Cynthia's journey leads to a cave. There was a pretty cool labyrinth puzzle here where you have to figure out which door to use in each subsequent room based on the number of light signals you get when you enter. The trick is to number the door…
Cynthia's journey leads to a cave. There was a pretty cool labyrinth puzzle here where you have to figure out which door to use in each subsequent room based on the number of light signals you get when you enter. The trick is to number the doors from the left to the right and go through the value of the count. They she has to escape from a spiked wall going towards her. It's pretty easy, but still a fun and unexpected sequence. Cynthia then finds the second part of the Moonshadow artefact. It also turns out that the figure of light was Alisa - the Moonshadow goddess who wants to help our heroine.
In the next area you have to go through a swamp, where there are places where you'd notice bubbles - avoid those or you will be instantly killed. I also noticed that after I got the part of the artefact I obtained a new arrow type. The red arrows were described as having the ability to distract 2 people at once which was very misleading - I tried to shoot next to an enemy, but nothing happened. When you directly hit a foe he becomes confused and he'll kill one of his comrades before dying himself - nasty, but you don't have many resources to craft those arrows. Plus you don't get much of a chance to use them, because the next level is the final battle against Isidor. You are located in some sort of a space temple and he starts summoning his soldiers. I assumed that you have to avoid them and go towards him, but there's a barrier preventing you from going closer. It tuns out you actually have to shoot his minions with your bow, which is stupid because up until this point they were unaffected by arrows. This game has the same problem a lot of stealth games do - final boss battles often clash with the mechanics of the entire game. In any case, once you defeat them all minions you can approach Isidor. He tries to destroy Cynthia, but Alisa appears and sends him to another dimension. Then you get a happy ending of Cynthia's family and beloved returning to normal.
Cynthia Hidden In the Moonshadow is a pretty relaxing stealth game. It can be clunky at times, but you can feel that the game is made with love and passion. Once you complete it, there's little reason to replay the levels unless you try to get the achievements. I was wondering what the statues with the blessings actually do, but it's possible that I got a good ending because I collected them all. The different costumes are fun and so is the photo mode - I appreciate the anime-like chibi stickers. Overall this was an easy fun game and although it's not perfect, it's worth a try, especially for kids.
