Review:

Do you think only children are waiting for the fairy-tale? May be, but the child is in each of us. And what can be better than to celebrate winter holidays with Holly: A Christmas Tale, an interactive hidden object game where you should save Santa Claus and his elves' jolly behinds? Start this winter charming adventure and a fairy-tale will knock at your door.

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Follow an engaging storyline about Holly, a shop assistant in a toy store. Holly’s sympathy and modesty were unexpectedly rewarded by a surprising Christmas adventure. Holly should help Santa save Christmas, delivering gifts to kids from different parts of the world. Together with Holly you will go through different locations, playing all possible variations of hidden object games. Be ready, your journey won’t be easy - you have to deal with a messy store, filling one last order of the night, cleaning up after dinner at home, helping the messy little elves find their clothing, and even finding lost toys and sorting out the right bags for different countries.

Original locations, designed with beautifully rendered graphics, add special charm to the game. Seeking for objects is very captivating. First you feel yourself embarrassed among such variety of colors and items, but being engaged by the addictive story line, you can’t help waiting for the next level. And tons of different mini-games make playing even more fascinating. You will visit not only Santa’s house, but such countries as Africa, Japan and Russia. Exciting journey, challenging tasks and a lot of surprises are waiting for you. In some levels you will find the objects listed on the screen, in others you will search for hidden toys in the rooms and closets, you will also spot the differences between two similar pictures, and fulfill many other fun tasks.

Holly is always ready to help others and all the game characters also help her with pleasure. Look! Magic sledges can’t ride on sand in the desert? Help a local shaman - and he will do an icy path for you in reply. Have you found your skid broken? No problem - Japanese master will repair them for you. Just help him a little bit! The main mission is to deliver gifts to all children in time. When tasks become too difficult, use hints which you can replenish on each level.

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Graphically the game itself is constructed very well. You will watch nicely represented locations and backgrounds, vivid characters and items. Everything is done in the Christmas mood, which makes the game the real gift for the holidays. There are a lot of bright toys, such famous characters as elves, Santa and others, which attract children and make adult players recollect their childhood. Sound effects and merry background music also add holiday mood to the game.

Overall, it is a really exciting, fun and challenging game for players of different ages. Help Santa find the items he needs to complete his rounds on Christmas Eve and get in the holiday spirit!

Merry Christmas to all of you!