shihtzumum's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.1
- Helpful Votes:4,273
- Reviews Submitted:284
- First Review:May 6, 2012
- Most Recent Review:December 2, 2023
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Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms Collector's Edition
Your sister, the Queen, has fallen deathly ill. Now you must travel to a faraway kingdom to find the cure.
Overall rating
4
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5
9 of 17 found this review helpful
Beautifully done
PostedJune 14, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This story was beautifully made and I do love the Medieval Dragons and King/Queen Tales. Nice interactive map, very helpful diary, and cute little Cat Helper. I will purchase this one, but found it fairly easy so no need for a Strategy Guide; will pass on the CE and wait for the SE. If you are a new player, I do encourage you to get the CE as it will help you get thru the learning strategy of these type games.
I recommend this game!
Twenty years ago, the children of Greystone were taken by a mysterious fog - only you escaped. It’s time to find out why...
Overall rating
4
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5
9 of 17 found this review helpful
WOW!!!!
PostedJune 12, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
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
What a Cliffhanger the Demo left you in, and yes, I need to continue. This was a very entertaining game and I totally enjoyed it. HOs were not all the same and had mixed types in the same HO. Puzzles, as I've said before, I do not like, and some of these I had no patience to complete, but something I personally deal with. Graphics were nicely done, interactive map did it's job, and love the storyline and keeps you going. I will definitely get this one in the CE as I can't wait for SE to come out. Hopefully, BF will have a sale this weekend. I only give a 5 Star Rating for games that have lots of new innovations, but this one is a 5 in fun.
I recommend this game!
Your librarian friend wants your help as a journalist – he’s found an ancient book that is still unfinished. Can you save the world in the book before their story ends?
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Nice to have FUN again
PostedJune 8, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This one really made me feel good and light-hearted, what a great Fable to discover. I love the graphics, sound, and storyline; puzzles are not difficult and if I found one negative, it is the HOs are not new and seem too easy so far thru the demo. I don't know how I missed this one when the CE came out and only demoed it today when the SE showed up. Even though I don't think it is necessarily a CE game, I'm going to get the CE version since there is a special on today and I want to get yesterday's CE game. My Sunday will not be boring.
I recommend this game!
The rat catcher's after more than rats this time. He's kidnapping fairy folk!
Overall rating
4
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5
21 of 49 found this review helpful
Beautifully done
PostedJune 7, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
I have mixed feelings about this one as I found it kind of confusing at times, but it did work out once you got further into the game. The graphics are beautiful and challenge was difficult at times, especially the puzzles. HOs were different and some were combos of different types. Story is enchanting and characters are very cute. This is an imaginative and beautifully done game and I'm on the fence as to whether I'll get the CE or wait for the SE.
I recommend this game!
Is Martha really a werewolf - or has she been wrongly accused?
Overall rating
2
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5
37 of 72 found this review helpful
Good Series Ruined
PostedJune 5, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
3
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5
Based on the Demo:
What did they do to this very successful series? I really can't think of anything great about this new Shadow Wolf Mystery. Yes, the story is about wolves and that is about the only thing that would put this game in the continuing series. Hated the HOs, hated the puzzles, hated the clue examiner, hated the character analyzer. The strategy guide does not tell you how to do something, only where to go next, and the hint only marks where you can do something, but does not tell you how to do it. The CE guide is worthless so a waste to buy and will not be buying the SE either. Were they so desperate to get this out for purchase that they forgot to make it good? I am so disappointed!
What did they do to this very successful series? I really can't think of anything great about this new Shadow Wolf Mystery. Yes, the story is about wolves and that is about the only thing that would put this game in the continuing series. Hated the HOs, hated the puzzles, hated the clue examiner, hated the character analyzer. The strategy guide does not tell you how to do something, only where to go next, and the hint only marks where you can do something, but does not tell you how to do it. The CE guide is worthless so a waste to buy and will not be buying the SE either. Were they so desperate to get this out for purchase that they forgot to make it good? I am so disappointed!
I don't recommend this game.
Guests keep disappearing from a gimmicky haunted hotel. Is there someone pulling the strings, or are these ghosts actually real?
Overall rating
4
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5
9 of 11 found this review helpful
Nicely done
PostedMay 29, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Very nicely done with very good visual and sound. HOs were nothing new but excellently hidden objects and puzzle were not too taxing, and I do not care for puzzles, so good for me. Storyline is not new but is still interesting. My favorite thing was the map as it only sends you to where you can do something now. I didn't use the guide so will wait for the SE to come out, but will definitely get this one. Oh, and I love the Demos that have a segment of the game you can play and not timed so it cuts off right in the middle of something you're doing.
I recommend this game!
Haunted Manor: Painted Beauties Collector's Edition
A peaceful day at the park becomes a journey into the surreal when you become the latest victim of a troubled artist's deal with Death!
Overall rating
4
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5
18 of 30 found this review helpful
Good, but could have been better
PostedMay 24, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I like these type story lines, so that was a plus. HOs were well done but the extra action items were too easy. Puzzles weren't too difficult, which is fine with me as I don't like the puzzles. One big issue I found missing is the map does not indicate where you can do something; all you can do is jump to location. If they had included action needed indicator, I may have considered buying the CE version but will wait for the SE.
I recommend this game!
Find your sister and escape from a terrifying haunted house!
Overall rating
3
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5
2 of 10 found this review helpful
Definitely not a CE
PostedMay 17, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
About the only good thing I can say about this game is the story and would like to see how it ends but will wait for SE to come out. The guy who lost his wife looks kind of like Justin Timberlake; thinking he needs to find a new gig as his part was kind of lame. but maybe it will improve. I found most things easy and nothing new in the HOs. The scenes are not well done, even with characters that are human. I will reluctantly recommend only because I will most likely get the SE just to see how it ends.
I recommend this game!
Set out with Bella in search of her brother through the pages of well-known novels and true stories.
Overall rating
3
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5
21 of 32 found this review helpful
OK, but not a CE
PostedMay 8, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
I have the other 2 games and I was anxious to play the CE of them but this one falls way short of what is expected in a CE game. The story is interesting and I would like to see what the other classic book stories have instore, but not at the expense of this CE and will consider it again when the SE comes out. Graphics nothing special, storyline nothing new but doesn't get old, level of challenge is fairly easy, and fun factor to be continued to find out. I've never heard of the 1st book used, but the others are classics and it could be interesting how they play out in finding her brother. I will recommend, but not the CE, and hopefully after purchasing the SE version, I will not be too disappointed.
I recommend this game!
Professor Ashmore, the same man who so kindly took you in and raised you as his own has been murdered. It’s up to you to find out why, but are you prepared for what truths may be uncovered?
Overall rating
3
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5
19 of 23 found this review helpful
Too many problems
PostedApril 30, 2014
shihtzumum
fromThe Great State of Texas
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Let me start off with the OK issues..graphics we fine but not crisp, sound was fine other then initial story voiceover, you had to read the conversation as the voice volume was so low, it was worse then a whisper, story may have been fine but demo wouldn't let you go far enough to know. Now the not so OK issues....one action and you had to hop to another to do one more action so just too much scene change, HOP were challenging and items weren't easily found, but at times, you saw the item but had to click on a certain spot to take it, example a button that I clicked on numerous times and had to ask HINT, and it said that was the button, and I swear, inventory items that you had to find a certain # to play a puzzle, looked like it said 8 but you only needed 3. In the end, I'm not going to buy this in any version as story is slow and uninteresting, too much jumping around, and some items did not work. In all, I can not recommend as it is boring and frustrating.
I don't recommend this game.