IdahoForever's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.6
- Helpful Votes:1,190
- Reviews Submitted:117
- First Review:January 4, 2012
- Most Recent Review:September 29, 2015
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Everybody is having fun at the Halloween fair until the pirate captain casts his ghostly spell over it. Survive and expel the curse!
Overall rating
3
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Easy HOS Game for Teens/Pre-Teens
PostedOctober 29, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Card & Board, Brain Teaser
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This is an easy, campy game, with standard Halloween music and sound effects. Nothing scary for adults or teens, but maybe for little kids. Puzzles are easy to moderately challenging. HOS are also easy to moderately challenging. Some objects are easy to spot, and others are harder to find. There are also speed games, which I am no longer good at, like I was when younger. Story: You help two teenagers get costumed for Halloween, and they go to a carnival/fair. Then a pirate captain puts a curse on the carnival/fair, and you help the teens remove the curse.
This game is too easy for me, and not creepy enough. But it's perfect for people who like fun, easy HOS games.
I recommend this game!
An evil villain is luring people to his beautiful mansion and preparing them for a terrible ritual. Can you keep your head on the shoulders?
Overall rating
3
/
5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
OK, but gruesome here and there
PostedOctober 25, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Puzzle
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This is an intuitive game. There is a lot to do in this game, but it's not very challenging, and I prefer challenging games. I did not encounter any of the standard HOS in the demo, which was very nice. However, several of the puzzles were the standard types for this developer, and very easy to solve. Even though I usually enjoy the music of a game, this time I turned it off. Very irritating, cartoony-type music. The graphics are well done for the most part.
Voice-overs are also well done. Real actors play the various characters. A hologram cat is your side-kick, and you use it to scare real animals that are in your way.
The storyline is a standard Halloween storyline. You're trapped in an old mansion with a mad scientist who wants to use you in one of his gruesome experiments. You encounter other prisoners, victims, corpses, etc. as you work your way through the mansion, trying to figure out how to escape. You also encounter a bunch of machines, holograms, drawings, etc. that the mad scientist has created.
This game had great potential, but didn't deliver. It just didn't grab me. Too much same 'ole, same 'ole, and too easy.
I recommend this game!
Find the woman who disappears in the Hall of Mirrors. Investigate two worlds: the Carnivals of Good and Evil!
Overall rating
5
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Great Halloween Game with Bonus Chapter
PostedOctober 23, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Just finished this game, and was happily surprised to see a final chapter that I could play! You are a detective who has been called in to find a little girl's mother, who disappeared at a carnival. More and more games are giving you an animal to help get objects that are out of your reach. This time, it's a cute, organ-grinder monkey, who can climb and jump to get the objects you need. But first, you have to save the little guy. Short game- Took me 2 1/2 hours to play in Casual mode, so I'll try again in a harder mode. This game has sound effects and music that are similar to the music and sound effects in Enigmatis. The stunning, well-drawn/painted graphics are very science-fiction in the alternate world and usually clear, but sometimes blurry in HOS.
You can switch to a card game instead of HOS, which is very nice, because I'm not a fan of HOS. The puzzles are easy to moderately difficult. The map does not let you transport, but it does let you know where you are, in relation to where you need to go. Outside of HOS, the hint points to objects or tasks in front of you, or points you in the direction you need to go. So, if you get too lost, the hint will show you where you need to go.
The storyline is a combo of cheesy, campy, creepy, emotional, good against evil, mirror worlds/dimensions that you go through a mirror to get to. There are a few corpses, but they don't look super realistic. And the evil is not who or what you think it is at first. Not all that original, but perfect for Halloween.
I recommend this game!
Your honeymoon turns sour when a madman kidnaps your husband, forcing you to expose Houdini's greatest trick.
Overall rating
3
/
5
13 of 16 found this review helpful
A little boring, Not very challenging
PostedOctober 17, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This game is ok, but not great. Same music as the music in "Macabre Mysteries: Curse of the Nightingale" HOS and puzzles easy to moderately challenging. Graphics mostly good, but fuzzy in HOS. No map that I saw, but there is a journal.
Storyline: original premise is good, but it's not played out well. For instance, she wakes up from a plane crash to find a news article that her plane disappeared a month ago, but a note from her companion makes it seem as if they just got there. Makes no sense, and there is no explanation as to why.
There are better games out there, but I'm recommending this game to those who like this sort of thing.
I recommend this game!
You’re drawn into a web of deceit when your train stops in Andville, where the Black Widow lies in wait...
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 6 found this review helpful
Creepy Halloween Game
PostedOctober 14, 2012
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
You're on a train at the start of your vacation, but after a nightmare about a scary woman, you wake up to knocking on your door. You have to figure out how to get the door open. A woman comes in and starts to tell you something, but she is attacked by huge spiders, before she can say anything. You decide to investigate and help.
You quickly find out an evil woman has taken over a town with her dangerous, mechanical spiders. There is a lot to do in this game, several different kinds of puzzles, a few HOS, etc. plus a lot places to go. Click on the map to teleport to other areas. Hint is helpful, and will point to where you need to go if there is nothing to do where you are. The Strategy Guide is very helpful, and I had to look at it a couple of times. Three game levels: Casual, Advanced, and Hard Core.
Live actors do campy voice overs and they're fairly good at it. Graphics are good. There is only one problem: After having been bitten by a brown recluse, I HATE spiders!
I recommend this game!
Help Romeo and Juliet find a way into each other’s arms and experience the greatest love story of all time!
Overall rating
3
/
5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Good Story, Easy, but Slow Game
PostedOctober 9, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
While I enjoyed the dialogue and the story, the breaks between for point and click were inserted at the most interesting places. Suddenly, I was wandering around looking for necessary items. Made it feel like a commercial break on TV. Graphics are blurry during vocals. Volume control doesn't work on Shakespeare's voice when he's narrating. Even though I really like the storyline and the vocals, this game is too easy for me. I like games that are challenging.
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
2
/
5
9 of 10 found this review helpful
Nothing New here
PostedOctober 7, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Card & Board
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
Since I own both of the previous Haunted Halls games, and have played each one several times, I was looking forward to this one. What new and bizarre tricks does Dr. Blackmore have up his sleeve this time, I wondered. Not that much, it turned out. Good graphics, good sound, so-so puzzles and HOS.
Started the game back at his original sanitarium, with an assortment of nasty instruments, along with some cute animals. Huh? Then, to add insult to injury, the boyfriend Tim, in a condescending and bored tone of voice, apologized to his girlfriend (you, the game player) for getting her into a mess with Dr. Blackmore yet again. He did not sound sorry at all!
If you've never played any Haunted Halls games before, this one would probably be fun. But for me, it was same 'ole, same 'ole. I recommend this game for those who have never played Haunted Halls games before.
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
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Intuitive Puzzle/Adventure Game
PostedOctober 5, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I like difficult, intuitive adventure games and this one fits that bill. Thankfully there are few HOS. You have to "put your thinking cap on" and ask yourself, "What would work here?" This game has a lot going for it: beautiful graphics, several, varied kinds of puzzles, a map that lets you teleport to other areas, and that tells you if you're done with a scene. The hint does help if there is anything to do where you are, it put a circle around an area, and tell you, "You have something to do here." or "You have something to USE here." or "You have something to drag here." But it does make you open small scenes, such as a cluttered table, for hints there. If there is nothing to do, click on your map, and find a scene that is marked as unfinished. It might have helped that I already knew what a Fret Saw was-- Dad thought all girls should know how to use tools.
So, why did I only give the Fun Factor 3 stars? This game is NOT creepy, or dark, even though the description gives that impression. And I prefer creepy, dark games.
I recommend this game!
Help Angelica get her witch-stolen beauty back! Save a young woman suffering from the witch’s sorcery for over 100 years!
Overall rating
3
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Easy game with irritating sound effects
PostedSeptember 29, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Card & Board, Brain Teaser
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This is an intuitive game with fairly easy puzzles and HOS. Although I normally play with the sound effects on, I turned them off this time because the birds' constant cawing and hooting were so irritating. The fun, adventurous, Disney-ish music (Night on Bald Mountain) did not fit the dark storyline. Even though my computer is powerful, with 16 gig RAM, this game did not flow well. It loaded each scene slowly, which is unusual for games produced with modern technology. This game was so easy, I didn't need the strategy guide, but since it was priced as a CE, a journal and map would have been nice. My advice is to wait for the SE version.
I don't recommend this game.
Cargo flight 821 has crashed on an uncharted, beautiful and deadly planet. Your only companion is the trustworthy robot, Oscar and together you must escape.
Overall rating
4
/
5
12 of 13 found this review helpful
Fun, Difficult, Sci Fi Puzzle Game
PostedJuly 9, 2012
IdahoForever
fromAtlanta, GA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is a difficult, intuitive, task-oriented game that makes you think, and for me that's a plus. While you are in Cryo-Sleep, your spaceship crashes on a planet you've never been to before. You have to find a way to get off that planet, and back into space. Your hint "button" is a little robot who speaks his hints outside of HOS, and he has a few snarky remarks as well. First, though, you have to find his parts and assemble him. The hint only points to objects in HOS scenes, but you have a map to tell you where you are, and where the HOS are. The strange colors make some scenes more difficult. Animals and plants look cartoony, but machines and other man-made objects look realistic. This game makes me think of sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, who died a few days ago. I started reading his books when I was in the 8th grade- 1961.
I recommend this game!