You play as a healer who has been summoned to heal the ailing queen. However, I recommend that you do check it out. Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan is yet another Artifex Mundi hidden object game. As the game stand on its own, there’s no need to play the previous Grim Legends. Grim Legends 2 is a hidden object game that anyone who is interested in the genre would probably enjoy. I wish they would have chosen a less gruesome path as otherwise, this type of game is great to play with kids. Murder and adultery aren’t exactly light-hearted topics. If you intend to play this with younger children or buy it for them, note that the game has some adult themes going on.It’s a shame as I’m a big fan of good voice acting and feel good voice actors are underappreciated. Not all of it, but when you encounter it a bit later in the game, you will know what I’m talking about. Some of the voice acting is really bad.Look at about 8-10 hours of play in total if you play both standard and expert. You can play in expert mode where you will have less help available, but that’s about it. The game is well worth playing if you enjoy this genre, but as always, the replay value is not really there.Briefly comparing the two I’d say I enjoy the puzzles in this one better, but I liked the story telling more in the first one, making that my favorite of the two. It’s largely the same concept, but the stories have nothing to do with each other. For those that played the previous Grim Legends, this game stands entirely by itself.If you are truly stumped, you can skip a mini game altogether so you can go on with the story.
The mini games are a different story, some are straightforward enough to figure out, and some are quite challenging. The hidden object puzzles are usually not that hard to complete, but if all else fails, you can click around like a mad person.