Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Paparazzi
(10)
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
4/ 5
Victorian/steampunk genre. Quite an old HOG, with a decent spattering of relaxing HOS and nice game play. Good pace. Fast skip on puzzles and hint button. Interesting little story and cinematic cut scenes running throughout. The creepy carny freaked me out a little bit. Enjoyable but a tad short.
I recommend this game!
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Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall
Play as recently deceased Claire unraveling the secrets of her undead powers in this shadow-soaked Hidden Object game!
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Jane Angel: Templar Mystery
(13)
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
I really like that you have to earn your hints in this game, mainly through playing the mini games. You can also play the rounds as many times as you want, to be rewarded with another hint each time. You start off with only five hints in the starting scene and you can run out fairly quickly, so it's a good idea to play the mini games that most appeal to you, and keep repeating the round a few times, and before you know it, you have a nice little stockpile of hints. You can skip the mini games if you wish. I liked the scenes and the variety of music was good and relaxing.
I recommend this game!
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Jane Angel: Templar Mystery
Jane Angel, an FBI agent and an art expert, is investigating the Holy Grail! Follow the clues and find this priceless treasure!
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall
(14)
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
Back to back hidden object scenes, with some mini puzzles in between. Quirky and old school with weird environmental sound effects, and different interesting scenes. You have a list of objects, and you scroll from left to right to find them, but if they're not in the part of the scene you're looking at, the objects in the list will fade out, until you're back in view of them. . There isn't a skip on some of the puzzles, but they are easy enough to complete and there is a quick charging hint on all HOS. It consists of five chapters and I thought it was a bit short. It also ended abruptly, so I played it again, on timed mode and it was much more challenging and exciting.
I recommend this game!
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Night Mysteries: The Amphora Prisoner
Natalie has unwittingly embarked on a dangerous and exciting journey! Can she prevent ancient evil spirits from awakening?
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Jane Angel: Templar Mystery
(13)
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
4/ 5
A HOG which has an adventure game feel, where you can stop to drink in the atmosphere of the ship and appreciate the ambience and detail. There are HOS and mini puzzles and fun little arcade type games throughout. I also like the way you open the water tight doors and look in drawers and cupboards. You can even move the little door-mats. There's a hands on tactile approach, which is very endearing and makes you feel that you are really involved and can lose yourself in it. The sound effects are good and as a side task, there are 33 white pearls to find throughout, that you will need for the finale, but if you don't find them all before the end, the hint button will guide you to them.
There are three restaurants in all, America - 20 levels, Asian - 20 levels and Italy - 20 levels. I completed all 60 levels very easily but got bored after the first 10 levels of each restaurant. The upgrades were limited and pretty much done after 10 levels and most of the food additions had come into play by then too. You spend the last 10 levels of each restaurant doing the same routine, with the same old dishes, over and over, quite mindlessly with nothing to keep your interest, or make it exciting in some way. Game play wise, it reminds me of the old 'Cake Mania' games. The graphics and sound effects were good and the food looked delicious, but I was relieved to finish it.
I don't recommend this game.
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Antique Shop
Open Antique Shops all over the world and earn enough money to finance an archaeological expedition to Greece!
This is a nice time management game to dip in and out of. You need a lot of patience for it. You have to be in it for the long haul. The rewards are okay if you stay the pace. It is boring at times but it's also old school fun, that you just can't get these days. Some people might say that's a good thing. I've been playing on and off for a year. Mostly off. I'm not sure I'll ever reach the end because you have to serve probably thousands of customers and make an enormous amount of money. I'm not sure there is an end. If it wasn't so old, it would be like the never ending games of today, like Time Gap, which you have to stop playing for your sanity.
I found this game highly addictive. I couldn't put it down. I knew I had to finish it before I could sleep or eat or anything else. It's TOO addictive and bordered on crazy making at times. Not a relaxing game, at all. I must have played some levels six or seven times, but I never gave up. It is strict and challenging and shall not let you pass to the next level until you have completed the former level to its satisfaction. When I first tried it, I didn't like it at all and quit after five minutes of playing. It has a different game play than some of the other cooking games and just takes some getting used to. I went back to it after a month or so, gave it another go, and became hooked! There are 12 levels in The Pancake House. 18 levels in The Burger Joint 24 levels in the Juice Bar.
I recommend this game!
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PuppetShow: Destiny Undone
A wonderful story of the citizens of Joyville. Can you change their destiny? You will see – nothing is impossible.
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Natural Threat: Ominous Shores
(107)
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
3/ 5
Storyline
4/ 5
Good gameplay with interesting and fun HOS, that seemed to be thin on the ground at first, but appeared to be a lot more frequent at the end. Around the time this game was made, there was a phase and fashion when some HOG's gave you a helper, in the form of an animal, or in this case, puppet, to solve problems and get objects up high, or in difficult places. I normally find them quite annoying but I must admit, I have a bit of a soft spot for the joyful, smiling redhead that helps you out in this game. They normally don't help you all that much but this one was very keen. Don't like the painted graphics style and there's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, and no environmental sound effects in the hidden object scenes, but overall, a pleasant, and at times, exciting and dramatic well paced game.
I recommend this game!
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Natural Threat: Ominous Shores
Use your powers of observation to save your friends from the genetic aberrations that populate a forgotten island in Natural Threat: Ominous Shores!
Overall rating
4/ 5
Not many hidden object scenes and lots of mini puzzles
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Mystery Valley
(34)
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
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.
I recommend this game!
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Grimville: The Gift of Darkness
Darkness has engulfed Grimville! Use your cunning and wits to unravel the evil intrigues and save the town!
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Mystery of Unicorn Castle: The Beastmaster
(20)
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
4/ 5
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...