CaroJ11's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.3
- Helpful Votes:159
- Reviews Submitted:12
- First Review:June 3, 2012
- Most Recent Review:June 17, 2021
- Featured reviews0
Arthurian legends are just stories, but sometimes fiction hides the truth.
Overall rating
3
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5
51 of 59 found this review helpful
Where's the mystery?
PostedJune 17, 2021
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
I admit I'm old and I like old school. The King Arthur storyline is an excellent one, but why all the modern computer, scientific equipment, evil thief business we've seen all too often of late? It ruins the game for me. I've only played for one hour and already I'm bored with it. What's wrong with Celtic mystery? What's wrong with an archaeological dig? Why not draw us in with history and mystery and magic? At present, I don't recommend the game as I find it boring and derivative.
I don't recommend this game.
Use your Hidden Object skills to follow the trail of a group of missing graduate students in Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Best HOG ever designed!
PostedFebruary 15, 2021
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy
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
/
5
If you will notice, most of the reviews here are from 2012, nine years ago, when Dire Grove was first released. This is 2021, and this game is still considered one, if not THE, top CE game of all time. Buy it. You'll play it often. FYI: Sacred Grove, which was touted as its successor, cannot be recommended. One has naught to do with the other.
I recommend this game!
Find the double agent in H.E.L.P. before it’s too late!
Overall rating
1
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5
12 of 16 found this review helpful
Tedious game
PostedJuly 24, 2018
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
Top quality graphics. However, players should not be fooled thinking this game all takes place in the jungle. Most scenes take place in a diner, a garage, a barbershop, a dead end street, HELP headquarters. Very little mystery. The storyline is clumsy and the game itself way, way too short. I found the puzzles occasionally confusing, but they can all be skipped. Overall, I found far too much techie action in the game and far too little rainforest mystery. Two credits wasted on this tiresome game.
I don't recommend this game.
A pearl is stolen, leading you on a worldwide chase!
Overall rating
1
/
5
2 of 6 found this review helpful
Purposeless, dull
PostedMay 28, 2017
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Meh. I cannot recommend this game. Boring, senseless tasks with common objects. Far too much modern computer tech activity. I much prefer beautiful fantasy games with jeweled objects and clear storylines. Perhaps I am too old to play and/or enjoy games such as this one.
I don't recommend this game.
Return to Blake's Mountain to save an innocent family!
Overall rating
5
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5
23 of 27 found this review helpful
Throwback to the Good Ones!
PostedJuly 16, 2016
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
Great little game! It reminds me of the games from a few years back---the ones with mid-level mini-games, the ones we still replay. The storyline isn't especially noteworthy, but the hidden object games are each a bit different. Most important, the game isn't a mess of confusion that requires constant use of the Hint button. League of Light is definitely a series I will continue to buy. More like this would be well received.
I recommend this game!
A mountain observatory is hiding a big secret!
Overall rating
1
/
5
13 of 17 found this review helpful
Illogical and dull
PostedSeptember 3, 2015
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Like others here, I loved the old Hidden Expedition games. This one falls decidedly short of that high standard. The puzzles were confusing, the storyline illogical, the pace slow. However, since I intensely dislike sci-fi computer HOGS, it is difficult to make an objective judgment for or against the overall subject and structure. I kept using hints to determine what to do next, and I dislike that. I'll not be playing this again.
I don't recommend this game.
A deadly secret lurks in the woods of Dire Grove!
Overall rating
2
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5
13 of 15 found this review helpful
Dull and pointless
PostedNovember 29, 2014
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
1
/
5
Like many others here, I love Dire Grove, and still play it. I tested the Beta version of Sacred Grove back in July, was not impressed, and hoped the game would be improved in the final version. It appears unchanged. I especially enjoyed playing Dire Grove's puzzles, so I am not a fan of such puzzles as Sacred Grove offers here.Fortunately they can be skipped. And what happened to the morphying items we loved? I have no idea still how to access the alternate ending to Sacred Grove, but I doubt it would hold any more interest for me than the present game. Too much hand-holding in this game, far too many cut scenes, too many characters, silly and boring storyline, and no spooky atmosphere at all. Part of Dire Grove's charm was its atmospheric winter winds and sound effects, contributing to one feeling alone with the banshee in this frozen town. Alas...
I don't recommend this game.
Without warning, a group of mysterious figures arrives and reduces your village to flames and rubble. What do they want... and who is controlling them?
Overall rating
2
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5
9 of 21 found this review helpful
Forgettable
PostedOctober 12, 2014
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
The game wasn't terrible, just forgettable. The storyline was predictable, the action uninspired. Far too much video. I bought it based on the review, and played it once, but I'll not play it again.
I don't recommend this game.
Discover the secrets of your family’s past on a mystical island!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
One of the best!
PostedMarch 26, 2013
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Really enjoyable game. Puzzles are challenging at times, easy at others, and can be skipped. I found the strategy guide very helpful--as I have a short memory--and I doubt I could have managed the game without that help. (Good for experts though.) The graphics reminded me of the Dark Parable series (Briar Rose)--easy to see and click-click operation. I bought the next one in the series as well. Can't wait to play that!
I recommend this game!
Experience a romance that began during World War II and grew into 70 years of special moments, memories, and adventures!
Overall rating
5
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5
17 of 19 found this review helpful
Great fun---and a true story!
PostedJuly 18, 2012
CaroJ11
fromLexington, KY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This 70-year true love story is wonderful game play. Not terribly challenging, but relaxing and absorbing. I love this whole series; what a fine change from the dark and disturbing.
I recommend this game!