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Must Play

Everyone


about 3-4 hours
Casual
Casual
Point n' click (First person), Puzzle, Hidden Objects Scenes (HoS)
Story mode, Bonus Story mode
Very good.
Good.
1
Yes, good.
(Very) Good.
Mouse only
Depends (difficulty)
Some missable. Refer to (#) at the end.
None.
None.
It deserve almost its full price if you accept the (#) point below and its lenght.


This is one of my favorite Artifex Mundi game even that one is shorter than some I've played before.

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink takes place in a steam(punk) world where a continuing string of strange earthquakes are causing the world’s cities to crumble to ruin. You play as Evangeline a friend and confident of Dr. Ambrose Ink. The latter asked Evangeline to come to Hochwald and help him out in order to stop the General Engineer of Gottland evil plans and the tremors for good. The bonus story let you play as Dr Ambrose Ink before the Agent Evangeline visit him.

The story and voices are good and graphics as well as music are very good. Puzzles and hidden objects scenes are fairly shared.

The game features an inventory where you can store items to combine with the environment to go deeper in the story as well as a showcase for steam bugs found in each area. In that game you'll have a steam bird as a fellow which will help you to reach things you can't.

The game have several difficulties and have a guest feature : all the family can play the game and resume it where they left. There is also a map which is useful when you're lost and that may have some hints if you play in a easier mode. Also you can use the Hint/Skip hourglass whenever you want and wait until its refill to use it again. But be warned that you may not skip or use a hint in any puzzle or hidden objects scene if you wish to have some achievements.

There is a good choice of puzzles and there are two kind of Hidden objects scenes. The first Hidden objects scene features the name of the objects to find some are found easily (normal one) and some others need you to interact with the environment or to combine two items to found them. The second Hidden objects scene let you find the shape of the objects in the scene and sometimes ask you to combine them with the environment.

(#) :
The game has some achievements that can be missed which are challenging achievements and a difficulty related one. The difficulty achievement asks you to play the game in Expert mode. Challenging achievements require you to finish a puzzle or a hidden objects scene under one minute. You also need to solve every puzzle and hidden objects scene without skipping or using hints. Another achievement requires you to find 3 objects in 3 seconds or find all objects with only 5 or fewer misclicks in the hidden object scenes. Also the steam bugs can be missed if you moved to earlier in a new area but you can still follow a guide on steam to make sure it never happens even if you'll most likely find them easily on your own. Another easy but missable achievement is "People Person" which requires you to talk to everyone before and after Dr vanished. Finally another achievement requires you to complete the bonus story.

- This review isn't written by a native speaker, thank you for your understanding - - If you haven't found this review helpful or if you have found a mistake please leave a comment below - [h1][b]Rating[/b][/h1] Must Play [h1][b]Family rating[/b][/h1] Everyone [h1]- Key features below ---- Review after -----------------------------------------------[/h1] [h1][b]Play time needed (perfect)[/b][/h1] about 3-4 hours [h1][b]Gaming level[/b][/h1] Casual [h1][b]Achievement level[/b][/h1] Casual [h1][b]Game style[/b][/h1] Point n' click (First person), Puzzle, Hidden Objects Scenes (HoS) [h1][b]Game modes[/b][/h1] Story mode, Bonus Story mode [h1][b]Graphics[/b][/h1] Very good. [h1][b]Story[/b][/h1] Good. [h1][b]Playthrough[/b][/h1] 1 [h1][b]Voice[/b][/h1] Yes, good. [h1][b]Music[/b][/h1] (Very) Good. [h1][b]Controls[/b][/h1] Mouse only [h1][b]Tutorial[/b][/h1] Depends (difficulty) [h1][b]Unmissable / backtracking content[/b][/h1] Some missable. Refer to (#) at the end. [h1][b]Download contents DLC[/b][/h1] None. [h1][b]Glitches / bugs[/b][/h1] None. [h1][b]Worth price[/b][/h1] It deserve almost its full price if you accept the (#) point below and its lenght. [h1]- Review below ----------------------------------------------------------------------[/h1] This is one of my favorite Artifex Mundi game even that one is shorter than some I've played before. Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink takes place in a steam(punk) world where a continuing string of strange earthquakes are causing the world’s cities to crumble to ruin. You play as Evangeline a friend and confident of Dr. Ambrose Ink. The latter asked Evangeline to come to Hochwald and help him out in order to stop the General Engineer of Gottland evil plans and the tremors for good. The bonus story let you play as Dr Ambrose Ink before the Agent Evangeline visit him. The story and voices are good and graphics as well as music are very good. Puzzles and hidden objects scenes are fairly shared. The game features an inventory where you can store items to combine with the environment to go deeper in the story as well as a showcase for steam bugs found in each area. In that game you'll have a steam bird as a fellow which will help you to reach things you can't. The game have several difficulties and have a guest feature : all the family can play the game and resume it where they left. There is also a map which is useful when you're lost and that may have some hints if you play in a easier mode. Also you can use the Hint/Skip hourglass whenever you want and wait until its refill to use it again. But be warned that you may not skip or use a hint in any puzzle or hidden objects scene if you wish to have some achievements. There is a good choice of puzzles and there are two kind of Hidden objects scenes. The first Hidden objects scene features the name of the objects to find some are found easily (normal one) and some others need you to interact with the environment or to combine two items to found them. The second Hidden objects scene let you find the shape of the objects in the scene and sometimes ask you to combine them with the environment. (#) : The game has some achievements that can be missed which are challenging achievements and a difficulty related one. The difficulty achievement asks you to play the game in Expert mode. Challenging achievements require you to finish a puzzle or a hidden objects scene under one minute. You also need to solve every puzzle and hidden objects scene without skipping or using hints. Another achievement requires you to find 3 objects in 3 seconds or find all objects with only 5 or fewer misclicks in the hidden object scenes. Also the steam bugs can be missed if you moved to earlier in a new area but you can still follow a guide on steam to make sure it never happens even if you'll most likely find them easily on your own. Another easy but missable achievement is "People Person" which requires you to talk to everyone before and after Dr vanished. Finally another achievement requires you to complete the bonus story.