BayouWoman's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.2
- Helpful Votes:179
- Reviews Submitted:61
- First Review:November 12, 2012
- Most Recent Review:September 8, 2025
- Featured reviews0
Card Tricks
Use your quick hands and puzzle reflexes to conquer the world of card magic in this unique mahjong card game.
Overall rating
1
/
5
It scrolls
PostedApril 1, 2018
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Marble Popper, Match 3, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
As you make matches each puzzle layout (why cards and not mahjong tiles?) scrolls across the screen, if it hits the left side before you have finished you lose. This means you have to be watching and matcing cards as they are scrolling. I HATE scrolling things, they are hard on my eyes and give me a headache. If you finish a layout it releases balloons that are then going UP the screen for you to pop, now you have things scrolling across as well as up and down, I HATE scrolling things, it messes with my eyes and gives me a headache. For me the constant movement totally ruins any "fun factor" this game may have had. I like to play these types of games to relax, not to get nauseous. A total zero for me, not recommended at all.
I don't recommend this game.
Haunted Manor: Lord of Mirrors
Help Stan Riddle escape the Haunted Manor! After being trapped by the Lord of Mirrors, Stan needs you to guide him to safety!
Overall rating
3
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Just seems like there should be more to this game!
PostedDecember 29, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Mahjong
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I was sick when I played this so that could have affected my mood, but I didn't find this near as fun as Haunted Manor Queen of Death which I thought was first in this series?? I wish they had a way to tell the order the series were made in...
Anyway, you just go from room to room through a mirror/portal and you play hidden object puzzles galore. The Hidden Object part of this game was good although when you play a scene the second time it seems like you were looking for a lot of the same stuff.
I rated the visual/sound quality as poor for it didn't seem to have much pizzazz to it. And I checked my settings, trying to make sure it wasn't operator error, but I found the music to be nonexistent. I love music and I think it lends much to the mood.
I think because of having played Queen of Death first I was expecting much more from this one. When someone pointed out to me how this was like the older hidden object games like Mystery Case Files Titanic (which is one of my faves) I then stopped waiting for "more" and just played and began to enjoy it more. (I was also feeling better, which I am sure helped:)
I thought that since you went from room to room through a portal you would never get to backtrack and see the scenes again, but you do. At the end you revisit every room and get to play another hidden object scene to collect items you need to finish. I prefer that to running around like an idiot trying to collect things.
All in all, while it wasn't a bad game and was a bit fun, I felt something was lacking overall and finishing it in a short amount of time left me thinking again that this game just needs something more.
I don't recommend this game.
Haunted Manor: Queen of Death
Overall rating
5
/
5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
anything with a haunted theme gets me playing...
PostedDecember 28, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Mahjong
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game had great scenery and a great atmosphere. It was fun wandering around and the hidden object scenes were good. I especially liked how at the end intead of running around like mad collecting something, you got to revisit each scene and do a hidden object puzzle. This game was well put together and enjoyable enough to be played over and over.
I recommend this game!
Alice's Magical Mahjong
Head down the rabbit hole with Alice for fanciful mahjong fun with a Hidden Object twist!
Overall rating
1
/
5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
Don't EVER give a mahjong player unsolvable levels!!!
PostedOctober 25, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I thought this game was really fun at first and I am an adult. I thought some of the layouts were unusual, and with all the Mahjong I have played that is a good thing. Then it was all ruined for I played the classic levels and there are not one, but two levels that are unsolvable!!! If I hadn't thought to check the forums I would probably still be sitting here stuck on the first one today....if I could, I'd throw this game down the rabbit hole!!!
I don't recommend this game.
Island of Death: Demons and Despair
Save yourself from an unknown disease and leave the island!
Overall rating
3
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
"skip to continue"
PostedSeptember 24, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
There was something wrong with the vaccine! So I began playing this game after I got my flu shot, for that seemed fitting:)
It was pretty fun EXCEPT....If you wish to release a game in America and English is not your native language, why not hire and American to translate? To quote from the game "it will come on handy" and probably get you higher ratings and more purchasers too!
It was pretty fun EXCEPT....If you wish to release a game in America and English is not your native language, why not hire and American to translate? To quote from the game "it will come on handy" and probably get you higher ratings and more purchasers too!
I don't recommend this game.
Witch Hunters: Stolen Beauty
Overall rating
5
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Makes getting old a lot of fun!
PostedSeptember 19, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Adventure, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game grabbed me from the start, beautiful backgrounds and a delicious atmosphere. Loved the animations especially the turning older, getting younger...reminded me of wolf man movies. The game made sense, I didn't find myself getting lost or wandering or left trying to figure out what to do next. Loved how at the end you revisit where you've been but with a twist. (Though I do wish someone would make a game that would let you wander through it once you are done so you can see it all, instead of kicking you out to the beginning of a new game.) I spent three or four nights playing this, well worth your money. Very visually appealing.
I recommend this game!
A Gypsy's Tale: The Tower of Secrets
Break a dangerous curse that is engulfing an ancient tower in A Gypsy’s Tale, an entertaining Hidden Object game!
Overall rating
5
/
5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
This game is lovely
PostedAugust 3, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This is my second time playing through this game and I just love it! It is a great way to relax and have some fun after a hard day. The gameplay was fun. I didn't get lost like I usually do and so there wasn't that frustration. I enjoyed walking around and never used the map because the scenery was so lovely. I loved the way they did the ghost. The little gnomes were very cool. The animals were cute. Not real challenging but very fun and relaxing, which to me, makes for a great time playing a great game!
I recommend this game!
A Fairy Tale
Help the young faeries, Delfbert, Wilf, and Angelica, save their village from a giant menace!
Overall rating
1
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
what is with this game?
PostedJuly 26, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I expected a Match 3 but it is more like a balloon shooter, you know, where the balloons drop down as you shoot them - BUT you click the matches with your mouse not a shooting thing and this makes for horrible gameplay.
And, the constantly trying to hit a target on a constantly scrolling down screen made me nauseous!
The screen is constantly scrolling down which makes you miss your matches or if you get a bunch to drop off you have to wait for the screen to scroll down more and that takes from your time.
And, the constantly trying to hit a target on a constantly scrolling down screen made me nauseous!
The first level is very easy and then you progress to the master challenge and that is awful, so hard you can't get through them!!! I guess the developers gave up on it too, because you don't even get a new story, you get the exact same story repeated from the first level.
And, the constantly trying to hit a target on a constantly scrolling down screen made me nauseous!
I stopped before I finished this game, just had to give up because it was too frustrating and no fun!!! I hardly ever stop a game before completing it but this game is that bad.
And, the constantly trying to hit a target on a constantly scrolling down screen made me nauseous!
Did the developers ever actually play this?
I don't recommend this game.
9: The Dark Side Of Notre Dame
Find the festivalgoer abducted by the gargoyles of Notre Dame and uncover the cathedral’s dark past in this reimagining of the Victor Hugo’s classic tale.
Overall rating
2
/
5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Help me I'm Lost!!!!
PostedMay 17, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Adventure, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I still did not find this game intuitive to play although I found the instructions and the hints to be a bit better than 9: the Dark Side. But this game was still so tedious!!! I played it over several nights and an hour or so at a time. There was so much of solve a puzzle to get a piece of something that will open another puzzle somewhere else to give you a piece of something to open a puzzle somewhere else to give you a hidden object scene and then an item you need that I found myself hopelessly lost several times and confused about which puzzle I saw where that needed completion with the item I found.
I loved the scenery, the cathedral especially and the gargoyles were great. Great atmosphere, but bad game play.
I loved the scenery, the cathedral especially and the gargoyles were great. Great atmosphere, but bad game play.
I don't recommend this game.
9: The Dark Side
End a centuries-old war between the Guardians and the Clan of the Nine in 9: The Dark Side!
Overall rating
1
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
An exercise in FRUSTRATION!!!!!
PostedMay 10, 2015
BayouWoman
fromin the Bayou
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Adventure, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
This game has me hopping mad because after I went through all the tedious puzzles, at the very last there is no skip and so I couldn't see the end of the game. It is probably no great loss, just another minus for the game in my book.
I am a seasoned player and I played this on casual mode for I like to PLAY and not have to think too hard.
The story was confusing to me from the first, this type of story is not my thing, knights and dragons, but I thought I'd have fun anyway...was I ever wrong!!! My confusion grew for I didn't find the game intuitive to play and the directions were not very clear.
The artwork and atmosphere, music etc was all really cool, the ghosts were great. Liked how the objectives popped up there without opening the book. Sad that the game had to be so unenjoyable.
In one word this game is TEDIOUS, the puzzles are the type that make me want to throw the computer across the room, ones like slide the tiles and form a picture or get the ball into the hole or this ring of stones moves all at once now get the red ones here and the blue ones there, or jump these so that the left ones end up on the right and the right ones end up on the left. I find these puzzles tedious and frustrating but can handle a few in a game. All the puzzles in this game were like that, and gameplay was very tedious. For instance, to unlock something you have to find 2 things and then solve 2 puzzles and then a hidden object scene and then you will get the second item you need to open a puzzle to undo a lock. Frustrating, tedious, boring and a bit confusing....got to where I couldn't remember which puzzle was where for the part I had.
I gave up and began skipping puzzles, which is NOT having fun.
Had to stop and check the walkthrough several times, which again is NOT having fun.
And then the end game is a shooter, something I am totally lousy at.....and there is no skip button!!!! So I am stuck unable to finish the game. Guess really that just saves me more wasted time.
Not my idea of fun at all!!!!! Very sorry I bought this one!!!!
I am a seasoned player and I played this on casual mode for I like to PLAY and not have to think too hard.
The story was confusing to me from the first, this type of story is not my thing, knights and dragons, but I thought I'd have fun anyway...was I ever wrong!!! My confusion grew for I didn't find the game intuitive to play and the directions were not very clear.
The artwork and atmosphere, music etc was all really cool, the ghosts were great. Liked how the objectives popped up there without opening the book. Sad that the game had to be so unenjoyable.
In one word this game is TEDIOUS, the puzzles are the type that make me want to throw the computer across the room, ones like slide the tiles and form a picture or get the ball into the hole or this ring of stones moves all at once now get the red ones here and the blue ones there, or jump these so that the left ones end up on the right and the right ones end up on the left. I find these puzzles tedious and frustrating but can handle a few in a game. All the puzzles in this game were like that, and gameplay was very tedious. For instance, to unlock something you have to find 2 things and then solve 2 puzzles and then a hidden object scene and then you will get the second item you need to open a puzzle to undo a lock. Frustrating, tedious, boring and a bit confusing....got to where I couldn't remember which puzzle was where for the part I had.
I gave up and began skipping puzzles, which is NOT having fun.
Had to stop and check the walkthrough several times, which again is NOT having fun.
And then the end game is a shooter, something I am totally lousy at.....and there is no skip button!!!! So I am stuck unable to finish the game. Guess really that just saves me more wasted time.
Not my idea of fun at all!!!!! Very sorry I bought this one!!!!
I don't recommend this game.