Darkness and Flame 1 is an average Hidden Object Mystery set in a magical world with traces of post-apocalyptic technology, much like Shannara. I like that the hidden object scenes are entirely process based, where you find things in the room and use them in logical ways to accomplish a given goal. I don't like that the fetch quest items, especially in the bonus chapter, tend not to have logical reasons to be so scattered about. Hopefully the sequels hold together better.

The bad guys are a nameless possessed force, but there's a nice art style to their living castle. The young protagonist is decent, but her uncle has a very bad habit of not offering advice on where to find the objects he hid throughout the countryside. I really disliked the inability to rotate the Tetris pieces to fill out the space of one puzzle and, for some reason, they went and made that theme of the bonus mini-games in the Extras Menu.

This game feels like a YA Novel in the best way possible.