The Darkest Tales Review (Xbox Series S)



For this The Darkest Tales Review, we experience a nightmare that creeps into reality, and the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.

The Darkest Tales Review Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 5.3GB download size.
  • 1000 Gamerscore.
  • Ten save slots.
  • Three difficulties – Easy, medium, and hard.
  • Storybook with narration cutscenes.
  • You can fast-forward to cutscenes.
  • Good voicework.
  • Platformer gameplay.
  • Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
  • 2D perspective.
  • Mirrors are used for fast travel between levels.
  • The enemies are cool as they wind up toy-looking creatures.
  • Tight controls.
  • Simple hack-and-slash combat.
  • Heal yourself by using Mana.
  • The levels are huge and have many routes to them.
  • Constant checkpoints.
  • The lighting adds so much atmosphere.
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art in the game.
  • Earn EXP and earn skill points to put into the skill tree and unlock upgrades.
  • Find and equip skills that act like passive skills.
  • Defeat big bosses for unique abilities.

The Darkest Tales Review Cons:

  • Minimal game settings.
  • The game is so stop-start at the start.
  • Levels feel very claustrophobic at times.
  • The platforming is kinda basic.
  • Healing is only done one bit at a time.
  • Hard to tell what is a platform and what isn’t.

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The Darkest Tales:

Official website.

Developer: Trinity Team

Publisher: 101XP

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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