Stop the blood rite before something darker than the myth itself comes to live in Bathory: The Bloody Countess, a haunted hidden object adventure game.
Before I bought the game, I’ve read the reviews. Plenty of negatives, but I thought to myself, it can’t be that bad… I was wrong. It can. I’ll start from positives: pretty graphic and very pleasant music. The plot could have been very interesting if somebody actually cared to elaborate and since nobody did, well, great idea ruined.
On the negative side:...
I’m unsure how Bathory - The Bloody Countess landed in my inventory but as a fan of hidden object games I knew I would play it at some point. I enjoy games that dip into history for inspiration, this one plays with the tale of Elizabeth Bathory who was accused and found guilty of torturing and murdering many young women. You would think with such a...
Your sister invites you to her current excavations, however, she's nowhere to find and it seems that she was kidnapped. Could it be in relation with the castle nearby, owned by the legendary Bathory, a cruel countess?
The story is interesting in itself. However, the course of actions is perhaps very disturbing. I mean, I can't see why some actions have...
-Requires grinding (replaying same hidden object scenes many times) to finish the game.
-Had an annoying bug (a bridge lever did not disappear from inventory when it should have, and Hints forever got stuck at related hint as result).
Other than that, it's OK.
The art in this game is lovely, but that's the only thing it has going for it. There is no internal logic to the puzzles or what you need to solve puzzles, and the hidden object games are repetitive. In order to purchase all of the items in the store needed for the game, you have to repeat the same hidden object games multiple times, and the item list...
