Forest Legends: The Call of Love

In Brief

Forest Legends: The Call of Love is a casual point ‘n’ click fantasy Adventure with some hidden Object Elements.

Introduction

Deep in the heart of an enchanted forest, a forbidden love blooms. Eveline and Aurelio are not of the same people, but their love is pure and has the power to bring peace to a divided world. Then Aurelio's own - a race of were-cats who can take human form - kidnap him and plan his execution. Guide the human Eveline as she sets out to rescue her beloved from the clutches of a tyrant, learns the truth about magic and discovers her extraordinary destiny!

With each step through the ambitious Forest Legends: The Call of Love, you will explore a world teeming with stunning visual detail and mesmerizing sounds and music. From a dancing scarecrow, to a trapped pixie, to a healer with a secret, you will also meet and interact with a host of intriguing characters. And you will solve dozens of cunning puzzles as you find and figure out how to use countless objects. Epic in scope and exploring themes of love and belief, Forest Legends will captivate you from beginning to end. Can you hear the call?

Reference accessed HERE 16th Feb 2020

You can see several Steam community reviews for Forest Legends: The Call of Love HERE (this is for the CE version so may differ slightly). You can see some game play walk-through videos ........ [SPOILER ALERT] .......HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE (links to the rest of the remaining walkthroughs posted by We game for Kids).

Introduction

Forest Legends: The Call of Love is a satisfactory fairy tale with some genuinely enjoyable puzzles. The narrative is a clichéd affair, depicting forbidden romance, the call to adventure, parental confusion, and grand destiny; it’s very much a Disney movie mixed with Romeo and Juliet. Nevertheless, the fantastical setting and quirky conundrums will prove more than enough to keep you playing.

You adopt the role of a human princess who has fallen head over high-heels for a were-cat, a race which the uprights are at war with. After being caught meeting with your fluffy lover, your father shoots and wounds the flashy feline, forcing him to flee into the forest. Back at your castle, the punctured pussy puts in an appearance, and it’s from there that your quest truly begins.

At its core, this game is all about gathering items and solving puzzles – and it succeeds in that area. The point-and-click mechanics are intuitive, the brainteasers are considerately designed, and a well implemented hint system keeps you moving forwards. Unfortunately, the title is plagued by horrendous voice acting. While the narrator sets the scene fairly well, you’ll shudder at the protagonist and her lover’s lines. Worse still, the animation is awful, as inoffensive art is contorted to show character emotion.

Fortunately, the background sketches are much more agreeable. Beautifully crafted vistas peppered with dark forest paths and clearings look incredible, and visibly sheen with particle effects and slick lighting. You’ll spend the majority of your time inspecting these images, too, as you click on objects and search for things to interact with. Each location feels alive due to the above mentioned sparkles and subtle wildlife animations. It’s all rather absorbing.

You’ll happen upon many environments as you work your way through the game, with each chapter introducing a new locale made up of several scenes. Cracking the puzzles you’ll find in these is a case of searching each area for items, and then using what you’ve found. For example, you may uncover a key to pop in a chest, or gems and crests that need to be added to other objects as part of a thread of challenges. The solutions are seldom convoluted or illogical: once you’ve fully examined a puzzle, you’ll know exactly how to solve it. And if you’re still stuck, there’s a handy hint system to help you.

For starters, if you don’t click on anything for a while, the game will highlight any artifacts of interest that you may have overlooked. If that doesn’t work, then you can summon your baby dragon companion, who will breathe a circle of fire onto the screen showing you where to search. Your reptilian accomplice will need to rest once you’ve used him, but if you find a floating ball of fire, you can skip this cool down period. Of course, if you plump up for the ‘Advanced’ difficulty tier, you’ll get no tips whatsoever.

Regardless, approximately four hours after starting the adventure, it’ll all be over – and considering the price point, that’s a bit unfortunate. There is a bonus chapter set several years after the events of the main story, and while this will allow you to prolong your quest just a little longer, you will have to put up with more ear-shattering voice acting throughout.

Forest Legends: The Call of Love is a short but solid point-and-click adventure. Its story is nothing new, its character animations are atrocious, and the voice actors will assault your ears at every opportunity – but there are enough fun puzzles and beautiful vistas stored within here to make the call of love just about worth answering.

Reference accessed HERE originally posted by Greg Giddens Mon 27th Jan 2014 from Alawar; reposted by Whiterabbit-uk 16th Feb 2020

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Forest Legends: The Call of Love doesn't interest you, but you still want something new to play, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free HERE (I've recently updated the thread though 'some' of the links to older bundles are no longer active; however, most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

From now until Half-Life : Alyx is released sometime in March, every Half-life game is free to play on Steam HERE. They include, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift and Team Fortress Classic

Indie Gala has some new games added to their free section; these include Wastewalkers - a post apocalyptic top down open world adventure. Deep Space Anomaly - an intensive, fascinating and mad game which is sweeping away all borders where the main objective - to kill enemies and to have fun! Also Super Panda Adventures - a side scrolling platformer; you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!.

Don't forget to check out the Epic game store for the latest freebie on offer HERE. The latest freebies from Epic include two games: Kingdom Come: Deliverance a first person story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. (a AAA game not suitable for children) and Aztec a unique hybrid of beat 'em up and turn-based strategy, set in the world of the Aztec Empire. Next Thursday 20th February we will be given Faeria a card based Strategic RPG with single player, online pvp and cooperative play. (you don't get the add on DLC).

The Eden Rising base game is also free on Steam. It's an open world, SP/Coop/MP Sci Fi tower defense third person RPG with crafting and survival elements. The latest Humble Choice (costing $12) is now live, with a choice of nine games from a list of 12 (Frostpunk + 1 DLC, Pathfinder: and Pathfinder: Kingmaker plus Frostpunk, Book of Demons, CryoFall, Okami HD, Eliza, SHENZHEN I/O, Project Warlock, The Hex, Warstone TD, Underhero, Night Call ), virtually every single game in the bundle if purchased separately apart from 'The Hex that costs £7.19) would virtually pay for the bundle if you purchased the games directly from Steam. Frostpunk and Pathfinder: Kingmaker are alone worth over £60/$75. All games are Steam work games. Plus there is a drm free game called 'Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1' that is an additional choice included for free. You can play the game Last Year an online pvp cooperative atmospheric violent first person horror based game for free until 17th Feb (PM) HERE. Don't forget to check out Delenns thread over in the Game Discussion forums for details of other free games and offers HERE. From now on I will regularly recommend a game worth checking out at the end of my reviews (not every giveaway). It may be on sale via Steam, or elsewhere, or may be a classic released anytime over the last 30 years. It will definitely be a game I've invested some time in myself and think is well worth checking out. My very first recommendation is for the game Barotrauma a 2D submarine game where you can play either single player or with friends to survive the under water sea on the ice moon Europa that circles Jupiter. I've only just bought this particular game, but its one that actually sent shivers down my spine when I first played it. It's still far from complete, but is looking good and the developers are dedicated; the legacy version was and may still be available for free, but the early access version that has been updated is available with a 34% discount until tomorrow afternoon via Steam. You can see the Barotrauma Wiki HERE, with more information HERE and HERE; it promises to be a big game once completed, with custom community content available.