A fun and relaxing game with nice graphics and environmental sound effects. The gameplay was very well paced, smooth and steady. Not too many mini games and just enough HOS to keep me interested. Hints and skips throughout but there is no skip for the final puzzle at the last scene. You have to look after a cute but poorly raccoon at one stage and it was the highlight of the game for me.
Game play wise, this is like the addictive game, Feeding Frenzy. Its style, graphics, humour and sound effects reminds me of a cross between Monty Python and Yellow Submarine. Playing two player adds a competitive, exciting edge. It's a whole lot of fun to play with friends or family. I'm playing it a second time, on my own, and it's just as much fun, but perhaps a tad more relaxing than two player.
There are twenty two wonderful fine art paintings in this hidden object game. I could only truly appreciate it after playing it three times, simply because it was so relaxing and you don't get to see everything in the paintings the first time around. I like the system where you buy hints and you have to be careful you don't buy too many, otherwise you run out of money and can't buy any hints at all, or decorate the mansion, but the mansion section is just a sideline thing and is not needed. The game is enough in itself.
I can't fault it. It's everything a time management game should be. Great graphics, sound and characters, ranging from The Invisible Man (who is also a flasher) to Count Dracula himself. I really like the Workaholic Zombies and the Yeti is so cute! The game play is excellent. It builds in difficulty over several chapters. There are several hotels to renovate and you can buy upgrades to help things along. I find the last hotel the most exciting because the last few levels are a good challenge. I really enjoyed this time management game, which stands the test of time.
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.