We always look forward to the Thanksgiving MCF game but, just as in the past several years, this year we are so very disappointed. This is why, after years of being a Game Club Member, I stopped. I'd gladly renew if there were any games out there that deserved it. I guess the days of quality games are over. Such a shame!
I was having an OK experience ... found the puzzles challenging and the storyline was OK, but the constant sound of the vampire grunting was a HUGE turnoff ... I had to turn the sound off!
My daughter and I look SO forward to the annual MCF release each Thanksgiving. Sadly, this year's was a huge disappointment - I rounded up to two stars because I couldn't give it one and a half stars. The story quality was poor - we never could figure out who was bad and who was good - the challenge level was laughable ... so easy it was a joke for anyone over the age of 10! The storyline wasn't very interesting either. Really sorry we bought the game!
Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition
(141)
Fun Factor
3/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
3/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
I got 90 minutes of play with the test version but after only 32 minutes I was at the end of the demo ... hardly enough of an experience to answer the questions on the right but, more importantly, hardly enough time to decide if it was worthwhile to buy. It was just OK ...
Not only were the "stamps" boring to look at - they just kept repeating these fake modern-ish designs, but the text that kept appearing was tired and repetitive as well.
There was little to no challenge to this - I won't even call it a game. BORING
How cool if it could have been real stamps with interesting copy.