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- Average Rating:2.1
- Helpful Votes:4,416
- Reviews Submitted:473
- First Review:April 23, 2013
- Most Recent Review:April 24, 2022
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Can you uncover and stop a dangerous menace terrorizing new cadets?
Overall rating
1
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5
19 of 23 found this review helpful
Just Terrible
PostedSeptember 12, 2020
Wooden characters, simple graphics, underdeveloped story...
To quote another reviewer, "This game doesn't deserve the once great title Mystery Trackers. This is rubbish."
Sad, because Mystery Trackers with little Elf was always a favorite of mine and so many others.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save an old friend from a deadly legend in time?
Overall rating
1
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5
4 of 6 found this review helpful
All Puzzles, Not Much Story
PostedSeptember 3, 2020
I dislike puzzles. I will not buy a game that every time you turn around, there's another puzzle.
I don't recommend this game.
The past returns inside the Zenith Museum of Oddities!
Overall rating
1
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5
3 of 5 found this review helpful
Too many puzzles
PostedAugust 28, 2020
Fun Factor
1
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5
MCF has always been one of my favorite game series, however I dislike puzzles. In this game, there are puzzles inside the hidden object scenes, and puzzles that must be solved before you can move on... no skipping allowed. Ugh.
Then, when I got to the television-head guy, I thought, oooooohhh nooooo, not again, but apparently that's the point of this game -- to feature stuff from every previous MCF game while solving, or in my case skipping, puzzles.
Also, there's a mechanical butterfly helper that goes where you need it to go, but you don't have to program it. It's psychic and can read your mind. Ha.
As always, try before you buy. You might like it.
I recommend this game!
A visit to Manchester Asylum takes a dangerous turn into madness!
Overall rating
1
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5
11 of 17 found this review helpful
Didn't like it; didn't finish the demo
PostedAugust 25, 2020
Fun Factor
1
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5
I dislike puzzles and always skip them. Unfortunately, in this game there are puzzles disguised as HOS, and HOS disguised as puzzles, and every time you turn around there's another one!.
As for the plot, there's the overused escape-from-the-car-before-it-goes-over-the-cliff gambit, the overused wall climbing game, the vicious barking guard dog to contend with, and you haven't even finished the demo yet.
Not only that, but I really dislike gadgets, and the compass/ watch thing (which is yet another hidden object/ puzzle you have to put together) is used way too often. Unfortunately, why the thing glows green is never explained. You just wave it around, it turns green, and then you go there. Yawn.
That said, given the overwrought excitement of previous reviewers, you should probably give it a try.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you stop a deadly evil waiting in an abandoned school?
Overall rating
3
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5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Maybe I should've finished the demo, but...
PostedAugust 15, 2020
Storyline
4
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5
I just wasn't having any fun. For me, it was unclear what to do next without a hint, and not only that, but the HOS were muddy-colored jumbles -- apropos to the story but difficult for my old eyes to see.
I did like the story line, and I do recommend you give this game a try.
I did like the story line, and I do recommend you give this game a try.
I recommend this game!
A mysterious birthday gift uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot!
Overall rating
1
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5
11 of 12 found this review helpful
Terrible
PostedJune 22, 2020
The only good thing I can say is the colors were nice. The rest was going back and forth finding objects in places they would never be in real life, lots of shaped keys, and an unfortunate jumble of bad ideas.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save Vienna from a masked Phantom’s wrath?
Overall rating
1
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5
1 of 4 found this review helpful
Awful
PostedOctober 12, 2019
Same old story set in Vienna instead of Paris. I don't understand why some folks think this is new and special.
Graphics are flashy, lots of flaming stuff, but mediocre at best. The squirrel was cute, but that was about it. The characters stand stock still like paper dolls with moving mouths pasted on.
HOS are the standard ones.
The phantom keeps appearing and disappearing. I'm pretty sure there'll be a magic lantern projector showing up later in the game, but I don't care to hang around to find out. Show less
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save Vienna from a masked Phantom’s wrath?
Overall rating
1
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5
21 of 28 found this review helpful
Awful
PostedOctober 12, 2019
Same old story set in Vienna instead of Paris. I don't understand why some folks think this is new and special.
Graphics are flashy, lots of flaming stuff, but mediocre at best. The squirrel was cute, but that was about it. The characters stand stock still like paper dolls with moving mouths pasted on.
HOS are the standard ones.
The phantom keeps appearing and disappearing. I'm pretty sure there'll be a magic lantern projector showing up later in the game, but I don't care to hang around to find out.
The phantom keeps appearing and disappearing. I'm pretty sure there'll be a magic lantern projector showing up later in the game, but I don't care to hang around to find out.
I don't recommend this game.
Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily is a captivating blend of hidden object challenges, puzzle solving and daring detective work.
Overall rating
1
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5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Needs to go back to the basement
PostedOctober 12, 2019
Sometimes I wonder where BFG dredges up some of their game offerings from. This one is a perfect example. The only good thing I can say about it is the acting wasn't awful. I actually felt sorry for the actors for having to voice such an amateurish script.
Speaking of amateur, I won't even mention the graphics.
And what was up with the HOS? Too clever by half and wound up being just really weird and annoying. As for the puzzles? At least the skip button filled in 15 seconds.
I don't recommend this game.
Travel to a Klondike Gold Rush town to solve a murder!
Overall rating
2
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Barely Two Stars
PostedOctober 5, 2019
The graphics and voice-overs were good, and there is a custom mode. Otherwise, I'd have given this game only a one-star rating.
I don't like all the "What could I possibly do here?" and "Let me think" dialogue boxes popping up, not to mention the "objective" boxes flying out of the left side of the screen. I've never been able to find a way to turn off those annoyances in this developer's games.
I had trouble getting into some of the areas I wanted to look at which made it seem as if there was nothing of interest there, but then when I would get a hint, it would point to the exact spot I had originally wanted to look at. I'm not sure if that was a glitch, or if I didn't have the necessary inventory item yet, or some other problem.
Overall, I simply got bored with the story line before the demo ended. It didn't capture my interest enough to continue putting up with the annoyances
I don't recommend this game.