Big Fish Games
Franchise:
Dark Parables
Release Date: 21 Mar, 2016

English

Great Hidden Objects game with a fun little storyline, Different difficulty levels to choose from and mini bonus games included in the Collectors edition. I've already played through twice and love it.. I was pleased to see Big Fish Games releasing more casual adventure games on Steam, though I'm a little disappointed to see that there is no achievement added. However, there are ingame achievements. Anyway, Dark Parables is a huge series in the casual world, first by Blue Tea Games before being developed by Eipix.

The series is a chronicle of investigations in the world of fairy tales: the fabled detective is sent to different kingdoms or fantasy worlds in order to find what evil is wrecking havoc and how to appease it. This game concerns the tale of the Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide (not really familiar with this one, as the only mermaid tales I know are the Disney movie, Lorelei and the ancient Greek myth - as for the tale itself, I've vaguely heard of it in the Wolf Among Us).

There is a temple undersea that suddenly appeared and a monster is terrorizing everyone. However, arriving there, a mermaid seems to want to help you while a cloaked figure (from a previous game if I've understood clearly as the detective was familiar with the voice) is also waiting to enter the temple and to find a lost kingdom.

The story is full of twists and questions: the mermaid is helping you AND also trying to slow you down, the cloaked figure is a suspect but his identity is quite shocking, the ghost you encounter is blaming himself but isn't opposed to your presence and the mermaids, well, some of them are also tied to other investigations (which is not really a shock as the fabled detective is acquainted with nearly everyone - however, as the game isn't the first in the series, it's making you wanting to play every Dark Parables out there).

The gameplay is standard: find objects, use them, combine them, solve puzzles and clear hidden objects scenes. Everything is quite easy, though you have sometimes an hard time to see some objects or to link them to an area of interest. Even these areas can be hard to spot. On the other side, you have the hunt for Parables (to unlock the whole background on your case), for Moons and even for cups of tea (a nod to Blue Tea Games I suppose). Achievements are also present ingame but they can be upgraded: you have to find a cup of tea, then 3 then the whole pack. Even the fish mascot (Felix I think) from Big Fish Games is present.

I'm not going to tell you every bonus in this Collector's Edition but well, there is a bonus chapter on Bluebeard, wallpapers, etc...

I loved the graphics as the general ambiance of the game.

Anyway, this game is really a must-have, though I would prefer Artifex Mundi's work (developped by them like Enigmatis or Nightmares from the Deep) but well, while I find the price tag a little high, Big Fish is now participating on sales, so, when you see a discount, go for it.. 8th game in the Dark Parable series. (The Dark Parables series does have an overall series story arch which this game references. However, it is stand alone as it.) I highly, even passionately, recommend this game.

Storyline: In 510AD the palace of the Alexandros, King of Prasino sunk beneath the ocean waves ending a decades long war with King Bluebeard of Kokkino. Centuries later the palace rises from the ocean depths causing a tsunami and a lethal purple tide. As the Fairy Tale Detective you have been tasked with discovering the reason for this occurance. Upon arriving you free a mermaid, Althea, one of the former King Alexandros's 5 daughters, cursed by the Sea Goddess, Thalassa for the father's betrayal and imprisonment. And meet a mysterious stranger who has the key to everything. Find out why the palace rose again, break the mermaid's curse, free the Goddess, and stop the purple tide - all in a day's work for the Fairy Tale Detective.

Gameplay: A mixed combination of Hidden Object picture assembly, easy point and click, find and use inventory, and a variety of puzzles with a built-in strategy guide. Nothing overly hard and the sheer variety of things to do makes the gameplay smooth and effortless. The lock puzzles are logic "match" games and logic "mazes" (move a ball of energy from point A to point B without losing all the energy). There are sliders, picture puzzles, recipe, assembly, and a Master Puzzle (which is a puzzle with many smaller puzzles included). There is a skip option on the puzzles, and a hint feature. Also the inventory is interactive in some cases when assembly or disassembly is required.

There is a interactive fast travel map which shows the location of things that need done and the chapter objective. (One of the few maps I actually use.)

There are the 3 usual modes: casual, normal and hard. Though this game has a custom mode feature which allows the player to pick and chose how much or how little "help" they wish to receive while playing.

Extra finds: 40 crescent moons, 20 morphing objects which are the parable story pieces, and 2 sets of "secret" extra finds - 6 teacups and 3 Big Fish Game Felix the Fish mascot.

The 5 Parables tell pieces of the story line, a bit of back story and three tell the fate of the mermaid sisters Naida, Calliope, and Theresa. Which is pretty impressive considering each parable is only 4 pages long and about 100 words each.

Extras: Lots and Lots. Bonus chapter which recalls the events just prior to the palace of Prasino disappearing beneath the ocean waves, and tells of Bluebeard, King of the rival Kingdom Kokkino. An extra game called collectibles, where the player goes back through every scene in the game to find a single item or object (easy and fun). Replay feature of all HO scenes and puzzles. Plus wallpapers, music, video, etc.

Achievements: In-game only but there are Steam trading cards. The achievements are fun too and not the usual find everything in less then a minute variety. There is an achievement for idling, over-clicking and watching cutscenes. There is even one for watching the credits, which are really worth reading since they are so funny.

So the big question: Is this game worth the price? Yes, and well worth FULL price. The game itself takes about 4-5 hours to play and all the extra gaming that can be done probably adds at least another 3-4 hours. So an 8 hour HO game is well worth full price. Big Fish Games is not known for putting their games on sale either, and this is less expensive then the price in their web store.. Great Hidden Objects game with a fun little storyline, Different difficulty levels to choose from and mini bonus games included in the Collectors edition. I've already played through twice and love it.. Enjoyable story, but HO scenes tend to be a little picky.
There will be some pixel hunting, and objects are not consistent in relative size.
Not many puzzles, but plenty of HO scenes of the "find all pieces in order to make this object" type.

I still enjoy the Dark Parables games a lot, both for the continuity and the feel of the gameplay (and the art!).
There is an achievement for seeing all the credits, and quite a few of them are pretty funny. :)

Overall: not the strongest in the series, but it's a good series. 8-8.5\/10