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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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Doctor Life: Be a Doctor!
Diagnose and treat patients while growing your small clinic into a thriving hospital! Earn awards for hospital excellence to protect your land from the greed of an evil tycoon!
Overall rating
4
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5
100 of 110 found this review helpful
Is There A Doctor In The House?
PostedMarch 17, 2014
pennmom36
fromStrep throat treatment is NSAIDS?
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game needs to be played for about 10-15 minutes before you can appreciate it because the first few levels are tutorials and very repetitive. At the start of each level, you are given a quest such as adding a laboratory or diagnosis room or earning $500. Before you start the level you need to restock your supplies of ice packs, heat packs and various medications, each item cost money so you need to figure out how many items you can afford. When a patient comes in an icon will appear that indicates what the primary symptom is, such as a sprained wrist or ankle. You click on the patient and a pie chart appears on the right with 4-5 possible diagnosis and all of the symptoms the patient is experiencing is on the left. You then decide what the problem is, such as a headache with a sharp pain behind the eyes, matches the diagnosis of sinusitis. You then choose which treatment to use from a list of 4 possibilities in this case nasal spray is the correct treatment. Other diagnosis options are sprains, pneumonia, colds, strep throat, myalgia and even eye sties, with treatment choices of hot and cold packs, NSAIDS, nasal sprays and paracetamol, as you progress new treatment plans become available. You start out as an unknown Doctor and earn awards that boost your neighborhood status to barely known and so forth until you become a very likeable and well known Doctor. At first glance, I really thought this would be a very boring and slow paced game but it does progress nicely and the higher the levels, the more things there are to choose from which keeps the pace interesting, so don't give up to quickly and I think you will have fun, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
European Mystery: The Face of Envy
A series of robberies takes a deadly and supernatural turn!
Overall rating
5
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5
142 of 156 found this review helpful
Body Parts Thief!
PostedMarch 16, 2014
pennmom36
fromLeave the jewels at home people!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
You have gorgeous hair, it's mine now, and your wife has such beautiful eye color, I think I'll have those as well! Somebody is robbing the wealthy nobles (because it's easier than finding poor nobles) of their custom made jewelry. The thief doesn't stop there, he then robs that person of their body parts, eyes, hair, and who knows what else! How can you stop a man that can change his features instantly? This is yet another brilliant European Mystery, centered around the streets of Rome, Italy, where a very good friend of yours has asked you to come out of retirement and join him in this investigation. You will rescue a circus ermine from a tiny cage and once you give him a proper name, he will help you out during the game with such tasks as retrieving items that you can't get to. The local jeweler has become one of the suspects victims so you borrow his latest invention, a box that charges crystals and converts a blueprint into an actual 3d object. First you need to charge the crystal with a light source. Once you find a blueprint and all of the ingredients needed for a particular item, you open up your jewelry box and "paint" the blueprint with gold, silver, emerald, sapphire, copper and other elements and then create the item with the charged crystal. The hidden object games are very interactive list finds that may require you to find a magic wand and use that wand on a top hat and a rabbit pops up with a banana which you give to a baboon in exchange for a mallet. The mini games are entertaining, not new, but still classic games. My favorite game was a board with several tiles that have either a number 2, 3 or 4 on them. You have to move each tile the exact number of moves as indicated, without blocking another tiles move. The game itself is professionally produced with stunning graphics and so much to do in each scene that you cannot possibly get bored. I think this Standard Edition is a really good value, especially if you don't care about the frills that come with the Collectors Edition, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Antiques Roadshow ™
It's Antiques Roadshow like you've never experienced it before! Go on a Hidden Object journey and search for valuable antiques!
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
Hit The Road
PostedMarch 15, 2014
pennmom36
fromIsn't she going to ask how much the job pays?
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
You just got hired at the local antique shop to travel to different locations in search of antiques. You need to search the rooms for listed items within a certain time period. Some of the items you find are used as inventory items such as sledge hammers or ladders. When you find the main item you are looking for or as indicated by a picture on the top right side, you click on the flashing light and it will show you the matching item you need to locate to make that item more valuable. Then you go to the Antique Roadshow with your antique to see how much it's worth. There are mini games in between such as finding several alike buttons in a huge pile of buttons, or puzzles that need the tiles swapped to make a complete picture. I found several of the listed items were unrecognizable because of the tiny size, and the Antique Roadshow theme music was cool at first but became horribly repetitive after a few minutes. This isn't really a hidden object game, it's more of a seek and find game because items aren't hidden, they are just sitting around with a ton of random items.
I don't recommend this game.
Antique Shop
Open Antique Shops all over the world and earn enough money to finance an archaeological expedition to Greece!
Overall rating
4
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5
9 of 10 found this review helpful
Open For Business
PostedMarch 15, 2014
pennmom36
fromShe doesn't do a whole lot does she!?
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game took me several minutes of playing to appreciate it, but once I did it was actually quite fun/frustrating. The goal of this game is to earn money by opening up antique shops, one at a time starting in New York and expanding as you progress. You start out with a basic shop, one employee and a handful of items to sell. When a customer walks into the shop you click on the counter and then click again on the customer to find out what item they want. An icon of the item or items show up and you click on those exact items so your employee retrieves them, click again on the customer to deliver the items, and again to collect the money. As you progress, the customers arrive 2-3 at a time and order multiple items. As you make money you can use that money to buy bonuses that allow your employee to carry more than one item, or upgrades to the shop which keeps the customers happier for longer. Nice TM game, not sure why it's listed under the HO category, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Emberwing: Lost Legacy Collector's Edition
A dragon has awoken after a hundred years - and it's after your son.
Overall rating
5
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5
268 of 314 found this review helpful
The Dragon Whisperer
PostedMarch 15, 2014
pennmom36
fromDragons bane! He took my kid!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Dragon's Bane! After 100 years of slumber a fire breathing dragon has destroyed your house and grabbed Tevin in his large scaly talons! You barely escape the burning house as you head toward the Dark Forest, disregarding the magical barriers and desperately trying to reach your son before it's too late. The Dark Forest is home to the Elves and Eridan agrees to help you find and defeat this fire breathing dragon, if you can communicate with the King's spirit. Naturally you find the kings crown and learn that long ago, Dragons and Elves were allies until the greedy Dragons took the Elves treasures. Legend predicts that a special child will come to the forest, an Emberwing, with the ability to speak to dragons! You know Tevin is safe for now so you have plenty of time to scour the forest for 50 hidden collectible dragon medals and earn some achievements while solving complex puzzles and finding much needed inventory items. This Collectors Edition contains wallpapers, soundtracks, cut scenes, concept art, epilogues, a strategy guide and of course a bonus scene (awe, baby dragons) There aren't a lot of hidden object games which seems to be a trend lately, I only wish there was a happy medium, they are interactive list finds requiring you to open doors and drawers or pull levers to rotate shelves. The mini games are really entertaining such as finding several gems by interacting with a stage play of the tale of Elves vs. Dragons. Another game reads a sentence of the same tale and you have to zoom into one picture at a time to find several of the same items as in the sentence like dragons, crowns and stars. There are also puzzles to complete and games with several buttons that control different rings and you push different buttons until all of the rings align to complete a picture. I love the entire package, beautiful fantasy themed graphics, well detailed Elvin characters, a very fluid gameplay, entertaining puzzles and of course....Fire Breathing Dragons!!! I'm still waiting on an apocalyptic zombie hidden object adventure game, but this game ranks among my favorites, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms
Return to Raincliff, where what you see isn’t always what you get!
Overall rating
5
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5
164 of 177 found this review helpful
He's Behind You!
PostedMarch 14, 2014
pennmom36
fromI don't "see" anybody!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Return to Raincliff, a town long abandoned, to find a missing journalist whose assignment is to find proof that people are actually living there. What she finds is, well invisible people! Who doesn't love Mystery Trackers? The first thing you will notice when you start this game is quality, pure and simple, quality, every little detail, every cut-scene every hidden object game, quality! Elf is back! That cute little canine detective that can squeeze into the tiniest of spaces and drag out things twice his size. The Collectors Edition has achievements to earn and those weird morphing animals that Mystery Trackers has made famous, and even a frost meter that requires you to find clothing etc. to warm your core temperature. The mini games were surprisingly easy, and the hidden object scenes are interactive list finds which have a small mini game in each one, you might have to push buttons in a certain order for example. The mini games are good, my favorite one was having to turn dials 2L, 2R, 3L and 3R to make all the arrows pull out and light up, if you go the wrong direction the arrow will recede. There are 4 levels of difficulty, Casual, Advanced, Hardcore, and Detective which gives you absolutely no help or hints, no skip feature, not even the cursor will change indicating an active area! Some inventory items will display a + sign indicating that further action may be needed such as placing batteries into a flashlight. You find a video camera that belongs to the journalist and when you play the first tape, a still picture comes out and you need to place that picture exactly where it was taken and that place will contain information that the journalist hid. I bought this game in the Collectors Edition because in my opinion, the extras are well worth the money, an I will say that I'm still thrilled with the game from beginning to ending! I most certainly recommend this game for any level of player, one of my all time favorites, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Dark Dimensions: Somber Song Collector's Edition
Townspeople flee as the black smoke covers their town. Can you close the dark dimension, before it’s too late?
Overall rating
5
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5
180 of 219 found this review helpful
Dark Dimensions=Definite Download Delight!
PostedMarch 13, 2014
pennmom36
fromQuick give me a fan!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Dark Dimensions. Black evil smoke. Chaos, destruction, devastation, death, and dare I say I definitely love everything about this game? I even loved the Developers Diary that had 50 photos to scroll through showing all of the people involved in the development of this over the top fantastic game! There are several fragments of music sheets to find and when you find all of the pieces of a page you get to learn about the tragedy of the Dark Dimension, one musical page at a time. There are several mini games to play such as rotating tiles with one or more colored wire pieces to allow the wires to complete a path from top to bottom. Another puzzle I enjoyed was rotating rings in an effort to place tiles with their corresponding shaped slots. There are several different ring paths that can move so that one took me a few minutes to complete. The hidden object scenes are progressive interactive scenes where you find the first item and use that item somewhere in the scene to obtain the next item and so forth. This Collectors Edition has a bonus game, bonus match 3 games, wallpapers and music, so if those extras don't float your boat you might want to wait for the Standard Edition, either way you will definitely want to buy this Big Fish Keeper my friends, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Space Legends: At the Edge of the Universe
Elizabeth and her friend Steve are in serious danger on a faraway planet. Can you help them find their way home?
Overall rating
3
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5
68 of 77 found this review helpful
Earthbound
PostedMarch 12, 2014
pennmom36
fromPhone home!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Hurricanes and tornadoes? I tried really hard to enjoy this game, I love sci-fi movies and games, I just couldn't get into this game, I felt no urgency, no panic and certainly no fear of space invaders. The turbulent storms had damaged the power supply and injured Steve (apparently the only other astronaut) the man in charge of engineering. The graphics are good but in my opinion the flaws were at times overwhelming. The game didn't always flow fluently, it could be my computer, but it felt sluggish. There were a few spelling errors as well. The hint system wasn't very "hintful" for instance, during a hidden object scene I couldn't find paints so I clicked on the hint icon and it told me to fix the power supply. I left that room, re-entered the room, clicked back into the HOS and clicked hint at which time it circled the single tube of paint which was halfway under the inventory bar and only a single tube of paint, not paints. Perhaps I'm being a bit too critical on this game, it's certainly not a horrible game, it does have an interesting story and the characters are well done, so I'm just going to chalk this one up as not my cup of tea.
The Others
You're a top reporter in search of a missing toymaker – but this isn't child's play. Is something otherworldly responsible?
Overall rating
5
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5
173 of 198 found this review helpful
Aliens Stole The Town Toymaker!
PostedMarch 12, 2014
pennmom36
fromThe other what???
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Trackers: Raincliff's Phantoms Collector's Edition
(88)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Something in this small town isn't right, the first journalist became so paranoid, he fled the assignment and the town! The local Toy factory closed their doors, employees fled and the owner hasn't been seen since, the town is eerily quiet! Mary Bingham has taken over the investigative reporting after George abandoned his assignment full of fear because someone was staring at him through every window in the entire town, something "other" worldly! One of my favorite aspects of this game is something I haven't seen done before in a hidden object game. Some of the list items are in blue and can be clicked on to reveal other words and you have to figure out which word is the correct word of the item that is hidden. In OTHER words (couldn't resist the pun) the word in blue is fish for example, and there is no fish hidden in the scene. You click on the word fish and it changes to the word grater, again, no grater hidden so you click on the word a third time to the word footstool and viola there is indeed a footstool, kind of a cool feature in my opinion. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of mini games but you get to visit the amusement park and play whack-a-mole and a game of claw and ride a scary boat where vampires, and skeletons jump out at you. There are a lot of HOS and the graphics are very clear and realistic. You even have to visit the ATM several times to get some cash so don't forget to retrieve your credit card after each use. I know that some people will hate this game but "others" will really love the alien theme and the hidden object scenes that make you put on your thinking cap. The fact that this is a standard edition will give you the opportunity to use a credit as well, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
After Alice's car careens into a river, she wakes to find herself in a strange world. To escape, Alice will have to overcome her fears.
Overall rating
4
/
5
105 of 120 found this review helpful
Defeat Your Demons!
PostedMarch 11, 2014
pennmom36
fromAlice may need therapy after this.
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Before Alice was a successful business owner, she was an overworked, and unappreciated employee of a boss who constantly took advantage of her. That all changed one rainy stormy night shortly before what was supposed to be her vacation. Alice wakes up in an old hospital room (now if we only threw in a few zombies...) which is actually all in her mind, quite literally her mind has snared her into a realm between dreams and reality and she has to overcome the fears that have her bound to this realm. She has to defeat her demons. There are achievements to earn, and either there aren't too many of them or I didn't impress the achievement gods because I only earned a couple of them in the demo. The hidden object scenes were well done, interactive list finds of random junk in a pile or thrown about a room. There are a bunch of mini games such as following the blueprints for building a mechanical hand. The clues given on the blueprint were similar to the actual parts so you had to match similar symbols like sun and moon. This is a good game, entertaining, with plenty of activities, and certainly worth the price of a SE, enjoy!
I recommend this game!