mar412's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.8
- Helpful Votes:36
- Reviews Submitted:6
- First Review:April 12, 2012
- Most Recent Review:October 6, 2017
- Featured reviews0
mar412's Review History
This may be the Amazing Garibaldi Brothers’ final performance!
Overall rating
5
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5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
One of the Best I've Played
PostedOctober 6, 2017
mar412
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
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've grown so tired of the storylines with ghosts, demons, monsters, etc... So this game was a lot of fun: realistic characters (magicians), realistic setting (hotel), realistic story (murder mystery).
I'm not nearly as enthusiastic about my Big Fish account as I used to be, simply because I can't embrace the "fantasy" themes of the games ad nauseam.
But this one... terrific!
I recommend this game!
Stray Souls: Stolen Memories
Guide a mother who pursues a terrifying apparition into a twisted reality to save her daughter.
Overall rating
5
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5
One of My Favorites!
PostedMay 7, 2014
mar412
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 recently had to cancel my Big Fish account for financial reasons, but I'm very pleased that the last game I played (for now) was this one.
There was an interesting storyline that slowly revealed a long-lost mystery, creepy characters and locations, and challenging puzzles. It also wasn't overloaded with HO puzzles, which I don't particularly like.
A lot of games end very abruptly once you've completed your final task, but this one actually had a nice cut scene at the end that left me a little teary-eyed!
I recommend this game!
Awakening: The Sunhook Spire Collector's Edition
Scale the heights of Sunhook Spire, rescue the Enchantress and uncover the tower's mysteries as Queen Sophia's journey continues!
Overall rating
2
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5
4 of 7 found this review helpful
Not Worth It
PostedSeptember 4, 2013
mar412
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
4
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5
The instructions for most of the mini-games/puzzles were so vague, I had to skip almost all of them. This was the first time I actually quit the Bonus Chapter of a Collector's Edition game, because the first interactive HOS (which you couldn't skip), was so impossible to figure out. I hated this game.
I don't recommend this game.
Calavera: Day of the Dead
Hop aboard to cross the border between life and death!
Overall rating
4
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5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
Mexico!
PostedAugust 28, 2013
mar412
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
Finally a new location... the asylums, and haunted mansions, and mystical other worlds have all become pretty tiresome. The puzzles and HOS are standard and moderately challenging, but enjoyable nevertheless. Nice graphics, easily navigable with 3 main areas of interest (numerous locations within each) and it was a long game - I started to wonder if I'd purchased the CE.
I recommend this game!
Grim Tales: Bloody Mary Collector's Edition
Save your niece from the evil presence haunting her school!
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Loved It!
PostedAugust 24, 2013
mar412
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
Beautiful graphics, interactive HOS, good puzzles - some easy/some challenging, and not an overwhelming number of locations (though there is a map if you get lost).
I recommend this game!
Home Sweet Home
Listen and learn about your client`s tastes, create fabulous designs, and then direct your team to build!
Overall rating
3
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5
24 of 32 found this review helpful
Mostly Fun
PostedApril 12, 2012
mar412
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
I like this game, but I do have a few complaints:
1) I'm on the 12th house, and I still only have the same furniture and accessories to use.
2) While you can decorate your own home outside of play mode, you can't expand your living space to add more furniture, regardless of how much money you earn.
3) You need to be careful about placing items too close together or in front of one another. For example, if a worker needs to use the trash can, but is behind a floor lamp, you will be unable to click on him without highlighting the lamp, no matter how precisely you try to select him.
1) I'm on the 12th house, and I still only have the same furniture and accessories to use.
2) While you can decorate your own home outside of play mode, you can't expand your living space to add more furniture, regardless of how much money you earn.
3) You need to be careful about placing items too close together or in front of one another. For example, if a worker needs to use the trash can, but is behind a floor lamp, you will be unable to click on him without highlighting the lamp, no matter how precisely you try to select him.
I recommend this game!