Drawn - The Painted Tower

So I finished this game recently, Drawn - The Painted Tower from Big Fish Games and all I can say is WOW!!!!!

This is a hidden object/puzzle type game where you find items and store them in your inventory to use them on puzzles in the scene and then solve other puzzles to open objects, etc. The storyline is fairly simple -- a princess and her guardian are on the run from an evil wizard, and the princess is trapped at the top of a tall tower. You must climb the tower floor by floor and solve the puzzles to find the princess. However, the plot is still compelling even if it sounds cliched! Even the cutscenes bring you more into the story. The visuals of this game is just breathtaking.....truly gorgeous art which is the main draw of the game in my opinion. It really adds to the atmosphere when you're playing it.

My only complaint is that the game is too short! It took me maybe five hours at the most to play this game.....I would have liked more puzzles and more floors of the tower. But I guess that's why they call these types of games "casual" huh? They're not meant to be long involved games. Another complaint I have is that it's annoying going down all the levels in the tower when your on one of the top levels....there's no way to go just straight from scene to scene. Oh, and the ending was sorta abrupt....you don't really know what happens. Can you say sequel? I certainly hope so! :D

But yeah, I highly recommend this game, it's so visually stunning that I was just blown away by the graphics, very detailed. I wish I had taken some screenshots to show you, but maybe you can find some on Google Images. I did need some help while playing the game, if you're in the same boat and confused by anything, check out the walkthrough by Big Fish and Jay is Games walkthrough. Here is also a short video from YouTube showing the gameplay:


Have fun with the game!