Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Collector's Edition

It is an aesthetically pleasing adventure puzzle game! I really like it and its relaxing to play at night.

The first DP game with Eipix is pretty good the Dialogues are different but not too bad and its harder to find all the parable fragements. The parables arent voiced like the first games but that is not too bad. Sadly they used the same minigames very often. Still i liked the story and the bonus was a nice little prologue. Can totally recommend it

A pretty good story-oriented puzzle game in the Dark Parables series. Lovely artwork. Nice music. Expected playing time, including the bonus chapter, is 4.5 to 5 hours. Works fine on Linux with Steam Play / Proton.

Pros - Visually it was appealing. The world was vibrant and colorful. The artwork and detail on even the keys in the game were very well done. The puzzles were not crazy hard and there is an I'll complete this for you button, which is good when your just feeling it's taking too long. For more of a challenge there is also difficulty settings for replay value. I like the search a room objectives because it makes me think of those highlights for children's books I used to enjoy as a kid. I think the best thing this game does is it has a travel option where it shows on the map what rooms you still have objectives to do in and you can quick travel to any room on the map which saves quite a bit of time. So as a base they have a lot of solid stuff here play wise. Cons- The story I wasn't really pulled into, and for a character that looked like Ariel she didn't seem very interesting or developed as a character at all. It lacked substance. They added another fairy tale character in the game that felt odd and almost random like lets see how we can fit this guy in the story as if on a dare. The music I do not even remember and I just played through it a night or two ago... did it have music? I think the big issue I had was the achievements. They have achievements but there are none for steam, so it feels empty and yet you have the urge to complete them anyway... Also too if you beat the game and try to go back into that game it would not let me. I think it should let you spawn right before the ending if you wanted to go back into that world. Maybe it is best the achievements are gone on steam if they were going to do that. Also too I deleted the file since it would not let me back in the game and all the achievements and parable progress was gone as well as access to the mini game which I did not get to try. I just keep thinking of this one achievement to collect all these moons and I nearly had them all but ended up beating the game without realizing I could not go back in the game again. For some reason also too I did not get the achievement for beating it under 5 hours so I guess the achievements are wonky as well even if they do not matter. If this is the collectors edition with no saving achievements then it is not complete. The game needed a bit more tweaking, or at least a warning on how the files work for me to feel it was a collectors addition version. I am thankful at least that I bought it on sale, because even at a discount I feel other games I bought at a much cheaper price point I got more satisfaction out of. So to sum it up the game cannot rest on being pretty at a higher price point then other games with a lot more substance at a cheaper one. Pretty.... but kinda smells like fish. ^_~

If you've played the others and enjoyed yourself you might as well grab this one when it's 50% off. The release order of Dark Parables is: Curse of Briar Rose The Exiled Prince Rise of the Snow Queen The Red Riding Hood Sisters The Final Cinderella Jack and the Sky Kingdom Ballad of Rapunzel The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Queen of Sands Goldilocks and the Fallen Star Swan Princess and the Dire Tree The Thief and the Tinderbox Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow Return of the Salt Princess The Match Girl’s Lost Paradise Portrait of the Stained Princess

This is [I]Dark Parables[/I] #8, which enters a new phase in the series, switching the reigns to developer Eipix. Though it retains the series formula and tone, it features a newer, smoother, more animated game engine, a change of style, and a somewhat shorter game length. Also, the story is simpler than previous entries, which is actually refreshing considering that they had become quite convoluted. Despite the changes, if you've been a fan until this game then I am sure you would enjoy this one, too. And you know what to expect: a fairy tale cocktail with excellent drawings and a point-and-click adventure that is mostly about collecting various kinds of keys while solving puzzles. Also note that these are hidden-fragment games rather than classic hidden-object games.

This is game is so beautiful!!! I had tons of fun playing the hidden object puzzles, and the other puzzles are interesting and clever too. Story is great, and provide great twists on well known fairytales. All of the characters are interesting, and the protagonist is likable and sympathetic. The music is gorgeous!! And the sound effects are so good, I recommend playing this game with the sound turned on. I like the option for going back and replaying the hidden object puzzles and finding transforming objects (parables) and the concept art and wallpaper look phenomenal. Thank you for creating this game!