Celestien's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.6
- Helpful Votes:605
- Reviews Submitted:81
- First Review:November 15, 2011
- Most Recent Review:October 31, 2021
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A disastrous avalanche... an evacuation... did anyone survive? The ski trip you've dreamed of for so long turns into a nightmare.
Overall rating
5
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5
6 of 8 found this review helpful
Good story, good game
PostedFebruary 1, 2013
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
I really enjoyed this game!
It's quite realistic. All this snow and cold, to find your way in the beginning in the mountains... the graphics are very believable too, and these people you meet who change just a bit every next time you see them... creepy enough, even though the story was clear to me soon enough.
It's quite realistic. All this snow and cold, to find your way in the beginning in the mountains... the graphics are very believable too, and these people you meet who change just a bit every next time you see them... creepy enough, even though the story was clear to me soon enough.
The challenge is OK, not too difficult but I'm glad that not every solution is at close hand. Going back and forth is necessary but this also feels realistic, not unnatural or far-fetched to me.
Game is a good time playing, too - not too short. So yes, I would recommend this!
Game is a good time playing, too - not too short. So yes, I would recommend this!
I recommend this game!
Prepare for a mind-bending journey into the realm of the weird in Haunted Halls: Revenge of Dr. Blackmore! Brace yourself for the unexpected in this exciting Hidden Object adventure!
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 8 found this review helpful
Disappointing
PostedNovember 19, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
2
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5
I'm sorry I bought it, really. Why?
- The story is a bit stupid and not very funded on any deeper-going psychology; it's just this villain again, being obnoxious all the time, and you having to rescue four people before you can rescue your boyfriend.
- All the characters are very flat, nothing interesting there. Even the boyfriend doesn't have much more to say than 'the case isn't full yet" every time you return with another magic ball, and dr. Blackmore just keeps repeating himself.
- The graphics are a bit cartoon-like, they're OK I guess, but certainly not the best I've seen, and not one new scene I entered made me say 'o wow!'. It's all depressing, untidy and uncomfortable.
- Puzzles aren't really hard. Some kinds of puzzles keep returning (annoyingly enough) like the meters all to be set at the right values. The travelling laboratory is fun for one ore two times, but then I'm done with it.
- The story is a bit stupid and not very funded on any deeper-going psychology; it's just this villain again, being obnoxious all the time, and you having to rescue four people before you can rescue your boyfriend.
- All the characters are very flat, nothing interesting there. Even the boyfriend doesn't have much more to say than 'the case isn't full yet" every time you return with another magic ball, and dr. Blackmore just keeps repeating himself.
- The graphics are a bit cartoon-like, they're OK I guess, but certainly not the best I've seen, and not one new scene I entered made me say 'o wow!'. It's all depressing, untidy and uncomfortable.
- Puzzles aren't really hard. Some kinds of puzzles keep returning (annoyingly enough) like the meters all to be set at the right values. The travelling laboratory is fun for one ore two times, but then I'm done with it.
So sorry guys - this game was just too easily made, and I'm not impressed.
I don't recommend this game.
Embark on a thrilling rescue mission in the Town of the Cyclops!
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Great game, just a few things...
PostedNovember 10, 2012
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
Loved this game - the graphics are wonderful and this world you enter in this game is marvellous. The creatures you meet are original and funny, and the storyline is well developed. I really enjoyed it and might have given it 5 stars, if not for...
- the main character Edwina; she's all right but sometimes a bit too sentimental to my taste
- her boyfriend Tom; what an uninteresting and uninterested person he is (why bother saving him? Just enjoy the beautiful city)
- the bonus game; a bit far-fetched and seemingly made up to please us customers who bought the CE; and the videos were running not so smoothly - on my computer anyway. Bonus game not much worth the CE.
- the main character Edwina; she's all right but sometimes a bit too sentimental to my taste
- her boyfriend Tom; what an uninteresting and uninterested person he is (why bother saving him? Just enjoy the beautiful city)
- the bonus game; a bit far-fetched and seemingly made up to please us customers who bought the CE; and the videos were running not so smoothly - on my computer anyway. Bonus game not much worth the CE.
But I would recommend this game - it's a feast.
I recommend this game!
Use your botany skills to survive the strange new planet of Botanica. Can you find your way back to Earth in this thrilling Hidden Object adventure?
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Good game - but don't bother the CE
PostedNovember 4, 2012
Fun Factor
4
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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
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5
Just finished this game. I really liked the game itself, it had a different approach sometimes (more actions to be done in a HOS, for example; more intuitive play) and the scenes are gorgious.
The few things I did not particularly like were:
- the length of the game (too short)
- the extra gameplay - this was, as I felt it, a way to elaborate while the story had really finished (for now, that is; a sequel will be made, I guess) with far-fetched puzzles that really annoyed me.
The few things I did not particularly like were:
- the length of the game (too short)
- the extra gameplay - this was, as I felt it, a way to elaborate while the story had really finished (for now, that is; a sequel will be made, I guess) with far-fetched puzzles that really annoyed me.
But that's all really - I did like playing this game!
I recommend this game!
Become a Hunter of darkness to cope with possessed owner of theater and revived shadows. Help other people by correcting their wrong fulfilled wishes!
Overall rating
4
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5
Good game, long enough, beautiful scenes
PostedSeptember 23, 2012
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
Just finished this game. I've really enjoyed it! The game is quite long and there are great scenes to be discovered and explored.
Pros:
- scene graphics are quite beautiful and interesting
- storyline is catching enough
- Not too much going back & forth
- Nice minigames and HOS's, though not too difficult
Pros:
- scene graphics are quite beautiful and interesting
- storyline is catching enough
- Not too much going back & forth
- Nice minigames and HOS's, though not too difficult
Contras:
- movie scenes are really blurry
- the posessed man is really not as frightful looking as I think he was meant to be
- Maybe a bit more challenge in the minigames and HOS's would be nice
- movie scenes are really blurry
- the posessed man is really not as frightful looking as I think he was meant to be
- Maybe a bit more challenge in the minigames and HOS's would be nice
Over all, I'm not sorry I bought it and I spent quite some time enjoying this game.
I recommend this game!
After your student goes missing alongside several other children, it is up to you to solve the mystery of Everlake.
Overall rating
4
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5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
Good game, but disappointing end
PostedAugust 5, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Just finished this and I enjoyed playing the game very much. It's challenging, the scenes are beautiful, the story somewhat spooky, I like that kind of thing.
But what came into the heads of game developers to design an ending in which you just have to match some symbols, the villain is roaring at you in a very unconvincing way, you actually have all the time in the world, and THAT's IT...? I've seen this kind of ending before. It doesn't fit with the rest of the story and gameplay.
So yes, I surely recommend this game - but don't expect too much from the "grand finale".
I recommend this game!
A new breed of virus has spread throughout the City of Oxford. You must search the city for a missing girl who holds the key to stopping the global epidemic!
Overall rating
5
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5
74 of 80 found this review helpful
Realistic game takes me with it along the story
PostedJuly 28, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
VERY WELL DONE.
Finally, a game without too much heaps of rubbish everywhere. And a story that is quite realistic. The atmosphere of empty Oxford (well, almost empty) has been well set and those few people you meet are realistic as well (finally, a game with some good acting again, and the talking goes along with the lips moving).
The HOS's are good too, there aren't any things lying around that really don't belong there, AND the HOS is a puzzle in itself every time. You need to find items which you need to find other items, and in the end you'll find the item that you deserved and need on another spot in the game.
Finally, a game without too much heaps of rubbish everywhere. And a story that is quite realistic. The atmosphere of empty Oxford (well, almost empty) has been well set and those few people you meet are realistic as well (finally, a game with some good acting again, and the talking goes along with the lips moving).
The HOS's are good too, there aren't any things lying around that really don't belong there, AND the HOS is a puzzle in itself every time. You need to find items which you need to find other items, and in the end you'll find the item that you deserved and need on another spot in the game.
Like the others said, options are well developed, you can choose a lot of things to your liking.
I haven't finished it yet, but I do recommend this!
I recommend this game!
Help Scarlet Frost outwit evil itself in a dark and mysterious theatre to save an innocent girl’s soul from the most sinister of perils.
Overall rating
5
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5
6 of 6 found this review helpful
Beautiful, different, enthralling game!
PostedJune 22, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I absolutely loved this game. It's different from other HOGs in the grimness of the story, the graphics style, the well layered storyline... I liked the quite different sounds in HOS's when you found an object. More findings result in different tones which contribute to the story and strangeness of it all.
And even when you've guessed the plot (which shouldn't be too difficult), it's still worth playing on. New rooms unfolded and left me in awe. I could completely go along with the story.
And even when you've guessed the plot (which shouldn't be too difficult), it's still worth playing on. New rooms unfolded and left me in awe. I could completely go along with the story.
So I would say: very recommendable!
I recommend this game!
Stop the evil Vansig family before they point their vengeful wrath at your friend Christine in Nightfall Mysteries: Black Heart!
Overall rating
2
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5
2 of 4 found this review helpful
Might be nice but SO ugly
PostedMarch 31, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I just played 5 minutes of the demo and could not stand it. Such awful graphics! So raw, unfinished, like it was made in the '80s or something.
Having played the most wonderful games, like Fantastic Creations: House of Brass for example, this is a major let down.
It's a pity really, the story might be interesting, but I don't enjoy these graphics.
Having played the most wonderful games, like Fantastic Creations: House of Brass for example, this is a major let down.
It's a pity really, the story might be interesting, but I don't enjoy these graphics.
I don't recommend this game.
Help Sam rescue his love Anna in Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome, an incredible Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!
Overall rating
3
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5
2 of 6 found this review helpful
Weak copy of better games
PostedFebruary 19, 2012
Celestien
fromNetherlands
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
I just finished the demo and I´m not going to buy it. Why? Because the story is poor: before you know it you´re somewhere being manipulated by some psychopath who caught your girlfriend and keeps talking to you, which is just annoying (the man is not scary at all, although he commits some serious bad things, yes, that being true). Fortunately it´s possible to cut off his babbling because it´s just not convincing.
The graphics are good, though, it might be a thrilling game if it had not been such an obvious copy of Escape from Ravenhearst. Having played that (great!) game, I cannot enjoy this one.
The graphics are good, though, it might be a thrilling game if it had not been such an obvious copy of Escape from Ravenhearst. Having played that (great!) game, I cannot enjoy this one.
But if you're not so experienced yet and do like scary places and a sick mind (which in fact I do too), you may enjoy this game.
I don't recommend this game.