Portrait of an Obsession: A Forgotten Hill Tale
About Portrait of an Obsession: A Forgotten Hill Tale: Review, Story & Gameplay
Portrait of an Obsession: A Forgotten Hill Tale is a short point-and-click story from FM Studio. One of the founders of the Surgery Clinic travels to a distant land and becomes consumed by the desire to own an obscure painting. Acquiring it requires more than money, and the choices he makes reveal why some works of art should remain untouched.
Uncover the Painting's Secret
Explore illustrated rooms, speak with unusual inhabitants, and gather objects needed for locks, rituals, and mechanical puzzles. Shapes, colors, numbers, and details inside the artwork can become clues. The tale is compact, but its puzzles connect across several locations and reward taking notes.
A Forgotten Hill Tale
- A self-contained story connected to the Forgotten Hill universe.
- Hand-drawn environments with unsettling art and black humor.
- Inventory, observation, sequence, and symbol puzzles.
- A mysterious portrait whose history drives the adventure.
Inspect the painting whenever the environment changes. If an item has no obvious use, compare it with earlier symbols or return to a character who asked for help.
How to Play Portrait of an Obsession: A Forgotten Hill Tale
How to Play:
- Click or tap navigation arrows to move between scenes.
- Inspect people, paintings, containers, and puzzle panels by clicking them.
- Pick up useful objects and select them from the inventory before using them.
- Record recurring shapes, colors, numbers, and sequences.
- Return to previous locations when a new item or clue changes what you can solve.
- Complete the puzzles and discover the price of the collector's obsession.