cbtx's Profile
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- Average Rating:2.3
- Helpful Votes:2,261
- Reviews Submitted:139
- First Review:December 30, 2011
- Most Recent Review:April 14, 2025
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Cozy up to puzzles in the comfort of your home!
Overall rating
1
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5
Just a Rehash
PostedJune 1, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I'm beginning to wonder if these souped up HOGs are all we are going to see from BF.
I dislike paying a membership fee when all we have offered are HOGs that I left behind years ago.
Abd this one is no different ---- one hidden object scene after the other. Gaming has come a very long way since these games were in style, and, imo, these games are a huge step back.
This particular entry also presents itself as a CE. Why? For the music player? Wallpapers? Replayable games? I'm sorry, I see no value in those things that are as old as the other game elements.
This particular entry also presents itself as a CE. Why? For the music player? Wallpapers? Replayable games? I'm sorry, I see no value in those things that are as old as the other game elements.
Just another in the extremely long line of games that harken back to the previous decade. All the same, and all boring and repetitious.
A perfect holiday without leaving home!
Overall rating
2
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5
I Wouldn't Admit It, Either
PostedMay 19, 2024
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I can understand why Domini/Do/whatever they are going by would use another identity for this game.
It is entirely 3rd rate. Old style that has no modern options and just drags along.
And they have the temerity to think there is enough to this loser that they want CE money for it.
Because it includes wallpapers that no one uses, a music player no one sits and listens to, and artwork no one gives two hoots about. And a "full: bonus chapter"! LOL (I can only imagine how weak that is).
And they have the temerity to think there is enough to this loser that they want CE money for it.
Because it includes wallpapers that no one uses, a music player no one sits and listens to, and artwork no one gives two hoots about. And a "full: bonus chapter"! LOL (I can only imagine how weak that is).
If you like old, old, old HO scenes with even older puzzles, and you're willing to pay CE money, go for it.
But if you take advantage of the free time BF offers, try it out. That way, if you don't fall asleep first, you will see what a snoozefest this one is.
But if you take advantage of the free time BF offers, try it out. That way, if you don't fall asleep first, you will see what a snoozefest this one is.
Certainly NOT recommended.
I don't recommend this game.
Breathe new life into precious paintings and photographs!
Overall rating
1
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5
Another Dud
PostedMay 14, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
It really amazes me to see this continuous onslaught of 3rd rate games that are nothing more than old time hidden object games with puzzles (all very old style) that are given a graphic makeover thrown in.
Or, in this case, they are doing it in reverse with painting/coloring and jigsaw up front with some hidden object scenes thrown in ---- but the bottom line is that the game is utter junk.
No point.
No story.
No reason to call this a CE ---- none.
No point.
No story.
No reason to call this a CE ---- none.
I'm very surprised to see the developer of the Twistingo games release such a game. But I guess they had to get in line with all the others that are making a quick dollar with these games of nothingness.
And, of course, as ling as gamers are out there lining up to play and pay for these "relaxing" games, and are mesmerized by their "beauty" (nothing more than 2024 developing capabilities found in virtually all new games), then this is what we will get.
And those of us who have been around a while and remember the fantastic, imaginative, games of times gone by will be left to wonder how in the wide world games like this have any appeal at all
And those of us who have been around a while and remember the fantastic, imaginative, games of times gone by will be left to wonder how in the wide world games like this have any appeal at all
I don't recommend this game.
Find differences and much more in this delightfully challenging game!
Overall rating
1
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5
Terrible!
PostedMay 8, 2024
You can count on Tiny Little Lion to come up with new ways to rush out poorly made, simplistic games like this.
And with this one, they have hit the bottom of the barrel ---- and done it in an insulting manner.
Poor quality visuals? Check!
Spot the difference? For CE money? Check!
Irrelevant "facts" that are totally uninteresting? Check!
Poor quality visuals? Check!
Spot the difference? For CE money? Check!
Irrelevant "facts" that are totally uninteresting? Check!
IMO, this developer is disrespecting gamers everywhere with this tawdry, meretricious offer. Spot the difference was an innovation as an add-on to games ---- 15 years ago! Talk about nothing new.
There are literally hundreds of games that feature spot the difference right here at BF that are done better and do NOT presume to be CE worthy. Check them out and finally maybe stand up to this developer that keeps flooding us with low end entries like this one.
I am honestly surprised that BF even allows a game like this to be presented as a CE.
I am honestly surprised that BF even allows a game like this to be presented as a CE.
This, Tiny Little Lion, is your worst game ever. Time for you to regroup or go away. We expect and (with our membership) deserve far better than this.
This is the worst and most overpriced game I have seen at BF in 15 years.
Welcome, and prepare for the great outdoors!
Overall rating
1
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5
More of the Same
PostedMay 5, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
Another repetitious, alliterative yawn-fest ---- this time from Avi games who is now in the same rut as so many other developers.
The rut is the cheaply and quickly made pattern of copying and pasting a few "hidden" objects on a photo created at a scene that is very uninteresting. Then, throw in a few puzzles that are dull and simplistic. Lastly, summon the unmitigated gall to call screensavers and music players "stunning" and "exclusive".
Those are nothing but cheap, easy to program add-ons, and totally useless "extras" that add another reason to call these snoozers CEs. I know a ton of gamers, and I have never known or heard of anyone that uses wallpapers/screensavers from a game since maybe 10-11 years ago, and NOBODY is so enamored of game music that they sit around listening to it.
So, Avi and other devs, time to get over yourself on that cheap ploy.
So, Avi and other devs, time to get over yourself on that cheap ploy.
Additionally, this game has some of the most boring and uninteresting places to "travel" to yet seen, mixed in with the ones we have seen over and over. Cambodia? Really? Or maybe Hawaii? For the 20th time?
The hidden objects are either too blatantly obvious or barely visible ---- riduculous to sublime.
And the people in each and every scene all are smiling stupidly and act like they are setting up for the camera. Makes each scene look banal and silly.
And the people in each and every scene all are smiling stupidly and act like they are setting up for the camera. Makes each scene look banal and silly.
And, yet again, the hint button is too slow. I have never understood why players need to be punished by a slow hint/skip button. If a hint is wanted, give it when the player wants it, not when the developer thinks they should have it.
I'll keep trying to point out how basic, boring, and uninteresting these new style HOGs really are. Maybe someone will save a couple of dollars for a great game like Thursday's offer.
It is, of course, very hard to follow the excellent, pioneering, and inventive Vacation game offered before this one, but this game is just pure run of the mill. And I'm willing to bet 3 or 4 more just like it are lined up, ready to go ---- waiting for the go ahead.
And, as long as there are players who actually believe these games are unique, interesting, relaxing or whatever and are happy to pay CE money then this is what we will continue to see en masse. And those of us that remember the great, original, and classic casual games that are fading fast will be left wondering why these cookie cutters are selling at all.
And, as long as there are players who actually believe these games are unique, interesting, relaxing or whatever and are happy to pay CE money then this is what we will continue to see en masse. And those of us that remember the great, original, and classic casual games that are fading fast will be left wondering why these cookie cutters are selling at all.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles!
Definitely not recommended.
I don't recommend this game.
Dive into “World Wonders: Hidden Secrets,” a Hidden-Object Puzzle adventure through history’s greatest civilizations!
Overall rating
1
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5
Lather Rinse Repeat
PostedApril 30, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
In other words, just another developer jumping on the gravy train of dressing up simplistic HOGs with a few puzzles from yesteryear thrown in and trying to convince players it is something new and worthy of CE money.
It is neither new or worthy. In fact, it is a very poor effort to make us believe we have something different.
It is just scene after scene of dreary spots in dreary parts of the world with little to zero instruction as to how to progress, with an awkward microscope, with objects just pasted on photos, with a super slow hint button, and the slowest skip button on the "puzzles" I have ever seen. In fact, I got to the 2nd puzzle and waited for the skip button for 4 full minutes and it still wasn't ready. So I went to the main menu, the game hung up with the words "new text" everywhere, and I figured I had seen all of this junk I needed to. So it seems there are technical issues here, too.
Sorry friends, it is just another entry in this overly long line of snoozers like this that get shoved at us far too often.
And I will continue to point out how bad they are as long as they keep presenting them in an effort to help gamers save money, hoping not to incur anyone's anger ---- just stating what is my opinion beckins if one reads correctly.
There are far superior games of this type out there or coming soon (BF has promised a park ranger game in a couple of days) so please ignore these efforts to just grab our money and giving nothing of quality in return.
And I will continue to point out how bad they are as long as they keep presenting them in an effort to help gamers save money, hoping not to incur anyone's anger ---- just stating what is my opinion beckins if one reads correctly.
There are far superior games of this type out there or coming soon (BF has promised a park ranger game in a couple of days) so please ignore these efforts to just grab our money and giving nothing of quality in return.
Couldn't uninstall this one fast enough.
Explore a lost temple in this nostalgic marble shooter game!
Overall rating
1
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5
A Boomzap Copyfest!
PostedApril 27, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
Having patiently waited for the technical problem to be resolved, I installed this game anxious to see the new and improved marble popping mechanics, ideas, and gameplay that Boomzap had in store for gamers like me that love marble popping games.
There are NONE.
The game is nothing more than a repeat of the popular Luxor series of 7-8 games, or Zuma, or any number of similar games available here at Big Fish.
And none of those games are CEs! They usually have more levels, more mechanics, and tighter controls.
This game's controls are sluggish to respond.
The levels have a sameness that lends to boredom.
And there are only 65 total levels counting "bonus" levels, whereas most of marble poppers I have owned for over a decade approach 100 levels or more.
And none of those games are CEs! They usually have more levels, more mechanics, and tighter controls.
This game's controls are sluggish to respond.
The levels have a sameness that lends to boredom.
And there are only 65 total levels counting "bonus" levels, whereas most of marble poppers I have owned for over a decade approach 100 levels or more.
So, talk about "been there, done that" ---- wow, this game adds NOTHING to games that were released a decade or more ago ---- and those games are superior in quality and fun. AND, they are SE priced.
I can't imagine any marble popper being called a CE ---- on wait, yes I can, it's a Boomzap game.
I can't imagine any marble popper being called a CE ---- on wait, yes I can, it's a Boomzap game.
I only hope this will be the first, only, and last marble popper from these people ---- it's a terrible, overpriced copy of what has been available for over a decade.
Minus about 10 stars.
Please don't waste your money on this dud, just go to the BF home page, click on "PC games", then click on "marble popper", and you'll see a very nice choice of excellent marble poppers.
Minus about 10 stars.
Please don't waste your money on this dud, just go to the BF home page, click on "PC games", then click on "marble popper", and you'll see a very nice choice of excellent marble poppers.
I don't recommend this game.
From smoke and fire, a hero emerges.
Overall rating
4
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5
Will The Real Developer Please Stand Up?
PostedApril 23, 2024
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
Make no mistake, this is what a HOG should be ---- part puzzle with beautiful hidden object scenes and a story that combine to make an entertaining, fun to play game.
No sloppy, cheap looking, thrown together "finding", or "stuff", or "nature", or travel to who knows where cookie-cutter lather, rinse, repeat boredom here. And the puzzles are fresh, different, and often not seen before ---- no old timey, last decade junk those "other" games lean on so heavily. Love that feature!
The graphics are gorgeous, and the gameplay is flawless.
No sloppy, cheap looking, thrown together "finding", or "stuff", or "nature", or travel to who knows where cookie-cutter lather, rinse, repeat boredom here. And the puzzles are fresh, different, and often not seen before ---- no old timey, last decade junk those "other" games lean on so heavily. Love that feature!
The graphics are gorgeous, and the gameplay is flawless.
I had to take away one star because the sound in the introduction and cutscenes is scratchy and stutters badly ---- but that has no real effect on the play of the game itself.
And at the risk of incurring the wrath of sunnyglow, I can tell you she is wrong about the voiceovers ---- there ARE voiceovers. Not the best you've ever heard, but they are there.
An oddity about this game is the developer. This CE is presented by Matryoshka ---- perfectly ok.
But the SE of the game has been around since last year and the developer of that version is Itera Labs, makers of some fine games, including the other games (4 of them) in the series. So I just wonder what the story is on that. Did Itera change their name? I've never heard of Matryoshka, but that's ok. I'm sure they never heard of me, either. Maybe another gamer knows? This CE has several subtle, but ultimately unimportant changes that I suppose were meant to improve the game.
There appears to be a bonus chapter (as indicated in the helpful strategy guide), but I can't see where to access it.
So I hope it is after completing the main body of the game.
But the SE of the game has been around since last year and the developer of that version is Itera Labs, makers of some fine games, including the other games (4 of them) in the series. So I just wonder what the story is on that. Did Itera change their name? I've never heard of Matryoshka, but that's ok. I'm sure they never heard of me, either. Maybe another gamer knows? This CE has several subtle, but ultimately unimportant changes that I suppose were meant to improve the game.
There appears to be a bonus chapter (as indicated in the helpful strategy guide), but I can't see where to access it.
So I hope it is after completing the main body of the game.
This is the 5th title in this series, and I have liked them all. But, keep in mind that they are all pretty heavy on puzzles so if you don't like puzzles it may not be your best choice. But for those who do, an excellent game.
Oh and btw, I hope beckins can maybe read my reviews with accuracy. I said that reviews of reviews are shallow, not the people themselves. I would not make a snide remark to or about a fellow gamer simply because my opinion differed from theirs.
Oh and btw, I hope beckins can maybe read my reviews with accuracy. I said that reviews of reviews are shallow, not the people themselves. I would not make a snide remark to or about a fellow gamer simply because my opinion differed from theirs.
But do take advantage of the generosity BF gives us with the free trial offered on this and every game and take this one out for a spin.
It is unique, it is visually magnificent, and it is fun. Big recommendation here.
It is unique, it is visually magnificent, and it is fun. Big recommendation here.
I recommend this game!
Go on an adventure to uncover hidden objects in charming locations around the world!
Overall rating
1
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5
Just Another Copycat
PostedApril 20, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
Save your money!
This is just another straight HOG with old style minigames thrown in. (When I got to the first jigsaw puzzle, I was done!)
I don't understand the attraction of these extremely old fashioned HOGs when there are so many of them all over for little to no cost ---- and developers like these think their games are worth the exorbitant asking price. Oh, I know there are those that say they are tired of witches, demons, devils, etc. ---- BOO HOO, get over it.
What I DO understand is why we are getting flooded with these clunkers. They are cheap and easy to create, and because so many seem to have forgotten what a really great CE is about, they sell.
But this type of junker clunker is NOT why I pay a monthly membership fee. These games are so last century.
What I DO understand is why we are getting flooded with these clunkers. They are cheap and easy to create, and because so many seem to have forgotten what a really great CE is about, they sell.
But this type of junker clunker is NOT why I pay a monthly membership fee. These games are so last century.
Story? non existent.
Visuals? very poor, almost cloudy
Challenge? Click on the "big hint" button and you're done
Fun? not at all
Visuals? very poor, almost cloudy
Challenge? Click on the "big hint" button and you're done
Fun? not at all
I was actually fooled into trying this one and realized it is simply another copycat, me too, cookie cutter game in the overly long and boring list that BF has been offering for far too long.
I would rather have no new game offered at all before there is one more of these.
I would rather have no new game offered at all before there is one more of these.
Oh, and btw, to those that review the reviews (lacking confidence in their own opinion) ---- those comments about the reviews of others are as shallow as this game.
Give the game a try if you have the time to waste.
I don't recommend this game.
Continue the divine journey through the Bible's foundational stories!
Overall rating
2
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5
Even Less Appeal Than The First One
PostedApril 16, 2024
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
2
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5
Many gamers have no problem with these offerings based on Christian theology.
But I do.
I don't think these themes are appropriate as "games" nor do I believe a casual gaming site is the place to sell them.
And if this Serbia based company were sincere in espousing the beauty of these themes, they would certainly not be so cleverly devising extra content so as to be able to charge double money for the game. And, in fact, if their sincerity were in the right place they would be offering these games at a very deep discount if not free. But I see they want a nice profit.
And if this Serbia based company were sincere in espousing the beauty of these themes, they would certainly not be so cleverly devising extra content so as to be able to charge double money for the game. And, in fact, if their sincerity were in the right place they would be offering these games at a very deep discount if not free. But I see they want a nice profit.
And while Brave Giant has created some truly outstanding games, this is not one of them.
The game is yet one more ripoff of the substandard HOG/old style puzzles we have been covered up with lately, and while the visuals are nice they get boring very fast ---- just like the game.
The game is yet one more ripoff of the substandard HOG/old style puzzles we have been covered up with lately, and while the visuals are nice they get boring very fast ---- just like the game.
Seriously, devs, I get my religion needs satisfied elsewhere ---- not by playing a PC casual game. My faith needs no support from Big Fish or its developers.
BTW, I hope all the good people that feel it is their duty to review and comment on other reviews can soon learn to be confident enough in their own reviews to refrain from commenting about the opinions of others.
I don't recommend this game.