This played a bit like a movie with good pacing, good characters and voiceover. The lead character is a Philip Marlowe type of detective, cool, calm and collected, who interacts with 'roaring twenties' characters in a steampunk world. So it is like three genres in one. It has the right combo of adventure with puzzley game play and hidden object game. It is brimming with HOS. It it hadn't been for the strategy guide though, I wouldn't have finished it, or I would have struggled to progress. I got stuck quite regularly. There are no hints that show you what to do in the game play. You can't find objects in the gameplay with a hint. There are only hints in the HOS, ironically, where you don't need them so much. Overall, an enjoyable and quite memorable game. I've noticed from the reviews that some people can't find the bonus game at the end. Just go to the main menu and click on 'Bonus' in the bottom right hand corner. Then, there should be three circled picture icons at the top, a book, a paint palette and a phonograph. Click on the book icon. Then, there will be five pictures in a row in the centre. Click on the very first picture, then the 'Play' button will become highlighted, click on that and then the bonus game should start.
A UFO is rumored to have landed in the small town of Tundel and the mayor is trying to conceal it. Run your own journalistic investigation and learn the truth behind the event!
This game has lots of potential to be amazing. It's certainly unforgettable. There were great things about it. Nice graphics, interesting characters, laugh out loud scenes/situations and humour. It's funny and fun at the same time but also intricate, complex, tedious, irritating, frustrating and absolutely NOT RELAXING at all. I played it with my husband, so I had help! We needed a better map. We got so disorientated and stressed out that we just had to quit. So, this is one of the very few games that I've bought, yet never finished. I was so close to the end too. People only have to mention 'City Of Fools' to me and my nervous tic starts up...
This is basically a whodunnit/murder mystery. It's a simple hidden object game with some easy puzzles. The unlimited hint was quite slow to recharge and the objects could sometimes be difficult to find but it was such a weird and whacky game. Unusual, unique and quirky, exactly the kind of game I like. Very entertaining.
I don't really like newer games but I do like Dark City's Victorian/Steampunk genre. Smooth, straight forward, no nonsense game play combined with a fantastic story line, voice over and music. The many cut scenes can add to the atmosphere but sometimes interrupt and stilt it. I'd have given it five stars if there had been more hidden object scenes without all the frills and fuss. There just weren't enough HOS to keep HOS fans happy. It's more like an adventure game. I did like the bonus game and the moral decision you have to make at the end.
This has lots of hidden object scenes with light puzzles in the game play. There are unlimited hints and a skip button on the mini games. It's gentle and relaxing but also lacked a certain something. Maybe it wasn't as atmospheric as I would have liked. Many of the characters you meet along the way are animals, so if you are an animal lover you might like this.
All roads lead to Rome! With thousands of years of art, history, and culture on display, it's the perfect destination for your next Big City Adventure.
This has 60 levels with 10 different mini games and 60 hidden sheilds to find. This was the easiest of the Big City Adventures to play, in my opinion, with clear, well rendered graphics that made finding objects a pleasure, rather than a pain. It wasn't too easy however, I found the mini games more difficult than the HOS in this one, sometimes it can be the other way around. I loved all the scenes, they were fun and interesting. All in all, a great game.
This game has 60 levels, 10 different mini games/puzzles and 60 secret jade dragons to find in every hidden object scene, Like all Big City Adventure games there are limited hint and bonus coins to find in every HOS and limited skip coins in the puzzles. This one, like most of them, has a blue zoom in area in all HOS, where a couple of objects can be found. I loved this game! It has clear, clean and detailed graphics, nice music, very interesting scenes and facts. This is definately one of my favourites of the series.
This has 60 levels,10 different mini games and 60 secret camels to find in each HOS. Also, there are different hint and bonus coins to find in each scene. I liked this and found it atmospheric. I liked the music and sound effects and it was relaxing. The objects were a little difficult to find at times. I didn't get all my camels but it didn't affect my game experience too much. I loved all the interesting and historical facts about Istanbul.
It has 60 levels and 10 different mini games and a blue zoom-in area in each scene. There are 20 sandcastle postcards to find and they are all in the object lists, so you can't miss them. These are used at the end of the game in a surprise puzzle. I think I enjoyed the mini games more than the actual HOS in this one, which was unusual, as it's always the other way around. Objects were quite difficult to find and I had to retry some scenes four or five times over. Also, I didn't find the scenes as interesting as in other games. The fun facts were still as good though. All in all, it was okay, just not as enjoyable as some of the others.
This game has 60 levels and 10 different mini puzzles that occur throughout the game. There are five skip coins in puzzles and various different hint coins in each HOS, as well as a blue zoom in area. There are 20 gears to find in the HOS but they are all in the object list, so you can't miss them. Until I got to the end, I was wondering, what is the point of these gears? But you find that out in the end as they give you a little surprise! This is definately one of my favourites of the Big City Adventure series. The hidden object scenes are really interesting and quirky. I find it one of the most relaxing of the series, without being boring at all. It gives you that feeling that you're really there, in Tokyo. You can almost smell the sushi.