whalenjk's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.7
- Helpful Votes:18
- Reviews Submitted:3
- First Review:April 20, 2017
- Most Recent Review:December 8, 2023
- Featured reviews0
whalenjk's Review History
Join Santa and friends in this instant holiday classic!
Overall rating
5
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5
Found the missing Snowman at Joe's!
PostedDecember 8, 2023
whalenjk
fromNY, NY
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I should say that I found it with help from the developer! If you go to the developer's website (Casual-Arts.com) and click on the game, there's a link to a list of all the Frosty locations. Even with assistance, it took more than a minute or so to see it - it's particularly well-hidden!
I recommend this game!
At last! The latest installment of the beloved Cubis franchise is here!
Overall rating
1
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5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
Such a disappointment
PostedMay 24, 2018
whalenjk
fromNY, NY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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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
I still play Cubis2 years after its original release and always wondered why they didn't make a sequel, so was really excited to see a new Cubis game. What a disappointment. They've turned what was a challenging, 3 dimensional game into a fuzzy cartoon, with an unnecessary cutesy and distracting storyline and, in a game dependent on pinpoint cube placement, an awkward cursor and really clumsy controls.
May be an OK game for people who haven't played the original, but for those of us who loved Cubis, this is a real disappointment. LIke the others, deleted after 10 minutes or so.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you stop the townspeople from mysteriously aging?
Overall rating
2
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5
11 of 12 found this review helpful
Lesson Learned: Don't buy for nostalgia's sake
PostedApril 20, 2017
whalenjk
fromNY, NY
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Time Management
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 wanted to love this game and went ahead and bought it sight unseen simply for the Mystery Case Files name even after reading the reviews. Figured how bad could it be?
Lesson learned.
The visuals are dark beyond comprehension. Even with the shades pulled down I couldn't see identify more than half the collectibles, and it was worse in the HOPs. Never used the Hint button and the Guide more simply to find things. The plot line is same old, same old, and pace of gameplay is "meh." And the most intriguing mini-games of this series of old were the Rube Goldberg-like consolidation of multiple games in a single game - they're here, but dumbed down and oddly incohesive. It's like they just threw multiple unconnected easy little games into a single one and considered it done.
So it gets an extra star simply for the little tongue-in-cheek references to some of the great old games of this series ("Dire cola," etc.) and I didn't think the Scottish accents in the voiceovers were completely dreadful (of course, I'm not Scottish!). But bottom line is, don't waste your time and save your money. Wish I'd done that.
I don't recommend this game.