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Vampire Saga: Break Out

In Brief

Vampire Saga: Break Out is a hidden Object adventure and is the third in the Vampire Saga series. We've been given the first two previously Vampire Saga: Pandora's Box (April 2015) and Vampire Saga: Welcome to Hellock (Oct 11 2015)

Installation Issues:

Vampire Saga: Break Out downloads to a 184 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper the set-up file and a read me). The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed if you wish. The installed game is approximately .... MB in size.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Vampire Saga - Break Out

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop; the shortcut to the game, plus three others ''Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and a shortcut to a free online game. These latter three shortcuts can be deleted once the game has been installed. The Themida wrapper may alert your security and even block the installation; there are details about this issue in the read me that unpacks from the downloaded zip file.

Introduction:

A main character is a doctor who is invited to the town of Hill Lock to explore an unknown disease, but what he uncovers there makes him run away in panic. Join him in a blood-curdling adventure in a Hidden Object game Vampire Saga: Break Out! First explore an empty hospital and examine the blood of a monster lying in morgue. Why does he have long fangs and claws? Make sure that he is really dead! Try to escape from the vampire haunted town using the inventory and solving puzzles. Dead children, creepy locations and abandoned buildings will make your heart go faster. Try to stay alive and escape the fate in the game Vampire Saga: Break Out!

Reference accessed HERE. 16th March 2019

The Game:

Vampire Saga: Break Out is actually the third game in the Vampire Saga series from Alawar. The series imagines different stories that revolve around the town of Hill Lock–a cursed town that holds many unsolved but deadly mysteries. The seemingly ordinary town becomes a whole other creature at nighttime when its citizens are suddenly transformed into vampiric monstrosities of the twilight–only these vampires don’t sparkle!

This time, you enter the town of Hill Lock in control of Dr. Crow. Dr. Crow is a pathologist from a nearby town who has been called into Hill Lock to perform an forensics autopsy on a mutilated corpse that was recently discovered in the city. Things will soon go from strange to straight up supernatural when he enters the town to find it has plunged into chaos with many creatures of the night roaming the town’s streets and buildings. As he slowly makes his way to the hospital and begins uncovering the conspiracy in the town, Dr. Crow also begins receiving assistance from strange visions that resemble his recently deceased daughter. The game may begin as a complete mystery, but by the time you’ve completed the game, you’ll have fully grasped the situation and be prepared for the epic ending that doesn’t disappoint.

The game still features many great game mechanics that Alawar is known for such as the masterfully crafted artwork, interactive worlds and challenging but entertaining hidden object scenes; however, you’ll notice some new changes as well. When searching for items, you’ll now have to click and drag items back to a backpack or some other bag used for carrying multiple objects. You’ll find the objects hidden in these scenes by looking at a picture wheel that shows which and how many items you’ll need to find in order to complete the scene and gain control of some necessary items. You then use these items in a variety of ways that will allow you to progress through the game.

You’ll have a hint meter that constantly recharges after use, so you’ll never get stuck on any part of the game. Of course there are a ton of puzzles as well, and most of them are completely new ideas to Alawar’s brand of games.

One of the downfalls in the game comes in the graphics department. Rather than simply adding animations to the beautiful artwork in the game, Vampire Saga: Break Out often opts to use computer generated graphics that don’t look nearly as smooth, detailed or realistic as the game’s artwork. It’s not something that completely cripples the game, but it, unfortunately, does make it a tad less immersive.The game does offer up some great sound effects and an eerie soundtrack to help make up for the game’s presentation faults however.

Vampire Saga: Break Out isn’t the best game available on the Alawar site, but it’s still a whole lot of fun. If you’ve enjoyed their hidden object games in the past or if you just want to continue the story in told in the Vampire Saga series, you’ll want to check out this game.

Edited reference accessed HERE. Originally posted by Kenny King on March 8, 2012, re-posted by Whiterabbit-uk 16th March 2019

Conclusion:

HOG's are one of those genres I tend to avoid, but I do enjoy the occasional dabble. I found this one interesting enough to continue playing for a few hours and found the game mildly challenging. As I've never broken into a car before (apart from when I've played Grand Theft Auto) ......spoiler alert..... It took me several minutes to figure out what the ruler (found after the first easy HOG scene) was used for. You'll need to use it before you can proceed. If you enjoyed the first two in the series, you'll also enjoy this one.

Other Reviews and Videos of Vampire Saga: Break Out:

You can read other comments about Vampire Saga: Break Out HERE

Also, you can see several in-game videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE (part 1/2), HERE (part 2/2), HERE )pt 1), HERE (pt 2) & HERE (pt 3) and a written walkthrough HERE

Suggestions:

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If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity HERE.

Problems getting the game to work:

If you're having problems installing or activating or getting Vampire Saga: Break Out to work please visit the FAQ's Thread HERE and read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted, for example, a common issue seen since the Themida wrapper was introduced three years ago is that some community members installation of the game are blocked by their security because Themida code has been known to hide malware, (usually an error message is flagged for example 'The executable is corrupted' even though in reality it is not); so as a precaution some anti malware programs will block and even delete the suspect installation files even though the files (i.e. the setup, read me and setup.gcd files are actually totally free from malware. This issue can be solved either by rebooting your computer in safe mode with networking or a quicker method is to temporarily turn off your security software to allow the installation. You could also try white-listing the setup.gcd file. In the almost 12 years this game giveaway site has been operating there has 'never' been a game given away that was infected with malware.

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, you have a game to offer the community, or are unable to download the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve you can do so HERE

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Vampire Saga: Break Out and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Vampire Saga: Break Out doesn't interest you, but you still hanker for 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 not updated the thread in a while, but most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

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