solacemoon's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2
- Helpful Votes:20
- Reviews Submitted:1
- First Review:January 31, 2012
- Most Recent Review:January 31, 2012
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Jessica Pandora, a young archaeologist, has been teleported to Isla Dorada and now needs your help to return home!
Overall rating
2
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5
20 of 23 found this review helpful
Confusing descriptions of objects
PostedJanuary 31, 2012
solacemoon
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
I really liked the character design and the music in the hidden object scenes. I wasn't very impressed with the voice acting, though the heroine's was ok. It just got bad when I was actually playing the hidden object scenes.
Some scenes would have several items of a single object you need. For example: in one scene I had to find 1 statuette, and there were about 4 or 5, so I had to click on each before I got the right one. At one scene, I was even penalized before I found the correct statue. The controls were also a bit sluggish at times. I had to click on a correct object twice before I got it.
Sometimes scenes would be in gloom, like a black-and-white effect, or something that looked almost like a film negative. Here most colors are muted or monochromatic. Objects are difficult to find if the description given is based on color. For example: I was asked to find "red currant" and since there were other berries there, I couldn't figure out which it was in one click because they were all the same color. It would have helped too if the objects looked exactly like what I'd commonly expect to find.
I also think the game wasn't edited well, or they got confused in their descriptions. Being asked to find something and finding out via hint that it's something else entirely is frustrating. For one scene, I was asked to look for a "garnet", and when I had given up and hit the hint button, it pointed to a "pomegranate". For another scene I was looking for a "daisy" but the flower the hint pointed me to was a "daffodil".
Besides that, some objects are too well buried under other objects to be found. Or else, they're hidden behind the elements of the lower bar. At one scene, I was searching for a pair of gloves and couldn't find it at all. Then the hint showed me a corner of it was peeking from behind the bag holding my inventory.
I think this game could have been good if the same artwork they used for the characters was used throughout. The clearer lines would've helped make objects easier to find in the darker scenes. The puzzles weren't even very difficult. It was trying to find the correct objects based on inaccurate or confusing descriptions that really ate up my time. The hidden object scenes weren't challenging in a fun aspect, it was difficult in a frustrating way.
I don't recommend this game.