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Danse Macabre - The Last Adagio is a really good game on many levels. First is the story

Thirty years before the story takes place there was a ballet performance. The ballet’s composer was in love with the prima ballerina. However, in a fit of jealousy rage, believing his love is cheating on him, he burns down the theater killing himself, his love and several musicians. Cut to today. The same ballet is going to be performed for the first time since its fateful performance thirty years ago. This time the prima ballerina is your sister. The performance does not take place as your sister has disappeared. It falls on you to find/rescue your sister. In doing so you will also meet with the deceased musicians who only want their souls released to that they may rest in peace. Another objective! And, finally, you must find a way to re-unite the star-crossed lovers.

The game is from EIPIX. Graphics are very high quality. Music is excellent, although, with all the wonderful orchestrations in the public domain I’m curious why the developers felt that original music was preferable to accompany their ballet-themed game. There are hidden object scences, but they are preseneted in a variety of ways. While I can’t confirm it, my guess is that EIPIX used the Spark HO Engine created by Artifex-Mundi, and that accounts for the high quality of these scenes. Puzzles are challenging, but not terribly difficult. My only criticism, which applies to most games, not just this one, is that I wish developers would spend more time on creating the description of the puzzle’s objective.

I very nice little game. There is an interactive map which is very helpful. Although the game is confined to the theater and the adjacent gardens, there are a lot of locations to visit. You will be using the map frequently.