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Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal is a truly unique casual downloadable game, that successfully blends original adventure mechanics, hidden object gameplay and a truly engaging and humorous story. The game takes place in a lush fantasy world, known as the Magical Realm, that is inhabited by mystical creatures and people.
Together with Brunhilda and her demon companion you'll leave the crowded streets of New York through a magical portal situated in your aunts apartment. According to an ancient prophecy, only you can journey through 10 mysterious lands of the Magical Realm and unravel the mystery of fading magic!
Dragons sleeping over pots of gold, pirates flying in their airships, deceptive flesh eating fairies, skilful goblins, giant trolls and wicked witches - will they all stand in your way? Or will they help you master the arcane minigames of Alchemy, Wizardry and Telepathy? It's all for you to discover in the magical adventures of Brunhilda!
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As the title character in hidden object game Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal, a quick trip to your aunt's apartment to pick up a purse finds you pressed into service saving the Magical Realm from impending doom. You've never lifted a wand in your life, but your helpful demon sidekick will have you up to speed on telekinesis, alchemy, telepathy, and wizardry in no time.
Bizarrely enough, being a wizard seems to boil down to finding lots and lots of random junk lying around. Your quest to rescue the Magical Realm from imminent disaster will take you to a different region for each chapter of the game, where you'll have to solve a number of problems for the locals, all of which depend on you collecting items. It seems like everyone you meet needs you to find things for them: sickles, flowers, batteries, nunchuks, wheels, pipes, fairy dust, nails, sheep – you name it, someone's looking for it and won't give you the time of day until you find it for them. Each area is split between several different locations, and you'll have to move back and forth between them all in order to finish a chapter.
Your item searches are grouped into quests, with each quest usually requiring you to find just a handful of items. Icons at the bottom of your screen will tell you what you're looking for and be marked with either a check mark when you've found them all, or an X to let you know that you need to search another room. When you've found everything required by your current quest, a note in the task bar will remind you who you need to give the items to in order to proceed. If you need to speak with someone new, they're usually highlighted with a ring of sparkles. Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal does a fantastic job of creating signposts for you to follow so that you're never left wondering what you should be doing or where you should be going.
As the title character in hidden object game Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal, a quick trip to your aunt's apartment to pick up a purse finds you pressed into service saving the Magical Realm from impending doom. You've never lifted a wand in your life, but your helpful demon sidekick will have you up to speed on telekinesis, alchemy, telepathy, and wizardry in no time.
Bizarrely enough, being a wizard seems to boil down to finding lots and lots of random junk lying around. Your quest to rescue the Magical Realm from imminent disaster will take you to a different region for each chapter of the game, where you'll have to solve a number of problems for the locals, all of which depend on you collecting items. It seems like everyone you meet needs you to find things for them: sickles, flowers, batteries, nunchuks, wheels, pipes, fairy dust, nails, sheep – you name it, someone's looking for it and won't give you the time of day until you find it for them. Each area is split between several different locations, and you'll have to move back and forth between them all in order to finish a chapter.
Your item searches are grouped into quests, with each quest usually requiring you to find just a handful of items. Icons at the bottom of your screen will tell you what you're looking for and be marked with either a check mark when you've found them all, or an X to let you know that you need to search another room. When you've found everything required by your current quest, a note in the task bar will remind you who you need to give the items to in order to proceed. If you need to speak with someone new, they're usually highlighted with a ring of sparkles. Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal does a fantastic job of creating signposts for you to follow so that you're never left wondering what you should be doing or where you should be going.
