Scottar's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.6
- Helpful Votes:395
- Reviews Submitted:241
- First Review:August 1, 2016
- Most Recent Review:April 23, 2025
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Set off on an adventure in the name of love!
Overall rating
5
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Levels are Much More Challenging
PostedJune 9, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are basic but, colorful and balanced.
Mood music is Medieval based themes,10 scores. Nice but somewhat too mellow for me. It has some humor in the dialogs as usual
It plays much the same as the last game except you have map pieces to find. The levels are harder to get top score in even just normal time mode. The easter eggs are puzzle pieces, the map level will tell you if you found them or not and they are not on every level.
When you complete the main level you have 15 bonus levels to try. Map pieces are in there too.
It's a fun game to play but very challenging in time mode, I completed all the levels only after replaying the tough ones several times for gold award. You should loosely follow the strategy guide which will just give you hints on how to proceed.
The guides with puzzle piece locations unlock when you are playing a level.
I recommend this game!
Set off on an adventure in the name of love!
Overall rating
4
/
5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Levels are Much More Challenging
PostedMay 30, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are basic but, colorful and balanced.
Mood music is Medieval based themes,10 scores. Nice but somewhat too mellow for me. It has some humor in the dialogs as usual
It plays much the same as the last game except you have map pieces to find. The levels are harder to get top score in even just normal time mode. The easter eggs are puzzle pieces, the map level will tell you if you found them or not and they are not on every level.
When you complete the main level you have 15 bonus levels to try. Map pieces are in there too.
It's a fun game to play but very challenging in time mode, I completed all the levels only after replaying the tough ones several times for gold award. You should loosely follow the strategy guide which will just give you hints on how to proceed. The guides with puzzle piece locations unlock when you are playing a level.
I recommend this game!
Build your dream town on a tropical island!
Overall rating
4
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Nice Little TMG
PostedApril 30, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are decent, colorful and balanced.
Mood music is bearable, tropical slanted but boring to me.
The game looks like it's geared toward the younger crowed but it becomes much more challenging and complex later on. I completed all levels in relaxed time mode, some just in time. You can play in untimed mode at get the same things as in timed. Each level has the potential of 3 star awards. If you complete each section with 3 stars you have access to bonus games. Complete all sections and you get to play 10 bonus games.
You have easter eggs to find in the form of little barrows, some cleberly hidden, but only in the mainline games and the 10 bonus games. When you crack a barrow you get a picture puzzle piece to assemble in the puzzle site.
It's a fun, challenging little game to play. Has the usual options that other games have of this sort.
I recommend this game!
A global art heist and a series of natural disasters collide!
Overall rating
4
/
5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
Good as Ever
PostedApril 24, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are very good, very colorful and balanced. Overall, the game plays like the previous game series, just the story line has changed. It does have 1 new feature, some levels have drones to get.
Mood music variations were OK for some half the game.
You have boxes in the bonus game levels to find, mostly easy to see, some are hidden. After each level completion you get stars to purchase bonuses in untimed and timed mode. If you go from untimed to timed, you have to start over with the bonuses and boxes. I didn't play in hard mode, but in easy timed mode, I was able to complete all levels
If you successfully find everything you get award stickers and some museum items and other extra errata.
I recommend this game!
There's a gold rush coming, and it's your job to lead the way!
Overall rating
4
/
5
Good TMG Game
PostedApril 20, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are very good, very colorful. Overall, the game plays like the previous game series with some added features.
Mood music was OK for some 3 or 4 variations.
You have Owl easter eggs characters to find, maybe you have some around the neighborhood? After each level completion you get stars to purchase bonuses in untimed and timed mode. I didn't play in hard mode, but in time mode, I was able to complete all levels
After completing a section, you have access to a shooting arcade to test your shooting skills. I was able to get 3 stars in all 5 arcades
I recommend this game!
There's a gold rush coming, and it's your job to lead the way!
Overall rating
4
/
5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Good TMG Game
PostedApril 10, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Graphics are very good, very colorful. Overall, the game plays like the previous game series with some added features.
Mood music was OK for some 3 or 4 variations.
You have Owl easter eggs characters to find, maybe you have some around the neighborhood. After each level completion you get stars to purchase bonuses in untimed and timed mode. I didn't play in hard mode but in time mode I was able to complete all levels
After completing a section, you have access to a shooting arcade to test your shooting skills. I was able to get 3 stars in all 5 arcades
I recommend this game!
An activist group plans to steal, sell, and donate for a good cause, but a conspiracy threatens to tear the group apart.
Overall rating
3
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5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
OK CGI Adventure Game
PostedMarch 16, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is much better than the other CGI game. The graphics are much better, more detailed. You are not overwhelmed with dialog and once engaged the dialog is automatic. The dialog is not as goofy as in the other game either. The 2 end chapters is mostly automatic. Music is OK.
There are few puzzles and they can be tough. Like the other game there are no hints so havening a walk-through would be handy. The game play interface is somewhat unusual from other games. You can bypass the auto-play sequences by hitting the escape key. Navigation and finding things can be tough too. It has a jump map but no real help. The game crashed several times during play when I did too fast clicking on things. This happened with the other CGI game too. Save your game at strategic points.
The game has an ironical ending.
I don't like how the interface plays on this game but it is intriguing and challenging. Because of having no hints or lack of hints I don't recommend this game but it's not as quirky as the other CGI game.
Can you defeat the Spirit of Ice and Cold in time?
Overall rating
4
/
5
19 of 20 found this review helpful
Good Adventure Game
PostedFebruary 27, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Graphics are very good, very colorful. Overall the game is good and interesting. It plays like the previous game series.
The game plays OK
You have a jump map to navigate with and it shows if you have objects to find.
There are 3 easter eggs to find, Spell Charms, Energy Sphere Coins and Spell Books. The Energy Sphere Coins are used to purchase "Barn Yard Animals" in extras section of which most are exotic mythical creatures. The Spell Charms and Spell Books collection can be found there. You can replay all the hopes and mini games there with access to the guide when playing.
Hops can be tricky. Most puzzles can be solved without brain strain, 2 or 3 are difficult, of course you have a detailed guide and a good variety of the advanced customizations as in most of the more current adventure games.
Music is Scandinavian jazz, not a good fit. Some people will find that sections of the game are barrowed from earlier Dominion games a negative. But you will find that all the adventure games have similar puzzles that are different as to the layout and challenge. What's your cup of tea preference?
I recommend this game!
In this classic point-and-click, enter a corrupt and power-obsessed world as you try to find answers to your neighbor’s mysterious disappearance!
Overall rating
2
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5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
An Old CGI Game that is Very Difficult.
PostedFebruary 24, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game is an Orwellian adventure-conspiracy type game. The main character, Wright, goes through an extended investigation of the disappearance of his neighbor. The world has been taken over by massive corporations, and people are monitored by the use of tracking devices. The surprise ending has parallels to today's situations. In fact, the whole game has parallels.
The game is an old one first released on October 1, 2004. You will see that the graphics are cartoonish CGI with some fuzzy realism but not bad; but not like today's modern computer graphics. It's a very hard game to play without a walk-through guide. You can miss a required action or item and not find out till several segments down the game play. I got stuck down the line as I missed out on some procedural action. The help interface is very basic on just the controls, no on-board hint or guide. Not much help during the game play either on hints. And the game does not have a window feature where you could access a help guide in a word file or access other windows while playing the game.
Some of the way the game proceeds are kind of stupid. When you do some repeated actions you have to go through the whole canned animated play sequence. Some other play animated scene just skips through the play expected play sequence. It's a quirky game. Movement is difficult in some areas.
In some respects the game is comical. In other respects the game is stupid. Overall, I didn't like the way the game played.
The ending is a freak-out, perhaps close to the truth. And it is the most difficult level to figure out without a guide. I don't know how one could figure out how to proceed without one.
Without a walk-through you will become very frustrated with this game. Only hard CGI players would like this game. If you want to play it, I recommend finding a walk-through to prevent hair-pulling. A video one is highly recommended as the text versions don't cover everything.
I don't recommend this game.
The tenacious trio takes on a master of the occult!
Overall rating
3
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Good Adventure Game
PostedJanuary 30, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Graphics are very good. Overall the game is good and interesting. It plays like the previous game series.
The game seemed to have been rushed in development as the way the game plays is kind of quirky but not bad. Some solutions are quirky.
You have a jump map to navigate with and it shows if you have objects to find.
There is 2 easter eggs to find, puzzle pieces and clock objects.
Hops can be tricky. Most puzzles can be solved without brain strain, 2 or 3 are difficult, 1 is very difficult and another is arcade type. Of course, you have a detailed guide and a good variety of the advanced customizations as in most of the more current adventure games.
Music is very good, fitting.
I recommend this game!