This is a fun match 3 game that tests your planning skills. You cannot just do matches at random. You have to make it so that you advance in the direction you want, and you must uncover the hidden areas for items that you need. You find that you need explosions, a lot of them, and part of your strategy is where to create the bomb you need. Also there is a developing plot.
HOGs are boring. At least too many of them are. A big pile of junk, in muddy colors, what's the fun in that?
Seems that they have been doing them all wrong. Because here is a game full of excitement, a grabbing storyline, surprises, shootouts, developing mysteries, and wonderful settings.
My only complaint is that there is no Golden Trails 4
First, this a story driven game. You just want to know what is grandfather's story and what does Captain Morgan want. And each time you solve an area, you get more info.
Add that 1# The HOGs, involve a lot of pirate loot, so the objects you are looking for are not the regular ho-hum lists of other games, but real rare and beautiful things, 2) That you have to look for lucky clovers, 3) That you have to find unlisted lost items that you have to find when they sparkle 4) that you have to shoot bandits when they appear #and earn hints that way), and suddenly this hidden object game is full of excitement.
The developer's logo is a cup of capucchion with chocolate. And it is THAT delicious. The storyline is a lot of fun, and the hidden objects are integral to the plot. You do not start looking for them unless there is a reason to. The structure is "we need to do this, but we need to do this first" in a kind of cascade of favors. Add ridiculous situatios, and wonderful characters along the way (including man-eating fairies), plus the cynical comments of the hint demon, and this is a game to be savored.
Need I mention that the graphics are gorgeous, too?
This is a good solid game, with plenty of nice features. It flows nicely, and while there is quite a bit of backtracking you have a map to tell you where to go next (it is not teleport, alas...) The storyline flows well, and keeps your interest.
It is spooky all rigt, with its almost gray graphics, the screen turning blood red when you overclick, and Christopher Walken's voice (or at least that's what it sounded) threatening you when you dawdle...
You can play it timed, or untimed.
Although when you revisit a scene, you immediately remember where the objects were.
I played it. I got stuck halfway, so they told me "shuffle". I hate reshuffles. Mah jong is supposed to be a logic and strategy game, which always has a solution, but if you play it wrong, then that's it and have to restart.
On another game, there was only one pair available. Once that was removed, there was nothing else and was told to shuffle.
Evidently the idea of always having a solution to be reached by thinking is alien to these deveolopers.
I do not know what the game they offer is. It certainly ain't mah jong.
I might have been more patient if the game had been pretty. Urban decay settings and psychiatric hospitals make grim viewing - add a serial killer storyline and it all looks like I have done it before.
It is not bad, but those ugly greens put me in a bad mood. The game sprawls a bit, and there is quite a bit of backtracking.