I bought this because in the demo there were quite a few hidden object scenes, but once I bought it, I noticed, as the game went on, the HOS seemed to get less and less and the mini puzzles seemed to get more and more, until eventually, I forgot that there were supposed to be any HOS in there. There are so many mini puzzles in it and hardly any HOS and I'm a HOS fan. There is also quite a long recharge on skips for puzzles, so I did a lot of waiting around. Saying that, it has lovely graphics, very gentle on the eye, with good environmental effects and a relaxing atmosphere, with good ambience and decent game play. There is quite a bit of going back and forth through a large number of the same scenes, but the hint system was good, so there was no danger of getting lost or disorientated.
This reminded me of the very old style adventure games like Simon The Sorcerer, which I absolutely love but...I don't have the patience for all that now, It's time to move on! Like Simon The Sorcerer, there's lots of to'ing and fro'ing. LOTS of going backwards and fowards, sometimes right back to the start and I like more linear games these days. I didn't get lost like I usually do though.There are lots of nice HOS. I didn't like the graphics very much but the characters were good, I liked the noises they made! They um amd ah, grunt and groan, rather then say very much. I'm not a fan of cut scenes and there are a lot of those. The HOS were good and so was the atmosphere and environmental noises. There are quite a few moral choices to make also, with consequences. For example, do you help a poor man steal from a rich man, or do you tell the rich man that he's about to be pickpocketed? Decisions...decisions...
Quite old school, creepy but not gory, with a vampire theme. All the scenes are fairly basic and minimilistic. You won't find too much to do in each scene, but its simplicity is its strength. It manages to stay exciting and atmospheric throughout.
The HOS were great, with beautiful graphics, interesting attention to detail, are gentle on the eye, and yet clear enough to find hidden objects. The game play is exciting and atmosheric with good environmental sound effects. You also have to make moral choices, now and again. For example, do you choose to kill the giant ant, or feed it some cake to make it go away. It's your choice.
I liked it because it wasn't run of the mill. You find objects to begin with and they either get used together, to make up another object, to help set up a puzzle. or are given to someon, to help them. There aren't any HOS in the classical sense but you find objects, so...yep, I guess that makes it a HOG. There are no word list HOS. It's all shapes or pictures. Because of the way my brain works, I much prefer word list HOS. I can't get my head around shapes so much. I hovered over objects rather than actively tried to find them at times, because the mouse icon changes to a hand when you're over a hidden object. Then you just click on that object, to get it. It's a really lazy way to find objects in this game, but also fun. It was a surprisingly short game.I liked the sound effects, the atmosphere wasn't too bad and I liked all the little arcade shooter type puzzles.
I wasn't keen on the graphics, but to be fair, it's an old game. I liked the music. I thought it was catchy and haunting, up until about level 50, when it just got annoying. It's a challenging game, frustrating at times. You get 5 lives per level. There are bonus games within some levels. There are not many drops and I found some of the gameplay elements irritating.The small bat is too close to the bricks and there are contraptions that make your ball speed up to crazy levels. I played it to the end, over several months. I felt it wasn't addictive and was one of those games where you dip in and out. I did enjoy the steampunk genre. There are 105 levels in this game, so you do get your money's worth in that department.
I bought this because I'd bought the other two in the series and thought they were good and although I played the demo, before buying, as I always do, I wa a bit disappointed as it waned a little after the demo. I find this in a lot of HOG's. They put a lot of effort into the first hour because they know that's the most important time, which is demo time! I thought the graphics were nice and clear but It felt a bit short and I don't like forensic type themes, but i knew what I was getting into when I bought it. The puzzles and game play were not as good as the other two games and the atmosphere was lacking a bit, but it was a pleasant enough game, all in all.
There are three games in this series. I've bought them all but only finished this one so far. The graphics are gorgeous and the game play is excellent, smooth, paced well and very enjoyable. I don't normally like the puzzles/mini games in HOG's but the ones here are unique and lots of fun, some could almost be games in themselves.