I played it about twelve months ago, finished it and for some reason, I enjoyed it a lot more. I didn't enjoy it this time round and I didn't finish it. I usually enjoy games more the second time I play them. I was so close to the end as well. The main problem is, I don't like mini games and there are no skips on the majority of them. Some of the HOS were fun. I liked finding and catching the mice and the ferret and collecting the eggs. The mice were the highlight. I wish there had been more scenes like that.
I just loved this game, which played like a comic strip. There's not many like this around, and some of you might say, thank heavens, but it was so quirky and unusual and fun.The comic strip encompasses a good story line and dialogue, with a typical HDO Adventure format. Six available hints on each scene, that take ages to recharge, and basic mini puzzles, which take about three minutes to skip. Decent environmental sound effects, graphics not so good, old game, old school, but the actual comic strip is well drawn. There is a bonus game section at the end, where you can replay the very basic mini games. I thought it was rather short. I've bought quite a lot of these HDO Adventures (for some reason) and there really isn't that much mileage after the demo.
I was disappointed that the game wasn't longer. Seemed to be a lot of mini games/puzzles, which I don't like. Long hint and skip recharge. I liked the mix of HOS and puzzley game play, but I think I would have preferred just HOS. Nice graphics and environmental sound effects. Some of the game play was fun, unique and interesting.
There are 60 levels/hidden object scenes, consisting of famous and classical paintings. Oddly, there is also a sort of men in black/sci fi/parallel world/time travel story that runs through it, in text and sketches. There are only three hints allowed per scene and there are a fair amount of Spot The Difference puzzles too. It was fun and relaxing. i just love looking at these gorgeous paintings, but remember, if they list a hamster, be prepared to find a guinea pig.
Love these basic HOG's where you just play hidden object scenes, one after another. I wasn't overly keen on the Spot The Difference, and there were quite a few of them. I think there were 45 scenes in all, all famous and not so famous works of art. There was a lot of James Tissot's work in there. The added bonus is of course looking at, and learning about, all the wonderful paintings.
I recommend this game!
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Jo's Dream: Organic Coffee
Help make Jo’s dreams come true! Join her in a challenging journey to build a coffee shop. Learn to make different brews, take orders and manage staff!
Very addictive time management game. It's sort of a blend of time management and simulation. You start off with one expresso machine and one Americano machine and progress to dizzy heights,making all kinds of various coffee concoctions. It's quite challenging at first but you soon have the money to buy a barista, then a waiter, then a courier etc. and tons of decorations and equipment for the shop. I could never remember how to make the more complicated coffee mixes, anything more complicated than an iced expresso or an English tea made me confused and irritable. However, I found a way round it. I got a barista as soon as possible, let them have the coffee mix headaches and served all the food instead. Using this method, I was able to have lots of fun with minimum stress. There are 28 levels but you can play for as long as you want. Towards the end, when you're just waiting for money to buy the last little bits and pieces, you can actually leave the game and do something else, while your staff serve customers and complete the level.
In a fading world devoid of color, the ghost of Nikola Tesla reaches through the Ether and invites you on an incredible adventure through time and space.
I'm a bit of a fan of Tesla and that's why I bought the game. There's puzzley game play, which is well paced, a smattering of HOS and lots of mini games. I liked the graphics, environmental sounds, voice overs and storyline. There's a fair bit of time travelling and machine tinkering going on here, so if you like that kind of thing you might like this.
It was great seeing the old characters from the circus and they kept very closely to the original artwork regarding them. Unfortunately, I found the game play very repetitive. You woud have to keep finding film reels to play, which I understood, as it can help tell the story and set a good pace. It didn't end there however, you have to do the same puzzles over and over and it felt like groundhog day. I'm not talking about mini puzzles or mini games but rather the puzzles in the game play. There are hardly any HOS either and fans of the early games in the series tend to like lots of HOS and challenging HOS at that. The actual mini puzzles were good though. I liked the ending too.
Well, okay, it's not really an evil game but it isn't a good game. I played it a year ago and I was actually dreading playing it again, so that I could do a review this time round. I got so much further last time, about three quarters of the way through. I got stuck even earlier this time. I've forgotten what I did to get out of it. Good graphics, there's humour there, it doesn't hold your hand, makes you think outside the box and I was excited when I first began to play it. After a while though, it just stops being fun.