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Unravel the hidden message and uncover the meaning behind Dominic's dreams!
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Dominic Crane's been dreaming about mysterious places he's never been to. He visits a shrink who helps him uncover a dark mystery from his childhood! Buried deep in his subconscious is an eerie message someone is trying to communicate. Unravel the hidden message and uncover the sinister meaning behind Dominic's dreams!

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Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10; CPU: 800 Mhz; RAM: 512 MB; DirectX: 8.0; Hard Drive: 158 MB

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https://www.bigfishgames.com/games/5942/dominic-crane-2-dark-mystery-revealed/

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Dominic Crane 2 - Dark Mystery Revealed:
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In Brief:
Dominic Crane 2 - Dark Mystery Revealed is a spooky Hidden Object Puzzle released a decade ago, that has never been given away here before.
You can see a video of game play HERE
Introduction:
Dominic Crane's been dreaming about mysterious places he's never been to. He visits a shrink who helps him uncover a dark mystery from his childhood! Buried deep in his subconscious is an eerie message someone is trying to communicate. Unravel the hidden message in Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed, a spooky Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game! Uncover the sinister meaning behind Dominic's dreams today!

Reference accessed HERE 19th February 2022.
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The Game:
Dominic Crane is not a household name when it comes to casual gaming and all I know about him from the game comments is that he's a dreamer, and such a strange dreamer at that sense. However, for him to have a sequel in Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed, I guess the game is worth more than it looks at first glance.

Dominic Crane is a dreamer and it looks like he's having strange dreams once again so he visits his old trusty shrink to help him analyse these strange recurring dreams. He kept seeing his long lost sister trying to tell him something he can't quite figure out. Good thing that his shrink is somewhat a master hypnotist too, making Dominic fall into trance while subconsciously piecing out the puzzles of his childhood.

Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed is a hidden object adventure game. This basically means that there are parts with hidden object game play and mostly these parts of the game are activated through exploration on an adventure environment. I'm surprised though that there is no tutorial phase during the start of the game. For adventure gaming enthusiasts, they can easily start exploring each level, but for beginners, it may take some time to grasp what you're supposed to do inside the game.

The game play is all basics though. Find items and some of them will eventually go into your inventory. Use inventory items against portions of each level that needs exploring. It may unlock another room or give you means of passage to the next level. Intricate puzzles are presented too whenever you come across them, and I must say, some of these puzzles are just impossible without any hints on what you're supposed to do with them.
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The presentation of Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed is above average. During storyline moments, the characters and backgrounds are presented in 3D. Stage designs are weird as expected but really interesting, and it's really easy traversing each stage, going to one location after another. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of 3D realistic character designs for games like these but since the objective of the developers is to make characters human-like and the story eerie, I guess the graphics really served their purpose.

All in all, I'm really not enthusiastic about this game because nothing surprises me out of the ordinary. It's well made though aside from a little pixel-finding during the course of hidden object scenarios. I guess what I'm saying is that this game is definitely worth the try, but only buy if you find it suiting your taste. It's not a bad game but it's not the best out there too and I think that pretty much sums it up.

Reference accessed HERE 19th February 2022.
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Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit-uk  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+24)

Whiterabbit-uk,





Other Free Games:
For other free games, please check Delenn's threads over in the giveaway forums HERE (non-Steam games) and HERE (Steam games) for the latest freebies; it's kept up to date frequently, whenever a free game becomes available, (thanks for keeping this up to date Delenn, very much appreciated).

Also, for the latest Steam sales check THIS Steam database site out. You can list the games in 'price' & 'percentage off' by clicking the headers. If you link SteamDB (the Steam database) with your Steam account, all games that you already have will be highlighted in green and those in blue are on your wish list. When there are Steam games being given away, you'll see the percentage off as 100%. It's worth checking this regularly to make sure you don't miss the best deals and freebies. Delenn usually posts links to all free games within several hours of them going live, so check her links at the top of this comment as well.
Don't forget to check Indie Gala's freebie section HERE, then click on the Showcase header, selecting freebies from the drop down menu; the most recent additions include:


1) ... The Last Enchantress: Revival, (choice-based fantasy game, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

2) ... Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (a returning giveaway)

3) ... Leisure Suit Larry 2 Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places) (a returning giveaway)

4) ... Avani: The Primal Land (Explore, gather, learn, craft and build in the world of Avani: The Primal Land. Fight, hunt and tame wild animals. Animals have their own genetics and no animal is like the other. The interactive taming process allows making a real bond with each tame. Avani offers a unique crafting system combined with a huge skill tree and an intuitive building system mixed with traditional survival game elements)

5) ... Cov Shooter (Try to survive as many waves as possible, upgrade your stats and weapons to do that)

6) ... WTC : Relentless Protagonist [Sxs}, (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

7) ... Out of Puberty: Chapter 1 (graphic novel, contains adult themes and not suitable for children)

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9) ... WTC : Recruitment Day (a short mostly KINETIC comedy/drama visual novel)

10) ... Pixel Puzzles 2: Paintings (NEW - jigsaw puzzle)


We have been given over 340 games since I started to check the freebie section several years ago. But around 60% of those are no longer available free. The following recent freebies have now been removed from the free library: Figment, Pixel Puzzles 2: Space, Revolution Ace, Six Sides of the World, Byte Family, Alone on Mars, Garfield Kart, Nostradamus the Last Prophecy, Snowball, Pixel Puzzles 2: Christmas , Die Young (Full version), Distortions, Dino Run DX, Cheap Golf, Kill Em All, Dead Hungry Diner, and Contract with the Devil. If you claimed those while they were still available you can access them via your Indie Gala account under the showcase section. Each page from your free list can take 30 or so seconds to move to the next page; so, if like me you've added most of the free games over the last several years, it can take almost half an hour to get to the last page. I have just over 340 games in my free section. All remaining freebies can be found in the showcase section (113 games are still available). Not all games that go into the showcase remain free and are removed after a short period (e.g. the recent adventure puzzler Figment that costs almost £15 on Steam); so, you should grab them as soon as you can. All titles are DRM free.


The latest Epic Game (ends tomorrow) is Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons - Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. This is one journey you will never forget. (This game is also included in the latest Humble Choice bundle as a Steam key - see below for the Humble Choice details).
The best Indie Bundles sites that have been operating from around 2011 are the Humble Bundle and Indie Gala sites (though the latter isn't as good as it used to be) where you'll sometimes find decent bundles with over 90% off the usual price of the games included in the bundles. The Humble site is in my opinion the best; though a more recent addition that is worth checking out called Fanatical games looks to be a serious contender for that title as they have some very good bundles. You can find Fanatical games (that used to be called Bundle stars) HERE.

I've restarted a project I originally started back in 2008 that used to be called Good Games to Grab, where I posted free games over in the forums on a daily basis. I won't be posting them daily this time; only as and when I have time and the inclination. You can find the new forum section entitled 'Free Game Project' HERE. So far, I've posted eight excellent PC games, plus one android game as well as suggested or linked to others similar to the ones posted e.g.

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe (a squad based solo shooter). Battlegroup 44 (a free-standing mod for Battlefield 2 that is a follow up to the original Battlefield 1942). Slam Tilt (an excellent pinball game with four tables). 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night, (one of my all-time favourite pinball games from the mid 90's). Breakquest (one of my all-time top ten 2D breakouts). Messy Paths (an android game). Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles (fan made free standing Castelvania game). Conflict Vietnam (third person squad-based shooter). Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2006 Trophy Season (a linear hunting game). Just added Open TTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe). I'll be adding more over the coming months.

Black And White Apocalypse that was given away some weeks ago by the developer Hammergames is always free and can also be downloaded as a colour version. The community member Space pointed this out at the time. You can find both versions over on itch.io via the following links Black & White version, and Coloured version. :)

You can also find 'all nine' of the developers' games (for free) HERE. Some of them look like they are worth investigating. :)

The latest Humble Choice bundle went live at the beginning of February and includes eight games plus one DLC pack; i.e. Borderlands 3 with the director's cut DLC included, Black Book, Per Aspera, Just Die Already, Before We leave, Paradise Lost, Everhood and Calico. For original Humble Bundle subscribers, the cost is $12/£8.99 with other benefits such as access to a lot of indie titles for free while subscribed and a percentage off other purchases from the Humble store. This increases the longer you keep subscribed up to a year with 20% off all none bundle purchases. (1 month sub' gives 10% off, 3 months sub' gives 15% off and six months sub 'gives 17% off). The next Humble Choice bundle goes live Tuesday 1st March 22.

The latest Humble Bundles include a VR bundle called VR Discovery Bundle (Synth Riders, Blaston, Cook-Out, Panoptic, Trover Saves the Universe, Red Matter and Tower Tag + Soundtrack) that ends on the 11th March 22 and you'll find the first ever Epic Game bundle HERE that includes a good set of AAA and Indie arcade games (Saints Row: The Third Remastered, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Mortal Shell, SCARF, The Last Campfire, What the Golf?, Shakedown: Hawaii) that ends on the 24th February 22.

If you are a removed game collector Gods Remastered a classic platformer from the early 90's is being removed from steam on the 27th March. You can swap between the original and the remastered version. You'll find the Steam page HERE

If you have Amazon Prime, the free February games are now available. You can get Stellaris on GOG for free. Visit Prime Gaming for details.

Stay safe everyone.

Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit-uk  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)
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The first Dominic Crane was too hard so i will skip this one.

Reply   |   Comment by Lawrence Carter  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
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At first glance, it appeared I had played this game before. As it turns out, played the first game: Dominic Crane. The character is a carry over from the first game, same style, same game play. Lack of real help, I found myself going over the same spots I just finished, etc. I don't mind the dated 3D graphics, as someone that plays HOGs I have found this to be consistent with games made before polished 3 D rendering software is available. I use Linux Mint 20.3 64 bit operating system with WINE 7.0 (Windows Emulator) installed. Downloads and plays smoothly. I don't usually have the sound on, so I cannot comment on the music/voice overs. Thank you to Whiterabbit-uk and GGOTD for today's offering.

Reply   |   Comment by Deborah1962  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)
#4

This is one of the few games here that looks really good even in the preview. Thanks!

Reply   |   Comment by Hombre S.  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#3

Sorry, this is about Hiddenverse: Tales of Ariadna that was given away awhile ago. I have a window in the game that is at the top of the screen. You can type things in, and I've tried to get rid of it. It stays all through the game. Any ideas?

Reply   |   Comment by Val  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Val,
Hi Val, I no longer have the game so cannot say; however, I would post the issue over in the Game discussion forums; you are more likely to get some feedback there.

Reply   |   Comment by Whiterabbit-uk  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Val, You may have more luck by joining/posting in the Games Forum. You can find a link at the bottom of the page, for one.

Reply   |   Comment by watcher13  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
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Let me begin by saying my review is overall positive with a couple of complaints. The graphics are excellent, the music not terribly annoying, and the puzzles take a little figuring out just enough to keep it interesting but not enough to totally frustrate me. The downsides are exactly so far what I experienced with the first in the series which was given away here last week. At the beginning of the game it yells at you to install extra software for direct play, but when I refused, everything still worked perfectly on my up to date Win 10 installation. So frankly it seems a little iffy and I recommend trying not to install that. Since next steps are not always obvious, a map would be helpful, and the hints only work in some places. There are also no instructions for any of the puzzles although most of them are self explanatory to those of us used to HOG's. Over all if you like the genre it's well worth installing, especially if you liked the first one. Note that I'm only a little bit of the way through, so if there are other issues, I'll post again.

Reply   |   Comment by neme  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)

neme, Do note that that pop-up to add Direct Play is triggered by Windows and NOT the game itself. FWIW, Direct Play is part of DirectX, dating back to versions up to DX8 -- Microsoft apparently wanted to get rid of it in favor of newer tech with DX9, but it's still with us, as it's an optional component you can add to Win11. It also may be used with apps rather than games, e.g. the Plex media server. You can find reports of compatibility issues, though it's generally considered safe, and you can find reports that the Windows pop-up you saw, asking/telling you to enable Direct Play, may itself cause errors enabling the feature. In that case add it as a Windows feature through the add/remove programs window in Control Panel.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

neme, I knew I had played the original Dominic Crane and you just reminded me it was given away last week. I was struggling with where I had downloaded the original.

Reply   |   Comment by Deborah1962  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

Wow! This is one awesome review! This is exactly what this site has needed for years. Thanks so much for your time and service.

Reply   |   Comment by Sue  –  2 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)
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