grandmacathy's Profile
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- Average Rating:4.1
- Helpful Votes:498
- Reviews Submitted:79
- First Review:January 29, 2012
- Most Recent Review:January 6, 2025
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It’s never been easier to get into painting! Avoid purchasing expensive painting supplies and making a mess.
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
I like this version
PostedJuly 9, 2020
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
I haven't tried the other 2 releases of Paint by Number but I have (and like) Pixel Art. I also play Happy Color on my phone (for hours) and this game is very much like Happy Color.
Pixel Art's coloring in of squares is mind-numbing fun, but coloring actual pictures is more satisfying to me. So I'm going to have to look for the first and second games.
I totally agree with the previous comments about the cursor. I would get hand cramps if I had to manhandle my mouse for hours trying to color in the teeny spots. After 45 minutes of clicking on the same little spots, I found that if I waited until the color number floated above it, I wouldn't have to click over and over. I like Penmom's idea of making the cursor a paintbrush or marker or something that would be actually coloring.
Thinner outlines would make the pictures more pleasing to the eye.
The background in various shades of gray is functional, but hard to determine which places still have numbers when the color you're using is also gray. I would suggest making the marking on the color a print of some type rather than the same as the background.
I look forward to playing more of these games!
I recommend this game!
Explore amazing locations while you challenge yourself to increase your brain power using math and logic to solve puzzles.
Overall rating
5
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5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Another fun griddler-type!
PostedSeptember 11, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I really enjoy these griddler-types of games. This game is much like others that have been released on Big Fish. There are pictures that emerge as you find the right tiles. I didn't have to guess in any scene I played; all searches were logic-based. I can't tell you how irritating is to play one of these types of games and be stuck so that I have to use a clue. My goal with each scene is to accomplish it without using a clue or making a mistake.
The colors are bright. It's easy to see the numbers and the colors unlike some other games.
It doesn't have some of the bells and whistles that other similar games have, but that doesn't diminish the fun in finding the correct tiles without using all the mistake stars.
I recommend this game!
Join our detective and help recover stolen monuments in this unique logic puzzler.
Overall rating
1
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5
6 of 6 found this review helpful
Very disappointing
PostedAugust 24, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I was really looking forward to playing this game. It has elements of other games I enjoy, and it looked like it combined them in a new and challenging way.
So I was frustrated when I had the hardest time moving the arrow from one square to the other. Finally, after trying the tutorial over and over, the game would crash. This happened 3 days in a row. No sense in trying it any longer.
I don't recommend this game.
The 4th edition of the Pixel Art series is here, and painting has never been easier!
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent game!!
PostedAugust 10, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I have to admit I initially thought these games were too simple. And they are simple. The first pictures had large squares and I finished them too quickly. I love the mosaic games, where you fill in the squares in a grid based on the numbers on the side and at the top of the grid. This game is based on squares, so I was prepared for a new challenge.
Each scene is a picture of pixels. Every pixel has a color assigned to it, and the goal is to create the colored scene. It's like the popular adult coloring books, with the game creators choosing the colors. You can use the mouse to enlarge the picture, which is really a benefit on the larger pictures with many colors in the same small space. I also figured out that I can move to other parts of an enlarged scene by pressing down on the right and left click buttons at the same time. What a relief! My eyes were getting tired.
The pictures with large squares are easy but wait until you try to fill in the squares with the assigned color in a complex scene! It is very soothing.
I read that penmom wants all the PIXEL ART games released quickly. Please,no! I'll never get any sleep. When I am working on these scenes, it seems like time just floats by. I look up and it's 3 AM. If all the games were released, I couldn't keep myself away from them.
I recommend this game!
Join Harry and explore a medieval dreamscape full of unique puzzle challenges!
Overall rating
5
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5
7 of 9 found this review helpful
Always a great buy!
PostedAugust 5, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I love these games!! I have every one in this series. I get so excited when I see another one has been released.
If you have played any of the other games in the Fantasy Mosaic series, this one will not disappoint. If you haven't tried them, you might as well start with this one.
I recommend this game!
The next edition of Pixel Art is here, and painting has never been easier!
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 6 found this review helpful
Very enjoyable way to pass a few hours
PostedJuly 17, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I have played the previous Pixel Art games, and this doesn't disappoint. The easy puzzles at the beginning are misleading. It almost seems like a children's coloring game. Once you play one of the complex pictures, you may be hooked on this game!
The thing that made this type of game frustrating for me was resolved with this one. It was so hard to see the numbers of the outer squares because as I zoomed in to make the squares larger and therefore the color number more readable, I was pushing the outer squares out of the work area. So it was either have all the squares there with tiny little numbers that I could hardly see even with a magnifying glass or only work on the middle squares. I learned to press BOTH left and right buttons on my mouse, and then I could move around the whole puzzle in a size that allowed me to read all the color numbers. I am now very happy because that was an issue for me in version I and II.
I recommend this game!
Unwind on a sweet adventure through 160 puzzles in Picross BonBon Nonograms!
Overall rating
2
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Not worth your time or money
PostedJuly 12, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I love these types of games, and usually enjoy the different ones available through Big Fish. This is the one griddler game that I would not even use a free game to buy.
A major problem for me is no identification of the picture. I like to know what it is at the end. Another issue is I get a multi color picture while only finding the tiles of one color. I don't mind one color puzzles, but it is very disconcerting to have the finished picture be multi-colored.
The inability to click on the wrong tile was refreshing. The inability to choose multiple tiles at once consistently was bothersome. Sometimes it worked going from top to bottom and sometimes from bottom to top.
Based on the level of games out there, this one is lacking.
I don't recommend this game.
Three long time friends get together every year and this time they visit Hawaii! Join them as they explore exotic locations in this hidden object adventure!
Overall rating
2
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5
7 of 8 found this review helpful
very basic
PostedMarch 11, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I was able to finish 30% of the game in the demo. And I didn't try to go very quickly. It is a very rudimentary Hidden Object game. It is strictly Hidden Object. In the hour demo, I did not encounter one other type of scene. I bet this game was developed as a school project.
The 3 girls that are traveling with you in Hawaii are better off left at home. They are in the game to direct you to various scenes. Funny thing is though the scenes are repeated, so it doesn't make sense to have the girls travel around.
The Hidden Object scenes either have shadows (which are very poorly defined) or words to define the objects to find. They are mostly very easy; I used the hint a few times in the shadow scenes because the shadow was so generic it could have been a number of things and I was just not interested enough to look very hard. There are point penalties for too many wrong clicks (I think more than 3), so in the shadow scenes, you might as well use a hint. Some of the items could have 5 or 6 similar shapes, and you'll get penalized for trying to determine which one it is.
Even the music became irritating after a while.
It's worth the free trial to see if you want to buy it, but I would waste my money when there are so many other better Hidden Object games.
I don't recommend this game.
Experience the beauties of Italy in this uplifting hidden object adventure!
Overall rating
3
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
So-So
PostedMarch 8, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
2
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5
I started out with Hidden Object games as my first love on Big Fish, and I've been getting games on Big Fish since 2005. Long time! I have learned that other games can be just as much fun, and some of the later HO games tend to be more flipping back and forth between scenes than actually looking for hidden objects. When the game developers added mini-games, like the MCF series, I loved playing even more.
This game is more like the older Hidden Object games, with less jumping around the map and more actual hidden objects to find. I appreciate that! That being said, it's got some other things that are not so likable. Like poor graphics. And timers. And weird objects and locations of these objects.
I don't need a strong story line. Having great geographical scenes in a game that is named Travel to Italy are fine. The geographical scenes are not great, though. I'm sure each of these locations in Italy look much better in other photographs that could have been adapted for game use.
I can't comment on the music because I like to play these games without music. Most of the time the music is just background noise that I don't need to enjoy the game.
All in all, I was tempted to buy it because I enjoy the simpler style of Hidden Object game and I had a coupon. But I believe other game developers will understand the niche the simpler Hidden Object games hold, and they will deliver a better product. Then I will buy.
I don't recommend this game.
Play Kingdom Chronicles 2 and learn more about the orcs’ dirty tricks in this time-management adventure.
Overall rating
5
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5
8 of 11 found this review helpful
Great game!
PostedFebruary 10, 2019
grandmacathy
fromLaguna Hills, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I didn't play the first Kingdom Chronicles, so I can't say how this game compares to that one. I can only say that I LOVED this one! The hour for the demo went way too fast! I hit the 'buy' button right away!
Though it is listed as an adventure game, it is a time management one so far. I'm writing this after I finished the demo, and will start the next levels after writing this review.
I like everything about this time management game: the story line, the characters, the goals and quests, even the Orcs!
Great graphics and the music is fine (low-key in the background but at a tempo that matches the speed you need to complete the level with at least 2 stars).
If you like time management games, you'll enjoy this one.
I recommend this game!