A Tale For Anna
A Tale For Anna is a PlayStation 4 adventure game released in 2023 developed by Far Mills. It centers on puzzle, maze, or device solving, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.3 / 10
About this game
A Tale For Anna is a PlayStation 4 adventure game centered on puzzle, maze, or device solving, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 4AI review
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A warm puzzle fairytale with occasional search friction.
A Tale for Anna on PlayStation 4 builds a gentle fairytale adventure around a young sorceress and her talking-cat guardian as she tries to rescue her family. Players collect objects, solve environmental puzzles and encounter small mini-games across colorful fantasy locations. That mix creates more variety than a pure hidden-object hunt, although progress can still stop when a necessary item is difficult to spot. Detailed scenery, a warm soundtrack and the bond between Anna and Tail give the modest story a welcoming identity. A direct PS4 review particularly praises the glowing-blue-leaf hint system: it offers a useful nudge without taking every solution away from the player. The result is best for someone who enjoys patient observation and light puzzle solving rather than demanding action. This judgment is limited to the reviewed PS4 release. The source does not establish a frame-rate target or the effects of any later patch, and neither is assumed here.
Strengths
- Charming art and a useful hint system support discovery.
Weaknesses
- Obscure objects can slow an otherwise gentle journey.
Who it is for: PS4 players seeking a gentle fairytale and observational puzzles.
Play notes: PS4 review build only; performance targets and later patches are unverified.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Scene and puzzle variety is offset by occasional search bottlenecks. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Varied puzzles engage, while hidden-object searches can stall progress. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Warm character writing, art and music give the adventure identity. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The PS4 hint interface softens friction; unreported performance is not assumed. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Far Mills
- Publisher
- Top Hat Studios
- Release date
- 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Puzzle · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationFantasySlow BurnInvestigationPuzzle SolvingMain Story 10–20 HoursStory-drivenSolo-friendlyThird Person3D GraphicsLinear Levels
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2023
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Sources
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