Dark Arcana: The Carnival

Dark Arcana: The Carnival

released on Oct 08, 2012

Dark Arcana: The Carnival

released on Oct 08, 2012

Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors. Investigate two worlds: the one you know and an alternate plane existing behind the Hall of Mirrors. Discover the secret of an ancient being known as the Evil One. Reveal the story of star-crossed lovers and stop the Evil One from breaking its magical chains and invading our world. While traveling through dimensions, you will solve cleverly designed minigames and find hidden objects or play a special minigame as an alternative. Best of all, you will befriend a cute and clever monkey devoted to aiding you on this adventure.


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Some Artifex Mundi games are pretty good, but this was one of the worst I've played. Story is incredibly stupid and puzzles were very simple and just not good.

Otro juego aceptable y para pasar el rato de puzzles y de encontrar y buscar objetos.

Žánr hidden object games je již ze své podstaty casual záležitostí více než co jiného; tedy s důrazem na krátkost, neexistující obtížnost, vození za ručičku a samozřejmě za všech okolností především progresem vpřed bez jakéhokoli přešlapování na místě. Dark Arcana s temnou stylizací odvrácené tváře lunaparku je pak echt casual záležitostí i mezi casual tituly. Na druhou stranu je třeba uznat, že vše co dělá (tedy hledání skrytých předmětů, adventuření, karetní hra a logické minihry), dělá natolik dobře a zábavně, že po brzkém dohrání je chuť si to celé zahrát znovu; ať již pro zopakování některých miniher či pro vyzobání zbytku achievementů.

I'm not big into supernatural stories, but a lot of hidden object games lean towards that direction. I think the developers and artists did a good job with this one though. I liked the environments. The story built a twist at the end.

(I do find it strange the guy trusts an entity literally named "the evil one" lol maybe he's still grieving?) That name should have been anything else to make it less... silly.

The game is less linear than 9 Clues; you walk around so it doesn't feel stale. Puzzles are scattered so remember what you didn't solve! You have the option to play hidden object sequences or a Monaco card game. Because of this, I played the game twice to get all achievements. It's not necessary but does encourage you to replay. There is also a bonus area after you beat the game.

Typical Artifex Mundi. After a while they all blend together.