Beadfisher's Profile
 
 
 
Stat Summary
 
  • Average Rating:
    2.9
  • Helpful Votes:
    603
 
  • Reviews Submitted:
    48
  • First Review:
    January 1, 2012
  • Most Recent Review:
    June 26, 2019
  • Featured reviews
    0
 
 
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Beadfisher's Review History
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Return to the House of 1,000 Doors to save mankind from annihilation!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
2 of 5 found this review helpful
fun, engrossing
PostedJune 6, 2013
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Marble Popper
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
This is the only game I've wanted to buy based on 15 minutes of demo. The voiceovers don't grate. The art is fine.The minigames, which I normally loathe, hate, detest and despise, were logical and within my comfort level. The HOG's made me work a little. I've bought games whose logic escaped me, to the point where I used Hint to know when it was time to leave a scene. This is more accessible, while still offering challenges.
I recommend this game!
-1point
2of 5voted this as helpful.
 
Seven gnomes wait in silence, holding a secret. Take up the hunt if you dare, and find the path to the Chamber of Fortune.
 
Overall rating 
Hated it.
1 / 5
4 of 13 found this review helpful
For pete's sake
PostedMay 27, 2013
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Marble Popper, Puzzle
Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Awful
1 / 5
Storyline 
Poor
2 / 5
The voiceovers are not grating; this is a plus. The hidden objects are not hidden. I'm sorry, but this is pointless. Does EVERY old house have junk heaps in every room? I am pleased to search for objects. I will play minigames if they seem related, and if the instructions work. This is not fun.
I don't recommend this game.
-5points
4of 13voted this as helpful.
 
Are a town’s superstitions justified? Follow the blood to find out!
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
fun stuff for HOG lovers
PostedFebruary 10, 2013
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Thank goodness! I was begining to think that all socalled HOG's were iactually puzzle adventuress with a single HOG. The puzzles were doable, but I am an impatient sort and tend to skip them. I enjoyed this game .
I recommend this game!
0points
1of 2voted this as helpful.
 
What dark and powerful secrets are hidden within the A.R.C.A.N.E. agency's old research base? Kiera Vale returns to find out.
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
0 of 4 found this review helpful
reservations
PostedJanuary 26, 2013
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
I love the controls, LOVE being able to specify the brightness level, LOVE killing the voiceovers. OTOH, the backing a forthing is offputting and there are too darned many puzzles. I'm not fond of puzzles. Figuring out where to go next is enough puzzle for me. When I have to click on things in picky-precise order, feh! Even so, I may buy it.
-4points
0of 4voted this as helpful.
 
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 
Hated it.
1 / 5
7 of 24 found this review helpful
endless mingames
PostedOctober 25, 2012
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Boo. I loathe minigames. I tolerate them and play them for the sake of hidden objects games, which I enjoy. This is less a game than a semi-interactive story. Not for me.
I don't recommend this game.
-10points
7of 24voted this as helpful.
 
Stop a mechanical monster before it destroys an entire town in Depths of Betrayal! Uncover the truth and stop the terrifying machine!
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
13 of 17 found this review helpful
oh boy!
PostedFebruary 23, 2012
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Beadfisher
fromDayton, OH
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
Like Crystal Portal, this game uses crisp graphics and rings of hidden objects that popup when you mouse over a key item. There's a lot of backing and forthing. Dialog is minimal but helpful.the music can be set to almost inaudible These are all good things. Best of all, there is a logic that I can follow. Some of these adventure games are so convoluted that I can't move without a strategy guide. This one lets me play.
+9points
13of 17voted this as helpful.
 
When Houdini’s promises of contact from beyond go unkept, his wife comes to you in a final plea to unravel his mysterious passing.
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
2 of 10 found this review helpful
Fooey
PostedJanuary 29, 2012
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Beadfisher
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Hidden Object, Marble Popper, Match 3
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
The opening sequence is breathtaking, but there is no opportunity to skip it, and it is lengthy. The one minipuzzle I encountered did not function the way the instructions aid it would, and the skip button took forever to fill. When I got inside the house, I was supposed to be dazzled by card tricks.
This game should have been billed as a mildly interactive show.
After 6 minute's I'd had enough.
I don't recommend this game.
-6points
2of 10voted this as helpful.
 
After being summoned to a mysterious manor, you must unravel the story of an ancient evil and discover your destiny before it’s too late!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
1 of 3 found this review helpful
BAh Humbug
PostedJanuary 1, 2012
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Beadfisher
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Hidden Object, Marble Popper, Match 3, Mahjong
Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
The game starts out well and had a number of quirks that keep things interesting. Right off the bat you can deal with the light/dark issue. I bogged down at the first rune puzzle but bought the game anyway. The rune puzzle, which involves memorizing where you put things, was the tip of the iceberg. There's a lot of backing and forthing. I hate the CE puzzles, matching definitions to objects. I Hate audios for the dialog.
I don't recommend this game.
-1point
1of 3voted this as helpful.