a Grimm adventure
Like many 3rd person point & click games, Keepsake makes use of 3D models poised in pre-rendered backgroounds. Those backgrounds look amazing, and really manage to create a wonderful magical atmosphere, and definitely succeeds in bringing the fairytale story alive.
The 3D models, however, don't look quite impressive, but to me this is hardly an issue. After all, we're having an adventure game here, and the most important aspects of this game genre are the storyline and puzzles.
As for the storyline, it kept me curious til the end, even though I must admit that one part of the story was particularly predictable.
The puzzles are generally quite original, and neither too easy or too difficult, but especially fun to solve. There is one puzzle though (on the 2nd floor of the academy) which is very very hard, and another one (on the same floor) which involves a whole lot of backtracking and hence can get quite frustrating - but this is hardly an issue, since the less patient adventure gamer can ask the game to solve those puzzles instead of plowing through it using the excellent hint-system integrated in the game.
As for the sound, some reviewers have been complaining about the voice-acting, but I personally didn't have any trouble with this; I only found the merchant and the tree-ent a bit over the top. The other voices are fine.
All in all, Keepsake is a refreshing, charming little adventure that is worth checking out by any hardcore adventure gamer.