I really did try to like it. I restarted three times. But terrible story. Tedious. I mean just a pile of stuff to search through every three minutes. Never ending search through toys. Enough... Never have I ever seen a game with so many of those in the first twenty minutes. It gets annoying. No real puzzles just tons of searching for stuff in piles. I'll pass. Main character is not likable. Kind of an annoying twit. They made a Christmas elf unlikable. how sad. I absolutely do not recommend this game. I wish I could. It's Christmas.
Started out great. Loved it. Games were decent. Story was decent and i hadn't played the games the other reviewers were referring to. 3/4 of the game was fun. But then it just kind of got real boring. Also personally I think the villain got a raw deal. Seriously Cecelia was actually lied to by that prince and Marianna was her friend then they could have made a better story out of it. It was kind of disappointing. Because the story lacked i didnt do five stars but the game itself was pretty good and not super dark or repetitive. Not one zipper to fix thank god!!!
In all fairness I knew how it was going to end before I played the SE. In this case I think CE is worth it for the bonus chapter because its relatable. A lot are not. I wish they explored Anna and Dorian a little more before this. We went from Anna is super young and meets a guy who she thought was a murderer to insta mom. This story was well done. Graphics were good. I really enjoyed it. I can't stand ghost mom. SPOILER ALERT Ghost mom says goodbye at the end which made my day!! Can we have Richard back now? Do they read their reviews? The fans of this series are screaming for the dark sarcastic ex evil dad. While I highly recommend this game i do recommend the Collector's Edition like I said for the bonus chapter alone.
I am not a super MCF fan like most of the reviewers here. Not at all. So I have a different perspective. Im not comparing it to others. I didnt hate it and I didn't love it. I thought it was pretty good but not great. It was pretty depressing. Dont expect a happy ending. But I though the games were okay and it was fun. Super long. I think people are always going to be disappointed if you over hype a game like this one was. Its a much darker take on Bloody Mary. Some of the games and clues made no sense and didn't fit. Which always ticks me off. I'm not stupid so when a game throws me off and makes no sense it annoys me. As it should. I am trying not to spoil too much but let me just say its really like no one is saved. Master detective my butt!! I was not happy. If you are looking for a happy ending this one is going to upset you. Yes you get to stop the ghost but save no one except the guy who's already dead. Still I did like the game. I would not pay full price. Wait for the SE edition as well.
The bonus game was horrible. It really was. I'm sorry but it was.
HOWEVER I blow right past the little chats with moms ghost. Getting rid of Richard was a HUGE mistake. HUGE. Mom is whiny and boring. Developers need to listen to the folks playing these games. That character was fun. Mom is actually annoying.
So far the game story is very good and very interesting. Mini games are pretty good. I do recommend it but not happy with this dull mom ghost.
Huge fan of the New York Mysteries and was wicked excited about this game. But honestly I found it tedious and boring. The first two chapters drag on and on puzzle after boring puzzle a lot of which were not great and you'd have to be psychic to get a few without hints. Third chapter is over in a New York Minute and is SUPER easy. Zero challenge. I know developers put a ton of work into this game but I have to be honest. I was bored and disappointed. The story was mediocre at best. They could have made it so much better. Oh and you can't do the bonus unless you collect the morphing objects? ah no. I would NOT pay full price and I did not because of points. (Actually so bummed out. I thought the other four were very good} This didnt have much imagination to it. Like where is Noah? Why is the house trashed. How did Harry know how to find Laura? Just boom he was there. They could have made it so much better but they didn't make the effort. I recommend it but not at full price
I've played and enjoyed most of the whispering secrets games but I had to force myself to finish this. From the whiney journalist who just complains so much i had to shut off the volume to horrible clues that made no sense and a terrible story. It was god awful. I really do like this series but this one was probably the very worst game i've ever played on Big Fish
I found it kind of boring. It wasn't bad at all just kind of blah and didn't keep my interest at all. A bit frustrating when hidden objects don't make sense or you there is zero way you can see them. ive played a lot of games by this developer that I have enjoyed lately. This really isn't one of them. I wouldn't pay full price for it.
I dont know there's so much hate from ppl who didn't go finish the game.(no offense but may want to do that before giving a scathing review) I liked it kind of. I was happy to see Anna Gray. Wish she was there longer. still miss RICHARD!! She gets them to the alt world. Not super scary or challenging actually but does the job. The search for Rick. Spoiler alert they find him. But it was super anti-climactic honestly. It would have been nice to have some dialog and not just end the game when they save him. Games were okay. I skipped a few. I do agree with whomever said make the characters their age. Drawing Rachel as 20 when her character is now 44? Bit much. I had a lot of points and I'm a member so it didn't cost me much but no way would I have bought this full price.
However I DO recommend it for the Rick Rogers fans. They should have brought him back ages ago. But hey at least they did. Maybe they're finally listening to their players.....now bring back richard and james on the other series.....