Romance with Chocolate – Hidden Object in Paris. HOPA

Romance with Chocolate is the second game from Russian developer, Crisp App Studio, and follows in the steps of their previous Steam release with another "adventureless" hidden object title for those who prefer a little less point 'n' click in their HOGs. While I'm not quite as taken with this game as compared to Time Trap, it still has a certain amount of charm despite an unpolished translation...and the soundtrack is lovely.
Gameplay is simply picking out items from a list of words or silhouttes. If you're looking to 100% achievements, you'll need to play each level over and over again to decrease the time it takes to finish them and earn 3 stars, but I found this to be enjoyable enough. Leaderboards are also available for those who like to challenge themselves competitively, which is something not often done in the genre.
My biggest gripe is with the lack of graphical fidelity. It is clear that the images were upscaled from a lower resolution, and thus many items are blurry and hard to distinguish. The ability to play in windowed mode would have helped with this issue some, but sadly it's not an option.
That said, the enjoyment I received from this little title outweighed the issues I had with it's presentation, and it's a fairly easy 100% to boot. Your mileage may vary, but it's worth checking out if you enjoyed Time Trap or are looking for more straight HOGs here on Steam.
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Review: Romance with Chocolate - Hidden Object in Paris
Graphics / Sound :
The Game is not Animated nor 3D rendered which does not mean it is not good. Pictures are looking decent. The Main Characters do look sharp enough. What i like is that it does have something like an Artstyle and is not just an unedited Photoshop picture, it looks a lot more like a painting. The Soundtrack was pretty good in my opinion as it had some Bioshock Infinite vibes with it.
Overall im not that hugely amazed but that is probably because i am more used into playing other genres of games.
Gameplay:
Again, i never really play Point & Click/ Hidden Object Games so i am not the best Guy to judge this but i will try my Best.
Mostly you have to find Objects ( Displayed with the name of the Object that us hidden) or other thing like animals etc. in random Picture of a Location. What is nice is that you get relaxed while playing this and makes nice use of your Optic skills. Sadly these types of Moments are a little bit inconsistent. Basically, you get 3 times in a row the same type of Problem. It could be better to constantly mix it up. Other than that i expected almost no interest gameplay-wise by me but was actually suprised.
Story:
There will be no spoilers ahead, or not any major ones!
In my opinion it was a nice short story. Will not change your life but will keep you intrested without boring you.
It was more like reading a novel. Although im not really the guy keen onto all that i still enjoyed the story as it did never bore me and actually suprised me quite a lot. I will give it a decently high rating as for a 1 hour story it did a nice job.
Performance:
Game had some unstabilities but that did not really bother me.
And it probably is playable on any machine.
Price:
Currently Priced at 2,99EUR which is a little expensive for a 1 hour story.
It is definetely worth it on sales and you could actually consider getting the Normal priced version to help
the Developer.
DLC:
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Great game! Lovely Parisian locations, different tasks to do, perfect game balance make this game one of the best in HOG genre. Really addictive! You can pass levels multiply to do the best and write your name to leaderboard! Achievements are present, no need extraordinary efforts to get. No trading cards yet.

A unique seek and find experience. Was very straightforward plot-wise (no time travel or bringing dead women back to life) and the music was soothing. A very casual game with many hints available should you need them. The ending was a little abrupt and the play time was very short (you could definitely finish it in half an hour or less if you wanted to). Overall, a pleasant experience and a nice change of pace from the usual over-the-top, mysticism-filled HOP games.

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Romance with Chocolate – Hidden Object in Paris:
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Melody Doux was born in Paris, where she lived for the first six year of her existence until her mother passed away. After this terrible event, her father decided to move to Montreal and both left the Veinard residence. Her grandmother, Mado, never forgave Melody’s father for taking her away from the family home and heritage. Many moons past until Melody received a letter from her grandmother, Mado, who was on her death bed when she wrote the letter. She wanted to pass on the secret that has run through the family since the 1800’s about a magic potion for lovers. It’s all about Romance and Chocolate!
Romance with Chocolate is a casual hidden object game where you follow the story of Melody Doux in a quest to find her grandmother’s recipe for lovers throughout wonderfully represented Parisian locations.
The game consists of three types of puzzles: hidden object stages, picture repositioning, and sequence puzzles. Your goal is to find all hidden objects, or to reposition pictures, as fast as you can in order to score as many points as possible and earn three hearts for that specific level. The hidden object stages are very well done in terms of blending the object within the picture. You also have the option of replaying a level, in which you will need to find other objects that were not available to be collected during your first walkthrough. The picture levels are fairly simple and easy to complete. There are a couple of sequence stages, and they’re easy, too.
Personally, I really like the feel of the artwork and the places to visit within Paris. However, the game is very short and you’ll finish it within an hour on your first play. Yes, you do have different items to find on your second play-through in the hidden objects levels, and you can also attempt to record the best possible score per stage. And that’s about it! The story is well done with a twist of Romance and a recipe for chocolate. I would have liked to have had a longer story and more stages.
The artwork is very nice and the game is easy to play and runs well. The soundtrack suits the game very well.
Positives:
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- Good artwork
- Hidden objects, picture repositioning and sequence levels
- Different objects to find on your second play-through
- Achievements
Negatives:
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- Short game
- No trading cards
Romance with Chocolate – hidden object is a nice casual game for lovers of this genre.

6/10
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