SYLPHEERA's Profile
 
 
 
Stat Summary
 
  • Average Rating:
    4.6
  • Helpful Votes:
    31
 
  • Reviews Submitted:
    19
  • First Review:
    September 2, 2018
  • Most Recent Review:
    May 25, 2019
  • Featured reviews
    0
 
 
SYLPHEERA's Review History
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After leaving something in your car, a hitchhiker vanishes! Track her down and return her things in Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Review based on completed game
PostedJanuary 17, 2019
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
This is a HO game that has a very well-thought-out storyline. Artwork was excellent - with quite realistic graphic visuals (even though I usually prefer the fantasy hand-painted look).
It had a nice balance between the number of HO scenes and the usual point-and-click inventory tasks. The music was sparse but still very good. (leaving room for the atmospheric sound FX and 'lonely' feel of the game, I guess).
This game is very similar in feel and style to 'Abandoned: Chestnut Lodge Asylum'. Anyone who likes one of these games will surely like the other. Well worth playing!
I recommend this game!
+4points
4of 4voted this as helpful.
 
Help a Wispa, Lyia, save her magical world from a wave of corruption that is decimating the land in this fun Hidden Object game!
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
For those HO players that want something different....
PostedJanuary 9, 2019
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
This game appealed to me in the screenshots because all the scenes are hand-drawn. In my opinion, the art style is like the kind you'd find in a teenager's school books. That's not a bad thing though. It definitely has a charm to it. The semi-manga style is something different to most HO games.
This is for those who really like a challenge with the objects. Some of them were quite difficult to find. I usually try to avoid the 'hint' button, but with this game I used it many times.
It's worth a try, I reckon.
I recommend this game!
+2points
2of 2voted this as helpful.
 
Your client is falsely accused of murder and only your keen eye for detail can find the evidence to bring the truth to light.
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
....one fatal flaw!
PostedJanuary 3, 2019
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I really wanted to like this game more. It had a decent story and music. The anime character art was a nice departure from most HO games. BUT... there was one fatal flaw!!!
The graphics in the HO scenes were in many places grainy and jagged (low-resolution). At first I thought it could have been my monitor, but quickly saw that the cut-scenes and other art was fine. The bad resolution is only during the HO scenes and to make it worse - often the hidden objects themselves were low-res and hard to identify.
Without this flaw, the game would have been quite brilliant. Everything else in the game was fine. I am feeling kind, so I still recommended this game. I played it through completely, but probably won't again. I guess it was worth playing once.
I recommend this game!
0points
1of 2voted this as helpful.
 
An eccentric artist's creations have sprung to life, and they're terrorizing a small town.
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
Beautiful pictures....
PostedDecember 29, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
The art in this is first class. Soundtrack music is also important to me... it was ok, but I feel like I've heard the music before - in some other game.
Anyways, I liked the story and concept of this game - the villain and player having to paint objects into existence.
There are two types of HO scenes, firstly the type where you find things, but also the ones where you have to place the objects. I am the kind of player who likes many HO scenes and the biggest criticism I have of most games is that there aren't enough of them.
Too much point-and-click/inventory stuff, you see. A few more HO puzzles and this game would have been one of my absolute faves.
I recommend this game!
0points
0of 0voted this as helpful.
 
Face your fears and unravel the mystery of the abandoned asylum!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
An older HO game, but a classic!!!
PostedDecember 22, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I finished this one recently, even though I bought it years ago from a store (CD-ROM!)....so yeah, it's been sitting there for a while. I was pleasantly surprised with how good it was.
I guess it's just in a genre of HO games I prefer... y' know? the older style ones with colonial style buildings, creepy and dark but without too much of the fantasy element....
The graphics and music give this game a real 'atmosphere' that I like.
I recommend this game!
+2points
3of 4voted this as helpful.
 
Help the Walker family search through the clutter to find everything they need to create a festive atmosphere in a Christmas square!
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
6 of 6 found this review helpful
This one is fairly good... give it a chance.
PostedDecember 20, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Many reviewers have been too harsh in criticising this game. They all say something like:
"I don't like the way the clutter re-mixes every 10 seconds."
The fact is, that changes after the first ten levels. You just have to give it a chance. From level 2.1 things change. Each set of levels has a change in game play just to mix things up. Clearly many people who tried this game didn't give it enough time.
True, this game is probably better for younger kids, but I still became fairly addicted to it.
It even took me a while to realize that the clutter is not fixed in position.... you can drag pieces out of the way.
.... a decent game if you give it the chance.
I recommend this game!
+6points
6of 6voted this as helpful.
 
Enter a vampire world as Dahlia, a vampire with a fantastic sense of fashion and a razor-sharp wit! Find the legendary sun potion!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
7 of 8 found this review helpful
Fantastic game!! ....please do the sequel!!!
PostedDecember 18, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
This game is up there with the best HO games I've played. It is unfortunately only the first of 2 parts....
The music, graphics and gameplay are all excellent. The game rewards 'room' is also a very nice touch. It shows you all the trinkets and cards you have collected through the game.
Alas, if they haven't done the second part after all these years, they probably aren't going to....
I will still play this more than once. It's worth it.
I recommend this game!
+6points
7of 8voted this as helpful.
 
 A Magnetic Adventure
A Magnetic Adventure
Use a small magnet to solve physics-based puzzles that will stretch your gray matter in ways you never imagined!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
...really fun game!!!
PostedDecember 7, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
 
Current Favorite:
A Magnetic Adventure
4.5 out of 5(30)
 
 
 
 
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
The puzzles start off fairly easy, but it gets harder. Towards the end there are some fairly difficult ones.
I love the music and visual style of this game.
I recommend this game!
0points
0of 0voted this as helpful.
 
A crime spree baffles Huntsville™ police! Can you help solve the crime?
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Fantastic game!
PostedSeptember 2, 2018
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SYLPHEERA
fromBrisbane, Queensland
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I heard about the Mystery Case File series and I had to try them. I also wanted to do them in order, since they have a longer story arc to the series, with returning characters.
I love the old-world era graphic style, music and characters. This is great work!
Huntsville is the first in the series and I'll be (gradually) doing all of them.
I recommend this game!
+1point
1of 1voted this as helpful.