Getting stuck in an adventure game is one of the most frustrating experiences in gaming. When you're playing a platformer or an action game of some sort, you're usually tested in your reactions and your command of the mechanics. In an adventure game, you're at the mercy of puzzles designed to test your problem-solving skills and when those skills fail you, it's maddening. 

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is an old-school point-and-click adventure game that will make genre enthusiasts happy but may leave adventure game newcomers cold.