Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride opens with our unnamed protagonist returning to the town of Ravenbrook to attend the wedding of her twin sister. Just outside town her carriage is almost knocked down a gorge by a rampaging bear. Her bear related woes doesn’t end there though as during the wedding the same bear shows up and makes off with her sister. Joining forces with her sisters’ fiancée our heroine sets off to rescue her sister, but soon discovers that much more sinister forces are at play. Most hidden object games feature fairly straightforward tales, so we were quite impressed by the multi-layered storyline of The Forsaken Bride. Featuring accidental curses, evil spirits, and plenty of twists and turns it makes for an engaging experience. Your quest will take you from the town to all kinds of locations like shrines, swamps, meadows, and even abandoned castles and dungeons. Each scene features …show more content…
It takes a keen eye to find all of them, but it is worth the effort. For an extra challenge there are also 30 Spirits of the Forest hidden away in scenes throughout the game, just waiting to be found. Getting around is very easy thanks to the interactive map, but we found ourselves using it a lot less than in other hidden object games. This is because the game features surprisingly little backtracking, which is quite refreshing. As far as the audio is concerned there is very little to fault about The Forsaken Bride. Compared to some of the terrible voice acting sometimes found in the genre, the actors in this game actually does a pretty decent job. Here and there you’ll find a couple of very wooden sounding lines, but overall we’ve heard a lot worse. The music is nice and eerie when it needs to be and relatively tranquil the rest of the time. The game also features some nice sound effects and plenty of ambient