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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Someone's made it their personal vendetta to bring down the Mystery Trackers.
Overall rating
4
/
5
29 of 34 found this review helpful
Great game, high quality, good challenge, but too short.
PostedFebruary 29, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
My star rating is based on completion of SE and meeting most of own requirements:
- Story: You’re a detective. During a performance a mad-man kidnapped the daughter of the head of mystery trackers and blames them, to be responsible for all sins at world. You’re the only one, who can rescue the girl. Hurry. It’s up to you, good luck.
- Difficulty can be customized. Sparkles, tutorial, changing icon, plus item indicator, texts, tasks and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: realistic style, well-done.
- Animation: pretty good, especially the people.
- Music: is thrilling and appointed.
- Voice-overs: good voices, fitting characters, very good synchronized. For my liking, voice and speech of the avenger are exaggerated.
- Tools: you have an interactive map – not often necessary. A thermal scope with a tendency to break. And as usual your lovely, trusty and helpful little dog “Elf”.
- HO’s: Most known types, a lot of silhouettes (first one had nicely fitting back ground noises), reassembling parts, looking for specific objects, description, pairs, riddles, morphing objects and more.
- Mini games: Some could be played either hard or casual. Nothing new, but well-crafted and nicely adapted. Included some mega puzzles. The mini-games were funny, but not too difficulty.
- Adventure part: The needed items are spread about several locations. Usually you have about 5 locations to investigate, so an interactive map is just nice to have. Even w/o helping texts, the tasks were logical and doable.
- Specials: nice gimmicks along the game, eg. hiding people at the theater.
Dislikes:
- Length: Sadly, I needed only about 3 hours for completing. That’s too short.
- Sometimes it was not that realistic: Interesting, how long a fire can burn, w/o spreading? It does not matter, how long you need to solve the tasks, every time you’re opening the next secret passage the avenger is just one step in front. A spotlight lamp, fitting in a flashlight? Really guys?
- Change of cursor is unobtrusive, you have to be very attentive.
All in all, it is really a great game –except length. It is crystal-clear, that highest quality plus good length are an issue due to cost-benefit ratio. But 3 hours were too short. Thus, I’m rating with 4 stars.
I recommend, try it and have fun.
I recommend this game!
Underneath the big top, people aren't always what they seem.
Overall rating
4
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5
10 of 10 found this review helpful
Imaginative.
PostedFebruary 28, 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of most of my individual requirements.
- Story: a kind of fantasy story. Your sister Judith has disappeared after a magic performance in a circus. Supposedly, she signed a working contract for the circus. But that’s something, she never would have done. What happened?
- Difficulty can be customized. Sparkles, bar hints and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: Hand-drawn style. The sceneries are very imaginative and well-done.
- Animation: very good. Except of facial features.
- Music: is playing rarely, I liked it during the HO’s.
- Voice-overs: good voices, fitting characters but it is not synchronized. Facial features are static.
- Tools: you have an interactive map – for playing w/o helping texts it is very useful. With your trusted camera, you can discover a lot more as it seems at a first glance.
- HO’s: description, slightly interactive. One type only. Plus collecting pieces.. Well done, but mostly not challenging. You can switch to a kind of match3.
- Mini games: The first one was pretty easy. Further on they could be played casual or hard. Playing in “hard modus” they were clearly not that easy.
- Challenge: Playing w/o bar hints was quite difficulty, because it was sometimes not really self-explaining (eg. box with toreador and bull or ice elephant). Additional you have to be very precisely. And it was not always logical. Thus, I needed the interactive map often, more often than I prefer.
Dislikes:
Length only just... I needed about 3 ½ hours for completing.
Slightly unrealistic: Interesting, how long a fire in a house can burn, w/o spreading.
Length only just... I needed about 3 ½ hours for completing.
Slightly unrealistic: Interesting, how long a fire in a house can burn, w/o spreading.
I recommend this game!
A unique puzzle game in a fantastical mansion of a legendary toymaker! Challenge yourself to solve a series of diabolical puzzles!
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 7 found this review helpful
Simple tricky
PostedFebruary 26, 2016
Fun Factor
4
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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
For this nice puzzle game, you have to tax your brain. You are in different rooms and should find an exit. The rooms do have different approaches. It is quite interesting.
From time to time little mini games occur, they’re quite easy.
It seems, that the type is always the same, just with different rooms, so I played only the free trial.
If you like puzzles, give it a shot.
From time to time little mini games occur, they’re quite easy.
It seems, that the type is always the same, just with different rooms, so I played only the free trial.
If you like puzzles, give it a shot.
I recommend this game!
PuppetShow: The Face of Humanity
The mayor's daughter is missing and you must find her!
Overall rating
5
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5
29 of 31 found this review helpful
Magnificent
PostedFebruary 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
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of most of my individual requirements.
PuppetShow games rank among the best. Quality and challenge are high-class.
PuppetShow games rank among the best. Quality and challenge are high-class.
- Story: You’re a detective, looking into a missing girl. It wasn’t the butler, but a puppet (surprise, surprise).
- Difficulty can be customized. Tutorial, sparkles, bar hints, penalty and hint / skip recharge.
- Graphics: The sceneries are imaginative, multifaceted and a world of its own. The puppets are once again marvelous.
- Animation: simply excellent
- Music: Mesmerizing. I like the main PuppetShow theme most of all.
- Fitting background noises.
- Voice-overs: great voices, fitting characters and very good synchronized
- Tools: you have an interactive map. For playing w/o helping texts it is sometimes useful.
- HO’s: different types, some interactive. Nicely done. Not too difficult.
- Mini games: well-crafted….some can be played either hard or casual. Challenge increases during the game.
- Challenge: pretty challenging just like any PuppetShow games. W/o helping texts you have to be very attentive.
- Specials: you can choose gender and appearance.
Dislikes:
Length: I needed nearly 3 ½ hours for completing. Especially, because I love to play it, it is too short. Thus I could not award 5* stars, but 4.
Length: I needed nearly 3 ½ hours for completing. Especially, because I love to play it, it is too short. Thus I could not award 5* stars, but 4.
I recommend this game!
Explore a cursed forest in search of missing persons! Be wary of the ancient and shadowy presence that has dominion there.
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 5 found this review helpful
Not bad.
PostedFebruary 20, 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of most of my individual requirements.
I was not sure, what to award: 3 or 4 stars? On the one hand, it has a ring to it, on the other hand, there were some issues – I can’t put the finger on it - which I did not like. All in all not bad, may be but sometimes a little bit naïve, sometimes a little bit exaggerated, but clearly not bad. According to a good quality, I decided to rate with 4 stars.
- Story: You’re a detective and investigating paranormal activities. You have to look into some missing people. During your investigation, you’re discovering what’s behind all this. A treacherous hotel-manager as well as an evil daemon. Good luck, you have support by a shaman and a raven.
- Graphics: The sceneries are detailed and prospectively drawn.
- Animation: quite good
- Music: at the beginning a little bit thriller like according to sceneries. Appointed situationally.
- Fitting background noises. It is very stormy out there, isn’t it?
- Voice-overs: good spoken, matching the characters. For my liking, ghost and daemon were overblown.
- Tools: you have an interactive map – rarely necessary, you have to investigate about 5 – 8 locations. Later on, you’ll get a magic amulet.
- HO’s: lots of. Quite realistic items. Different types e.g. looking for parts to complete something, descriptions slightly interactive, completing objects, finding pairs…
- Mini games: well-crafted, but pretty easy
- Challenge: the “adventure-part” was challenging, HO’S and mini games mostly easy. The tasks were mostly logical and the whereabouts of needed items not too far-fetched.
- Length: I needed nearly 4 hours for completing, that’s ok.
Dislikes:
- Difficulty can’t be customized. Three levels of difficulty are preset.
- Lots of back and forth.
- Difficulty can’t be customized. Three levels of difficulty are preset.
- Lots of back and forth.
I recommend this game!
The past isn't set in stone. Now's your chance to change it!
Overall rating
4
/
5
23 of 24 found this review helpful
Excellent. A little bit too short.
PostedFebruary 18, 2016
Aliana_4711
fromGermany
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of most of my personal requirements.
- Story: An interesting story about murder and revenge. You are going to help your professor, when a storm is brewing. This storm has a malevolent spirit – so it seems. But as often, it is not as simple as it looks. It has quite a nice end (justice wins), not hasty and with some niceness.
- Difficulty can be customized: You can chose map issues, glitter, plus item indicator, penalty, hint and skip recharge time and character dialog (whatever that is, I did not try it). Unfortunately, you can’t exclude helping texts. Three levels of difficulty are preset.
- Graphics: The graphics are detailed and prospectively drawn with interesting and realistic as well as fantastic sceneries.
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- Animation: is pretty amazing - excellent
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- Animation: is pretty amazing - excellent
- Music: at the beginning a little bit thriller like, later on smoother. Fitting background noises.
- Voice-overs: good spoken, matching the characters, perfectly synchronized
- Tools: you have an interactive map – not really necessary, because you have to investigate round about 5 locations. You don’t have to go back. And you do have your handy mobile, with flash light, photo,..
- HO’s: there are different types of HO included. Really good done, sometimes interactive.
- Mini games: There is a broad range of different mini games, well-crafted.
- Relation to reality: That was surprisingly good. Not only the places, where needed items are to be find, are reasonable realistic, also some of your tasks. E.g. you are extinguishing the burning barn with a fire hose (with pressure, valve and so on), you’re taking gas out of a compressor with a pump and other. That was something I liked.
Dislikes:
- Length: I needed nearly 3 hours for completing. Much too short, especially because I could have played it forever.
- Length: I needed nearly 3 hours for completing. Much too short, especially because I could have played it forever.
Usually I award stars according to the length of a game, IF it meets all of my requirements:
3 for 3 hours, 4 = 4 hours 5 = 5 hours ++. But in this case, I gave an additional star due to quality and story.
I recommend this game. It is challenging, has an interesting story I liked and high quality.
3 for 3 hours, 4 = 4 hours 5 = 5 hours ++. But in this case, I gave an additional star due to quality and story.
I recommend this game. It is challenging, has an interesting story I liked and high quality.
I recommend this game!
You've been summoned to save the Fantastic Worlds from evil!
Overall rating
5
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5
26 of 26 found this review helpful
One again a really good one.
PostedFebruary 17, 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of all my personal requirements.
- Story: continues predecessor Reflection of Live stories. You have to rescue the queen and save the fantastic worlds. Identify a traitor amongst the architects and fight against an evil demon. If you will fail, worlds will be destroyed.
- Difficulty can be customized: You can chose map issues, glitter, plus item indicator, penalty, hint and skip recharge time. Unfortunately, you can’t exclude helping texts. Three levels of difficulty are preset.
- Graphics: The graphics are great, good, detailed and prospectively drawn. According to the fantastic worlds, the sceneries are fantastic as well.
- Animation: is amazing, really great
- Music: interesting, a little bit at the “dramatic side”. Fitting background noises.
- Voice-overs: good spoken, matching the characters, perfectly synchronized
- Tools: you have an interactive map – not really necessary, because you have to investigate 3-5 locations. You don’t have to go back.
You have an owl, which is fetching otherwise not reachable things for you.
And you do have a really helpful amulet.
You have an owl, which is fetching otherwise not reachable things for you.
And you do have a really helpful amulet.
- HO’s: there are different types of HO included. Really good done, sometimes interactive. With silhouettes, riddles and more.
- Mini games: There is a broad range of different mini games, some are pretty difficult.
- Length: Is decent. I needed nearly 5 hours for completing. That’s fine from my point of view.
I recommend this game for sure. It is challenging, has a proper length and highest quality.
I recommend this game!
The past isn't set in stone. Now's your chance to change it!
Overall rating
3
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5
10 of 11 found this review helpful
Far too short, here and there too far-fetched
PostedFebruary 9, 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE.
Story: In principal it could have been quite a nice story, if it wasn’t so far-fetched. Even though it is a kind of mystic story - you’re an agent, following a colleague and remodeling his deeds in the past- the story had too many holes, to be plausible. And had a hasty end.
You can use a projector that leads to the respective time slot -> Rome, Middle-Ages and Renaissance. The locations were mostly appropriate. Some of the characters were overblown, some were fitting.
Tools are an interactive map and a time device, which can speed up or slow down - time. That’s very useful.
Tools are an interactive map and a time device, which can speed up or slow down - time. That’s very useful.
I enjoyed:
Quality, HO’s and mini games.
It was excellent animated and had good voice overs. Some nice details were supplementing. The music was fitting and decent and didn’t play the entire time.
Quality, HO’s and mini games.
It was excellent animated and had good voice overs. Some nice details were supplementing. The music was fitting and decent and didn’t play the entire time.
There were lots of different HO’s, silhouettes, morphing objects etc. Some were slightly interactive. All of them very pretty good, clear and lucid. You can switch to match 3.
The mini games were well-crafted, but not that difficult. There were some nice puzzles.
The tasks were logical.
The mini games were well-crafted, but not that difficult. There were some nice puzzles.
The tasks were logical.
All in all it was not really challenging.
Dislikes:
Length: I needed something between 2 and 3 hours. That’s far too short.
Difficulty can be slightly customized, but you can’t exclude helping texts or contextual pointer.
Length: I needed something between 2 and 3 hours. That’s far too short.
Difficulty can be slightly customized, but you can’t exclude helping texts or contextual pointer.
The places you could find the needed items were sometimes more than weird. What’s doing a dragonhead in a crystal? I am always wondering, about the whereabouts.
And once again, we had that “evil laugh”. Personal note to all developer: why do the bad guys, the witches, sorcerers, ghosts or the villains always have to laugh so dreadful? That’s ridiculous.
I recommend this game!
There’s more to this restoration project than meets the eye.
Overall rating
5
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5
21 of 27 found this review helpful
Help or stay for ever young?
PostedFebruary 9, 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
You are an agent of H.E.L.P and investigating the mysterious disappearance of some other agents at a restoration. You’re discovering thugs, who are looking for the fountain of youth.
Usually, I don’t give 5 stars for games I needed 4 hours to play, however this one has not only an excellent quality but also those wonderful super-puzzle in the manner of Ravenhearst. These are my favorites.
Animation, visualization, voice-overs are simply great.
There are different type of HO’s, description, silhouette, parts, some with riddles. Clear and lucid drawn.
The mini games are well done, not too difficult, but challenging.
There are different type of HO’s, description, silhouette, parts, some with riddles. Clear and lucid drawn.
The mini games are well done, not too difficult, but challenging.
The locations are parted, usually you have 5-8 locations available thus the interactive map is not that important.
You can customize every aspect of difficulty, such as tutorial, map issues, sparkles at HO’s, glitter, skip / hint recharges, HO penalty, helping texts as well as contextual pointer or plus-item.
You can customize every aspect of difficulty, such as tutorial, map issues, sparkles at HO’s, glitter, skip / hint recharges, HO penalty, helping texts as well as contextual pointer or plus-item.
The tasks are mostly logical, I played w/o helping texts and had no problems at all.
I recommend this game!
Track down the truth about your brother’s disappearance!
Overall rating
5
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5
22 of 25 found this review helpful
Excellent visuals, a little bit short
PostedFebruary 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
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
My rating is based on completion of SE and fulfillment of most of my personal requirements.
- Story: I like fantasies, thus the story was fine for me. You are going to rescue your brother. On the way, you’re helping several lost souls. Unfortunately, you can’t leave the maze with your brother at the end. That was unusually.
- Difficulty to be customized. You can choose: tutorial, map marks, glitter, contextual pointer or plus-item, hint/skip recharges. Unfortunately, you can’t exclude helping texts.
- Excellent visuals: very colorful and detailed.
- A lot of locations. They are parted, most of the time you have something about 5-6 locations accessible.
- Very well animated.
- Good voice over, matching the characters. Sometimes it is not totally synchronized.
- Tools: An interactive map. Actually not necessary, there are not too many locations (s.a). With a little back and forth it is playable.
- Nice HO’s: They were pretty good and lucid.
- You can switch to match 3.
- Lots of different mini games: Several were challenging.
- Challenge: The tasks were logical. The helping texts were several times necessary. Usually I prefer playing w/o them, but it was not too bad having them. Altogether it was quite interesting.
- Difficulty to be customized. You can choose: tutorial, map marks, glitter, contextual pointer or plus-item, hint/skip recharges. Unfortunately, you can’t exclude helping texts.
- Excellent visuals: very colorful and detailed.
- A lot of locations. They are parted, most of the time you have something about 5-6 locations accessible.
- Very well animated.
- Good voice over, matching the characters. Sometimes it is not totally synchronized.
- Tools: An interactive map. Actually not necessary, there are not too many locations (s.a). With a little back and forth it is playable.
- Nice HO’s: They were pretty good and lucid.
- You can switch to match 3.
- Lots of different mini games: Several were challenging.
- Challenge: The tasks were logical. The helping texts were several times necessary. Usually I prefer playing w/o them, but it was not too bad having them. Altogether it was quite interesting.
Minor dislikes:
- Length: it could have been a little bit longer, I needed well below 4 hours.
- End: too abrupt.
- Length: it could have been a little bit longer, I needed well below 4 hours.
- End: too abrupt.
Despite these small dislikes, I gave 5 stars because of styling, graphics, voices, mini games and challenge.
I recommend this game!