kateblue222's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.5
- Helpful Votes:3,417
- Reviews Submitted:179
- First Review:May 6, 2014
- Most Recent Review:July 28, 2024
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As Avenlee Courtwald, a young writer, uncover the mystery behind a tragic murder.
Overall rating
1
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5
nothing happens-no Hiddenverse here!
PostedJuly 28, 2024
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
All I see is a music box which turns around, but nothing else happens no matter what else I do. If this is supposed to be hiddenverse game, where is it!
I don't recommend this game.
Embark on a high-altitude adventure with Mia Faircroft!
Overall rating
3
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5
9 of 15 found this review helpful
get out of the way so I can see the pretty pictures!
PostedJune 23, 2022
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
A new, pretty location is shown. And before I can enjoy it, a person appears right in the foreground and blocks it. I play these games not just for the game factor, but for how they look. The constant people standing in front of the view ruined it for me. Looking for the objects was fun, but I was too aggravated by the constant people to really enjoy it.
I prefer the "Our Beautiful Earth" series because it allows you to admire the pictures, even removing the game controls for you.
Game play seemed ok, except I ended up in a close up view and wasn't sure how. The game returned to normal view when I used a hint. Maybe I missed the controls for that, somehow.
I'm giving it three stars instead of two only because, when I am less aggravated, I might try again.
I don't recommend this game.
Travel Mosaics is the perfect relaxing challenge for the intrepid armchair traveler!
Overall rating
3
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5
2 of 4 found this review helpful
Meh
PostedJune 6, 2018
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I don't like the little sounds.
I like if you miss a lot of times you get a trivia question, but I hate that you have to get all perfects to open the bonus puzzle. This seems contradictory, too. You are rewarded with a cool question if you lose, but then you don't get the bonus puzzle even if you get through all 6 regular puzzles unless you have a perfect score. So you miss some of the fun either way. I am tired of playing these types of puzzles over and over for perfect scores, so meh.
It's really hard to see the yellow color against the beige background. Headache time.
Unless you buy all of these mosaic games, buy another. There are better ones.
Save mankind from the Zombie apocalypse! Play your cards right and prevail in numerous adventures to thwart the zombie epidemic!
Overall rating
2
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5
The game works ok, but boring.
PostedMay 14, 2018
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
2
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5
==I had to wait too long for the printed explanations to go away. I read faster than that.
==The game started over and I had to find the key and the "to do" list over. I don't know why.
==I find the cards hard to read. They are more artsy than practical. Headache from squinting.
==Also, the little coins dropping and making their little noise was annoying.
==The game started over and I had to find the key and the "to do" list over. I don't know why.
==I find the cards hard to read. They are more artsy than practical. Headache from squinting.
==Also, the little coins dropping and making their little noise was annoying.
Why would they give you the explanations of special cards you can buy before you even have enough coins to buy even one?
My impression? Meh. Go play a Fairway Solitaire game.
I don't recommend this game.
In Travel Mosaics: A Paris Tour, explore the beauty of France while completing colorful and challenging mosaics puzzles.
Overall rating
1
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5
5 of 7 found this review helpful
can't see the grid
PostedFebruary 21, 2018
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
The black on black grid to show which squares should not be marked was too much for me. Couldn't see it properly. Deleted.
I don't recommend this game.
Hoist the Jolly Roger and seek the treasures of the Caribbean sea!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
patchworkz-type game lacks a "bookmark"
PostedJune 11, 2017
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
3
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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
I love these types of games. This one has a relaxed mode and some wonderful pictures/colors.
But there is one pretty big problem.
If I come back after a long time without playing, which happens a lot, I cannot find where I left off. I can't see any button that tells me where I was, so I have to open up the chapters and look at the little locks on the sides of the menus in order to see where the unworked puzzles start.
Please fix in next edition of your mosaics puzzles, 8Floor. It reduces my fun factor to have to figure out where I was.
Otherwise, I think this is a really good game. Try it. Play it all the way through and maybe you won't have my problem!
I recommend this game!
The City of the Ancients must be rebuilt, but the mystery of the Mosaics runs ever deeper.
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 3 found this review helpful
Great game, but needs to work better
PostedJune 11, 2017
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
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
I love it and I am buying it. However:
1) ==The black color tiles are bad because they do not have the texture and beveling of the other tiles. Ugly. Please fix in the next one.
==Also, the white tiles are hard to see against the background.
==Therefore, the puzzles with lots of black and white are not as much fun to play as others.
==Also, the white tiles are hard to see against the background.
==Therefore, the puzzles with lots of black and white are not as much fun to play as others.
2) The two colors of brown are too much alike when a row/column with both in it is selected. You can't tell the difference.
3) The little swirly lines that move between the puzzle steps in the menu of steps annoy me, even though they only last a second or two. Just let me go on to the next puzzle, please.
4) I don't actually care about building the houses. It's not like it is giving me anything!
5) I can't find any way to look at the awards I have won (no hints, no mistakes, etc.) If there is a button to get there, I can't find it. Please let me go to an achievements page and gloat! Much better than building the houses.
6) MOST IMPORTANTLY. Please let me assign a name to myself. Why? I goofed. that's why. Even though the game asked me if I REALLY wanted to start a new game, I said "yes" when I didn't want to. If it had asked me for a new name after I mistakenly said yes, maybe I wouldn't have goofed. Plus, if I'd had to enter a new name, it would have saved the old game even if I started over! (I actually should blame my husband, not the game. He was talking to me at the time.)
Anyway, this is a great mosaic puzzle game. It allows you enough errors that you aren't starting over all the time--unless you are going for that perfect score. So it's better, I think, than the Fantasy series, which doesn't let you make enough mistakes. (Though I like that series, too!)
Try it! If you like this type of puzzle, you will like this game.
I recommend this game!
Enjoy Pinecreek Hills at its awesome best. Have a truly sensational summer vacation helping Rangers run an exciting national park.
Overall rating
5
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5
5 of 6 found this review helpful
great game, but could use a couple of improvements
PostedJune 11, 2017
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This was fun, much more fun that I expected. I usually don't play the games like this. It's the first of these that I have played, though, so maybe I am not entitled to an opinion
but:
Trash is too hard to find and also sometimes wildlife. I usually found the trash by random clicking, except for the pizza boxes.
There needs to be a countdown feature in the awards section to show you how many wildlife you still have to find to win the award. Or at least how many are available to be found. I could have found 2 or 20 or 200. I had no idea. I could have gone back and counted by looking at previous results, but I shouldn't have to. This is a COMPUTER game. It counts automatically. Please put a counter in, devs!
Try it. I found it to be a nice break from the HO/adventure games I usually play.
I recommend this game!
Journey to the mythical Nine Worlds to save the Earth!
Overall rating
1
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5
28 of 38 found this review helpful
boring and slow and WAY too much TALK
PostedMay 28, 2017
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I only played 12 minutes of the demo. Spoilers follow as I explain exactly how boring this game is.
I thought I would like this game because I like Norse stuff. But no. This game seems to consist only of people talking and puzzles that were not fun.
I got to the seer and had to talk to him after I had already talked to the boatman and the shield maiden. And I quit after only 12 minutes. So too much talking to people.
Also in the too much talking department, instead of getting to play a cool underwater sequence,
--apparently I drowned,
--people (one of whom might have been Odin) talked at me to tell me I had arrived somewhere too soon,
--then, I was suddenly in a small boat where I got to talk to the boatman.
So, in these two intermediate scenes, albeit short ones, I was passive--I had nothing to do. Why bother making scenes where there is no gameplay?
--apparently I drowned,
--people (one of whom might have been Odin) talked at me to tell me I had arrived somewhere too soon,
--then, I was suddenly in a small boat where I got to talk to the boatman.
So, in these two intermediate scenes, albeit short ones, I was passive--I had nothing to do. Why bother making scenes where there is no gameplay?
As to the puzzles . . .
The first mini game was avoiding the dragon flames. You are directed to remember how the dragon was flying and protect yourself with the shield, but the direction in which to hold the shield seemed totally random. Plus, when you finally fight your way though, the dragon comes back and blasts you anyway, so pointless.
The one supposed HOS made no sense. You were told a little story and were supposed to find a picture of the accented words. To do this, maneuver a ship in a little bubble of clear air though surrounding fog. So the puzzle was a random running into items, not really finding items. And the path through the fog was stupid and roundabout. Plus, the island with two peaks that you were supposed to run into was actually an island with a double peak in the ocean on each side. So misleading instructions. I had to use a hint before I realized that the two peaks on one side were not all of the peaks.
So both the mini game and the HOP were boring.
The flying birds were pretty, but the art was drab, colorwise, though I suppose it was accurate. It was ok. The music was also ok.
Please try this game, but I have much more interesting games to play. So I won't be buying.
I don't recommend this game.
Help the Elf prepare the town for Christmas in this beautiful match 3 adventure!
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 11 found this review helpful
Boring for adults, but probably good for the kiddies
PostedDecember 24, 2016
kateblue222
fromSecond star to the right and straight on 'til morning
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
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
Storyline
3
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5
This seemed like a rather pedestrian effort, a Match 3 with candy canes and other Xmas items. But it might keep the little ones occupied on Christmas if their presents don't.
You also earn coins to buy Christmas decorations for the town. A nice touch.
Not recommending because boring, but try it, you might find it festive for the season
I don't recommend this game.