Fall of the New Age – Collector’s Edition

In Brief

Fall of the New Age is a hidden object game with mini games, an interactive jump map and three difficulty settings. The Collectors edition includes a 98 page strategy guide divded into 11 chapters. And is accessible at all times via a button in the top right of the game screen.

You can see a written walkthrough HERE and a series of video walkthroughs HERE as well as Steam community member feedback HERE and Big Fish community feedback HERE. If you want to see some game play, you can do so via a few game play videos HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

Introduction

In the dark times of the Medieval a baleful society of the Cult and its adherers strived to seize the rule over the city, control its inhabitants and destroy all sources of knowledge and culture. Help Marla uncover the secret conspiracy, release her kidnapped brother Ray and save the city! Solve numerous quests and puzzles, display courage and wit and don’t let the Cult take control over the Kingdom!

Reference accessed HERE Whiterabbit 9th May 2020.

The Game

In Fall of the New Age, our heroine is not a princess, not a fighter, not a magic-user of any kinds but just a normal thief. She has stumbled upon a ritual sacrifice during one of her supposedly normal robberies, her partner is being kidnapped and minutes after, she falls into the same position. Take on the role of Marla, a brave robber as she, along with her friends go on an investigation to stop an evil cult from destroying all the city’s advancement!

Right after the terrific opening sequence, we knew that Fall of the New Age is not going to be a childish, cute or colorful game. Fall of the New Age is a dark and eerie game sets in a gloomy city during medieval times.

We must say though, that even if the scenes are dark and ominous, the graphics are extremely impressive. They are top-notch in terms of production, clear and beautiful with a little of 3D elements in them. This quality goes along in cutscenes as well, where characters animate flawlessly and all of the actions are nothing short of awesomeness. Furthermore, the background music sets the mood of the game pretty well and the voice overs are professionally done.

Fall of the New Age featured a really clever and fun story. There are twists and turns every once in a while, it is exciting as well as captivating and that excitement remains long after the introduction.

There is also one unique feature this game offers which is the Wardrobe we might call it. It is basically a space where your character can change and disguise into another person to trick your enemies; a really smart idea which flows really well with the story. With all these great aspects, we wish Fall of the New Age is a little bit more challenging. As for now, the game is quite linear with a few scenes to visit at a time and with the help of a jump map, the gameplay is pretty simple. There are not a lot of Hidden Object scenes implemented in the game, they are of good quality and are nicely cluttered. Puzzles are good too, some are interesting even though most of them are still on the easy side.

Reference accessed HERE originally posted by All About Casuaal Games January 3rd 2014, reposted by Whiterabbit 9th May 2020.

Conclusion

Fall of the New Age is probably one of the most underrated HOPAs, it is so much fun to play and deserves a lot more attention. Production values are sky-high, story is a blast - Fall of the New Age is the new age of HOPA!

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway

Don't forget to check out the Epic Game store for the latest freebies HERE. The latest giveaway is called Death Coming. Epic games have added a two factor authentication requirement for this game. Next weeks game is a mystery game.

Also check out Reddit's Free Games on Steam (These may fluctuate over the week, so it's worth checking daily because there have been quite a few developers offering their commercial games for free during the lock-down - if you see a game, just open your Steam client and search for the game in the store; if it's still available free you'll see that they are 100% off, the site is updated frequently, so if a game is no longer available it's usually tagged with an 'Over' icon. Hurry though because these free games don't stay free long. Once added to your account they become permanently attached). Recent additions that are still live include Ashes of Singularity: Escalation and Four Kings of War. The former requires a Humble account to get the Steam key. Also available is DLC for the free to Play game Battlerite Royale - Mountain Zebra.

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