Grim Tales: The Vengeance Sessions 1 and 2

So! Now I’m back in chronological order and I’m on The Vengeance! The plot is my nephew who is not Brandon Gray (DESPITE A PHOTO) but James MCGRAY ( who is… part of the same family! Also I am somehow also a Gray, despite my sister Luisa marrying John Gray?) has murdered (so they say) his sister Elizabeth.

Also there’s a third branch of the family now, the Maxwells. So let that be clear, this family bush is the Grays, McGrays, and the Maxwells. No O’Maxwells yet. I shouldn’t be so harsh, I actually name things like I was built to do the opposite. Hurling boulders at glass houses.

Screencapture from Grim Tales: The Vengeance of a doll that unusual to the series does not look evil at all
Pleasantly surprised that this doll doesn’t have razor sharp teeth and chitter for my blood
Screencapture from Grim Tales: The Vengeance which shows Luisa, John, and Brandon Gray except this game is about James and Elizabeth McGray which is a bit confusing
See? This is NOT James. This is Brandon. Or does everyone’s parents look like Luisa?
Screencapture from Grim Tales: The Vengeance of evil ferrets guarding a door
These were actually used for a decent character backstory moment which is more than most evil ferrets are used for.

 

 

Most important: This was a fun game. It wasn’t as all out ‘constant creep out moments’ as Bloody Mary but definitely was a ghost story unlike The Stone Queen which was a straight adventure story.

The scenery art is really good and the hidden object sections are looking excellent. Genuinely fun to see how they’re put together. I especially liked Elizabeth McGray’s character design too.

We finally get it confirmed that the protagonist’s deal is that she’s psychometric and not only that, kind of famous for it! Which is cool. She’s certainly done enough interesting things.

The end of this game with Elizabeth manifesting alive was very satisfying. I look forward to playing the bonus chapter soon.

We’re in 2014 now, gamewise? So game tech is gonna start leaping forward pretty soon. Unfortunately there’s that one game that just straight up got zapped from existence so I won’t be able to play that one.

I was so relieved when I found what I was actually going to be shooting from my crossbow to stop the dogs. I wasn’t really signing up to impale puppies.