Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
1/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
1/ 5
Level of Challenge
1/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
Sorry guys. An immature little game that plays like an immature game. I gave it to my 7 year old, and even he thought it was just O.K. Too much dialogue, not enough interesting game play. A game that was developed in the 1980's would have played better.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
1/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
2/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
Nice game - if you like taking pictures every 4 seconds. I might pay the $3.05 but I would NEVER pay full price. The game is too boring and taking pictures of evidence gets boring real fast. Shows little imagination, and the developers rely on repetition. I can take a screen shot and be more entertained. Very sorry for the review, but not sorry for the review. It is what it is.
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Strategy
Fun Factor
1/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
2/ 5
Level of Challenge
1/ 5
Sorry. No challenge, no storyline, repetitious and very boring. About the only good thing I can say is the graphics are average. Hardly can be called a hidden object game - things are not hidden. I wear really thick glasses, and I don't need them to play.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
1/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
2/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
Confusing game with little help to offer. No hints, +plus items would not expand, no hidden objects. Quit after 6 minutes. You could not customize the game in any way. The only 4 game options - sound/music volume, screen size, and cursor. Not a good deal at any price - not even free.
A mysterious plague casts a dark shadow on the people of Persia. The young apothecary Tara must discover the cause of the illness before it's too late!
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
3/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
Terrific graphics, story line a little jumbled but relatively easy to follow. Hidden object games are a perfect mix of easy to not-so-easy. With the exception of a couple, the mini-games are challenging enough to solve within a very reasonable period of time.
My problem with this game, like some others, is that with every change of location, there are is the same routine. In this game what is too repetitive is a) the apothecary bag where you have to find spell ingredients, and b) a series of challenges in identifying runes. If you don't like the task the first time, you don't like the tasks repeated 5, 6, 7 etc. times during the game. It adds a measure of tedium to an otherwise interesting game. I can't decide whether these repeat assignments are because developers are getting lazy and unable to come up with new strategies, or if they really think they improve the game play. This gamer doesn't think they add any measure of excitement - just repetition.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
2/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
1/ 5
Level of Challenge
2/ 5
Storyline
2/ 5
I found this game very uninspiring. In fact, I quit the demo part way through. It just seemed to me that this game might have been terrific a number of years ago. Today, it just seems outdated and very boring to play. I feel bad about the bad review because I certainly don't have the skills to develop any kind of Big Fish game. But I do know what I like, and I didn't like this game.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
3/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
3/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
This game is enjoyable to play, with an average level of challenge. The graphics are clear and concise, but this has the disadvantage of making the hidden object games somewhat easy to solve. I can't comment on the music, because I don't care to listen to the music of any game - to repetitive and it becomes annoying. Solving the clues throughout the game makes sense-nothing too bizarre that it takes someone with a muddled mind to solve. One thing that this game should have offered was the option to mute voices. The voice overs are atrocious! Bad theatre all the way. I don't know why developers use people who have no "acting" ability whatsoever. It just makes the whole thing sound rather cheesy. But a good effort nonetheless.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
4/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
I found this game rather enjoyable to play, without taxing my brain too much. Although I am getting tired of hidden object games that use searching for endless symbols everywhere just to progress, based on the demo, this one wasn't so bad. The game play was fairly linear, the hidden object puzzles varied between easy and moderately challenging, and some of the mini games were quite unique, however at times the instructions a bit vague. The graphics, although somewhat cartoon-ish, were clear and concise, without being dark. All in all, an decent way to spend some free time.
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
1/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
2/ 5
Level of Challenge
1/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
First I'll start with 2 good things: the graphics were acceptable and the controls worked well. Other than that . . . . .
It took FOREVER to get through the levels. There just weren't enough matches available at one time on the board to keep the game moving. Make a match, hunt the board for another (because they were few and far between), make another match, hunt for another. There was no sizzle when matches of 4 or more happened. And it seemed when there WERE matches to make, they were never in the place that you needed them. The icons were mundane - like playing the out-dated Jewel Match all over again. The power boosts for clearing extra tiles were sloppy and underwhelming. And you couldn't quit in the middle of a level. This game doesn't save your progress. I guess that's the only way it can keep you playing it for more than 5 minutes at a time, which is quite enough with such a dull game.
I apologize for the bad review, but the game fell way short of the mark of others on the market. Match-3 games like this were interesting 10 years ago.