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- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:358,445
- Reviews Submitted:4724
- First Review:December 10, 2012
- Most Recent Review:July 6, 2025
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Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond - The Untold Story
Professor Ashmore, the same man who so kindly took you in and raised you as his own has been murdered. It’s up to you to find out why, but are you prepared for what truths may be uncovered?
Overall rating
5
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5
228 of 266 found this review helpful
I'm Still Trying To Figure Out Why This Game Is So Intriguing!
PostedApril 30, 2014
pennmom36
fromI loved the giant lighthouse Quantum Ultimate, High Voltage light that was operated by a clown and a mouse and a 40w bulb!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
This game is like a low budget B horror flick that you can't figure out why you keep watching! The graphics are really good in parts, the characters are lifelike, other parts are blurry with few details, but that didn't bother me. The Hidden Object Scenes are doubled up and sometimes tripled up. That didn't seem to bother me either, probably because there are several morphing items in each scene which I love. What did bother me was the fact that there are several items of an object you were looking for, 3 bottles, 2 shields, 2 daggers, but only one counts. The inventory bar covered up parts of the scene if you had it on the locked position, easy fix, didn't bother me. There are collectible not so hidden leaves and achievements to earn (TIP: listen to the tutorial if you want to earn all achievements, this did bother me) There are a lot of mini games and surprisingly enough they aren't bad. There is a poinsettia with dials to rotate left and right until all petals are green, stars to rotate so that the colors on each star point matches the next star point, and even fuses that need to all be lit but when you click on one fuse the fuse to the right, left, top and bottom are affected. Again I can't put my finger on it, but something about this game drew me in, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Christmas Wonderland 3
Visit Santa and his helpers at the North Pole and fly back home on Santa's Sleigh for a big surprise on Christmas Eve!
Overall rating
3
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5
10 of 12 found this review helpful
Christmas Wonderland 3
PostedApril 29, 2014
pennmom36
fromJust when I figured out what a bauble was, they don't ask you to find it in this game!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
In my opinion, this game didn't deliver the entertainment factor or the graphics quality that the other Christmas Wonderlands had in their favor. With this game you have hidden object list finds and some of the areas require you to zoom into in order to find some of the items. Each scene has a mini arcade game where you stop the meter by clicking and you try to get it to stop on a tree, santa or snowman for extra points. There is a hidden Frosty the special snowman in each scene which is not on the list. After each HOS there is an advent calendar to open in numerical order to reveal a picture but that doesn't seem like it would be fun for any age group. After the advent calendar there will be a mini game such as rotating puzzle pieces to complete a picture or spot the differences between two almost identical pictures. The clarity of the last 2 Wonderlands seems to have disappeared and I found it frustrating when there were multiple items such as everybody had a purse but only the purse the elf was carrying counted, therefor this game was just okay in my book.
I don't recommend this game.
Next Stop
Set your business back on the track to success! Repair a dilapidated railroad and reroute from the brink of bankruptcy before it’s too late!
Overall rating
5
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5
258 of 275 found this review helpful
ALL ABOARD!
PostedApril 29, 2014
pennmom36
fromMy workers walk right through the train!?
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
What a refreshing change of pace for a Time Management Game! You have 40 days to repair the railroad before the bank takes over the dilapidated railroad company. You are given goals such as repairing the railroad itself, collecting mail to deliver for money, collecting trees and hiring new workers. The first thing you want to do is repair the railroad signal because you can collect rent from the trains that pass through. You can play this game in timed or untimed modes and you can choose a multi-click task option, but don't get ahead of yourself, you need to have available workers to collect train rent in order to complete goals. There are sawmills and water towers to repair, stone to collect to fix banks and water to collect from wells. Very entertaining TM game, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Deponia: The Puzzle
Select the right pieces to complete pictures set in the world of Deponia
Overall rating
5
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5
104 of 114 found this review helpful
Fast Paced And Challenging!
PostedApril 29, 2014
pennmom36
fromTick Tock Tick Tock
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
This game is a lot harder than it looks, mainly because you have just a few seconds to make your choice. The idea behind this game is genius, you are shown one piece of a puzzle in the form of a square. The next piece is shown as just a red outline and you have to choose the next correct piece from a choice of a handful of pieces to the right of the screen. If you make the wrong choice, that piece falls off the board and the meter to the right starts to go down, if the meter reaches the bottom the game is over. The pieces to find will not be in order, one piece may be on the top, the next piece may be on the right hand bottom. You can use the rotate button to flip the pieces if it helps. You can't study the pieces too long because of the dreaded tick tocking timer, which can get out of control causing you to panic and pick illogical pieces. I for one liked the change of pace, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Christmas Wonderland 2
Overall rating
5
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Christmas Wonderland 2
PostedApril 28, 2014
pennmom36
fromI found a candy cane!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
Another fantastic Christmas Wonderland Hidden Object game with beautiful and colorful Christmas themed graphics. Santa is trying to organize the shop in order to prepare for all the Christmas letters that are pouring in from all over the world from all the boys and girls. This edition has us finding all the items that go into a nativity set one item at a time which are stored at the top of each scene. You will need to find all items on the list and you need to search for candy canes and toy Santa's that aren't on the list for extra points, there may be more than one of each of these items in each scene. In between each HOS there is a mini game to play such as rotating pieces of a map or matching postcards with a famous landmark from different countries to their matching country envelopes. This is exactly the kind of game that can be enjoyed by the entire family, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Tales From The Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair
Dark shadows are rising, the spirits are restless and Lord Strix is back! Travel to his hidden lair and defeat him once and for all—but hurry; he grows stronger by the minute!
Overall rating
5
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5
144 of 171 found this review helpful
The Strix Is Back And Breeding An Army Of Trolls
PostedApril 28, 2014
pennmom36
fromApparently the Chinese dragons don't count!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
Once again Mina Lockhart must defeat the evil Lord Strix and his army of Trolls and serpent dragons! Lord strix has been busy breeding an army of those huge ugly Trolls, and Mina and Malik the Sprite are joined once again to fight this evil. This is a different kind of game with cartoonish type graphics and puzzles galore, this is not a hidden object adventure, if you are looking for that kind of game this isn't for you. However if you enjoy a fantasy based puzzle game then you will absolutely love this game. There are 20 stone dragons to collect and as I said before this game is all about the puzzles, almost one after another such as clicking on the correct symbols of a stone clock by referring to the notes in your journal. There are games of blocks where you have to move blocks of different shapes out of the way to allow the key block to pass through. One of my favorite games was clicking on numbers 1-10, you can only click on the numbers that share the same orbit, row or column of the previous number. This is an easy game, nothing hardcore, if you just want to play a relaxing game with entertaining puzzles and a cute story then you are in for a treat with this game, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Bridge to Another World: Burnt Dreams
Can you defeat the mist and find your lost brother?
Overall rating
5
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5
167 of 193 found this review helpful
Those Without Talent Perish In This World!
PostedApril 27, 2014
pennmom36
fromI like Drako better than my playdoh griffin yesterday!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Dorian had such a vivid imagination, always painting pictures of fairies and dragons, so when he tried to convince his older brother that a strange mist has taken over the bridge, this was dismissed as mere fantasy. This would turn out to be the most regretful decision he could ever make for you see the mist was real and the mist pulled Dorian into it's world never to be found! Even worse, nobody believed him, until he meets a scientist, Victor Haig, who specializes in the paranormal. Together they would build a fairy trap and find out what happened to Dorian. If you love those fantasy themed games then you're in for a treat, the fairy you capture will be sitting in a vat of mist as your hint icon and soon after entering the misty world you will adopt Drako, a cute and tiny dragon who loves catching things on fire!
The hidden object scenes are a mixture of interactive list finds, and progressive interactive silhouettes where you have to find the first item that matches the silhouetted shape, then use that item back in the scene, such as finding a paperclip and using the paperclip on a broken zipper and the next item will be uncovered. You will find scraps of paintings that will be stored in a tube next to the mystic fairy and when all the pieces are collected you will put them back together in the form of a tile swap puzzle. The mini games in my opinion were easy but entertaining. My favorite puzzle was guiding a firefly from the first flower to the last flower which is blue, you had to follow set paths and all flowers needed visited with the blue flower being the last one traveled to. It's certainly nothing new but I still enjoyed it. Some games I truly believe need the features of the Collectors Edition to be fun but in this case I didn't find the game boring without the extras. When I review each game the first thing I go by is whether or not I played the entire demo. If I did play the entire demo, was I so involved that when the demo ended it kind of surprises me that an hour has already passed. And then I decide if I liked the demo so much that this would be a game I would purchase. The answer I came up with on this Standard Edition is yes to all three. Then I will critique the quality of the game itself, what I like or dislike, and in my opinion, I am able to give each game a review individually, apples to apples, not game A is so much better than game B. I remember when I first started playing HOS games, how hard it was to decipher the good games from the bad ones and reading reviews that had so many abbreviations that I needed a key to decode the message. That's when I decided to write reviews and share my opinions as simply as possible, opinions with a dash of sarcasm to lighten the day, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
The Secret Order: Ancient Times Collector's Edition
Destroy artifacts in the past to preserve the world’s future!
Overall rating
5
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5
156 of 180 found this review helpful
Set Sail On The Royal Griffin Destination London 1800's
PostedApril 26, 2014
pennmom36
fromI'm pretty sure my griffin can't fly with those playdoh wings!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
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5
A few weeks ago (in virtual time A.K.A the last Secret Order) Sarah Pennington recovered a mask and scepter stolen by a rogue member sworn to protect the weak and innocent. Now Sarah is the Orders newest member and her father has called an emergency meeting at Headquarters. The mask and scepter are suddenly unstable, the museum itself is being obliterated and has Sarah's dad trapped. Sarah knows it's too late to save her father, she must board the Royal Griffin and travel back in time to stop King Amadon from forging the artifacts made of unearthly materials, thus saving the world! (Piece of cake) There are only a couple of complaints I have with this game. I love the continuing story that all three Order's have stuck with, the graphics are very well done for the most part which is a feature that has always drawn me into these games. With this game I kept noticing a scene here or there that seemed almost blurred, certainly not crystal clear like the rest of the game, and only in some of the zoomed in areas. It isn't something that's going to ruin the game I just had to wonder if it was a special effect or if the game was rushed? I wasn't exactly thrilled with the baby griffin that was hatched in Order to help with out of reach places. Why can't I have a majestic full sized Griffin, this little guy is cartoonish, clunky, awkward and has a beak larger than his head, it just seemed out of place. Those are my only two complaints, the rest I loved!
There are achievements to earn and collectible Griffins, Turquoise Unicorns, and Golden Dragons. Each scene has plenty of active areas and gadgets to find to open up secret passages, there are even interactive games to play with some of the characters you come across like the gambling Captain who challenges you to a matching card game. The hidden object scenes are interactive list finds which have a mah-jongg tile game option. I loved the mini games, very entertaining and fun puzzles such as placing coins with different numbers of fleur de lis which had to add up to 12 horizontally, vertically and diagonally. My favorite one however was guiding laser beams of different colors with mirrors of different directions. The goal was to direct the beams to the color coded connector without overlapping beams of light. Some of the mirrors were broken and couldn't be moved, and some had to be repaired. This Collectors Edition comes with a built in strategy guide, wallpapers, concept art, music and of course a bonus game feature. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Cradle of Egypt
Explore the lands of the Pharaohs and the Cradle of Egypt! Enjoy the miraculous constructions in this awesome Match 3 game!
Overall rating
5
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5
20 of 26 found this review helpful
Cradle of Egypt
PostedApril 25, 2014
pennmom36
fromI hate those skulls!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Cradle of Egypt
(92)Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The long awaited sequel to the Cradle of Rome series and my personal favorite although I think the original Cradle of Rome is the most difficult. This is a Match 3 game where you match 3 or more resources and with the money and resources you earn, you buy plans for a building. The plan is actually a mini game such as rotating discs to complete a picture and when finished you buy the actual building and with that building you receive a bonus or new resource. You get a new life for every 100,000 points. There are bonuses to help you such as a pick to destroy 1 tile, a powder keg to destroy 9 tiles, a chariot to destroy an entire row, an ankh to stop time, a winged sun to destroy 25 tiles, the eye of Ra to destroy 15 random tiles, a liquidizer to scramble all tiles and a star to clear all alike tiles of your choice. There are obstacles to overcome such as marbled and double marbled tiles, roped and double roped tiles, stone tiles and those dreaded skulls are back and in abundance. This game offers Torney mode which is unlocked at 200,000 points which is a race against the clock trying to beat the devs scores. You choose a single bonus and you can earn a bronze, silver or gold cup. My favorite feature is the Blitz mode which can be played in Easy, Normal and Hard modes for bronze, silver and gold cups. You start at level one and play continuously until the timer runs out. To keep the timer full you need to make matches as quickly as possible if you hesitate the timer starts to drain, bonuses refill the timer as well but need to be collected before using them again. This game has 16 citizens and 12 trophies to earn in adventure mode. A new feature is a magic chest you get when you match the same resource 4 times in a row. They have added more arrows to this game as well. You get an arrow when you match 5 tiles which destroys 5 tiles, a super arrow for matching 6 tiles which destroys 9 tiles and a mega arrow for matching 7 tiles which destroys 25 tiles! There is no better Match 3 game out there I promise you this, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Christmas Wonderland
Help Santa deliver presents! Can you help Santa find all the toys scattered around Wonderland? Deliver his presents in time!
Overall rating
5
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5
21 of 25 found this review helpful
Christmas Wonderland
PostedApril 25, 2014
pennmom36
fromAnd a partridge in a pear tree!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This is the original Christmas Wonderland with beautiful Christmas themed graphics. Each scene has several listed items to find such as a snowman, bells and even Santa. The goal is to find the 12 days of Christmas throughout the game such as 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a leaping, 9 dancers dancing, you get the picture. There are only two or three in each scene and they are different in each hidden object scene. There are plenty of mini games such as using different colored candy canes as keys in the correct order by trial and error (or guessing correctly) This is the kind of game that can be enjoyed by kids and adults for years to come, enjoy!
I recommend this game!