We’ve all heard of Dungeons and Dragons before, but you can be forgiven for being unfamiliar with the world of The Dark Eye. According to helpful research sources like Wikipedia, it’s an ersatz RPG tabletop game that’s wildly popular in Germany, even outmatching D&D itself. It’s got a lot of rich history, lore and storyline behind its many editions and volumes. It has also launched a lot of cross media properties, including a few video game CRPGs such as the ancient Realms of Arkania series and the recent Drakensang games. More importantly for this review, though, is the fact that it also inspired Chains of Satinav, a beautiful point and click adventure game developed by the talented adventuresmiths at Daedalic Entertainment. A point and click adventure may seem like an odd genre for a tabletop RPG setting, but it certainly works out for the best here.
Sean @ FG: A P&C adventure that has glimpses of ingenuity, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is an otherwise mundane adventure. The Finger Guns Review.
Dave writes: "As a gateway to the wider Dark Eye universe, Chains of Satinav does a bang-up job, and leaves you eager to hop onto the store and buy its follow-up, Memoria. Logic and control issues aside, it’s a higher-tier point and click, and it tells a story that’ll have you cosying up with a blanket and Andergastian tea."
James writes - "The Dark Eye is one of the most popular role-playing universes out there, which makes the double helping of adventures set within the world of Aventuria an exciting prospect. That’s right, Daedalic Entertainment - the folks behind the Deponia series - have now launched their classic point-and-click adventures The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav and The Dark Eye: Memoria for Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch!"
