Unlike many others, I do not care at all about the story - I just want to play. This story is very depressing so be forewarned. The items are sometimes very tiny & even after getting the hint, you may say, "Where?". The sun comes in the windows (theirs not mine) making it much harder to find items than it needs to be. I rarely use hints or a magnifier but this time, I threw caution to the wind & used both - maybe just to get on with it! The game shows you exactly where to put an item back in the scene - what's the fun in that! You will be given a tool shed to put tools in, well duh - tools could be on the table, floor. wall or hanging from the ceiling so you will often have to wait for the game to tell you where to put it unless you want to click around alot. Unlike, Dream Inn, where they may give you a bird & you will look for other birds that it might go with & you have a basis for figuring things out for yourself. This one might be okay for a "free" game.
I like almost all HOGs but you could click till doomsday & never find all the tiny things they asked for. If you found them at all, it was by accident just clicking everywhere on the page. Sometimes you could see the thing but it would not let you pick it up. I rated the challenge fairly high because it would be a challenge just to get through the game !!!
The World Riddles & the World Mosaics games are my very favorites. They start very easy (so you will get the hang of what you are supposed to do) & then go on to be challenging & are good brain & memory exercise. There is alot of replay value because you would not likely remember what you did the first time & there are alot of puzzles in each game & then extra sets of puzzles. You really get your money's worth & I hope that BigFish will get World Mosaics 2. There is no "save" but each puzzle is between about 3 to 10 minutes unless you have to "play just one more!"Show Less
The World Mosaics & the World Riddles games are my very favorites. They start very easy (so you will get the hang of what you are supposed to do) & then go on to be challenging & are good brain & memory exercise. There is alot of replay value because you would not likely remember what you did the first time & there are alot of puzzles in each game & then extra sets of puzzles. You really get your money's worth & I hope that BigFish will get World Mosaics 2. There is no "save" but each puzzle is between about 3 to 10 minutes unless you have to "play just one more!"