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Can you stop a dangerous curse from destroying the realm?
Overall rating
4
/
5
70 of 85 found this review helpful
THE BIG "E" HAS WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE LAST TWO GAMES SEEM MORE BLUE TEA-ISH ~ w/o the non-linear morphs of course :( ~
PostedOctober 18, 2019
pennmom36
fromI look for features and storylines that are different nowadays and The Stained Princess has both!..B⍥⍥
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Completed Game approximately 6 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
Benno and Siegfried, two art apprentices stood in disbelief as the Princess stepped out of her portrait and exchanged places with Siegfried. Everyone has heard the story of the Stained Princess of Cisneros, a Princess cursed 300 years ago over a Forgotten Promise, a curse that won't be lifted until she remembers what that promise was, but the real mystery is whom she made the promise to!
I've always loved the Dark Parables series, especially the original Blue Tea versions prior to this dev purchasing the franchise, because of 2 original Key Features, the FROG type of Hidden Object Scenes, and the Parables you collect (within the CE versions) to read 5 different Parables that elaborate more on key features of the story (The Ugly Duckling, The Water of Life, The Ugly Princess, White Swan, Black Swan, The Clan With No Hearts and in the CE Bonus Chapter, The Swan Knight and the Realm of Darkness)
Clearly, Eipix has worked hard on the last 2 games in this failing series to bring back the Blue Tea nostalgia and let go of the Eipix-touch that just didn't fly with true Dark Parables fans, My biggest disappointment that disappeared along with BT was the incredible Non-linear Cursed Objects that didn't morph the first time you visited a location, it required a triggered action in another scene, but you never knew what or where! There are still Cursed Objects (21 in the CE version) but they aren't the clever non-linear Cured Objects beautifully created by the Master of Morphs, (Zhao)
There are 16 FROGS (Fragmented Object Games) +3 within the CE Bonus Chapter. FROGS require you to search for several fragments that are shown in 3 separate groups. Once you find all the fragments in a section those fragments join together and the completed fragment sections will join to create a useful inventory item.
There are only 16 Mini-Games spread over the 10 Main Chapters and another 4 within the CE Bonus Chapter. It seemed to me that they didn't bother being creative with the puzzles and focused all their energy on the FROGS. Below are brief descriptions of some of my personal favorites:
1-Rotate 3 plates with partial images to match the design shown when stacked.
2-Diorama puzzles that require interacting with several key features related to the story's paragraph.
3-Connect Tokens by the number of spaces next to them.
4-Rotate and connect identical colored pipes.
2-Diorama puzzles that require interacting with several key features related to the story's paragraph.
3-Connect Tokens by the number of spaces next to them.
4-Rotate and connect identical colored pipes.
CE BONUS CHAPTER: We play as Benno in this CE Bonus Chapter titled "The Knight's Name Taboo" It's not long before the recently freed Princess finds herself in dire need of a Knight in Shining Armor. Benno and Siegfried set out on a heroes' mission to rescue the kidnapped Princess. There are 4 Mini-Games and 3 FROGS (Fragmented Object Games) and you'll pick up the last 3 Cursed Objects and 13 Parables to unlock the final 2 Parables, The Swan Knight and The Realm of Darkness.
Collector's Edition EXTRA'S: 8 Wallpapers (all with characters :( 6 Concept Art Pictures, 8 Music Soundtracks, 6 Movie Video Cutscebes, 12 Achievements, 19 Replayable Mini-Game Puzzles, 2o Replayable Hidden Object Scenes (which are actually FROGS) 10 Chapters +Bonus Chapter (The Knight's Name Taboo) and a Built-in Strategy Guide.
DARK PARABLES SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-Curse of Briar Rose (March 27-2010) 3.9
2-The Exiled Prince (March 25-2011) 4.2
3-Rise of the Snow Queen (December 30-2011) 4.3
4-The Red Riding Hood Sisters (October 26-2012) 4.3
5-The Final Cinderella (June 21-2013) 4.4
6-Jack and the Sky Kingdom (March 7-2014) 3.7
7-Ballad of Rapunzel (July 25-2014) 3.6
8-The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide (December 12-2014) 3.5
9-Queen of Sands (June 19-2015) 3.8
10-Goldilocks and the Fallen Star (December 18-2015) 3.3
11-The Swan Princess and The ( Dire Tree (August 5-2016) 2.9
12-The Thief and the Tinderbox (October 21-2016) 3.8
13-Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow (March 29-2017) 3.3
14-Return of the Salt Princess (April 13-2018) 3.6
15-The Match Girl's Lost Paradise (November 30-2018) 3.8
16-Portrait of the Stained Princess (October 18-2019) n/a
2-The Exiled Prince (March 25-2011) 4.2
3-Rise of the Snow Queen (December 30-2011) 4.3
4-The Red Riding Hood Sisters (October 26-2012) 4.3
5-The Final Cinderella (June 21-2013) 4.4
6-Jack and the Sky Kingdom (March 7-2014) 3.7
7-Ballad of Rapunzel (July 25-2014) 3.6
8-The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide (December 12-2014) 3.5
9-Queen of Sands (June 19-2015) 3.8
10-Goldilocks and the Fallen Star (December 18-2015) 3.3
11-The Swan Princess and The ( Dire Tree (August 5-2016) 2.9
12-The Thief and the Tinderbox (October 21-2016) 3.8
13-Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow (March 29-2017) 3.3
14-Return of the Salt Princess (April 13-2018) 3.6
15-The Match Girl's Lost Paradise (November 30-2018) 3.8
16-Portrait of the Stained Princess (October 18-2019) n/a
by: Eipix Entertainment (2015-present)
I recommend this game!
Can you save your friends from the Painted World in time?
Overall rating
2
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5
65 of 94 found this review helpful
"ART WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE"
PostedOctober 17, 2019
pennmom36
fromA Haunted Art Museum in Tokyo encourages kids to not only visit, but scream & run away from haunted exhibits? Hands that emerge from the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh's shifting eyes, a Michelangelo moving statue? Yes! It's haunted by the kids themselves! ..B⍥⍥
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
What if art could cleanse our souls and bring us peace and joy. What if we could paint a perfect world with just the stroke of a paintbrush? A world that would keep our loved ones safe for eternity, a world with no sickness, no pain, and no suffering, Such a beautiful world of bliss would surely come at a high cost and such a peaceful solitary Eden would surely become lonely. What if one grieving father created such a perfect world to keep his baby girl from suffering but loses his soul in the process? How can there be a happily ever after Utopia if everyone lives in fear of the artists' brushstroke especially when the artist is a father who just wants everything perfect for his little girl?
Hҽʅρҽɾ/Gαԃɠҽƚ: Art and Soul have a Gadget and a Helper! The "Gadget" is the newly revised Mystery Tales Glasses upgrade, a Cell Phone that allows you to make and receive calls from the Dearly-Departed which requires a big stretch of one's imagination to contemplate. For me personally, the glasses made more sense, whatevs, but the fact that Domini felt the need to add this "Gadget" so that it could be used ONE SINGLE TIME throughout a very long, drawn-out game, including the CE Bonus Chapter, is utterly ridiculous!
The Helper is a talking cat named Morty who has quite the sarcastic "tude" since I happen to thrive on sarcasm, I was totally fine poking this begrudging bear. He's actually adorable and reminded me of my beloved cat (without the bi-colored eyes) besides, he's only used 8 times during the main game and not at all in the CE Bonus Chapter, and like most felines, he sleeps most of the time. I would suspect he was just as bored with this game as I was...just saying...
The Helper is a talking cat named Morty who has quite the sarcastic "tude" since I happen to thrive on sarcasm, I was totally fine poking this begrudging bear. He's actually adorable and reminded me of my beloved cat (without the bi-colored eyes) besides, he's only used 8 times during the main game and not at all in the CE Bonus Chapter, and like most felines, he sleeps most of the time. I would suspect he was just as bored with this game as I was...just saying...
Hιԃԃҽɳ OႦʝҽƈƚ Sƈҽɳҽʂ: There are 13 Hidden Object Scenes +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter. The objects are easily spotted and the scene types aren't very creative. There are Listed Item Finds, Interactive Listed Items Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Combination Silhouetted Shape Finds (SS+SS=?) Multiples of Item Finds, Keywords in Sentence Finds, Matching Pair Finds, and Item Replacement Finds. There were only2 Scenes I enjoyed, one required aligning pictures that had a shaped hole into the scene where the missing item was, the other one was a Riddle Description Find that at least some effort was put towards its creation. There is an alternate Match 3 game available which doesn't allow you to make fast consecutive matches because you have to wait for all the tiles to stop falling before you can make your next move, and there's no Time of Move Limit which kind of defeats the purpose of the game, unless the purpose is to allow you to skip the HO scene to which I say, "why not just have an option to Skip the HO scene"?
Mιɳι-Gαɱҽʂ: There are 23 Mini-Games +6 in the CE Bonus Chapter. I'm a puzzle geek but most of these games were recycled games from previous games, not to mention the fact that they were super easy even on the Hard Mode. Below are a few brief descriptions of some of the mini-games that were more interesting"
≻ Rotate 4 Maze sections to allow the ball to travel through each maze to the exit.
≻ Rotate picture fragments that are connected by hinges.
≻ Move musical notes to highlighted slots to align them withing their color-coded columns.
≻ Create a path to the exit by swapping tiles that will change your direction when landing on them.
≻ Arrange clock numbers correctly by rotating the face and swapping the numbers.
≻ Select sliders to rotate different loops to fill the center square with Gargoyles and the outer with Phoenixes.
≻ Rotate picture fragments that are connected by hinges.
≻ Move musical notes to highlighted slots to align them withing their color-coded columns.
≻ Create a path to the exit by swapping tiles that will change your direction when landing on them.
≻ Arrange clock numbers correctly by rotating the face and swapping the numbers.
≻ Select sliders to rotate different loops to fill the center square with Gargoyles and the outer with Phoenixes.
Bσɳυʂ Cԋαρƚҽɾ (Cσʅʅҽƈƚσɾ'ʂ Eԃιƚισɳ Vҽɾʂισɳ) This is a lengthy, boring tedious, sequel with a ton of repetitive tasks. After receiving a frantic video call from a potential new client, the Detective is convinced that Scarlett Dubois is dealing with paranormal activity at the Modern Art Museum. When he arrives at the museum, no one seems to know the whereabouts of Madame Dubois and foul play is suspected. There are only 6 Mini-Games and 5 Hidden Object Scenes taking place over 10 Scene Locations which just shows you that there's a lot of meaningless filler tasks added to stretch the game. You will find the final 3 Postcards, 4 Morphing Paintings, and 10 Coins which allows you to purchase the final items to decorate the Study. Morty the Cat's services aren't required i this chapter, nor is the Otherworldly Paranormal Mobile Device, even though Morty is still visibly napping the entire time.
Cσʅʅҽƈƚσɾ'ʂ Eԃιƚισɳ Exƚɾα'ʂ: 5 Wallpapers (all with characters...why can't we get wallpapers without characters? why can't they just add character profile pictures separately?) 10 Concept Art Pictures. 5 Music Soundtracks, 29 Movie Video Cutscenes, 37 Achievements, 15 Replayable Mini-Games, 18 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 15 Morphing Portraits, 15 Collectible Postcards (learn more about the Art Gallery Museum) 65 Collectible Zoom Zone Coins, 15 Study Items to purchase with Coins, 3 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.
MYSTERY TALES SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
MYSTERY TALES SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-The Lost Hope (January 25-2014) 4.0
2-The Twilight World (January 24-2015) 3.5
3-Alaskan Wild (August 29-2015) 3.9
4-Her Own Eyes (February 18-2016) 4.1
5-Eye of the Fire (September 29-2016) 3.4
6-The Hangman Returns (January 26-2017) 3.8
7-The House of Others (June 29-2017) 3.9
8-Dangerous Desires (October 14-2017) 3.1
9-The Other Side (March 17-2018) 3.0
10-Reel Horror (September 9-2018) 4.2
11-Dealer's Choice (April 4-2019) 2.9
12-Art and Souls (October 17-2019) n/a
2-The Twilight World (January 24-2015) 3.5
3-Alaskan Wild (August 29-2015) 3.9
4-Her Own Eyes (February 18-2016) 4.1
5-Eye of the Fire (September 29-2016) 3.4
6-The Hangman Returns (January 26-2017) 3.8
7-The House of Others (June 29-2017) 3.9
8-Dangerous Desires (October 14-2017) 3.1
9-The Other Side (March 17-2018) 3.0
10-Reel Horror (September 9-2018) 4.2
11-Dealer's Choice (April 4-2019) 2.9
12-Art and Souls (October 17-2019) n/a
by: Domini Games
I don't recommend this game.
Join Witchelsa on her adventure and help solve match 3 and hidden object puzzles in a spooky graveyard!
Overall rating
4
/
5
61 of 68 found this review helpful
I DON'T USUALLY LIKE LIMITED MOVES MATCH 3 GAMES BUT THIS ONE WAS FUN!
PostedOctober 16, 2019
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Every Halloween the Enchanted Pumpkin Patch appears within the Haunted Graveyard to grant a wish to those able to solve all the puzzles within the pumpkin patch. Little Whichella isn't the bravest of witches but she has come to the graveyard tonight hoping to solve the puzzles and have her wish granted so she can break the curse that has cursed her father.
This is a Limited Moves Match 3 Game with some really cute graphics and fun features and obstacles to overcome. The goals are given to you before the start of each level and you can purchase Boosters with the coins you earn before the start of each level. You can earn up to 3 Stars per level which is shown as a star meter on the top of the board.
A Match 4 will earn Horizontal & Vertical Line Busters, on the board, a Match 5 will earn a bomb explosion, and a T or L Shaped Match will earn a horizontal & vertical line buster. You can purchase Power-ups that can be used at your discretion, such as Fireworks to target all of the same tiles, Tornados to shuffle the board, a Hammer to crush a single tile, Paint to change a tile to a similar one, a Surprise Box with a surprise bonus, Extra Moves or Pearl Jokers.
The Obstacles were fairly challenging, my favorite obstacles were the Black Pumpkins that are destroyed with adjacent matches, and clearing a path for monsters to exit the board. There are also Yellow Glass Cells requiring several matches to break them, Ice Cells that spread, Water cells requiring adjacent matches, etc.
After playing a couple of Match 3 Levels, you get to play a Clutter style Hidden Object Scene with Match Pairs, Matching Fragment Halves, and a candy version where you keep matching a candy that grows with every new match.
Halloween is my favorite Holiday and I love playing all the Halloween-related games. I don't normally like Limited Moves Match 3 games, especially when they give you a ton of boosters that for me makes the game way too easy, but this game is actually quite enjoyable and I will purchase it when I get a new code!
I recommend this game!
Help a fairy save a village in this enchanting solitaire adventure game!
Overall rating
4
/
5
33 of 41 found this review helpful
NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE ORIGINAL DREAMLAND SOLITAIRE AND THE DRAGON IS MIA IN THE DEMO?
PostedOctober 15, 2019
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Completed Original Game
Dragon's Fury Demo Only
(Casual Standard Mode)
Dragon's Fury Demo Only
(Casual Standard Mode)
I loved the original Dreamland Solitaire because the graphics were beautiful, the fairy was beautiful and I loved building the fairy's house in the middle of an enchanted forest, it was that particular feature that made the game so special. In Dragon's Fury, the fairy looks pale and anemic, and the inside of the fairy's house is unappealing with cartoonish graphics, definitely not as exciting as upgrading the house in the forest. I played the entire demo of Dragon's Fury and then I replayed the original game just to make sure I wasn't imagining how much I had enjoyed it, and sure enough, I enjoyed playing the solitaire levels more because I couldn't wait to upgrade the bridge, lamposts, signs, babbling brooks, etc!
Everything else is the same as the original Dreamland Solitaire, as far as gameplay, bonuses, achievements, and mechanics with the exception of being able to choose from 6 Deck Card styles this time. In all fairness, I did suggest they add deck card themes on my review for the first Dreamland Solitaire, and I appreciate that the developer added this feature, but I wasn't very impressed with the deck card graphics. They are very similar to one another in style and color, all of which are brown and gold hues, and not very fairy-like at all, but perhaps that was a conscious effort to appeal to men as well? It's a fun game with fun obstacles and I probably would have purchased it immediately if I hadn't already played and loved the original so I will probably wait until Bonus Punch Monday rolls around again, to use a PCC.
This is a Higher/Lower type of Solitaire Game that can be played in a Casual Mode with Standard rules, a Timed Mode where you are given a specified time limit for each turn or an Easy Mode which gives you 2 decks of cards. You get 1 Undo per level and there is Deck Card Counter and Combos will increase the index points, and there are 10 Achievements to earn.
This is a Higher/Lower type of Solitaire Game that can be played in a Casual Mode with Standard rules, a Timed Mode where you are given a specified time limit for each turn or an Easy Mode which gives you 2 decks of cards. You get 1 Undo per level and there is Deck Card Counter and Combos will increase the index points, and there are 10 Achievements to earn.
The Object is to Remove all of the Cards to earn 3 Stars (levels can be replayed) Glowing Gold Cards contain Coins and Glowing Purple Cards contain Mana. Coins are used to purchase Bonus Boosters and Number Specific Wildcards & Jokers in the Shop. Mana is used to Clean, Fix, and Decorate the inside of the Fairy's Humble Abode, which as I said earlier, has very cartoonish graphics and isn't appealing, even after the upgrades.
As you progress, Obstacles are added to make the game more challenging. Plank Cards (single, double, triple planked cards) require playing the Axe Cards, Frozen Cards need to be removed Twice, Locked Cards require uncovering and using the Key, Shield Cards require removing Suit Specified Cards, and Spider Web Cards requires uncovering the flame to place on the torch which is used to shoo away the huge spider and its web.
You can purchase Card Specific Wildcards or Jokers with the Coins you earn (you can earn them as well during the levels) and you can purchase a Chain Lightning Bonus (removes 3 random face-up cards) a Fireball (hits selected map) a Magic Shuffle (shuffles cards) or a bonus that allows you to Change a Card to an adjacent one. Once purchased, these can be used on any level, and they recharge as you remove cards of their specified Suit. You can also purchase Extra Cards at the start of each level, Extra Undo's, the right to use Jokers & Wildcards, Increase the Combo multiplier or receive a Faster Bonus Accelerator.
In my opinion, decorating and upgrading the beautiful forest scenery was the key ingredient or feature that gave the original game the "It Factor" I wish they would have continued that feature, perhaps a new home in a new forest, even better, a new fairy and a new adventure... IF this game is about a Dragon's Fury, then the developer failed to capture the attention of the audience during the 60-minute demo because there's no mention of a dragon or its fury during the demo! Perhaps, having to rebuild the fairy's home after a dragon's fury destroyed everything in its path would have made more sense within the precious demo time-frame?
In my opinion, decorating and upgrading the beautiful forest scenery was the key ingredient or feature that gave the original game the "It Factor" I wish they would have continued that feature, perhaps a new home in a new forest, even better, a new fairy and a new adventure... IF this game is about a Dragon's Fury, then the developer failed to capture the attention of the audience during the 60-minute demo because there's no mention of a dragon or its fury during the demo! Perhaps, having to rebuild the fairy's home after a dragon's fury destroyed everything in its path would have made more sense within the precious demo time-frame?
DREAMLAND SOLITAIRE SERIES LIST
Title***Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Release Date***Average Rating
1-Dreamland Solitaire (March 13-2019) 4.9
2-Dreamland Solitaire: Dragon's Fury (October 15-2019) n/a
2-Dreamland Solitaire: Dragon's Fury (October 15-2019) n/a
by: Adept Studios GD
I recommend this game!
Explore haunted realms, creating spooky mosaics and watching them come to life!
Overall rating
5
/
5
47 of 60 found this review helpful
SPOOKTACULAR MOSAICS THAT ARE GHOULISHLY CHALLENGING!
PostedOctober 14, 2019
pennmom36
fromWhat's this? What's this? I can't believe my eyes, What's This, There's color everywhere!
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I have become so bored with the 2 "animal-themed" mosaic series' offered practically every week here on Big Fish because they never change anything. Time Twins: Haunted Images are exactly what Dr. Frankenstein ordered for Halloween. The graphics are really imaginative, the images created are intricately detailed, the music is creepy, the grids are oddly sized, the puzzles are challenging, the completed images are easily recognized (& labeled!) and each grouping of images creates a haunting scenario, not to mention the fact that you get 8 Bonus Puzzles! (Mahjong-Edges-Block Puzzles-Sudoku-Hexagon-Aces-Up, Peg Solitaire-Block Collapse)
You can choose from 14 different Avatars, there are 32 unique and humorous Achievements to earn, and the Custom Cursor is a Skeleton Hand with a pointing finger. You can play in an Easy or Hard difficulty mode which either crosses off numbers immediately or when the entire row or column has been completed, and you can earn up to 3 Stars per level with 5 Mistakes allowed per level.
Each Level has 6 Mosaic puzzles to solve and right from the get-go they are challenging because they are such detailed images on oddly shaped grids. They aren't hard to solve, but it's easy to make a mistake if you don't pay attention because unlike those other 2 mosaic games I mentioned, these aren't necessarily symmetrical puzzles (which is why those puzzles are so easy) The money you uncover while solving puzzles is used to unlock the Bonus Puzzles, it would have been really cool if there was a Haunted Mansion or something similar to build, otherwise, fantastic job guys!
TIME TWINS MOSAICS SERIES LIST
Title***Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Release Date***Average Rating
1-Time Twins Mosaics (January 15-19) 3.4
2-Time Twins Mosaics: Haunted Images (October 14-2019) n/a
2-Time Twins Mosaics: Haunted Images (October 14-2019) n/a
by: anawiki
I recommend this game!
Get on board the spaceship with Hercules, explore distant planets, find extraterrestrial life and save the galaxy from a dangerous monster!
Overall rating
4
/
5
36 of 37 found this review helpful
SO MUCH BETTER AS A STANDARD EDITION
PostedOctober 13, 2019
pennmom36
fromVery colorful and fun game, this is definitely the better value!
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I loved the "Moon-themed" graphics and the creative imagination of the tasks. I especially loved Cerberus which is a cross between the real Cerberus and the Jetdog Huskies, I also adored the little alien sand-sucker-upper. Herc has always been one of my favorites and I usually buy them when they first get released, but I passed on the CE version and I'm so glad I waited for this version! You still get to earn Achievements, you still get Puzzle Runes to collect, the only thing you don't get is 9 who-cares-wallpapers and a few bonus levels, and a progressive virtual Space Castle build! (the CE didn't even have a SG)
There are three different modes of difficulty, Relaxed, Casual and Expert. Each level has a Hidden Puzzle Piece to find which looks like an Ancient Rune Tile and it allows you to assemble 5 different puzzles. I always look for the puzzle piece before clicking on anything which starts the game, that way I don't forget about the puzzle piece or waste time searching for it. You can replay any of the levels to try to get a better score or if you forgot the puzzle piece.
There are Achievements to earn for tasks such as collecting a resource after completing the level tasks, completing the level without using bonuses or finding 10 puzzle pieces, etc. There are the usual Bonuses available for speeding up workers, adding resources, etc. once the Bonus Bar fills.
The Collector's Edition has 9 Wallpapers, 22 Trophies or Achievements to earn, (which can be viewed on the level map) Hidden Rune Puzzle Pieces, 5 Puzzles to complete once all the pieces have been collected, 5 Bonus sub-levels, 6 Movie Video Cutscenes but there is no Strategy Guide available on the CE!
12 LABOURS OF HERCULES SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-12 Labours of Hercules SE only (October 30-2013) 4.0
2-The Cretan Bull SE only (July 21-2014) 3.8
3-Girl Power SE only (January 4-2015) 3.9
4-Mother Nature (September 20-2015) 3.9
5-Kids of Hellas (February 21-2016) 4.7
6-Race For Olympus (November 30-2016) 4.5
7-Fleecing The Fleece (August 2-2017) 3.7
8-How I Met Megara (January 11-2019) 3.3
9-A Hero's Moonwalk (October 13-2019) n/a
2-The Cretan Bull SE only (July 21-2014) 3.8
3-Girl Power SE only (January 4-2015) 3.9
4-Mother Nature (September 20-2015) 3.9
5-Kids of Hellas (February 21-2016) 4.7
6-Race For Olympus (November 30-2016) 4.5
7-Fleecing The Fleece (August 2-2017) 3.7
8-How I Met Megara (January 11-2019) 3.3
9-A Hero's Moonwalk (October 13-2019) n/a
by: Jet Dogs
I recommend this game!
Get on board the spaceship with Hercules, explore distant planets, find extraterrestrial life and save the galaxy from a dangerous monster!
Overall rating
3
/
5
6 of 7 found this review helpful
TWICE THE PRICE FOR 9 WALLPAPERS & A FEW BONUS LEVELS?
PostedOctober 13, 2019
pennmom36
fromLove the graphics, but there's not much of an incentive to buy the CE version!
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This has always been one of my favorite Time Management Games because I love Roman and Greek Mythology, and they always seem to have just the right amount of Strategy to make it challenging but still fun to play. I loved the "Moon-themed" graphics and the creative imagination of the tasks, but I just can't constitute paying twice as much for a Collector's Edition version when all I get is 9 Wallpapers I could care less about, and a few extra bonus levels???
There are three different modes of difficulty, Relaxed, Casual and Expert, and every level that is completed within Gold Time reveals The Space Castle and all its secrets. Each level has a Hidden Puzzle Piece to find which looks like an Ancient Rune Tile and it allows you to assemble 5 different puzzles. I always look for the puzzle piece before clicking on anything which starts the game, that way I don't forget about the puzzle piece or waste time searching for it. You can replay any of the levels to try to get a better score or if you forgot the puzzle piece.
There are Achievements to earn for tasks such as collecting a resource after completing the level tasks, completing the level without using bonuses or finding 10 puzzle pieces, etc. There are the usual Bonuses available for speeding up workers, adding resources, etc. once the Bonus Bar fills.
This Collector's Edition has 9 Wallpapers, 22 Trophies or Achievements to earn, (which can be viewed on the level map) Hidden Rune Puzzle Pieces, 5 Puzzles to complete once all the pieces have been collected, 5 Bonus sub-levels, 6 Movie Video Cutscenes but there is no Strategy Guide available on this edition!
12 LABOURS OF HERCULES SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-12 Labours of Hercules SE only (October 30-2013) 4.0
2-The Cretan Bull SE only (July 21-2014) 3.8
3-Girl Power SE only (January 4-2015) 3.9
4-Mother Nature (August 22-2015) 4.2
5-Kids of Hellas (January 23-2016) 4.3
6-Race For Olympus (November 1-2016) 4.2
7-Fleecing The Fleece (June 20-2017) 3.7
8-How I Met Megara (December 22-2018) 4.4
9-A Hero's Moonwalk (September 7-2019) 4.0
2-The Cretan Bull SE only (July 21-2014) 3.8
3-Girl Power SE only (January 4-2015) 3.9
4-Mother Nature (August 22-2015) 4.2
5-Kids of Hellas (January 23-2016) 4.3
6-Race For Olympus (November 1-2016) 4.2
7-Fleecing The Fleece (June 20-2017) 3.7
8-How I Met Megara (December 22-2018) 4.4
9-A Hero's Moonwalk (September 7-2019) 4.0
by: Jet Dogs
A visit to a childhood home uncovers unreal memories!
Overall rating
3
/
5
64 of 89 found this review helpful
ANYBODY GOT A MATCH?
PostedOctober 12, 2019
pennmom36
from45% of the population believes in the paranormal and/or the existence of ghosts. Einstein proved that all energy of the universe is constant & that it can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed to another form.
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Completed Game approximately 5.5 hours
(Including all puzzles and Bonus Chapter)
*34 Scene Locations*
(Including all puzzles and Bonus Chapter)
*34 Scene Locations*
Joanne lost nearly everything that fateful day, her favorite toys, her home, even her parents. Today, Joanne and her best friend Danielle have returned to the charred remains of her childhood home, the home that singed her innocent childhood memories. Today Joanne is searching for a way to unlock the past, searching for a way to unlock the secrets held within its walls for all these years. Today Joanne will finally unlock the truth about that fateful day because she's finally discovered that she's had the key right beside her all this time!
Hidden Object Scenes: There are 11 Hidden Object Scenes and 6 smaller Zoom Zone Scenes +3 in the CE Bonus Chapter. Most of the scenes are basic Interactive Listed Item Finds that are located in uninteresting locations. There are also Silhouetted Shape Finds or Combination Finds (_+_=?) Matching Pairs and Keywords in Sentence Finds. There was only one HO scene that I loved, requiring you to align animals onto 2 pages of Star Constellations. That was one of the most enjoyable HO experiences I've had in a long time, it wasn't a new concept, but it was more challenging than usual because there were a ton of planets and stars of various sizes and 2 different pages to scroll between. In this CE version, most of the HO scenes have a Morphing Object, which can also be picked up in the extra's replayable HOP's section if you forget to look.
Mini-Games: There are only 19 Mini-Games +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter. Most of the puzzles are easily solved on the first attempt and to me, seemed as if they were leftover puzzles that didn't make the cut because very little thought or creativity was bestowed upon them. Below are brief descriptions of some of the games from Remembrance that were somewhat enjoyable:
☠-Slide unblocked tiles away one by one.
☠-Drag and drop stained glass fragments to assemble the puzzle.
☠-Arrange the batteries to light up all cells.
☠-Replicate the line patterns on each cell by rotating flower sections.
☠-Interact with various mechanics to guide the ball to the hole on the opposite side.
☠-Drag and drop stained glass fragments to assemble the puzzle.
☠-Arrange the batteries to light up all cells.
☠-Replicate the line patterns on each cell by rotating flower sections.
☠-Interact with various mechanics to guide the ball to the hole on the opposite side.
Bonus Chapter: (Collector's Edition only) Sonya, Joanne's momma, discovered a file while researching the house and believes it may pertain to Danielle. This is a somewhat short adventure that takes place over 5 Locations, most of which are repeated scenes from the main chapters. There are only 5 Mini-Games and 3 Hidden Object Scenes, but you will discover the final 7 Stained Glass Fragments and pick up the remaining 3 HO-Morphs as well. After completing the Bonus Chapter the Souvenir Room will become available to return to the scenes to search for 20 souvenirs.
Collector's Edition Extra's: 8 Wallpapers, 8 Concept Art, 8 Music Soundtracks, 5 Movies, 12 Achievements, 14 Hidden Object Scenes, 21 Replayable Mini-Games, 34 Collectible Stained Glass Fragments, 16 HO-Morphing Objects, 20 Souvenir's, 4 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapters, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.
HAUNTED MANOR SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-Lord Of Mirrors (March 25-2010) 4.3
2-Queen Of Death (November 20-2011) 4.5
3-Painted Beauties (May 24-2014) 3.2
4-The Last Reunion (May 24-2018) 3.6
5-Halloween's Uninvited Guest (May 25-2018) 3.2
6-Remembrance (October 12-2019) n/a
2-Queen Of Death (November 20-2011) 4.5
3-Painted Beauties (May 24-2014) 3.2
4-The Last Reunion (May 24-2018) 3.6
5-Halloween's Uninvited Guest (May 25-2018) 3.2
6-Remembrance (October 12-2019) n/a
by: Eipix Entertainment
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save Vienna from a masked Phantom’s wrath?
Overall rating
4
/
5
45 of 57 found this review helpful
IF POSSIBLE OPT FOR THE CE VERSION-IT HAS GREAT COLLECTIBLES
PostedOctober 11, 2019
pennmom36
from4 Friends Games doesn't get enough credit sometimes, but they have amazing games and I love their clever CE Morphs & Collectibles :)
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Completed Game approximately 5 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
The Phantom of the Opera is wreaking havoc within the Vienna Opera House, seeking Justice and demanding the guilty atone for their sins! The lives of the troupe and the Opera House are at stake because the Phantom won't stop until the criminals confess, but who confesses and for what crime?
The first of two Gadgets is the All-Seeing-Eye which requires you to collect "evidence" in the form of a small Hidden Object Scene. As you find the Listed items, they show a brief description next to them and the detective gives a brief summary of events that took place. This gadget is used 7 times in the main game and 4 more times in the CE Bonus Chapter.
The second Gadget is a Deduction-Conclusion Notebook. Once you gather a slew of evidence and photos, you are tasked with placing them into corresponding oval slots that highlight automatically, no actual deductions necessary (What's the point of this annoying task? At least let me try to figure out where the items should be placed!) This gadget is used 7 times in the main chapter and 2 times in the CE Bonus Chapter.
In the CE version, there are 30 Morphing Opera Masks in the main game and 8 within the CE Bonus Chapter. There are 20 Hidden Alphabet Letters in the main Game and 7 within the CE Bonus Chapter. They have done a really good job with both features, the Opera Masks not only morph slowly but they don't morph into something that looks out of place. Once you find all Morphs and Letters, they are used to unlock additional Bonus Super Puzzles!
There are 14 Hidden Object Scenes +6 within the CE Bonus Chapter, not including the Evidence All-Seeing-Eye HO's. I have to give kudos to our 4 good Friends who were able to reinvent the wheel to bring a new type of HOP to the table! You have to grab pictures or images that have a missing section from the inventory bar and align the hole with an item in the scene. The First one simply required finding a logical shape like a missing bouquet of flowers but the second go-round was way cooler because the objects were so well blended into different fabric textures in the scene, Nice! ✔ There were also the usual Interactive List Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Replace Item Finds, and several Multiples Finds that were usually offered in a repeated scene.
There are 18 Mini-Games +10 in the CE Bonus Chapter. There are several smaller puzzles to solve before using an inventory + item and within most of the HOP's such as placing torn photo fragments, rotating circles on disks, etc. Below are brief descriptions of some of the mini-games I liked:
♫-Jump Red and Blue Chips until only one remain.
♫-Use the empty slot to replicate a bird's flight on a film strip.
♫-Select the number of moves & direction to travel from point A to B.
♫-Place wine bottles of different categories for each country.
♫-Use the empty slot to replicate a bird's flight on a film strip.
♫-Select the number of moves & direction to travel from point A to B.
♫-Place wine bottles of different categories for each country.
The CE Bonus Chapter story takes place shortly after solving the Phantom of the Opera case when the Detective receives an urgent message from Johann Strauss, the conductor at the Vienna Opera House. A Muse has been appearing to Johann shortly after sunset and everyone thinks he's lost a few nuts and bolts and desperately needs the detective to validate and identify the Muse and its purpose. The chapter is slightly longer than any of the main games' chapters, spanning over 8 scene locations. There are 10 Mini-Games and 6 Hidden Object Scenes and you will collect the remaining 7 Letters and 8 Morphing Opera Masks. You will use the All-Seeing Eye Gadget 4 times to collect evidence via HO scenes, and the Deduction Notebook Gadget one final time to draw your conclusion and put another Dark City notch on your belt.
The Collector's Edition version has 11 Wallpapers (psst, Friends of 4, most ppl want wallpapers of the beautiful scenery you created so can you skip the character cameos?) 19 Concept Art Pictures, 4 Screensavers, 5 Music Soundtracks, 26 Movie Video Cutscenes, 23 Achievements, 12 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 13 Replayable Mini-Games, 4 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter and a Built-in Strategy Guide.
DARK CITY SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-London (December 29-2017) 4.4
2-Munich (December 7-2018) 4.4
3-Vienna (October 11-2019) n/a
2-Munich (December 7-2018) 4.4
3-Vienna (October 11-2019) n/a
by: 4Friends Games
I recommend this game!
Four friends are pulled inside a movie where the special effects are all too real!
Overall rating
1
/
5
158 of 217 found this review helpful
I WAS PLAYING THE OTHER VERSION OF "HORROR MOVIE"
PostedOctober 10, 2019
pennmom36
fromHalloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) aka, harvest time, a time when fatalities increased.They lit bonfires & wore costumes to ward off ghosts that were able to return to the land of the living during Samhain
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Completed Collector's Edition approximately 3.5 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Scene Locations +9 Bonus Chapter
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Scene Locations +9 Bonus Chapter
Clearly, I played a different version of this game because my version was one of the most boring games I've played this year (btw: the 2nd most boring game award goes to this devs' newest series) I must've played a different version of this game because my version was about 3 different B-class movies that weren't scary, suspenseful, or even remotely creepy, the "Hollywood JumpScare" moments that this developer was clearly proud of, judging by the black bar comments, were predictable and not in the least bit jumpy or scary.
My version had all the famous cliche tasks this developer is known for, placing a million emblems, using a million hairpins, using a million versions of rust removers that instantly restores 25 years of decayed metal (yet every bolt I remove is bright & shiny and pops out will merely a single twist of my wrench?) In my version, I shooed away a million bird thieves, cutout a million items that were sewn into fabrics, I needed a million batteries for a million flashlights to see a million dark areas, I dug up a million items that looked as good as the day they were bought (and don't even require lemon juice to spruce it up!) My version dragged at a snails-pace and was slow and glitchy, the music would get stuck constantly like a broken record that just can't get past that groove. My version froze 7 times, requiring me to ctrl/alt/del each time, tempting me to break out in song...Let it Go, let it go...
In my version, I had to hunt down a million keys, old keys, new keys, broken keys, wrong side of the door keys, skeleton keys, keys with skeletons, skeletons withholding keys, red keys, blue keys, gold keys, bronze keys, fake keys, real keys, long keys short keys, winding keys, buried keys, sewn-up keys, keys hidden in the dark, keys up high, keys down low, keys outside the window, keys inside locked drawers? Should we talk about all the emblems my version required next?
Hidden Object Scenes: There are 15 HOS +6 in the CE Bonus Chapter. They vary with every scene to include Listed Items, Interactive Listed Items, Multiples of Identical Objects, Silhouetted Shape Items, Keywords in Sentences, Matching Pairs, Vertical & Horizontal Slider Bars, Ring Rotations (rotate disk rings to align listed objects) Pick up & Place a fly into 2 venus flytrap pods to find Matching-colored Firefly Pairs (awesome concept but should have had way more pods & colors) There were only 1 HOS that was actually challenging, finding silhouetted shapes on a wall of graffiti, the rest was so easy that I earned most of the HOP-related achievements during the first 3-4 scenes!
Mini-Games: There are 19 Mini-Games +6 in the CE Bonus Chapter. My favorite part of HOPA's (hidden-object-puzzle-adventure) are the puzzles and for the first time, I'm struggling to include any of my favorite's because these were the lamest puzzles I've ever seen offered in a single game, 90% of them can be completed in seconds...blindfolded! Thus, I will simply list a few games that were less dreadful with just a hint of skill required to solve:
☠~Place all plank shapes into the square grid while avoiding the red squares.
☠~Watch the janitors' sign-language gestures and select them from the book in the correct order.
☠~Swap tiles to guide the current in numerical order.
☠~Swap metal plates to form the correct 3 keyhole shapes in the center.
☠~Swap pie-shaped puzzle sections to recreate several animal profiles.
☠~Watch the janitors' sign-language gestures and select them from the book in the correct order.
☠~Swap tiles to guide the current in numerical order.
☠~Swap metal plates to form the correct 3 keyhole shapes in the center.
☠~Swap pie-shaped puzzle sections to recreate several animal profiles.
Bonus Chapter: Ooooowoooo! Werewolves need an education toooooo. The Bonus Chapter takes place over 9 scene locations and is better than the main game, or perhaps it's just less cheesy or has move of a bite. When the Halloween Party at Ravenstorm High gets an uninvited guest of beastly proportions, two fellow students take it upon themselves to investigate a crime and unveil the person inside the costume but find themselves in the middle of a monster epidemic. There are 6 Hidden Object Scenes and 6 Mini-Games in this medium-length chapter, and you will search for the final 9 Morphing Objects, 3 Figurines, and 7 Poster Pieces which will complete the third and final Poster.
Collector's Edition Extras: 8 Wallpapers (every single one focuses on a character...boo) 8 Concept Art Pictures, 4 Music Soundtracks (that keeps "sticking" like a broken record) 27 Achievements, 13 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 12 Replayable Mini-Games, 3 Posters (one from each Movie theme) 12 Marionette Figurines, 27 Morphing Objects, 25 Poster Fragments (creates 3 Posters) 3 Cupcakes, 2 Black Cats, 3 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter and a Built-In Strategy Guide.
HALLOWEEN STORIES SERIES LIST
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
Title***Collector's Edition Release Date***Average Rating
1-Invitation (October 11-2017) 4.3
2-Black Book (October 10-2018) 3.9
3-Horror Movie (October 10-2019) n/a
2-Black Book (October 10-2018) 3.9
3-Horror Movie (October 10-2019) n/a
by: Elephant Games
I don't recommend this game.