About Flame Zero:
It took me 7 hours to play both main story and bonus chapter. This is the sequel to Darkness and Flame: Born of Fire and continues the adventures of Alice and her uncle Colin. Uncle Colin has lost his memories and the story follows their adventures to restore his memory and to save the woman in his recurring nightmares. There is a variety of environments and you meet many interesting characters. You have to collect items and morphing objects in every scene. They are fairly easy to find. There is a good map which can fast track you to a scene. Graphics were well done and the cutscenes were excellent. Music and voiceovers were good. Puzzles were doable. I didn’t skip one and played on advanced mode. Story was good and I didn’t get bored as there was plenty to do. I particularly liked the HO scenes which were shadows of the item you needed to find and were interactive with the scene. They really made you think!! A couple of the scenes had to done in 60 seconds, so concentration was a necessity!! I didn’t get all the achievements, but I wasn’t aiming for them all. The quality in the bonus chapter was the same as the main story. It went into depth about a couple of the minor characters. A high quality game and well worth full price. 8/10. All achievements are easy to get in a single playthrough. There is a bonus chapter. The gameplay length is fair considering the price and the genre. Actually I didn’t get the trading cards. I was expecting this since some player review already pointed this out. I understand the deceitful feeling of some players to have been abused and that’s why I’m bringing this up too. However, despite being a bit puzzled about cards being annonced but never dropping and though I don’t think that’s fair from the developper/publisher and from Steam to allow this, to me it’s not a good reason to put a thumb down to the game itself. Cards are not the reason why i buy a game, they are more like a bonus. Therefore I do recommend Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories for the game is rather good in its genre. Compared to other games from the same team (Five-BN), I have to admit that I preferred The Legacy : Forgotten Gates and above all the 4 episodes of the Lost Lands serie which was a very good HOG serie, with a good story, a nice gameplay, collectibles and achievements. Nevertheless Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories shares a lot of similarities with these mentionned games. As far as the storyline is concerned, it lacks a bit of depth but the idea is not bad. I liked the story background, the graphics and the whole art style. Splendid. Voice acting is ok, as well as the music. Puzzles are quite easy (maybe too easy.. it depends on your expectancies). A map allows quick travel from a location to another (and gives indication in casual mode). It has a good game pace. I truly enjoyed the hours spent on it. Cutscenes are well implemented and quite immersive. They are rather beautiful. Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories has everything it takes to be a pleasant casual HOG.
