14 DAY TRIAL // As you may already know, Edgar Allan Poe was one of the founders of several literacy genres, such as science fiction and detective mysteries. Although he had a relatively short life, having died in his fortieth year, he was the first man who lived off the financial earnings of his writings.
Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy is based on Poe’s mysterious death, which intertwines with the life of the main character whose role you will be playing. The game begins with a small cinematic where a raven will guide you to Poe’s human remains and before you know it the writer’s ghost appears in front of you asking for help in solving the mystery of his death. As such, you, a mystery novelist in search of a title for his next book, have until midnight to search for clues and hints as to who might have killed Poe.
For a hidden object game, Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy is different from any title in the genre. For instance, we were used to solve mysteries by traveling to magical lands and encountering fairytale creatures not searching the graveyards and crypts at night with an old lamp and a raven watching over our backs. The spooky feeling of a good mystery book has indeed been captured in the game, but at the same time there is something comforting about it because the environment and gameplay have all the ingredients of an addictive hidden object game.
Searching for objects is never an easy task and that is why you could use a hand every once in a while. The raven, which can symbolically be interpreted as a means of communication between the specter and the living world, is the one that will point out the desired object from the list, if you are having trouble finding it.
As you dig deeper into the mystery, unnatural forces will try and stop you from reaching your objectives and that is why the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe will give you a magical watch that can instantly transport you back and forth in time, splitting the game into three main chapters at the end of which you will find out the truth about his disappearance.
You begin with The Mystery of Marie Roget, which Edgar Allan Poe wrote after events and details of a real crime. It is up to you to interrogate witnesses and find clues where those before you could not. If you fail to reveal the mystery behind Poe’s death until midnight, his heavy chains will drag him back to the underworld, but if you succeed, you will have solved a great mystery, saved a lost soul and gained material for a new best-selling mystery-detective book.
The game impresses through the combination of events that actually happened and uses them to create an elaborate story with a detective twist. Background music and carefully designed settings set the mood for a gripping detective scene where investigating for clues in a graveyard becomes a thrilling experience. If you get hooked on the game and you want to find out how the mystery ends, you might want to try unlocking the full version by registering for 19.99 dollars.
Here are some snapshots of the application in action:
