Adventure Gamers’ reviewer Kim Wild gave Keepsake 3.5 out of 5 stars. The game is full of interesting puzzles, a great hint system, and excellent graphics. Keepsake has been released a month ago and it offers adventure game fans a fresh gaming experience. She notes that one of the negatives is the amount of running that is involved in Keepsake. But that should not spoil the overall gaming experience.
After the release of the UK version a short time ago, the North American version has finally arrived, and it is this edition being reviewed here. Offering a few important tweaks over its European counterpart, Keepsake has proven to be worth the wait, and comes recommended despite some flaws which prevent it from realizing its full potential.
After a required tutorial which is obviously geared to genre newcomers, the player takes control of Lydia, a young woman who has arrived at the Dragonvale Academy of Magic to begin her first day of school. Upon arriving, she discovers that her friend Celeste is not there to greet her as promised, nor anyone else at all besides a travelling salesman named Mustavio who has also just arrived. The castle is locked up and already a puzzle has to be solved in order to open the gate, which is only the first of many more to come.