Darkness and Flame 3
- October 15, 2021
- FIVE-BN GAMES
"Darkness and Flame 3" is an adventure game that continues the intriguing story of the series with its amazing graphics. As the darkness thickens and the flame fades, players must navigate through challenging puzzles and battles to restore balance and save the world from plunging into eternal darkness. The game features new characters, locations, and abilities to explore and master, providing an engaging and immersive experience for both new and returning players.
Reviews
- Excellent graphics and creative story that keeps players engaged.
- Puzzles are challenging yet solvable, providing a good workout for the brain.
- The game is free to play with optional purchases for hints, making it accessible.
- There are glitches that prevent players from receiving necessary items, such as keys, hindering progress.
- The new payment model for hints and bonus content has frustrated many players who preferred the previous format.
- Some puzzles are overly difficult or poorly designed, leading to frustration and a less enjoyable experience.
- story187 mentions
- 69 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is widely praised for its creativity, engaging plotlines, and strong continuity across the series, with many players expressing a desire for further installments. Reviewers highlight the combination of captivating narratives, beautiful graphics, and challenging puzzles, making the gameplay immersive and enjoyable. However, some players noted inconsistencies in storytelling and occasional glitches that detracted from the overall experience.
“The story is extremely intriguing, and the graphics are awesome.”
“The storyline, the challenges, and overall graphics are all great!”
“I love the storyline and how it continues throughout all the games.”
“Story and world are all over the place.”
“The story feels unfinished.”
“Although the setting and the story and the puzzle have zero relevance, I play these games for the puzzles.”
- graphics98 mentions
- 77 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game have received widespread acclaim, with many users praising their beauty, intricacy, and overall quality. Players consistently highlight the stunning visuals as a key aspect of their enjoyment, often noting that the graphics enhance the engaging storylines and challenging puzzles. Overall, the game's artwork and animations are described as superb, contributing significantly to the immersive experience.
“Incredible graphics - so many intricate and beautiful things!”
“Fabulous game with exceptional graphics.”
“Amazing game, fantastic graphics and brilliant story line!”
“The artwork, graphics, video, music, and acting voices were as always superb!”
“Story & graphic okay, but at some puzzles it's impossible to click using your finger.”
“Decent storyline and graphics.”
- monetization16 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 63 % negative mentions
The monetization model of the game is generally well-received, as it features minimal intrusive ads, primarily offering them as an option for players to gain hints. Users appreciate that the game can be played for free without mandatory ads, although some express frustration over the need to watch multiple ads for hints in challenging puzzles. Overall, players find the balance between optional ads and gameplay enjoyable, with many highlighting the absence of annoying ads during regular play.
“Great puzzles, some easier than others, and if you are stuck and need a hint, you can watch an ad; otherwise, no ads during gameplay or before you play.”
“Great free game that doesn't require spending money to complete and has no ads!”
“What is also really important is that there are no ads unless you choose to watch one in exchange for hints.”
“It sucked because one time I was really close to doing it myself, but it kicked me and I ended up having to watch ads to get 10 hints to skip.”
“Some puzzles are a little difficult, but you can either watch ads or buy coins to get hints.”
“Much worse than the first two games; not intuitive, only makes you watch ads...”
- gameplay10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 10 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
Overall, the gameplay is highly praised for its engaging storyline, impressive graphics, and challenging puzzles, making it addictive and enjoyable. While some players found certain elements, like morphing objects and hint modes, to be difficult or lacking, the overall experience is described as fabulous and well-executed.
“Hours of addictive gameplay!”
“It has an interesting story, great cinematics, good graphics, and challenging gameplay!”
“Amazing gameplay and I love the storyline.”
“I missed a few morphing objects; it's really hard to find this time.”
“As for the game itself, the storyline, graphics, controls, and gameplay, despite your greedy fingers, is well done.”
“The 'find it' gameplay gets changed up a bit too.”
- stability7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 57 % negative mentions
The stability of the game is mixed, with some players reporting frequent glitches and freezing issues, while others praise it for running smoothly without any problems. Overall, while many enjoy the gameplay and graphics, the presence of glitches has been a notable concern for several users.
“I love this game; it's awesome, great graphics, color, and no glitches so far.”
“All of your games are the best! I've been so busy these last days on these games. I beat all Lost Lands games, and now I'm on the 3rd Darkness game. Great game, guys! I would recommend this game to everybody; there are no glitches in any of the games. No complaints; just make more games like these! :) Thank you.”
“Worked great and no glitches.”
“The game starts off good and then it freezes up in the middle of the game.”
“Too many glitches; it only gives you a second key in the wooden leaves game, when the walkthrough says it's supposed to give you a second and a third key.”
“Glitches are everywhere in this game.”
- music5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently praised for its superb quality and suitability to the graphics, enhancing the overall experience. Players appreciate the lively soundtracks and sound effects, although some felt the ending did not match the strength of the music. Overall, the music contributes significantly to the enjoyment of the game.
“The artwork, graphics, video, music, and voice acting were as always superb!”
“The music suits the graphics perfectly; it's lovely and lively. Hats off!”
“I love all your games; I love the storylines, the graphics, the puzzles, the music, and the sound effects.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and irritating, particularly when faced with repetitive puzzles that require similar solutions, which detracts from the overall enjoyment.
“It's fun until you get to a puzzle where you have to rotate to solve, only to get another puzzle to do the same thing. It stops being fun because they are tedious and time-consuming to solve.”
“Some of the puzzles are tedious and irritating.”