genhunter's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:531
- Reviews Submitted:17
- First Review:November 16, 2011
- Most Recent Review:August 26, 2025
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Atlantic Quest
Save the fishes in this Match 3 game! Help four friends explore the ocean floor! Stop a leaking oil tanker before it’s too late!
Overall rating
4
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5
50 of 58 found this review helpful
Great game play!
PostedDecember 28, 2011
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
This review is just from the trial, so no guarantees.... But I was really impressed by the actual game-play. Was afraid it might be just a 'clone', and it owes a bit in general style and sounds to others, but the developers have worked hard at creating their own flavor, the game play is really great fun, and the premise and the formatting of the boards is very different, and well thought out. Very much worth at least the trial for those who like lighter-flavored match 3s!
I had a very short list of games to buy after the first of the year. To my surprise, this one may actually have moved its way into the top three....
I recommend this game!
Mystery Valley
A rash of murders has struck, and it’s up to you as an FBI agent to find the murderer in Mystery Valley, a dark Hidden Object game!
Overall rating
3
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5
17 of 21 found this review helpful
Some features I liked....
PostedDecember 21, 2011
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
Not the greatest game, but not bad either. And it had a couple of things I really liked. Some common sense approaches! A locked cabinet... You have a crowbar. You don't go looking for the blue key with the yellow jewel. You use the crowbar. Ta-Da! You search in the back yard, and later work into a room adjoining the yard, and need something from out there. Do you go through the long route through all the rooms back to the yard, and then make your way slowly back? Nope, you open the window! Then go in and out from there. This kind of thing I like, and it is all too rare.
It is shortish, but I do find the story engaging. Had to buy it at the 2.99 special. It has been more than worth it.
I haven't found objects that hard to find, or the scenes that dark or obscure, and I am usually picky about those things. Hate them. Haven't run across an impossible puzzle, but I haven't quite finished yet.
Ok, back to the game....
I recommend this game!
Finding Hope
Restore a beautiful farmhouse and follow the story of Hope, a young woman raising a family during happy times and hardship.
Overall rating
4
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5
16 of 18 found this review helpful
All about the story....
PostedDecember 7, 2011
genhunter
fromMichigan
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
I liked this one a lot, but unless you are also 'of a certain age', the nostalgia of the story may not hit you. And this one is all about the story. You want to find out what happens next.
The finding and placing of objects is ok, and the scenes are nice. But it is short, and replay value is minimal. If it were a lot longer, and carried farther along in time, it would be well worth buying for those of us into nostalgia. Not sure it is worth it, as is. But I did enjoy it, once!
I recommend this game!
The Wizard's Pen
The Wizard has vanished, and only you can find him in this spellbinding game full of Hidden Object fun and mystical mini-games!
Overall rating
4
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5
49 of 51 found this review helpful
Very Different from the usual HO game!
PostedNovember 21, 2011
genhunter
fromMichigan
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
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
Instead of looking at a busy room full of stuff, you start with a blank page, and get to view a piece of the object, then another, then another, until you can guess what the thing is from the partial view. The more incomplete the picture when you figure out the object, the more you score. Very different, and lots of fun! Also has sections, with a standard 'list', but instead of finding the object, the list is of missing parts that need to be placed in the view. Again, different. Lots of fun!
I recommend this game!
The Legend of the Golden Tome
Go on an exciting journey through the druid lands and save The Golden Tome of knowledge and magic in this Match 3 game!
Overall rating
5
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5
19 of 21 found this review helpful
Relaxing and Fun Match 3.
PostedNovember 21, 2011
genhunter
fromMichigan
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
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
I play this one all the time. If you're after a complex storyline or huge bangs and flashes, this is not the one. But if you want fun and relaxing game play, you'll love this one! Earlier levels are great with coffee in the morning. They get more challenging as you progress, and on the later ones, you had better be wide awake, paying attention, and thinking carefully!
But great fun! And Aidan is so very encouraging (grins)!
But great fun! And Aidan is so very encouraging (grins)!
I recommend this game!
Gardenscapes
Create the perfect garden! Comb the rooms of a mansion for hidden items and restore a once stunning garden to its former glory!
Overall rating
5
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5
273 of 374 found this review helpful
Addictive, relaxing game
PostedNovember 21, 2011
genhunter
fromMichigan
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Great fun, relaxing, and I do love creating the garden. (And playing in the garden, too.) Have played this for hours, and will for more. Objects to find shuffle and rearrange sufficiently that replays do not just become 'memory tests'. I do wish that there was more color, more choices, more interest in the garden beds themselves, and a bit less in the way of 'garden accessories'.... Ah, well. Can't have it all. Still love it, and have even enabled the screensaver option for the garden.
I recommend this game!
Paradise Quest
Embark on a wild Match 3 adventure and revive a once majestic island while uncovering the secrets of a lost civilization!
Overall rating
5
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5
41 of 43 found this review helpful
Fun, interesting, relaxing
PostedNovember 16, 2011
genhunter
fromMichigan
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Time Management, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
This is one I play again and again. The game play on the moving board is wonderfully addictive, and just complex enough to be fun, but no adrenaline is required! Add in the exploration of the habitats and the wildlife.... Marvelous!
Wish they would come up with similar games for a few other places in the world. I would buy them in a heartbeat!
I recommend this game!