You fall asleep at the movies but wake up to find you're in the movie and the people there are under mind control by an evil villain!
I know a lot of people reviewed this game poorly, but I liked it because it was challenging. There were at least a couple of puzzles that stymied me but I was able to find a good walkthrough on Youtube to get through it. Yes, the silhouette puzzles were a bit annoying but they were short and you could skip them within seconds. There was also a bonus chapter at the end that really left you hanging.
My favorite part was definitely the creepy fake families in the nuclear test zone. How original!
Your detective dad was murdered. You must go back in time and keep it from ever happening!
This was an older one, but I enjoyed it. It was nice and long and the puzzles were fun and challenging. I was a bit disappointed that with a CE there were no extras to find, but I was happy with the bonus chapter that revealed the origin story.
In this game, there are 72 Christmas themed puzzles. You can decide how many pieces each puzzle will have (I stick with 24 pieces because my eyesight isn't great). You can also change the shape of each piece, have the image in the background or off to the side. Not to mention Christmas music playing!
The thing I loved most about these puzzles is they look like photos from the 1980's. Like most people, I am nostalgic about images from my childhood and I really enjoyed this.
In this game, you choose a high or low card in order to uncover enough gold cards to move on to the next level.
I love the festivity of this game. There's Christmas music and backgrounds and lots of options for card designs. Unfortunately, you can only move on if you've earned enough gold cards. You can earn gold coins to buy helpers like jokers or shuffle, but they're pretty pricey. I was able to make it to level 4 and really enjoyed myself.
This was a match 3 game where you collect coins and decorate your front yard and house for Christmas.
I loved the decorations and backgrounds and festive music of this game. I also appreciate that you're not bound to the timer. I enjoyed the game for the first section but by the time I got to the 3rd section, I started to find it a bit tedious. The bombs, rockets and color matchers sort of showed up with no rhyme or reason and the only other power up available was a hammer. I mostly completed my house and it looked lovely even without completing the last 2 upgrades.
I love the Gnomes Garden Games...I even felt the Halloween game was on theme when few other reviewers did...but this one was sadly lacking in Christmas cheer.
I was really happy with the 1st section of this game. It was the usual fun time management game but you discovered Christmas ornaments and eventually a Christmas tree. I played section 2 and 3, hoping I would see SOMETHING Christmasy...but to no avail. Finally, when I got to the 4th and final section and still saw no decorations, I gave up.
If you want to play just for fun, it's definitely worth it. But if you're like me and you want Christmas games at Christmas time...this isn't the game for you (at least not in December).
A little girl wanted a doll for Christmas but Santa accidentally dropped her from his sack. This is her journey to get under that little girl's tree by Christmas. She'll battle an uptight elf and help other toys along the way!
This game was adorable and with such an original story line. It was bright and cheerful and the puzzles were fun. You have to suspend rational thinking in order to enjoy these games (like knitting a doily just to wipe frosting off the table?), but it's worth it to enjoy the childlike fun that comes with Christmas.
In this game, you run a factory that makes toys for Christmas. You load them up on carts with reindeer (who are all dressed like a mafia boss?) and you serve refreshments to the waiting elves.
I wanted to like this game...but it didn't feel like Christmas to me. I only made it to level 11 before I started to fail, so I never got to see the factory fully decorated. It was difficult to work the assembly line because you could only serve one toy at a time and there were endless orders coming in. It felt more like a chore than a game, sadly.
Your dad has been sucked into a fairytale and you must save him to save Christmas!
This was a good one! You'll go into the pages of a fairytale book and help everyone from Little Red Riding Hood to Rapunzel. It was the usual bright and cheery atmosphere you've come to expect from these games and the mini-games and hidden object scenes were fun and challenging.
You were given three options for the ending and I'm very curious to know how the other two options would have ended the game. I chose the nice option because...well, it's Christmas!
Your childhood friend has been sucked into the world of The Nutcracker and you must save him to save Christmas!
I love this take on The Nutcracker and I was thrilled to see the developers of this game series decide to tackle a beloved Christmas story. I felt very involved in the story line and there were so many twists and turns along the way. My favorite part was feeding sweets to a cute mouse to get him to tell us about the past events leading up to this.