
Dark Parables: Queen of Sands Collector's Edition
May 22, 2015
Eipix Entertainment/Blue Tea Games
Widescreen Support
Interactive Jump-Map
Voice Overs
Parables
3 Difficulties + Custom Mode
Exclusive Bonus Chapter
Integrated Strategy Guide
Wallpapers & Concept Art
Soundtracks & Cutscenes
Achievements & Collectibles
Souvenir Room & Bonus Video
Replayable HOs & Puzzles

This goes the same with the graphics. We really do appreciate the effort that the team at Eipix has put into crafting the graphics to represent the original Dark Parables’ style. Although the artwork looks totally awesome and beautiful, and contains hints of Dark Parables here and there – the charm is somehow gone. The soundtracks are melodic and fit the game very well; however, we wish that the developer had included the original ‘clicking’ sound effects that we all loved.
Gameplay wise, Dark Parables: Queen of Sand is very well-crafted. The adventure part is not particularly challenging; all you really have to do is walking around, picking up random emblems and unlocking doors – just like in the previous Dark Parables games! The hidden object scenes are all fragmented-objects as we have already expected, and the puzzles are fairly decent.
The Collector’s Edition featured a bunch of extras, all listed below in the checklist. As for the bonus chapter, it introduces a new story and it took us roughly an hour to complete. That, combined with the 4-hour of main game, brings the total length to 5 hours on the easiest difficulty setting.
In this series:
- Dark Parables: Curse of the Briar Rose
- Dark Parables: The Exiled Prince
- Dark Parables: Rise of the Snow Queen
- Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Dark Parables: The Final Cinderella
- Dark Parables: Jack and the Sky Kingdom
- Dark Parables: Ballad of Rapunzel
- Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide
- Dark Parables: Queen of Sands
- Dark Parables: Goldilocks and the Fallen Star
- Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree
- Dark Parables: The Thief and the Tinderbox
- Dark Parables: Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow
- Dark Parables: Return of the Salt Princess
- Dark Parables: The Match Girl's Lost Paradise
- Dark Parables: Portrait of the Stained Princess