I really enjoyed most of this game. The characters were very interesting. It's a beautiful game with plenty of interactive scenes. Loved the collectibles. I didn't have any trouble figuring out the game play.
I only liked 3 puzzles. Puzzle 5, 17 and 18. Hops 27 was too dark and too small. They do repeat plenty of the hops scenes but I didn't mind.
I mostly like all the boudoir to buy for and the dressing room fit the bill. You have to touch everything to see things come alive. Touch the frig in the storeroom or a building.
The bonus chapter is what happens next. Can Ribeira go on tour?
Replay 42 Videos, 36 hops, 24 puzzles and 5 music. Has 3 long chapters + bonus, 15 wallpapers and 15 concept art. I found 70 make up brushes, 10 posters and 10 siren artifacts.
I finished the game and part of the bonus material is blocked from my use. There is police tape over 5 out of 12 mini-games replays. Tape over 3 out of 4 puzzles. The collectibles say I don't have all of them in the first chapter, but I did. I can't retrieve them.
I really don't like leaving the game to look at the guide.
It was all hints or looking in the guide for me on this one. I've played dozens of games from this maker and didn't have to much trouble. I got use to weird items. The game play was terrible. The hops dark and small. Hints lead to plenty of dropping items off.
Love it. Don't like getting least for my money. It has 28 scenes and that is including the 9 CE scenes. Last year they had 32 scenes which included 10 CE scenes and the year before that, 30 scenes including 8 CE scenes. The scenes don't look as full of things this year. Less Golden Angels to find. I'd like more. Love finding Frosty, has check mark when found. Love the jigsaws has a finished picture to help me finish it.
I played the whole game in one setting because I had problems in the past with it not working after I stopped for the day. Not ideal but I got to play it all. No technical issues at all for me this way.
Not liking where you have the items you purchase. It's a scene and you have to look carefully to see where in the scene your newly purchased items are. Like the old way, purchased shelf better. Why no church this year?
I finished the game, but I had to work around. I only wanted to play the word only. More times than I could count the cut scenes would be missing the items to find. I would go back to the main menu and try the scene again. Or the facts items would be missing and the same thing, I would go back to the main menu and start again. This gets very old fast. After 2 times when items were missing in the same scene, I would turn off and restart the game. It shouldn't be like this at all.
I had to finish the main game to access the CE scenes. I think they should have different items in the gift shop but it's the same exact things from one of their other games. I don't do Sudoku at all. Liked all the other puzzles.
Some of the interactive scenes really blew me away. The doll had 3 different moves. One place the mountain ash berries I touched brought out birds and the second time I did it, more birds in a different location. I mean did you see the yeti when you clicked around the forest border. I was on the last puzzle, and it's froze after I clicked skip. No getting past it. No bonus chapter to play because the game doesn't think it's done with the main chapter. Still waiting for customer service to reply.
I really didn't like the storyline. Once I got to the forge, I had to push myself to finish. I really dislike faceless dolls. I thought the eggs where a Easter thing and not how it was depicted in the story. The hops are used more than once, and I didn't mind that, but I didn't like how dark most of them are. It's hard to see. Also, the morphs are too slow for my liking.
I did like the pairs, matching symbols and in the right order. Has an excellent collectible indicator. Like the map set up with access to achievements and video.
I missed some collectibles at the end of the main chapter. I fixed something and the action didn't return to the scene. After finishing the bonus chapter, I clicked around in the collectibles, and it brought me to the scene I needed, and I picked them up.
Replay 19 hops, 28 movies, 12 mgs and 8 music. Has 4 chapter + bonus, 8 wallpaper, screensavers and concept arts.
Like the Egyptian theme. Black Cats mystery. Paris. Has 3 chapters + bonus. Not long but not short. Love the hops and the maze. Disliked checkers. 2 main collectibles most scenes (50). One morphs and one does not. 20 jigsaw pieces. Great indicator. I've been using the fireplace wallpaper since I started playing. Really like the achievements Egyptian style.
Bonus chapter is a prequel. Has Jessica as a girl.
Love the Spring flowers in this game. Yellow, purple and white crocus, tulips, snowdrops and hyacinth. I liked the theme in the story. Ulf has a wonderful manner. I'm using the lovely waterfall screensaver. I did find some interactive scenes. In Alfheim by the stairs touch the crocus and see what comes out. I can click around to my hearts content in the hops. The plus items have outlines just how I like them.
Loved all but one hops. In the bonus chapter it has a check the differences with one page without color, really didn't like. Some hops are used more than once but I didn't mind.
I did like paint by symbol, jigsaw, potion making, pairs, target timing, maze, pop up book hops and overlay hops. Didn't like the play from the collectibles. Rather hops or pairs.
Morphs were ok. I click on them before they changed, and I rather see them change. I don't like to wait around for them to change.
The bonus chapter is 25 years later.
Has 5 chapters + bonus, 8 wallpapers, 8 concept arts and 5 screensavers. Replay 17 hops, 30 movies, 11 mgs and 6 music. 97 collectibles ( morphs and animals). Excellent indicator.
I got use to the 10-minute achievement and looked forward to them but it's not in this one. Liked they have more than one scene at a time, has outlines in plus items, no penalty in the hops and liked the collectibles. Especially the marine curiosities.
They did a fine job on the bouquet of roses, but some places seemed not finished and they walk funny.
I didn't like the placement of the map. The notes were so close that I clicked on it instead of what I wanted, the map.
The jigsaw in the secret room is too dark. I'd like more collectibles and an indicator. Also, no wait time on skip and hints. The achievements were ok, badges. It could be better. Bonus chapter was just OK, if that.
Replay 14 hops, 12 mgs and 5 music. Has 3 chapters + bonus, 6 wallpapers, 1 screensaver (not from jigsaw). I found 12 marine curiosities and collectable bees. Secret room has jigsaw and Expedition is where you pick up a collectible you missed.