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- Average Rating:2.5
- Helpful Votes:2,025
- Reviews Submitted:156
- First Review:May 18, 2018
- Most Recent Review:September 9, 2025
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The Grand Tour heads west in this seafaring hidden object excursion!
Overall rating
2
/
5
Not Enjoyable
PostedSeptember 9, 2025
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
The music in most of the scenes did not work. It took enjoyment out of the game. Sound effects work, except they were very annoying with clicking computer keys, phones ringing, and someone coughing in the background, among other distracting noise. I ended up muting them at times. I would have much rather been without sound effects than the music.
I didn't care for this game in general and feel it was not as good as previous ones. The jigsaws were terrible and unattractive. Other puzzles were repetitive and one puzzle I loathe is the click and rotate to form the correct picture. With all the scenery being similar, it was a chore. I do enjoy the word finds.
Scenes were colorful and crowded. The locations info was interesting, but I found myself anxious to just get the game over with.
Help Park Rangers run a sensational US National Park!
Overall rating
5
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5
THE BEST ONE YET
PostedSeptember 7, 2025
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
So far, this is my favorite VAPR. I enjoyed it so much, I played it twice. The second time was in Extreme mode so I could get all the achievements. I never played in Extreme before because I didn't want to be timed, but the timer only indicates how long it takes you to complete a scene, so no hurry or rush. I could just take my time and enjoy it as much as when I first played it.
Even though there were some scenes that were from other games, it didn't really bother me too much. A good time is still to be had.
Nobody does it better than Casual Arts and my only disappointment was when the game ended and also, the long wait for another edition.
The landmarks of Europe await you in this hidden object getaway!
Overall rating
1
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5
OVER THE TOP JUNK PILE BAD
PostedSeptember 7, 2025
Fun Factor
1
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5
It's one thing to have a challenge in finding items, and another when developers make it an anxiety producing impossibility to find anything. I had to use a magnifier in most of the 3 scenes I played and still couldn't find everything, not even that racoon in scene 3. Items are so small or so obscured that finding them without a click fest or a constant use of hints is futile.
You're supposed to find coins, never indicates how many or even how many you found. How are you supposed to find them in a mess of leaves or obscured behind all the junk they put in these scenes? You don't find out what you collected and what you didn't until the scene is completed. Then, if you want a complete score you have to do it all over again, straining yourself to find items.
You are also supposed to find question marks for extra hints....impossible in most instances...and why do you have to earn extra hints when you are supposed to have unlimited ones? Forget it!!!!
They have made a complete mess of this series with their trying to make it more challenging. I don't mind staying in a scene for a while, but this is ridiculous and a pain you know where. I don't want to have to use a magnifier all the time....especially when I can't even find anything with that!!!! It's stressful and a big strain on the nerves. It is exhausting!
I have all the others in this series and have always looked forward to them, but can tell you, I wouldn't want this if they gave it to me. What a shame and disappointment.
Explore summer scenes, solve themed puzzles, and celebrate Independence Day joy!
Overall rating
4
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5
ENJOYABLE, BUT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
PostedSeptember 7, 2025
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Extras include 3 Chapters, 5 scenes in each, 12 Wallpapers, Vintage Postcards that were cool. I think the post cards may be in the SE. You earn one for every chapter you play. Also, decorate only 3 rooms with earned coins that may be included in the SE. I didn't check that. There wasn't much offered to decorate. It could have been better, for sure.
Main Game: 6 Chapters, 5 scenes in each. In each Chapter is a HOS with 3 modes of play. You collect 3 coins in each mode and 3 fireworks. The fireworks will only be collected once during the 3 modes of play.
In every chapter is a Collect the Same items scene and 2 Spot the Differences. Then there are 2 puzzles that are variated in each chapter. Each of the puzzles have 2 modes, Easy and Hard except for the collect the same items (you only play that one time). You will earn stars for each game that you play and need 5 to progress to the next Chapter. All puzzles can be skipped.
I loved the festive fireworks. How energizing. I had to click on the scene they were in to progress, otherwise it seemed like they went on forever.
Most of the puzzles were fun. The only one I didn't like and skipped was the lining of animals in the Bonus content. In the jigsaws, the puzzle pieces were difficult to move and took some patience. The puzzle pictures are very vibrant and rich in color. I really liked the one with the colored row houses. My request to the developers is to please allow us to view all of the completed puzzles longer instead of rushing them away.
Although the extras are lacking as well as decorating only 3 rooms with a few items, I still enjoy these games and will look forward to the next one. They are definitely worth a sale price.
Explore the most beautiful places in the world!
Overall rating
4
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5
RELAXING AND ENGAGING
PostedSeptember 6, 2025
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
This is a peaceful and relaxing game with Extras of 10 Bonus levels, replay of 39 puzzles and an extra Bubble Shooter game. 14 Music and 18 Wallpapers.
Main game has 30 scenes in which you find 3 cats, 1 camera, and 1 paw print in each scene. When a camera is found, a lovely picture is taken and added to a folder that can only be accessed while in a hos scene in the lower left. It would be nice to have a special place provided to view these beautiful photos as well as their locations whenever we like. Also, when a paw print is found, you only get to see a flash of the animal, that' it. Would like to see a place for those, also, instead of now you see it and now you don't.
You collect coins during play and these are used to only buy puppies in the Gift Shop. This was extremely lacking.
Music is only in puzzles and I found some of it to be repetitious and monotonous. Of all the music tracks available, it would have been much more enjoyable to have more of a variety of music during the gameplay. I ended up muting it during many puzzles. The hos scenes only have background sounds of nature, which is peaceful, but some music would have been preferable, too.
After each hos scene, there is a puzzle that can be skipped if you want. There are a variety of puzzles, some of which are very time consuming, but enjoyable. The items in the hos scenes are fairly easy to find. There is a magnifier in the lower right, but is blurry. Most of the time is spent on the puzzles.
I have all the games in this series and have enjoyed them. I will continue to add future ones to my collection. They are good for some rest and relaxation.
Step into a cozy world of hidden objects and create your perfect home!
Overall rating
5
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5
HOME SWEET HOME, IT IS
PostedSeptember 6, 2025
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
This is the best one yet!!! Extras include 8 scenes, consisting of 6 HOS and 2 Puzzles. 8 Bonus Puzzles and 6 more Bonus Puzzles. 12 Wallpapers and 18 songs in Music Player. And of course, you have your Achievements.
Main game has 12, 4 scene pages with 28 very colorful hos and 20 puzzles. Puzzles can be skipped. You can replay any scene and puzzle as you like.
A great deal of work was put into this game and I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. I could have never made it through without the magnifier as items are at times so tiny and obscured. I was clicking around scenes and suddenly an item would disappear and it was so fast I didn't know what that item was. Slow it down for us, please.
Graphics are rich and colorful. Music is pleasant and is varied. Puzzles are fun and enjoyable. I loved finding the cats and dogs in each scene...and especially the yellow cat swap puzzle....beautiful picture.
I loved most of the scenes, and the toy scenes were a blast. It took me a loooong time to find all the items with the magnifier without a hint in most scenes, but that was ok because then I could appreciate and notice all of the intricate details. It was certainly a challenge.
One thing I didn't care for is the background noise of mixers going and the like....and also, please get rid of that barking dog. I muted the sound at times because it was a distraction and nerve wracking.
This is a very user friendly game and great for relaxation. I will surely replay this one. I always look forward to Avi Games and look forward to the next installation of Sweet Home. It won't be soon enough~
Take part in puzzles and mini-games in an adventurous new TV show!
Overall rating
1
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5
WHAT NERVE TO PRESENT THIS AS A CE!!!!!!
PostedSeptember 5, 2025
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Storyline
2
/
5
First of all, I didn't notice any place to enter a profile, so does that mean the game can't be replayed if one wanted to?
There is NO Strategy guide.....and this game absolutely NEEDS one! If there are any collectibles, there wasn't any info as to what they are. I didn't see any extras as there are supposed to be in a CE. No replays....nothing to render this as a CE. So WHY is it classified as such? I find it misleading and manipulative to spend $$$ to get something you are supposed to and don't.
The graphics are excellent, but this is Very Much a puzzle game. Puzzle instructions were vague and good for nothing....another reason a SG is needed. I don't care to spend all my time with meaningless puzzles you can't figure out or to be overwhelmed with them. It's a waste of time and utterly imbalances the game.
I did not finish the demo and during that time I didn't come across any hos. Emphasis of this game are TOO MANY PUZZLES and going here and there to find items to complete endless tasks.
Because of its uniqueness, it could have been a great game, but was more like torture and not enjoyable for me at all.
Can you save familiar stories from an emerging darkness before it’s too late?
Overall rating
3
/
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
/
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
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
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
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
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.