Hallowed Legends: Templar

Usually when you hear the word "knight" you think of someone from medieval times, one who is noble. However that is not what the knights in Hallowed Legends: Templar are. You have just received a note from your sister in France, who urgently begs you to come to Southern France because something terribly has gone wrong. Of course, you travel to Southern France to see what on earth is going on. You have just entered your hotel room when a knight suddenly barges into the room and attacks you. You later wake up only to find the dam broken, the streets flooded, and the knights instilling terror everywhere. People everywhere are dying. To make matters worse your sister is nowhere to be found and you must go find her as soon as possible.

The basics of this game is point-and-click. Arrows will guide you from one room to the next. Magnifying glasses indicate a scene of interest (close-up to reveal puzzles). The game consists of both hidden object scenes and puzzles to solve. You can pick up items around to place into your inventory which you can later use to interact with the scene to progress in the game.


Cutscenes: These cutscenes are animated to the fullest extent and are viewed from a first-person perspective. Usually these cutscenes will involve the knights trying to hunt you down, which can be quite a scary experience if you're not ready for it. Hands will suddenly break through wooden doors in an attempt to grab at you or the knights will throw weapons at you in an attempt to kill. The graphics themselves aren't as sharp as they could be, so I'm rather disappointed in terms of that. Lots and lots of pixels, hooray!

Hint Button: The hint system in this game is truly great. During hidden object scenes, the hint button loads rather fast so you won't have to wait too long between objects if you're stuck on more than one. When you're not doing a hidden object scene, the hint button will open up a small dialog window. This window will contain precise instructions as to what you should do next. No more circling an area of interest! Instead it will tell you something along the lines of "Go to the second floor and use the medallion on the cupboard to open the secret compartment". How nice is that? Seriously! I wish all games had such a great hint system as this! Of course, this might also make the game a little too easy, but it's just absolutely great if you're completely stuck and you've circled around all the available scenes for the fifth time now with no avail.

Conclusion: The main perks of this game is that it offers a great hint system. As a result, this game really isn't that hard when it comes to difficulty level. The inventory items themselves though are somewhat hard to find and easy to miss because your cursor will not change into a hand (or some other shape) when you hover an item of interest. The storytelling is a little confusing to follow because you have knights suddenly attacking you for no apparent reason.  In the end, this game might be good to play to simply pass the time but I wouldn't suggest for you actually to purchase this game for your collection.