Dance of Death

Carrying the banner of Alawar Games - a Russian casual game publisher with decent enough accomplishments - Dance of Death is Eight Game Studio's only game so far, and it's a somewhat alright HOG with a particularly disturbing Satanic atmosphere. It's one of those within the genre that you can either do with or without. It is near the turn of 19th century... Read more

Cons: Very short (2-3 hours at most); clumsy navigation; unclear puzzle instructions. Pros: Nice art; a few uncommon puzzle types. Worth the sale price of $1.99, but hard to recommend at a higher price. Note: Do not download a walkthrough for this game. Sites that claim you can "download" a walkthrough for this game have infected players' computers... Read more

Let's start with the only redeeming quality this game possesses, in my opinion: in the beginning it has a decent atmosphere. That's it. Do yourself a favor do NOT get this game. Dear developer a few items of feeedback: 1) waiting for items to appear, disappear or reappear seemingly at random should NOT be a core game mechanic. 2) If you're going to... Read more

Storyline: Place: Venice, Italy (or somewhere that seems like it). A boy, Luciano Folgeri, was kidnapped from St. Vicarius orphanage. The gamer plays as a detective who is investigating this case. Simple enough storyline, find out about the boy, who stole the boy, where the boy was taken, rescue the boy and why this happened. Not quite sure why this... Read more

I thought the game was, overall, worth the sale price I bought it for. People forget that even simple games like this take time to program and make good art for. Which, as an artist, I do say is amazing. The atmosphere and art made me feel engrossed in this tiny little world. It is beautiful. And while some players have tagged this "horror", I would... Read more