Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows

This charmingly dark point and click puzzle game tells the mysterious story of a happy seafaring couple fallen into scandalous piratical ruin. As the storyline progresses, the player not only finds clues to unravel this romantic ghost story, but also discovers bits of historical pirate lore that enrich the simple puzzles and gameplay.


The story of Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows, a plot-driven point and click game revolves around Captain William van der Decken and his wife Isabelle, who lived in a castle near Amsterdam and protected the Dutch coast from piracy. The couple disappeared under mysterious circumstances and became local legend. The player confronts Isabelle’s restless ghost, beginning a puzzle and pirate-laden journey to discover the truth behind this tragic love story..

Gameplay features traditional point and click exploring to navigate through the gritty environments of this fully realized world. Torches flicker and photo-realistic textures enhance the detailed graphics. A somber nautical score enriches the atmosphere of the deserted and haunted old world Dutch setting..

Veterans of this style of story-based puzzle game, such as the Monkey Island or Myst series, will recognize the simple flowing strategy of using their curiosity and attention to detail to thoroughly examine each location in this ghost story, acquiring items, puzzle components, and journal entries to help them solve puzzles elsewhere in the game. Solving puzzles in one area makes new areas accessible, naturally drawing the player through the game at an easygoing pace; the puzzles come at a regular rate and do not pose enough difficulty to break the rhythm of the prominent pirate storyline of this game..

Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows is heavily steeped in pirate lore; the story focuses on a pirate-hunting couple whose love story went horribly awry, and the player navigates through graveyards, shipyards, smithies, and many atmospheric waterfront locations, uncovering tidbits of information about the pirates that Captain William van der Decken fought, making this game irresistible for fans of pirates, ghosts, and dark storytelling with engaging puzzles.




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