Romance with Chocolate - Hidden Object in Paris

Review

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.