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Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.5
- Helpful Votes:2,025
- Reviews Submitted:149
- First Review:May 18, 2018
- Most Recent Review:May 25, 2025
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Can you save familiar stories from an emerging darkness before it’s too late?
Overall rating
3
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5
TORTURE
PostedMay 25, 2025
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
In all honesty, I couldn't refrain from giving this an extra star for the efforts of the developers. I like the idea of having an HOG, and this could have been a good game....IF....and those IF's are many.
Graphics were great, as usual, for this developer. There was too much talky talk for me, but worse than anything were the incessant repeat of scenes. I thought I was never going to get through this game and was so tired of the repetitiveness. The smoke scenes were unbearable and something I never want to go through again, and that goes for the flashlight scenes, too. Towards the end of the game, I began hinting my way through all of those horrid scenes just because I wanted to see what the bonus included. There should have been an achievement for the most hints used because I never used as many as I did in this one. Some of the areas are so dark, I couldn't even make out the items even with hints, a challenge I did not enjoy.
The Bonus included 2 extra scenes that really didn't appeal to me and I was grateful that I wasn't forced to replay scenes over and over and over again. I was glad to get the game completed and it is unfortunate because I feel that a great deal of work went into this and I want to express thanks for the effort, but please, PLEASE, developers, have more variety of scenes and NO more smoke filled scenes.
Explore Usher’s secrets in a gothic hidden object game!
Overall rating
4
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5
WORTH A SALE PRICE, BUT NOT CE WORTHY
PostedMay 25, 2025
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
I have the SE version of this game and it is exactly the same as this CE version with the exception of 11 extra jigsaw puzzles for CE content. That is hardly enough to warrant this as a CE.
I like the game except that it does not have a zoom feature for those dark areas that I had a hard time finding items even when using a hint. Hints are plentiful, but I hate using them and had to because I couldn't see because items were so obscured in darkness. There is an added hint feature that outlines an item if you want and that can be helpful.
It is a generous length that you can play at your leisure, having the option to replay scenes as you wish. If you like HOGS, it is surely worth a sale price, but definitely not full price.
Collect souvenirs and Match 3 in this world-traveling variety game!
Overall rating
2
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5
TEDIOUS...HOW ABOUT SOME VARIETY?
PostedApril 16, 2025
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
There are WAY TOO MANY SORT AND JIGSAW games in this. Every group of 4 scenes has a sort game and a jigsaw. You can skip the jigsaws, but not any of the others. You must complete the 4 group scenes in order to progress...skipping the jigsaws won't prevent you from advancing.
I didn't care for the themes in the groupings. They were boring. The hos were poorly done. Although I only played the demo, I doubt I will purchase this even at a sale price because of the constant repetition of the sort and jigsaw games.
Not much thought went into this game at all. It could have been a nice and relaxing game if there had been some variety in it. It is a disappointment.
Hollywood Files: Deadly Intrigues
Help Zoey, a private detective, find out who killed a famous star in Hollywood Files – Deadly Intrigues, a fun Hidden Object game!
Overall rating
2
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5
Very Poorly Done
PostedApril 14, 2025
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
The only thing good about this was the music. Very difficult to find items. Had to use the hint and was still unable to find items because you can't see them. The worst part was NO SKIP FOR PUZZLES. I hate block style puzzles and couldn't proceed in the game because I couldn't skip it. A waste of time. Could have been a better game for sure.
Cozy up to this festive hidden-object puzzler!
Overall rating
4
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5
COULD BE BETTER, BUT GREAT FOR A SALE PRICE
PostedJanuary 5, 2025
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Although the scenes are quite bland, I am enjoying it because it is relaxing. I really like the Pao Pao puzzles and jigsaws. This time you don't have to have 8 stars to progress, only 5.
There is a magnifier in the lower right that you can use which I did for some of the gold coins. Some of those are cleverly hidden from view. The only thing I didn't like about it is when you are done using it, you have to put it back in place.
Developers, it would also be nice if you included hints in the spot the differences. I am not a fan of those at all, but like to acquire the stars for them if I can.
There is a skip for all puzzles. All you need is 5 stars to go to the next group of scenes, so you can play what you like in the particular group and avoid those games you don't like.
Just because there is no profile doesn't mean you cannot replay the game. Once you finish a scene or group of scenes and puzzles, you can replay them any time you want in any order. You just won't collect the stars or gold coins, which is not a big deal to me. It would be considerate, however, to provide a profile selection so players would have the option of collecting coins and stars if they like,
I don't think this is worth full price, but at a sale, it's fine....and fun without the stress or strain. I wish it had been a longer game.
HeartFinder
Find hidden hearts across a number of cute game zones!
Overall rating
2
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5
TORTURE
PostedDecember 21, 2024
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
I have played many of these black and white sketch find cats, whatever, from Steam, many of which are free. Aside from the puzzles they incorporated into this black and white mess, this is the worst one I have ever played. On Steam, the first 50 hearts game is free, but not the next 50 which is the second half of the game and they make you pay for that. This entire game is only a few cents more on BF, so I bought it here. After all, BF is my home base for games.
This is an eye strain deluxe, with hearts in places you can't even find, and some are so tiny you can't even see them. There is a helpful (?) hint in the upper left hand corner which I used excessively from the last 15 hearts to find because I was exhausted. The hint led me to places that were utterly unimaginable and I couldn't make out the heart. It was ridiculous and took me too much time to complete the other hearts I found. It is one thing to make things difficult to find and another to make it sheer torture.
Music was nice, but repetitious, so I muted it because it was taking me so much time to find all the hearts. Puzzles were fun and a challenge at times, but it added some variety that the other sketch games don't have.
I doubt I will ever play this one again. It is a headache of a game.
Discover the wonders of the dark world of "Beyond Stories: Jester."
Overall rating
2
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5
DARK AND SINISTER
PostedSeptember 21, 2024
Fun Factor
3
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5
This is a great developer and one of the things I like most is that you can view all of the picture puzzles in each category before you play or decide to buy,
I didn't care for most of the pictures in this and found the ones of people to be sinister looking and not pleasant. There are also many dark colors in the puzzles and I thought many of the pictures were depressing. In the last category of Autumn, there is way too much orange and is repetitious play. There were only a few picture puzzles I did like, so this is no buy for me. There should have been more variety and a balance of more cheerful and colorful scenes instead of all the darkness.
It isn't my idea of a Happy Halloween puzzle game.
The strongest brotherhood is forged through difficult trials.
Overall rating
1
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5
A ONE TIME ONLY FOR COLLECTIBLES
PostedSeptember 21, 2024
Fun Factor
2
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5
There is no profile for your name in this game. You can only obtain the collectibles once and that is it. What a rip off.
Complete fully customizable puzzles designed with warm and inspirational scenes to help you achieve a sense of peace while you play.
Overall rating
2
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5
VERY FRUSTRATING
PostedSeptember 1, 2024
Fun Factor
2
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5
Pictures are beautiful and there are so many to chose from, but that was it. I had so many problems with the cursor being slow to respond and puzzle pieces difficult to move and place. I was also spending too much time trying to figure out how to adjust all the settings for the puzzles. It is not user friendly. It's disappointing, but I have to take a pass on this one.
Relax and take a vacation from the comfort of home!
Overall rating
3
/
5
NOT SO AMAZING OR RELAXING
PostedAugust 10, 2024
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Avi games work great on my system, however this game became tedious because of some of the very dark areas in scenes and items being impossible to find without taking a hint, which I don't like to do. It is colorful, but some items are so tiny or obscured I couldn't find them without using a magnifier and at times couldn't even find them with the magnifier. It was a strain.
You have to collect 7 stars before proceeding to the next level of scenes, which means you have to replay scenes in the 4 given. You earn stars for each scene you play and they are indicated in the top right. There are 3 different modes in the hos scenes you can choose from and you have to collect the racoon in each one, as well as silhouette items that are shown in the lower left. There are also souvenirs to find, but no indication what those are and I didn't know if I found them or not until I finished the scene, so I found myself in a click fest, not only for those, but trying to find items.
One very annoying thing is the child giggling in the background which drove me to practically mute the sound. Developers, please get rid of that.
I wouldn't pay full price for this, but will wait for a sale which is going to be a while, because unless there is a bogo, you have to wait because of BF's policy of not being able to buy new releases on sale. It isn't worth full price to me, but an ok game for a sale price.