ChazWax's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.4
- Helpful Votes:42
- Reviews Submitted:12
- First Review:April 25, 2014
- Most Recent Review:February 2, 2025
- Featured reviews0
My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn adventure set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination
Overall rating
5
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5
Finally Some Imagination!
PostedFebruary 2, 2025
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
Utterly different, challenging, requires some brains but no Ph.D., wordless without amateurish voice-acting (really, how hard is it to hire talent?), clear to understand puzzles. Don't be put off by some "cute" characters, it's rather bittersweet and varied in atmosphere. Great for adults.
I recommend this game!
Solve the puzzle of the red mist and save a missing camper before they meet a terrifying end.
Overall rating
5
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5
How it Should Be Done!
PostedJanuary 19, 2024
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is one of the best examples of their successful formula with (better) voice acting, challenging puzzles, intriguing storyline and atmospheres. (Although SOMEONE at BigFish mistakenly believes they know how to screen-write or direct actors.) I wish this standard had been maintained, but this game is from 2018.
I recommend this game!
Can you save Vienna from a masked Phantom’s wrath?
Overall rating
1
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5
6 of 13 found this review helpful
Only Thing Viennese is the Title
PostedSeptember 19, 2019
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
First, the game is nothing new. Plot is a reworking of the standard Phantom/Opera thing supposedly set in Austria instead of Paris.
The voices are bizarrely American or in some cases, inexplicably British. WHY doesn't BigFish have experienced stage/film directors cast and oversea these ridiculous choices? Can't you see that your gamers value the experience of the journey as much as the gaming part? It's nothing less than arrogance to think "anyone" can do it. Clearly, it aint workin'!
The voices are bizarrely American or in some cases, inexplicably British. WHY doesn't BigFish have experienced stage/film directors cast and oversea these ridiculous choices? Can't you see that your gamers value the experience of the journey as much as the gaming part? It's nothing less than arrogance to think "anyone" can do it. Clearly, it aint workin'!
Step into the shoes of a Private investigator with short-term memory loss and uncover the shocking truth about his involvement with a serial killer called The Executioner.
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
Down to Earth Detective Story
PostedSeptember 14, 2019
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I rarely review but I enjoyed this a great deal. Especially liked the straightforward storyline with its surprises, and the "dude-appeal." Puzzles were varied and fun, and it didn't feel cliche and "I've played this before" but original and intriguing.
I recommend this game!
Can you keep the past from destroying the present?
Overall rating
1
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5
6 of 9 found this review helpful
What Gives with MCF?
PostedJuly 26, 2018
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Have played MCF games from the beginning. This has to be one of the worst. I always buy them out of misplaced loyalty, but after playing the demo, I have to end my streak. Not even the level of decent Epix games.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you find your long-lost brother in time?!
Overall rating
4
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5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
Good story with an abrupt ending
PostedJune 17, 2017
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This was overall a very fun game until the last "chunk" or so. The puzzles got extremely challenging, which some may prefer, and the ending, although a surprise, cut off too soon and it was over.
I recommend this game!
Can you escape your fate as a human experiment, or will you comply?
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 5 found this review helpful
Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Game
PostedNovember 14, 2016
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
Excellent story, unpredictable, engaging and fun. Setting is a state-of-the-art Art-Deco skyscraper where you navigate from floor to floor saving residents and fighting hallucinations.
I recommend this game!
The Silent Age
Help Joe discover the truth behind humankind's extinction! Can a simple janitor and literally, "the average Joe," save humankind?
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Oddly Fascinating
PostedAugust 23, 2016
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This is not your typical game and that's what makes it interesting. The graphics are simple and the storytelling retro, but that all cleverly helps create a bizarre atmosphere that is vastly different than 99% of BigFish games. It takes a while to get into it but when you do, the substantial challenges, good voice acting, and intelligent story reward you with a unique experience.
I recommend this game!
Is this an ordinary murder case, or something more sinister?
Overall rating
3
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5
5 of 9 found this review helpful
Nothing New York About It
PostedMay 15, 2016
ChazWax
fromSeattle, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Puzzle, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Since there is a similarity to many games, I like an exciting or exotic atmosphere or excellent storyline. One of my favorite cities is NYC and there aint nothin' New York about this game. I don't think any of the developers had ever been there, nor could imagine it in the 40's when the game is set. So it's another same-old convoluted story about saving the world with familiar characters and it's single style of silhouetted hidden object, no variety. Very disappointed.
I don't recommend this game.
Why has the Everlast returned after twenty years at sea?
Overall rating
3
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5
9 of 11 found this review helpful
Short and Ordinary
PostedJune 13, 2015
ChazWax
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I was surprised this got such good reviews. After completing the whole game, I found it unoriginal, short, not very challenging.
I don't recommend this game.