Aliana_4711's Profile
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- Average Rating:4.1
- Helpful Votes:951
- Reviews Submitted:73
- First Review:May 25, 2015
- Most Recent Review:August 27, 2022
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Phantasmat: Town of Lost Hope
Carrying the lives of many on your shoulders, you are forced to balance on the tightrope placed between life and death.
Overall rating
5
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5
7 of 10 found this review helpful
A little bit creepy. Highest quality.
PostedJune 23, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets all of my requirements.
- Story: A kind of thriller. Quite exciting, but with a disturbing end.
- Difficulty can be customized fully. Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter, contextual pointer, plus item indicator, helping texts, penalty and hint / skip recharge.
- Highest quality: Nice graphics and locations, may be a little bit too dark. Great animated.
- Tools: you have an interactive map.
- HO’s: Different types, mostly description and silhouettes, riddles, morphing items, some were interactive. You can switch to match3.
- HO’s: Different types, mostly description and silhouettes, riddles, morphing items, some were interactive. You can switch to match3.
- Mini games: nicely done, not too difficult. Somewhat new with colored paths. Increasing difficulty during the game.
- Adventure part: Mostly logical, even w/o helping texts. The tasks were clear and needed items not too obvious. Also their whereabouts were not too far-fetched.
- Length: I needed about 4 hours for completing.
I recommend this game!
A killer is on the loose in a remote European castle. Track them down before they strike again!
Overall rating
4
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5
15 of 15 found this review helpful
Not bad. Well done. A little bit short.
PostedJune 8, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets most of my own requirements.
- Story: A criminal story. You are in a castle at a competition for the most prestigious scientific award? A storm is coming up, the landslide is cut off completely and the street destroyed. You’re on your own and you’re asked for help. Somebody tries to murder all participants and is using a variety of a children song “Ten little …”.
- Difficulty can be fully customized. Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter, contextual pointer, plus item indicator, helping texts, penalty and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics/locations: Very dark, according to the environment. Usually you have about 5 locations to investigate. Thus, there is not too much back and forth.
- Music: I liked the music, decent
- Tools: you have an interactive map, nothing else.
- HO’s: Different types such as descriptions, silhouettes, morphing objects. Slightly interactive. Partly a little bit dark. You can’t switch to another mode.
- Mini games: Nicely done. Different types, some were easy, some you have to think about. One was a kind of “little” mega puzzle. This was nice, but could have been more.
- Adventure part: Very logical tasks. Even the whereabouts were mostly logical, that was a nice surprise. Playing w/o helping texts was the right choice, it was not too obvious, but manageable. Otherwise it might be too easy.
- Nice ideas: a winking crab is going for fish. Interesting how to make a paddle, would that really work?
Dislikes:
- Length: I needed about 3 1/4 hours for completing.
- Length: I needed about 3 1/4 hours for completing.
I recommend this game!
The miracle of the Green Moon, which flourished with plants of all kinds, had lasted for only a few moments. A cataclysm made the Moon lifeless again. Find out why!
Overall rating
4
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5
6 of 7 found this review helpful
An original adventure. You need to be very patient, very attentive and very persistent.
PostedMay 24, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on playing the entire game. It meets most of my requirements.
- Story: The miracle did not last long. The moon is barren again. Can you restore the green moon?
- Difficulty can’t be customized. You can play an easy mode with hints or without hints. That’s it.
- Graphics/locations: many, many different locations, appropriate drawn.
- Music: nice, decent and according to locations.
- Voices: fitting characters
- Tools: For traveling to the locations, you have two different modes.
Step by step you can gain special abilities, such as health or invisibility. You just have to find all ingredients for the potion, not an easy task.
Step by step you can gain special abilities, such as health or invisibility. You just have to find all ingredients for the potion, not an easy task.
- Adventure: It is a classical adventure. You need to be very attentive to realize if the cursor is changing and if you can pick up something. The inventory can store all, it is not limited. And you can find quite a lot and everything could be used. Some objects were really difficult to discover (e.g. parts of the gate). The hints were really useful and later – from my point of view – necessary, because you not only have such a lot of locations, but some were changing during the game.
As usual in adventures, you have to move a lot back and forth. And a lot of trial and error, because some things can be combined, without any indication but logic.
As usual in adventures, you have to move a lot back and forth. And a lot of trial and error, because some things can be combined, without any indication but logic.
- Length: I needed about 10 hours for completing, with hints. And skipping 2 mini games after several attempts. And using YouTube three times because my patience was wearing thin. I can imagine, that – without any help or hints - one needs 48 hours, because you then have to check every single location again (and again and again). That’s very time-consuming and needs tremendous patience.
Dislikes:
It was irritating, that something can be used w/o any further indication e.g. water or diamond, though it was not illogically.
The Airship battle was too sluggish and the steering was unwieldy. During the task as bowmen, the attack not clear. I skipped both.
It was unnecessary, that traveling to “red” locations could be started from “blue”, but not vice versa. A detour via your house was needed and this costs too much time.
Unfortunately, the game was not flawless.
It was irritating, that something can be used w/o any further indication e.g. water or diamond, though it was not illogically.
The Airship battle was too sluggish and the steering was unwieldy. During the task as bowmen, the attack not clear. I skipped both.
It was unnecessary, that traveling to “red” locations could be started from “blue”, but not vice versa. A detour via your house was needed and this costs too much time.
Unfortunately, the game was not flawless.
I recommend this game!
A fire at the local asylum takes on a supernatural life of its own!
Overall rating
4
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5
13 of 13 found this review helpful
Amazing, creepy and a little bit surreal.
PostedMay 12, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
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
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5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets all of my requirements, except of length.
- Mystery Story: You are a detective and investigating a supernatural fire in an asylum. During that, you discover a little girl. Mommy did not love her all. Poor girl. You have to save her. Step by step you’re discovering dreadful secrets. The deeds behind are driven by greed. The story is quite exciting.
- Difficulty can be customized. Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter, contextual pointer, plus item indicator, penalty and hint / skip recharge. Helping texts can’t be excluded.
- Graphics: partly really realistic. Very imaginative.
- Animation: excellent
- Music: decent, partly thrilling.
- Voice-overs: as well excellent.
- Tools: you have an interactive map, nothing else.
- HO’s: great HO’s, different types some with description, silhouettes… some with fog. You can’t switch to another mode.
- Mini games: very, very interesting. Rich in variety. Not too difficult.
- Adventure part: You have mostly about 5 locations +/- to investigate. Needed items are spread about more locations. The back and forth were acceptable and not too many. Tasks were mostly clear, as well as which items are required. It was not too obvious. Nevertheless, I would have loved to play w/o helping texts, they made it a little bit easier. Without them, it would have been quite a challenge.
- Length: I needed about 3 ½ hours for completing. From my point of view it could have taken much more time.
I recommend this game!
Is this an ordinary murder case, or something more sinister?
Overall rating
5
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5
38 of 43 found this review helpful
Mothers finest: outstanding graphics and animation. It is challenging and exciting.
PostedMay 2, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
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
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5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets most of my requirements. Usually I don’t rate a game with 5 stars, if I can’t play in minimum 4-5 hours, but this one has such an unbelievable fine quality, it is worth 5 for sure. The story as well is quite exciting.
- Story: You’re a journalist and member of a secret order. Investigating mysterious crimes. This time, you have discovered someone who not only stole the soul lantern from the Reaper, but also has turned the dead into zombies. You have to stop him.
The end was quite satisfying.
The end was quite satisfying.
- Difficulty can be customized slightly. Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: awesome, lucid, fantastic.
- Animation: incredible good.
- Music: fitting
- Voice-overs: excellent, fitting to characters and well synchronized.
- Tools: you have an interactive map.
- HO’s: Wonderful full fletch interactive types with silhouettes. Very interesting.
You can’t switch to another mode, but why would you do that?
You can’t switch to another mode, but why would you do that?
- Mini games: not the catchiest, but nice to play.
- Adventure part: Very challenging, you do have a lot of items and it is not very obvious, what to do. They are spread about all locations. You have to roam them several times, a lot forth and back. In the middle of the game I began to be impatient and used the map sometimes.
Minor Dislikes:
- Length: I needed about 3 1/2 hours for completing. Too short, especially because it was so good, I could have played many hours more.
- The whereabouts of needed items were sometimes far-fetched. E.g. why is an eagle figure- belonging to the HQ- in a safe from the victim?
- You can’t exclude helping texts.
- Length: I needed about 3 1/2 hours for completing. Too short, especially because it was so good, I could have played many hours more.
- The whereabouts of needed items were sometimes far-fetched. E.g. why is an eagle figure- belonging to the HQ- in a safe from the victim?
- You can’t exclude helping texts.
I recommend this game!
Is fear the price or the reward?
Overall rating
4
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5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
Not bad.
PostedMay 1, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
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
4
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5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets most of my requirements. It is between 4 and 5 stars, but for 5 stars it should have been longer and without helping texts.
- Story: You’re a journalist from the Fear to Sale Magazine. A colleague disappeared. Go to Black River Ranch and investigate what has happened to Jack.
It is a kind of a ghost story, quite exciting and consistent.
It is a kind of a ghost story, quite exciting and consistent.
- Difficulty can be customized only slightly. Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter, penalty and hint / skip recharge (very short).
- Graphics: nicely done. Detailed. State of the art.
- Animation: pretty good.
- Music: nice, especially during the HO’S was it enchanting.
- Voice-overs: great dialogues.
- Tools: you have an interactive map.
- HO’s: Interesting HO’S, of course with different types e.g. description, silhouettes, matching pairs… slightly interactive. You can switch to a puzzle.
- Mini games: well-crafted. Not too difficult, except the last one. That was for sure challenging.
- Adventure part: Not bad. Interesting, tasks were logical, not too easy.
- Specials: click and enjoy nice gimmicks along your journey. They are a little bit scary.
Dislikes:
- Too short, especially because I could have played a lot longer, but I needed only about 3 1/2 hours for completing.
- I prefer playing w/o helping texts. They couldn’t been excluded.
- Emma is the best. It was overdone.
- And again, there was such a dull evil laugh.
- Too short, especially because I could have played a lot longer, but I needed only about 3 1/2 hours for completing.
- I prefer playing w/o helping texts. They couldn’t been excluded.
- Emma is the best. It was overdone.
- And again, there was such a dull evil laugh.
Unlock the mysteries shrouding the creatures of Oxbridge University!
Overall rating
2
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Hard to tell, if it is good or not. It is clearly far away from state of the art, but has an interesting story.
PostedApril 28, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on playing the entire game. It does not meet my own requirements.
It is an adventure in a kind of retro style, as the games were in the 80ties. There are no hidden objects. All in all, the game appears more like an illustrated book but a complex game. It is not animated, has mostly no music (except some few scenes), no voice-overs, dialogs are like a comic shown only via pictures with text. And there were a lot of dialogs. Tons of.
No hints, no map. A lot of back and forth (mining pan). For my liking, too many.
The Mini games were mostly too easy, except that with the bells.
Length: I needed about 3 hours for completing.
It is an adventure in a kind of retro style, as the games were in the 80ties. There are no hidden objects. All in all, the game appears more like an illustrated book but a complex game. It is not animated, has mostly no music (except some few scenes), no voice-overs, dialogs are like a comic shown only via pictures with text. And there were a lot of dialogs. Tons of.
No hints, no map. A lot of back and forth (mining pan). For my liking, too many.
The Mini games were mostly too easy, except that with the bells.
Length: I needed about 3 hours for completing.
I don't recommend this game.
When your father is arrested, it's up to you to save him and the city of Prague from sinister forces.
Overall rating
5
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5
20 of 20 found this review helpful
Again at last a challenging game with a decent length.
PostedApril 26, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
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
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets all of my requirements, such as high quality, interesting HO’S and puzzles, decent length, a bunch of locations and more.
- Story: A myth is more than just a tale. Your father – an alchemist - has been taken prisoner and accused to be a traitor. He had created a golem and gave it a gift of life. A golem and ancient gargoyles are going to destroy Prague and are fighting against each other. Stop them. Can you find the real traitor, can’t you?
- Difficulty can be fully customized: Tutorial, sparkles, map issues, glitter, contextual pointer, plus item indicator, helping texts, penalty and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: awesome. Fitting to a tale. Nice and detailed drawn locations.
- Animation: pretty good.
- Music: decent, accentuated and not bothering.
- Voice-overs: well done, but the voices of the women were annoying,
- Tools: you have an interactive map and magic dust.
- HO’s: very well-crafted and very interesting. A huge variety of different types, such as riddles, interactive ones, description, silhouettes, complements.
- Mini games: Great mini games. I liked the cemetery map game and the door puzzle for sewer most.
- Adventure part: That was clearly not easy. W/o helping texts you need a lot of trial and error. Sometimes it was ambiguous or too vague e.g. commode or cemetery door or warm wax. For narrowing down possibilities I needed the map from time to time. And tried all things, which seems halfway fitting. In hindsight it was clear and logical.
But without descriptions it was quite a challenge.
Step by step a lot of locations are going to be unfolded (as usual). You have access to them during the whole game, but there is not much forth and back. Mostly between 5 and 7 are relevant. It is not too obvious and needed items aren’t available “just in time” but longer.
But without descriptions it was quite a challenge.
Step by step a lot of locations are going to be unfolded (as usual). You have access to them during the whole game, but there is not much forth and back. Mostly between 5 and 7 are relevant. It is not too obvious and needed items aren’t available “just in time” but longer.
- Length: I needed nearly five hours for completing. That’s fine.
I recommend this game!
Mix potions, pick locks, make magic orbs, and much more - to rescue the magic creatures from the evil wizard in this enchanting match-3 adventure.
Overall rating
2
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5
9 of 16 found this review helpful
Just another one. Match3 No. 10000001
PostedApril 26, 2016
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 played 25 minutes, still waiting for an "oha"! But there was nothing. Nothing new. Just a slow and boring match3. As hundreds before. Honestly? I played better.
But maybe I was not patient enough? And it will rapidly increase in challenge,fun and variety later on?
May be. Or maybe not.
Good point: lovely comic style.
But maybe I was not patient enough? And it will rapidly increase in challenge,fun and variety later on?
May be. Or maybe not.
Good point: lovely comic style.
I don't recommend this game.
In Wishville, all dreams come true, for a price.
Overall rating
4
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5
14 of 14 found this review helpful
Beware of what you wish for. Each wish has a price.
PostedApril 23, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
My rating is based on playing the entire SE. It meets most of my requirements.
Excellent intro
Excellent intro
- Story: Nice fairytale story. Your husband went missing. Find him. Did he sign a contract with Mayor Tom? All who did, are doomed in Wishville.
- Difficulty can be customized slightly only: Tutorial, sparkles, task at the map, glitter and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: pretty awesome
- Animation: excellent
- Music: dramatic, accentuated,
- Voice-overs: very good
- Tools: you have an interactive map and an enchanted chest.
- HO’s: nicely done. Several types …description, silhouettes, matching objects.
You can’t switch to another mode.
You can’t switch to another mode.
- Mini games: interesting. Some were pretty easy. All in all, not very challenging.
- Adventure part: Though you do have about 3-5 locations to investigate, it is not too obvious. You have to think about. On the other hand, the tasks weren't illogical.
- Specials: cute little squirrels are going to help you. Just needed to be bribed.
Dislikes:
A little bit too short: I needed about 3 1/2 hours for completing.
A little bit too short: I needed about 3 1/2 hours for completing.
I recommend this game!