Vampire Brides: Love Over Death

Vampire Brides - Love Over Death
By: Casual Arts - Gamers Digital

Available at:
Big Fish for PC
GameHouse
Iwin




Choose between love and death in this supernatural Hidden Object tale.
Discover the truth of a mother's passing and a father's secrets.
Explore 40 beautiful and dark scenes in 22 intriguing locations.
Solve challenging puzzles, collect valuable items, and play interesting mini-games.
Are you willing to become the vampire's bride?


Become an immortal to save a father's life in Vampire Brides - Love over Death, a supernatural tale of devotion.

The beautiful Catalina is a young aristocrat without a mother and in danger
of losing her father. Concerned for his daughter's well being, the
ailing father arranges her marriage and fearing his turn for the worse,
she reluctantly agrees. That all changes however, when she meets a
handsome nobleman who promises to spare her father if she will become
his bride. Can she follow through? For who would want to become a
vampire's bride?

Follow Catalina along this uncertain path to
decide her choice. Explore beautiful and dark locations to discover the
truth of her mother's passing and her father's secrets. Solve
challenging puzzles, collect valuable items, and play interesting
mini-games. In the end, will she truly be happy with her decision?

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Vampire Brides - Love Over Death (Adventure/IHOG-lite)

This is an adventure-HOG with light interaction.

*WARNING* Spiders, roaches, flies and other such critters abound. Your "hint" button is an eye, which turns red and/or rolls up in its socket when you can't use it. If you are one who does NOT like creepy-crawlies, I would not recommend this game for you.

The the music is pleasant (or at least I felt no need to turn it off), as is the artwork. Items are sometimes small, sometimes almost totally obscured, but overall fairly good. There have been a few items that seemed a bit out of place, but overall, they have made the time period believable.

You will, at times, not just pick up items via hidden object scenes, and there is no sparkly cursor to tell you that there's something there to pick up. This is actually a good thing, for it makes the gameplay a bit more challenging. Think, "OK, I probably need a crowbar for this. Now where did I see a crowbar..."

I was pleasantly surprised to find that

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I find the story fascinating. I think I know what's going on, but then, maybe I don't after all... The storyline is not flawless - there are a few instances where you go, "Wait a minute, now..." For instance,

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Ah well, perhaps that's not common knowledge?

They've thrown a few curves in there, and it definitely drew me in enough that I purchased straight away. If you can suspend disbelief just a bit, at least give the game a try. I have been enjoying it very much.

EDIT: I have now finished the game. There are some holes in the story, and I would surely have liked a bit more to the ending, but overall, I am happy with the game :thumb: