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- Average Rating:4.3
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- Reviews Submitted:371
- First Review:September 24, 2014
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When his sister is murdered, you must prove your nephew's innocence!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
ENJOYABLE FROM START TO FINISH!
PostedAugust 7, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
A thoroughly modern game. Detailed, sharp graphics. You do not have to witness violence and the game is not disturbing. It’s just a good thriller. An absolutely solid game. You are an investigator with psychic abilities. These abilities are so strong, that when you make contact with objects, you are actually transported to a different time, in which you can actually change events. The storyline has a consistent tempo, is serious and doesn’t linger on the occult apart from amulets and ghosts and of course the fact that you are psychic. The game is set in a manor and you are outside for a little while too.
GRAPHICS: Clear & sharp. Options for full screen/widescreen, gamma, & special effects.
HOPS: 12-15 ; wordlists with interaction
PUZZLES: Mix
SOUNDS: 4
HINT: Guides and Leads. Recharges quickly on Casual.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 3 – interchangeable
MAP: TRAVEL, with indicators
INVENTORY: Lockable
JOURNAL: Yes. You must click on map. A diary is located at the bottom.
CHARACTERS: You play as the investigator. The other characters in this game happen to be your niece and nephew who are young adults. Voice-overs are good. Other characters you come across intermittently are all done well.
GRAPHICS: Clear & sharp. Options for full screen/widescreen, gamma, & special effects.
HOPS: 12-15 ; wordlists with interaction
PUZZLES: Mix
SOUNDS: 4
HINT: Guides and Leads. Recharges quickly on Casual.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 3 – interchangeable
MAP: TRAVEL, with indicators
INVENTORY: Lockable
JOURNAL: Yes. You must click on map. A diary is located at the bottom.
CHARACTERS: You play as the investigator. The other characters in this game happen to be your niece and nephew who are young adults. Voice-overs are good. Other characters you come across intermittently are all done well.
I recommend this game!
Richard Stone finds traces of an unknown civilization when investigating disappearance of the chief engineer. The find will lead Richard to the most amazing adventure of his life.
Overall rating
5
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5
11 of 12 found this review helpful
RELAXING, NATURE-FILLED GAME. MOUNTAIN STREWN DESERT AND CAVES** *******NO HOPS*********
PostedAugust 5, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
You are out West. WAY OUT WEST. Traverse desert, mountains and rock formations. You can almost feel the dry heat beating down on you. Then continue on to underground caverns. Many water scenes feature too. GREAT SCENES OF THE NATURAL WORLD; you start off indoors, but that doesn’t last long. The 3 screenshots chosen to highlight the game really don’t do the game justice. The video gives you a better idea. Even then, that makes it seem more like a crazy, action-packed game, and it really isn’t.
Took me somewhere between 2.5 to 3.0 hours to complete in one evening. However, I skipped a lot of the puzzles.
GRAPHICS: WONDERFUL: SHARP, DETAILED, PERSPECTIVES ARE RIGHT. Metal looks like metal, rock looks like rock. The metal is worn and peeling and rusty in places. Realistic with natural colors. It doesn’t matter to me how it is achieved, it looks fantastic! FILLS THE WHOLE SCREEN.
HOPS: NONE
PUZZLES: Lots, a variety of types and difficulties, with some being very difficult.
SOUNDS: 3 - Music is ok and has a separate control. I found that if I adjusted volume say for ambient, then mouse-click would also change too. Luckily this didn’t affect music, which I silenced after 10 minutes. Good ambient sounds.
HINT: 20 seconds to recharge on casual and the Hint will lead and guide you. Note there are no glimmers/sparkles even on Casual, but the cursor does change shape when there is an item of interest.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 3 not interchangeable.
MAP: TRAVEL and has useful indicators.
INVENTORY: Lockable
JOURNAL: YES
CHARACTERS: Infrequent interaction, since you are in the middle of nowhere. However, you do come across the local inhabitants/mountain tribe and you have to gain their confidence by passing their tests. NO voice-overs, you read.
Took me somewhere between 2.5 to 3.0 hours to complete in one evening. However, I skipped a lot of the puzzles.
GRAPHICS: WONDERFUL: SHARP, DETAILED, PERSPECTIVES ARE RIGHT. Metal looks like metal, rock looks like rock. The metal is worn and peeling and rusty in places. Realistic with natural colors. It doesn’t matter to me how it is achieved, it looks fantastic! FILLS THE WHOLE SCREEN.
HOPS: NONE
PUZZLES: Lots, a variety of types and difficulties, with some being very difficult.
SOUNDS: 3 - Music is ok and has a separate control. I found that if I adjusted volume say for ambient, then mouse-click would also change too. Luckily this didn’t affect music, which I silenced after 10 minutes. Good ambient sounds.
HINT: 20 seconds to recharge on casual and the Hint will lead and guide you. Note there are no glimmers/sparkles even on Casual, but the cursor does change shape when there is an item of interest.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 3 not interchangeable.
MAP: TRAVEL and has useful indicators.
INVENTORY: Lockable
JOURNAL: YES
CHARACTERS: Infrequent interaction, since you are in the middle of nowhere. However, you do come across the local inhabitants/mountain tribe and you have to gain their confidence by passing their tests. NO voice-overs, you read.
So glad this was on the $2.99 daily offer! Who knows when I might have found it otherwise!
I recommend this game!
Discover a story of mysterious kidnappings of both children and mafiosi.
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
GREAT GAME!
PostedAugust 2, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
After playing a series of more sedate, relaxing games, this one came as total refreshment! A truly gripping, thrilling game, moves quickly, with fantastic graphics on a computer that doesn’t have HD. Loved every moment.
A detailed game that is wonderfully SPACIOUS to look at: the museum, the lift shaft, the huge tunnels. No-one could have invented all this; a lot of work must have gone into this to take photos of what these places looked like. Starting at downtown museum, tunnels then take you to a bridge, snowy wonderland land hut, downtown research in a town house, and finally a subway station under construction. You should know that you don’t see anything bad happening to the children, as in being hurt or threatened, or anything like that. You just see them disappear into thin air and a butterfly and green swampy stuff appear.
A detailed game that is wonderfully SPACIOUS to look at: the museum, the lift shaft, the huge tunnels. No-one could have invented all this; a lot of work must have gone into this to take photos of what these places looked like. Starting at downtown museum, tunnels then take you to a bridge, snowy wonderland land hut, downtown research in a town house, and finally a subway station under construction. You should know that you don’t see anything bad happening to the children, as in being hurt or threatened, or anything like that. You just see them disappear into thin air and a butterfly and green swampy stuff appear.
GRAPHICS: Metal looks like metal! THOSE types of graphics! Combination of real and non-real. Screen resolution options. Widescreen, full screen or windowed.
HOPS: Plenty, interactive. Not piles or random collections of objects. Instead you get objects related to where you are at, eg items on a table, items in the boat etc.
PUZZLES: Lots of puzzles, and of varying difficulties, all are skippable.
SOUNDS= THOROUGH. 3 sounds, music having a separate one. The music was so fitting and for a long time I did not need to lower the volume.
HOPS: Plenty, interactive. Not piles or random collections of objects. Instead you get objects related to where you are at, eg items on a table, items in the boat etc.
PUZZLES: Lots of puzzles, and of varying difficulties, all are skippable.
SOUNDS= THOROUGH. 3 sounds, music having a separate one. The music was so fitting and for a long time I did not need to lower the volume.
HINT: Will lead you and show you what to do
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: Easy, medium, hard. Easy is more like the customizable options for gameplay of today. You can’t adjust or change level once you have selected and started the game, without starting the game from scratch.
MAP: Travel map with indicators
INVENTORY: Lockable
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: Easy, medium, hard. Easy is more like the customizable options for gameplay of today. You can’t adjust or change level once you have selected and started the game, without starting the game from scratch.
MAP: Travel map with indicators
INVENTORY: Lockable
JOURNAL: Holds some notes that you will need to refer to.
CHARACTERS: Lucas Bishop is done really well. He has called you in to investigate and you will meet him several times to discuss your ongoing investigation.
CHARACTERS: Lucas Bishop is done really well. He has called you in to investigate and you will meet him several times to discuss your ongoing investigation.
I recommend this game!
Help Christine explore the spooky Ashburg Asylum and find her missing grandfather in this dark Hidden Object game!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Good creepy game, without being over the top.
PostedAugust 2, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Another older game with TONS of HOPS (30?).
Roam around deserted rooms and hallways that are cracking, peeling and have all kinds of items left over from a now non- functioning asylum, built around the turn of 20th century. You get to go outside too. I really loved the graphics. If you require a travel map or hint that will do everything if asked, then this game is not for you. However, BFG DOES have a walkthrough for this game.
Roam around deserted rooms and hallways that are cracking, peeling and have all kinds of items left over from a now non- functioning asylum, built around the turn of 20th century. You get to go outside too. I really loved the graphics. If you require a travel map or hint that will do everything if asked, then this game is not for you. However, BFG DOES have a walkthrough for this game.
The game never crossed the boundary to make me feel uncomfortable. It showed stuff without showing anyone suffering. There are dried splats of blood here and there and obviously all kinds of remnants and evidence that this was a mental facility for resident patients. No cheap tricks like syringes in teddy bears or anything like that.
GRAPHICS: Very, very atmospheric and detailed, but a bit dark. Best on computer full brightness – save this one for evening. Doesn’t fill the whole screen.
HOPS: LOTS and LOTS, because there are also lots of places to explore.
PUZZLES: Mix of interesting puzzles. All skippable. Takes about 1 minute.
SOUNDS: 2. Music and Sound. Strangely, Music actually seemed to control the mouse sounds and vice-a-versa.
HINT: Written clues. You do not always get direct clues either, just generalized instructions for looking for some item(s) on a certain floor! BFG DOES have a WALKTHROUGH for this game! Hint recharges 20-30 seconds.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: One level only
MAP: Yes, but not travel.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable
HOPS: LOTS and LOTS, because there are also lots of places to explore.
PUZZLES: Mix of interesting puzzles. All skippable. Takes about 1 minute.
SOUNDS: 2. Music and Sound. Strangely, Music actually seemed to control the mouse sounds and vice-a-versa.
HINT: Written clues. You do not always get direct clues either, just generalized instructions for looking for some item(s) on a certain floor! BFG DOES have a WALKTHROUGH for this game! Hint recharges 20-30 seconds.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: One level only
MAP: Yes, but not travel.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable
JOURNAL: Yes, with notes, tasks, map and tapes (you find the tapes)
CHARACTERS: Very few. Mainly there are 3 other characters besides yourself, and 1 additional character that you are hunting for. There are voice-overs but the characters do not visibly talk. There is a voice-over mute option too. Characters were done quite well, all with different personalities.
CHARACTERS: Very few. Mainly there are 3 other characters besides yourself, and 1 additional character that you are hunting for. There are voice-overs but the characters do not visibly talk. There is a voice-over mute option too. Characters were done quite well, all with different personalities.
I recommend this game!
Travel through ghost worlds to investigate the mysteries of your family. Can you uncover the mystery of the tribal curse?
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
RUSTIC OUTDOORS, LOTS of HOPS & PLENTY OF PUZZLES TOO!
PostedAugust 2, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
OLDER GAME. A gentle, relaxing game with lots and lots of outdoors and beauty, farmland, lakes, trees, log cabins, woods, and rivers. Summon deceased relatives who lived during different times to find out WHO in your family got cursed, and WHY, because it is affecting you to the present day!
The first opening scenes are not a good representative of what you get in this game. What follows are BEAUTIFUL and gorgeous farm lands on a lake, then a cemetery in the wilderness, then woodland and river. But you should know straight away that this game does not have pin-sharp graphics if that’s what you are looking for.
The sheds, cabins and homes look authentic; you can really believe someone lives there.
This game was so much fun to play for me. The style of the gameplay is very different and enjoyable because of the gentle pace.
The sheds, cabins and homes look authentic; you can really believe someone lives there.
This game was so much fun to play for me. The style of the gameplay is very different and enjoyable because of the gentle pace.
GRAPHICS: Edges are not pin sharp. Select “High Quality” from options if possible because enhanced lighting effects give the game a nicer, cozier look. Looked better on my computer full screen, but widescreen option was available.
HOPS: Wordlists, but a few are hidden sometimes. You should know that with the hidden items, the mouse pointer does not change in any way to indicate their presence. So you must click on things where you guess it might be logically hidden OR use the Hint. Hint recharges in 45 seconds
PUZZLES: I think there were almost as many as the HOPS. Mixed bag.
SOUNDS: Music and Sound. The sound has all the appropriate sounds you would expect in the wilds, and also that accompany your actions.
HINT: 45 second interval. The hint WILL LEAD and circle items for you. Sometimes though, it just gives directional arrow options.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS:
MAP: NONE
INVENTORY: NOT lockable
JOURNAL: YES
CHARACTERS: Your paternal line of past relatives. No voice-overs, no character movement apart from appearing to you. You read.
HOPS: Wordlists, but a few are hidden sometimes. You should know that with the hidden items, the mouse pointer does not change in any way to indicate their presence. So you must click on things where you guess it might be logically hidden OR use the Hint. Hint recharges in 45 seconds
PUZZLES: I think there were almost as many as the HOPS. Mixed bag.
SOUNDS: Music and Sound. The sound has all the appropriate sounds you would expect in the wilds, and also that accompany your actions.
HINT: 45 second interval. The hint WILL LEAD and circle items for you. Sometimes though, it just gives directional arrow options.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS:
MAP: NONE
INVENTORY: NOT lockable
JOURNAL: YES
CHARACTERS: Your paternal line of past relatives. No voice-overs, no character movement apart from appearing to you. You read.
Enjoyed it very much!
I recommend this game!
Take on the role of a lowly stagehand in an opera company tasked with solving a deadly mystery in an isolated village!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
40 PLUS HOPS in a spooky/creepy, who-dunnit type game- 1st in the series of the nightfall mysteries
PostedAugust 1, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
OLDER GAME. WALKTHROUGH AVAILABLE FROM BFG. You get to roam around a forsaken town in the middle of the moonlit, foggy night… The crazy characters of the opera are visiting on special request of the creepy Count Vladd Vansig, to prepare for a private performance. Death soon begins to follow the troupe. Spooky atmosphere, but relaxing at the same time with all those stars and fog floating around. Backtracking IS required in this game. Hunting for what to do next IS required in this game. Short cutscenes are used at the beginning and end, but very little during the game. When you do meet the characters they tend to be stationary.
I base the 5* on the fact that it was thoroughly enjoyable and was exactly what I was looking for at this time, in terms of pace, variety of scenes and atmosphere…NOT MANIC. That’s why I play a lot of older games. They’re good and offer a different gaming experience. I find a lot of the modern games get boring after the first hour.
GRAPHICS: Very nice. Play this game on full computer brightness. Does NOT fill whole screen
HOPS: At least a few items are not easy to see per HOP, but sometimes they are just cleverly hidden. Wordlists of 12. Most scenes are used at least twice.
PUZZLES: Mix. All SKIPPABLE after a minute. My favorite was the mechanical puzzle you set up to have a knock-on effect.
SOUNDS: Music and Sound. The music is appropriately spooky.
HINT: WALKTHROUGH AVAILABLE FROM BFG. Hint won’t lead you. A written next step is all you get, and is usually something like “find such and such.” During the HOPS, Hint will find an item for you and then takes 20 seconds to recharge.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: ONE MODE ONLY.
JOURNAL: Yes, and NOTEBOOK on other side has tabs for the MAP and TASKS.
MAP: YES, but NOT travel. Does have INDICATORS for areas/rooms where there are actions to be done.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable.
HOPS: At least a few items are not easy to see per HOP, but sometimes they are just cleverly hidden. Wordlists of 12. Most scenes are used at least twice.
PUZZLES: Mix. All SKIPPABLE after a minute. My favorite was the mechanical puzzle you set up to have a knock-on effect.
SOUNDS: Music and Sound. The music is appropriately spooky.
HINT: WALKTHROUGH AVAILABLE FROM BFG. Hint won’t lead you. A written next step is all you get, and is usually something like “find such and such.” During the HOPS, Hint will find an item for you and then takes 20 seconds to recharge.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: ONE MODE ONLY.
JOURNAL: Yes, and NOTEBOOK on other side has tabs for the MAP and TASKS.
MAP: YES, but NOT travel. Does have INDICATORS for areas/rooms where there are actions to be done.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable.
CHARACTERS: I loved the variety of characters, who were thoroughly different to each other. Intermittent and regular interaction. Good voice-overs, but characters remain stationary.
I recommend this game!
Vivien Ambrose has just discovered how to travel through time! Set off through history in Time Mysteries: Inheritance!
Overall rating
5
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5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
GORGEOUS, CLEAR & RELAXING WITH LOTS OF HOPS -BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS-
PostedJuly 19, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
It was the game-title picture that drew me - that cottage on the bleak hillside. Peaceful, time travel, older HOPA. Go to different time periods and places. Nothing frantic, nothing action-packed, but an absorbing, well told story nevertheless. You find yourself in castles and homes and outdoors in various centuries, extending way back as far as 8th century. Many enjoyable HOP scenes in this game, many that are beautiful to look at. In one particular type, you go back to is a room full of lovely odds and ends, including ornaments, weapons and garments that change every time you must enter. It has a gorgeous stained glass ceiling that also changes color each time you go in. To activate the time travel device, you go to this room and collect items.
This game is so clear on computer full brightness, that you can play this during the day with blinds somewhat drawn and you’ll be able to see clearly. Gorgeous lighting effects on things many times
GRAPHICS: Mix of real scenes/objects and non-real. For the first ¾, the clarity of the game is great. It deteriorates briefly for a few scenes, and then picks back up again. Does not fill the whole screen.
HOPS: LOTS – 20 or so. Real items: trinkets, crowns, tools, food. Mostly easy to see for the first ¾. Even though they are clear, you do not find them at once, since they are pretty well hidden. Wow, check out the food HOP feast in the 8th Century, accompanied by medieval guitar.
PUZZLES: Regular puzzles of the following type: At least 7 find the difference, some of fix the note/picture /pattern, by putting the pieces back together, some of activate all the buttons/lights, some of choose the right order and colors, some of slide the rectangles around to clear a pathway. Not for a puzzle fan…but fine for me! All are skippable.
SOUNDS: 2. Music, and Sound. Lots of music appropriate to the time periods. Not big on sound apart from mouse actions. But the rest of the game more than made up for this. To be honest the quiet kinda suited this game.
HINT: Yes. Instant. You can easily recharge these by playing Match-3. A minute of this and you get 3-4 hints depending on your score. At least twice the Hint– didn’t show me the item I needed to continue, but I figured it out. There IS a WALKTHROUGH on BFG if you need it.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 2 and not changeable once selected.
MAP: NONE, and not necessary.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable, BUT it does stay up for several seconds if you are working on it.
JOURNAL: Yes to keep notes.
CHARACTERS: Meet various people and relatives across time. NO narration or voice-overs. You have to read. The characters are not animated like today's games. They are pretty much stationary with the main character having 3 expressions at the most! One of the characters is a ball!
This game is so clear on computer full brightness, that you can play this during the day with blinds somewhat drawn and you’ll be able to see clearly. Gorgeous lighting effects on things many times
GRAPHICS: Mix of real scenes/objects and non-real. For the first ¾, the clarity of the game is great. It deteriorates briefly for a few scenes, and then picks back up again. Does not fill the whole screen.
HOPS: LOTS – 20 or so. Real items: trinkets, crowns, tools, food. Mostly easy to see for the first ¾. Even though they are clear, you do not find them at once, since they are pretty well hidden. Wow, check out the food HOP feast in the 8th Century, accompanied by medieval guitar.
PUZZLES: Regular puzzles of the following type: At least 7 find the difference, some of fix the note/picture /pattern, by putting the pieces back together, some of activate all the buttons/lights, some of choose the right order and colors, some of slide the rectangles around to clear a pathway. Not for a puzzle fan…but fine for me! All are skippable.
SOUNDS: 2. Music, and Sound. Lots of music appropriate to the time periods. Not big on sound apart from mouse actions. But the rest of the game more than made up for this. To be honest the quiet kinda suited this game.
HINT: Yes. Instant. You can easily recharge these by playing Match-3. A minute of this and you get 3-4 hints depending on your score. At least twice the Hint– didn’t show me the item I needed to continue, but I figured it out. There IS a WALKTHROUGH on BFG if you need it.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 2 and not changeable once selected.
MAP: NONE, and not necessary.
INVENTORY: NOT lockable, BUT it does stay up for several seconds if you are working on it.
JOURNAL: Yes to keep notes.
CHARACTERS: Meet various people and relatives across time. NO narration or voice-overs. You have to read. The characters are not animated like today's games. They are pretty much stationary with the main character having 3 expressions at the most! One of the characters is a ball!
I recommend this game!
You were just about to relax with a good book when a stranger leaves a baby on your doorstep.
Overall rating
2
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5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
Seriously?
PostedJuly 19, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
Sorry, I thought this game was quite possibly one of the most boring games I have ever wasted a coupon on. The beginning in the apartment was pretty good, but the rest was downhill from there on. Graphics start well but then become ULTRA cartoonish. There is no depth to the characters and because I hated it so much, the tasks just seemed like one slog after another. I couldn't wait for the hint button to recharge fast enough so I could get through it.
Perhaps this is a beginner's game, or was made with kids in mind.
I don't recommend this game.
Haunted Legends: The Iron Mask Collector's Edition
Explore 17th-century France as you track down a masked killer.
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Musketeering and Swashbuckling Action!
PostedJuly 15, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Fun! Plus a lot of outstanding artwork in this game! You get great views of the outside of the castle-palace, and a number of streets with their rickety, old buildings. They’re so detailed and look centuries old, with the rain splashing down in puddles, against the dark, moody, cloudy sky. The graphics and sound are clear and thorough.
Loved the helper dog, a yellow Labrador-type dog, who appears many times doing some tracking for you. You meet a variety of characters and their coldness towards you reflects their position and authority.
15 puzzles and 12 HOPS appear at the right moments, plus there are numerous other little games such as ‘find the scattered pieces’ constantly.
For the game set-up and tools, you get all the options that a 2016 game provides.
The “strange dwarf” no longer makes extended gurgling, choking sounds! That used to give me the Heebee-Geebees! There are a whole section of Haunted Legends I can’t play, because that sound used to make my blood run cold. I noticed in the game before this one, “Haunted Legends- The House on the Hill”, that the devs seem to have modified this to a much shorter series of grunts.
CE: In the bonus game, find out what happens to Louisa and enjoy collecting supplies and mending a ship to set sail. Throughout the game collect horseshoes of different value to dress up your horse in fancy, royal attire. Other CE stuff – as usual.
I recommend this game!
Help detective Ashley Clark uncover the truth behind a series of mysterious kidnappings, and reveal the secrets of the ruby pendant!
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
23 PUZZLES (replayable) & also LOTS of HOPS (not replayable) in this HOPA – review on completed game-
PostedJuly 13, 2016
SparkleGlow100
fromMichigan, USA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
A nice, relaxing game. You play as detective Ashley Clark. People have been disappearing and you need to figure out what the heck is happening. So, off you go into a different universe, naturally, to a time that is quite medieval looking. Quite a long HOPA game with all those puzzles. Starts great, plateaus half way, and picks up again ¾ onward. Note: no BFG walkthrough.
GRAPHICS: Nice, clear graphics. I used the aspect ratio adjustment.
HOPS: LOTS, clear, but some very well hidden: wordlists and silhouettes.
PUZZLES: 23 REPLABLE PUZZLES – MOST OF THEM NOT EASY- Option to skip available.
SOUNDS: Music and sound.
HINT: To begin with you have limited hints. You start at 5. You can also pick up RED GEMS which will give you instant recharge or add one hint. Once you find all parts of the red ruby gem you get unlimited hints, which take about 15 second to recharge on casual. Since there’s no BFG walkthrough, I had to use alternative walkthrough a couple of times, eg YouTube.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 4 choices and interchangeable from options once you start playing.
MAP: YES, jump map (the small compass in the lower left)! Wow, I played ¾ of this game not realizing…
INVENTORY: Visible at all times.
JOURNAL: Journal, objectives and map are together in lower left corner.
CHARACTERS: I liked the ghostly characters that you come across. There are some voice-overs done for each character, but you must also read at time.
GRAPHICS: Nice, clear graphics. I used the aspect ratio adjustment.
HOPS: LOTS, clear, but some very well hidden: wordlists and silhouettes.
PUZZLES: 23 REPLABLE PUZZLES – MOST OF THEM NOT EASY- Option to skip available.
SOUNDS: Music and sound.
HINT: To begin with you have limited hints. You start at 5. You can also pick up RED GEMS which will give you instant recharge or add one hint. Once you find all parts of the red ruby gem you get unlimited hints, which take about 15 second to recharge on casual. Since there’s no BFG walkthrough, I had to use alternative walkthrough a couple of times, eg YouTube.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 4 choices and interchangeable from options once you start playing.
MAP: YES, jump map (the small compass in the lower left)! Wow, I played ¾ of this game not realizing…
INVENTORY: Visible at all times.
JOURNAL: Journal, objectives and map are together in lower left corner.
CHARACTERS: I liked the ghostly characters that you come across. There are some voice-overs done for each character, but you must also read at time.
I recommend this game!