Anna: Extended Edition

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 80
  3. Negative: 22 out of 80

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  1. dajhorn
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    This game is based on the tedious "use item A on unrelated item B to make a key" mechanic. And the lack of a compelling story is boring, not mysterious.

    This game also requires online activation and shows an advertisement on the logon page each time you play. The DRM and/or game engine has problems in Windows 8 and frequently hangs. I got stuck at a puzzle fifteen minutes into an    This game is based on the tedious "use item A on unrelated item B to make a key" mechanic. And the lack of a compelling story is boring, not mysterious.

    This game also requires online activation and shows an advertisement on the logon page each time you play. The DRM and/or game engine has problems in Windows 8 and frequently hangs.

    I got stuck at a puzzle fifteen minutes into an already frustrating game, looked at a walkthrough, and decided that I wouldn't miss anything by uninstalling Anna.    … Expand
  2. ericcoutinho
    Jun 12, 2014
    4
    I was trying hard to like this game, or at least trying to actually play it to see what it is. But that task is just impossible, because this game is an horrible technical mess!

    First you have to spent an hour just to familiarize yourself with the clunky controls and the horrible mouse sensibility. After that you think your problems are gone, but they're not... you found a lot of things    I was trying hard to like this game, or at least trying to actually play it to see what it is. But that task is just impossible, because this game is an horrible technical mess!

    First you have to spent an hour just to familiarize yourself with the clunky controls and the horrible mouse sensibility. After that you think your problems are gone, but they're not... you found a lot of things you can do with your collected objects, but very soon you realize they don't make any sense, so you start to search and try every bizarre combination to try to solve simple puzzles and this take long, much more long than your patience.

    The worst is... every new room i entered i got struggle with a buggy blinking environment lights that makes me literally close my eyes to not being blind. Sometimes it stop in a few seconds, sometimes don't, and i found me running or shaking the mouse trying to stop the madness. Sometimes i had to go to options and click every button, then it stops.

    It is really a shame that game being published this way, because i really like the mystery mood, but it's really impossible to play. In the Steam forums you see any decent answer either by Dreampainters or Kalypso Media. You just don't get any support, unless a false statement that is a Unity problem. You buy a broken game and it's your own problem, they'll not fix it.

    Also, you have to make a Kalypso account and login in a launcher every time you start the game, even with no online resources. This publisher is one of the worst i ever seen, they don't have any respect or care with customers. I'll skip any title under their label forever.    … Expand
  3. dionissos
    Aug 19, 2013
    4
    The linux version of this game is full of bugs. Screens with flash lighting, too much time to complete the in game events and with the last update the game cursor is always in clock mode and the game is unplayable
    The story is very nice and the puzzles is very difficult and smart but with all of this bugs you cannot play the game
  4. Osvirius
    Aug 20, 2013
    0
    Do *not* purchase this game for a Mac!

    Anna: EE is a beautifully made game, but despite being advertised to work on Mac computers it does *not*! No inputs are responsive except for the mouse in the menu, and "w, a, s, d". Since you need to use other keys to play, you can't even get past the first screen. From July 1st to August 15th the game has been 100% unplayable from this bug.    Do *not* purchase this game for a Mac!

    Anna: EE is a beautifully made game, but despite being advertised to work on Mac computers it does *not*! No inputs are responsive except for the mouse in the menu, and "w, a, s, d". Since you need to use other keys to play, you can't even get past the first screen.

    From July 1st to August 15th the game has been 100% unplayable from this bug. Kalypso released a patch on August 15th which fixed it, but on August 20th (literally a handful of days later) the bug is back and the game cannot be played. Hundreds of people on Steam have been providing input about this bug, and Kalpyso has commented just once, and provided one patch in over 50 days.    … Expand
  5. PPartisan
    Aug 21, 2015
    2
    Anna embraces all the worst elements of adventure games. I bought the extended edition and wasn't expecting much, but it's just such a chore to play I've consigned it to the "wasted money" pile after about an hour of game play. Here are my gripes:

    - The graphics are shoddy, even for a two year old game. - Lighting is poor, and many environments are terribly lit. This is a bigger    Anna embraces all the worst elements of adventure games. I bought the extended edition and wasn't expecting much, but it's just such a chore to play I've consigned it to the "wasted money" pile after about an hour of game play. Here are my gripes:

    - The graphics are shoddy, even for a two year old game.
    - Lighting is poor, and many environments are terribly lit. This is a bigger problem as many of the challenges are akin to pixel hunts.
    - Mouse sensitivity always feels off, to the point where my arm (and eyes, see above) ache after a session.
    - Large, rambling documents strewn around that need to be read, yet the relevant information they yield could be reduced to one line.
    - Groan-worthy puzzle solutions, i.e. this item needs something else to work... and after 20minutes of thinking of a way round it... oh look, it was here all along, hidden in a dark corner under a stack of garbage that I can have fun removing with the clunky physics engine.
    - Add A to B. Add C to B. Use D on B. Get E.
    - Illogical "sanity" engine.    … Expand
  6. tronchaviones
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    Pure **** spyware. Requires installation of some "indie" spyware. As a game, well it doesn't deserve that name.
  7. albert_
    Jul 3, 2017
    1
    This game, which I bought a while ago, now does not let me play, because it says that my personal key is already IN USE .....?. I had to change the hard drive and reinstall the Steam client, and of course, reload the purchased games. With the other games, no problem, but these KALIPSO little boys tell me that my game is no longer my game! Will they pretend to buy it again?

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Adventure Gamers
    May 13, 2013
    60
    The Extended Edition of Anna is a definite improvement over the original, though there’s still nothing that really jumps out for horror fans (except for the now-dangerous poltergeists).
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  2. Everyeye.it
    May 6, 2013
    80
    Anna Extended Edition improves the basic title from every point of view. The game is one of the best Horror Adventure available on the market.
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  3. IGN Italia
    Apr 28, 2013
    75
    In this Extended Edition Dreampainters has given a more professional look to Anna. Now the Italian adventure is also less cryptic and more understandable, although many plot points are still unclear and some puzzles must be solved again with a lot of trial & error.
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