caseyduhamel's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:4.4
- Helpful Votes:3,948
- Reviews Submitted:152
- First Review:October 29, 2019
- Most Recent Review:June 13, 2025
- Featured reviews0
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Overall rating
5
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5
AN ACTUAL MODERN ADVENTURE GAME!!
PostedJune 13, 2025
caseyduhamel
fromGood ol' U.S. of A.
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I see complaints that there is no strategy guide. Well, of course there's no strategy guide- you're competing against other people in a treasure hunt. How can you compete against others if you had a strategy guide- that would be cheating, right? So, ya gotta use the old melon, my friends, it's all up to your team. Pretty much nothing is explained- I just happened to stumble on a morpher and collectible and realized they were part of the game. After that, I figured out how to decipher the symbols on the map. And that is why I'm loving this game! Thank you Five B-N for bringing the great old adventure games of the past into the 21st century. This excellent- and the graphics are gorgeous to boot.
I recommend this game!
Match jewels and sail the seas on a daring pirate quest!
Overall rating
4
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5
The First One Was Best
PostedApril 23, 2025
caseyduhamel
fromHaving struggled and lived in Hollywood, published a couple of Tarot book and deck sets, nothing is more glorius and stunning than the state of South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I LOVE this burgeoning series - the first one was a BEAR! I spent weeks on one level. The developer made it easier this time and that is not necessarily a good thing. However, I still enjoyed it very much, but much easier than the first. Bring back the fight!
Can you solve the riddle of the dancing men in time?
Overall rating
4
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5
Love Ms. Holmes But Production Has To Up Its Game
PostedApril 12, 2025
caseyduhamel
fromGreat Places, Great Faces, Great Former Govenor-South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I love the available games that don't have anything to do with saving the world and all the flotsam and gypsum that accompanies that theme. So sick of kidnapped relatives and other-worldlies...truly. Which is why my purchasing habits have definitely curtailed. The same soulless stuff all the time. Which is why I love Ms. Holmes! Normal characters in a normal world doing what I love...mystery. I have all the Ms. Holmes offerings, and I do like them very much and enjoy them BUT (there's that big BUT again), stop with the emblems to open everything to find something that shouldn't be there in the first place- PLEASE! The developer has a good thing going here with Ms. Holmes but don't let it sink into the morass of emblem limbo. And I love that it is puzzle heavy! So, there ya go- good story, good game play- give it a run!
I recommend this game!
What does your future hold? The answers are in the cards…
Overall rating
5
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5
NOW THIS IS FUN!!!
PostedMarch 16, 2025
caseyduhamel
fromLove me some Grandma in South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
Love visiting Grandma's house! Although the usual emblems to open things are still here, EVERYTHING is turned upside down and sideways! This is a Sphinx Cat of another color (they appear everywhere in this foray into the wonderfully bizarre). Firstly: graphics, dialogue, voiceovers, scenery...the best I've seen come out of Grandma's studio. The storyline, puzzles, HO's- there is nothing like this out there today in the hidden object/adventure game genre. I'm having a blast visiting Grandma in this edition of Whispered Secrets- if you're tired of the same ol'-same ol', I highly suggest you follow me to Grandma's! Do the puzzles on "Hard" if you really like to think! There hasn't been a cookie baked like this in a very long time!!
I recommend this game!
Reopen the toy store and win over a grumpy mayor who dismisses Christmas!
Overall rating
5
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5
Delightful Christmas Story!
PostedDecember 23, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromA VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE BF COMMUNITY!!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
No conspiracies, no evil twins, no conniving elves, no kidnapping, no time travel- just an old-fashioned Christmas story that deals with why Christmas can be a difficult time of year for many people. This game is very appropriate for kids and adults (adults, play the puzzles on 'hard'). The graphics are superb-the scenes are a bit busy, but it's done in good taste and doesn't take Christmas to 11 (yep- a Spinal Tap reference for those who know. Merry Christmas lol). The mouth movements match the excellent voice-overs. Even though the story is told as a child's fable, the game can be a challenge, and I had to play the match-three a couple of times and hit the hint button a time or two. Yeah, we've seen some of this game-play a zillion times before but the game actually plays out very well- even though you have to remove a nail with a fork- I've tried this at home...it doesn't work. But all in all, this offering is an absolute Christmas delight with an authentic seasonal vibe that will make you smile and bring back pleasant memories. I'm loving it- Merry Christmas!
I recommend this game!
Overall rating
5
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5
IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD AT PUZZLES...
PostedNovember 23, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromHappy Thanksgiving one and all!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
...guess again! What a great game, something different for a change: PUZZLE HEAVEN!! No HOPs. If you like escape rooms, you are in Nirvana with this gem. I hate when I can't figure a puzzle- I usually can. Not this time. You definitely need to use the old grey matter with this wonderful game! If puzzles/escape rooms are your thing...Welcome, you have arrived!
I recommend this game!
A literature professor is recruited to help a master of horror!
Overall rating
4
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5
I Almost Gave Up
PostedOctober 16, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromGreat Places, Great Faces, Great Govenor-South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
4
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5
It had gotten to the point I had given up on today's games here on BF. The same drivel over and over again. I've been searching out actual adventure games on this platform from the early 2000's because playing these cookie cutter clones was becoming downright depressing. I have all the Halloween Stories. I have to admit, I am really enjoying this. The hand holding: for those of us that prefer casual there is actually some thought involved here as you have to move within the map to see if there is a task required. Bravo- thought! And you toss in Poe and I am there! So, thanks Elephant for making it not so easy- some of those puzzles! Sheesh! So, I am giving this a thumbs up. Exemplary- no, not Halloweeny enough. But still, I am enjoying the thread of Poe's genius throughout this game Happy Halloween, folks!
I recommend this game!
Overall rating
5
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5
OUTSTANDING!
PostedSeptember 11, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromGreat Places, Great Faces, Great Govenor-South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Dracula: The Path of the Dragon - Part 3
(2)Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
Leave your cookie-cutter games behind- this is a true adventure game! If you miss the games of yesteryear like Myst, Frankenstein, and Syberia, then you've come to the right place! Graphics, atmosphere-fantastic. Difficult puzzling situations to work through, 360 degree movement (better look everywhere!) and the best voice-overs you'll ever hear. On top of all that- this game is historically educational yet quite spooky. Enjoy!!
I recommend this game!
Can you save your uncle before it's too late?
Overall rating
5
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5
Fantastic Series
PostedAugust 31, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromGreat Places, Great Faces, Great Govenor-South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I purchased this game because I am so sick and tired of the same o'l, same ol' HOG/Adventure games of today. Where are the Beholder games (Beholder is fantastic and hard!- not for wimps) and I pray for another game like My Brother Rabbit (the second game to make me cry in 30 years' worth of adventure gaming- the first to have me weeping was the ending of Syberia). So, now I seek out older games and this is a fantastic series, I bought all of them. Very much fantasy-which I usually avoid-but the game set-up is terrific-I am really enjoying this. Hope you can too!
I recommend this game!
Continue the divine journey through the Bible's foundational stories!
Overall rating
5
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5
Great Follow Up to JC
PostedMay 21, 2024
caseyduhamel
fromGreat Places, Great Faces, Great Govenor-South Dakota!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Large File, Marble Popper, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
How wonderful to see stories like this- the great prophet Moses. In a morass of elves and demons, and monsters, and other-worldlies, a delight to see this offering!
I recommend this game!