kgustavson's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.9
- Helpful Votes:1,707
- Reviews Submitted:116
- First Review:December 16, 2011
- Most Recent Review:October 17, 2020
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The Silent Age
Help Joe discover the truth behind humankind's extinction! Can a simple janitor and literally, "the average Joe," save humankind?
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
GIVE ME MORE!
PostedAugust 20, 2015
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I just loved this game to death (there is a bit of game-fun intended there!). It is a rather simple point-and-click which was released in 2013 but I enjoyed the heck out of it. Our protagonist is armed with a series of funny, sometimes snarky, vocabulary as you interact with the items and scenery around you. I only found myself a bit stuck (there is no hint button) once or twice but got myself back on track without much problem. The game is fairly linear so you won't be able to leave an area with tasks and/or items incomplete and therefore suffer frustration; I enjoyed interacting with anything that I could (especially enjoying any and all modern art installations LOL!). Any who, all I can say is - more like this PLEASE!!
I recommend this game!
Violett is reluctant to move to the dreary countryside. But when a strange light lures her to into a world of magic, she may never find herself bored again!
Overall rating
4
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5
6 of 8 found this review helpful
Not for everyone
PostedApril 10, 2014
kgustavson
fromSeattle
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Certainly not for everyone! It is an adventure game with no hand-holding, no jump-map, no sparkles which translates to wonderful for me! Each scene is kind of set up like a "room escape" situation where you have to figure out what you need to do to move on. It takes some time to figure out which type of items need fiddling and which are just pick-up but once you do it gets easier. More puzzle adventures please!!
I recommend this game!
The rich folklore continues with this exciting tale set in an old Slavic land. As Child of Spring, can you save the world from eternal winter?
Overall rating
3
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5
40 of 53 found this review helpful
Just not quite it
PostedNovember 7, 2013
Fun Factor
3
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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'm just not feeling this one - it's visually wonderful, but it is very, very easy. The game progresses so linearly that I never even opened the strategy guide. The handful of puzzles in the demo were no challenge at all and the HOS are just same old same old. There just isn't anything special here. And you get a pet to buy stuff for...yeeeesshhh. I'm in the minority here, but to each his own!
I don't recommend this game.
Defeat the giant to save the world from destruction!
Overall rating
2
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5
6 of 12 found this review helpful
No widescreen???
PostedOctober 19, 2013
kgustavson
fromSeattle
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Totally unacceptable at this point in time, especially for a CE. (and no, the "widescreen" button did not change anything). Too bad because once I got the hang of it, I was enjoying the game mechanics - certainly something different if a bit too simplistic. Maybe a daily deal buy, but not worth more than that to me.
I don't recommend this game.
Match tokens to break a curse that has cast a frozen pall over a once warm and lush land!
Overall rating
3
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5
8 of 10 found this review helpful
Disappointed
PostedSeptember 9, 2013
kgustavson
fromSeattle
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Like another reviewer I was very disappointed on the length of the adventure mode - I was finished in about 1 1/2 hours. The challenge mode is ok with a couple of creative puzzles but not at all why I would purchase a game. Wish I had my punch card back.
I don't recommend this game.
Solve the mystery of a seaside town as you uncover your lost memories.
Overall rating
2
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5
6 of 21 found this review helpful
"I Can use something here"
PostedJuly 5, 2013
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Over and over and over... that is the only black bar tip and it pops up constantly. If there was a way to disable them I didn't see it. Very very annoying - so much so that I uninstalled the game after 20 minutes. Too bad, I was enjoying the story line.
I don't recommend this game.
Save the kingdom and reunite Princess Isabella with her prince in the exciting conclusion to the Princess Isabella trilogy!
Overall rating
2
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5
10 of 17 found this review helpful
Yikes - what happened?
PostedMay 18, 2013
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
3
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5
What the heck happened here?! This offering would have been great about, oh, 3 or 4 years ago. Having played all the others in the series this was a real let down. Where do I start? Other fellow fishies have done a fine job with the synopsis so my issues are : no widescreen; iffy graphics; super easy game play; HOS every time you turn around and not interactive, just straight lists; takes forever for your helper animals/fairies to do a task. I'm sure there's more but that about does it. I'm not sure I'd even use a Punch card on this game, let alone shell out the bucks for a CE. Very disappointed. :(
I don't recommend this game.
Help Joe and Tom repair an old barn and prepare for the harsh winter in Barn Yarn, a unique mix of Hidden Object and simulation!
Overall rating
2
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5
13 of 16 found this review helpful
Missed the mark
PostedMarch 16, 2013
kgustavson
fromSeattle
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
2
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5
I am apparently really in the minority here, but I am finding this the most boring and least creative episode in this series. Unlike in the first version, there are very very few "extra" style scenes which now only lends to the whole monotonous aspect of the whole game. Are we now living in this barn??! Why in the world would we need a fridge? Why do I keep looking for junk to sell in the same places over and again just to buy things that make no sense? Scenes have no interactionable items (unless you count the fact that if you mouse over a phone, it rings, or a candle lights up, etc) and overall just dull, dull, dull. Sorry, but this is the game I play for a couple of minutes while another game is downloading.
I don't recommend this game.
The highly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit Mirror Mysteries is finally here! The mirror is back—can you extinguish his power for good?
Overall rating
3
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5
0 of 2 found this review helpful
Just "meh" unfortunately
PostedJanuary 20, 2013
kgustavson
fromSeattle
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I beta'd this game quite some time ago so was excited to see it released. I shouldn't have been. None of what I call bugs were fixed (that double-cursor thing - what's that all about?!#, no widescreen, story line a bit weak #other than beating the mirror guy of course). And definitely very short play time. I really enjoy FROGs so thumbs up for that. Just feels like it could have been so much more.
I don't recommend this game.
Nancy Boyle, a young woman without a criminal past, has been found dead near her home in Brooklyn.
Overall rating
1
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5
8 of 11 found this review helpful
Ugh
PostedAugust 12, 2012
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
2
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5
I am in the same boat as CyndiLouWho2 with exactly the same experience. There is a whole slew of this style game from this dev and I am certainly hoping we will not be drowning in them this week.
I don't recommend this game.