lala4home's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.7
- Helpful Votes:1,382
- Reviews Submitted:56
- First Review:November 22, 2014
- Most Recent Review:January 1, 2023
- Featured reviews0
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Can you and your friends save all the worlds in time?
Overall rating
4
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5
7 of 9 found this review helpful
Some innovative thinking in this one
PostedJuly 17, 2020
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
Storyline
3
/
5
The opening of this game is one of the most creative I've seen; it's worth doing the demo just to see it. Then you can decide if the combining of older and different games' characters appeals to you. I found it a bit pandering "you're the best gamer ever"? (oh no, I'm not!) but this is a for fun game. No harm, no foul. I found the HOs and mini games a bit too easy but that's just me. This game is much better than that very first review said it is. So give yourself a fun half hour and try it out. You're the world's best gamer, after all. Lol.
I recommend this game!
An expedition to an Aztec temple awakens a true force of nature!
Overall rating
1
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5
96 of 123 found this review helpful
WHO GAVE A GREAT GAME SERIES TO DOMINI?
PostedJune 25, 2020
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
2
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5
One of the best games ever was Smithsonian Castle by Hidden Expedition original developers. And that game stands the test of time. Intriguing quests and challenges, wonderful art, compelling storyline. I am beyond dismayed, I'm actually angry that a great series has fallen into the hands of the "cartoon" developer, Domini. Immediately the poor quality in the art shows, the irritating jumping out of objects, the color wash of Hanna Barbera. Why are we seeing more games from this bunch instead of good developers? Do I have to turn in my BFG card? Yeah, nobody cares. I write reviews, I do your beta testing, I even go into the corporate offices and give my "sought after" opinion, but I guess as long as people continue to buy this pap, this pap is what we are going to get. I couldn't make it 5 minutes into this one. BOO!
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save your dad from a genie bent on revenge?
Overall rating
2
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5
7 of 14 found this review helpful
This is another game for kids
PostedMay 30, 2020
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
2
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5
Another of this developer's oversaturated colors, lackluster storylines and challenge level for children. If I wanted to watch cartoons, I wouldn't come to a gaming platform to do so. And, no I'm not some sophisticate who believes everything must be on some la de dah level to win my approval. I like whimsy and goofiness. Just not junk food like this.
I even had to kind of force myself to demo the game when I saw who the developer was, they have been that consistently awful this past year. Oh, and for added fun? They bluntly advertise their other (awful) games during this one. Boo.
I even had to kind of force myself to demo the game when I saw who the developer was, they have been that consistently awful this past year. Oh, and for added fun? They bluntly advertise their other (awful) games during this one. Boo.
I don't recommend this game.
An author has vanished, and someone’s enacting the terrible events of his latest novel!
Overall rating
3
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5
33 of 38 found this review helpful
No challenge here but was fun
PostedMay 14, 2020
lala4home
fromCamano Island, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This game is pretty and pleasant and has a bit of creepy thrill thrown in, like most of the Dupin games. He's here and in his usual form. I love this guy. He takes the character to the hospital and leaves you to defuse the bomb, put the fire out and save the villagers. Lol. There are way too many 'find the multiple emblems' to open things so you can get more emblems or keys. But it was still a pleasant diversion. I do wish the developers wouldn't make it laughably easy. The password you need for the typewriter? It's scratched into the table next to it. Really? So this falls into the category of pleasant no-brainer entertainment and if that's your cup of tea, enjoy.
I don't recommend this game.
If you are a virtual bird but love adventure too, this game is just for you.
Overall rating
5
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5
29 of 30 found this review helpful
Fun OG type game with great teaching moments
PostedApril 30, 2020
lala4home
fromCamano Island, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
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
5
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5
I don't know about you guys out there, but not being able to travel is pretty sad. So to get to take a trip to the Amazon or Angkor Wat via a game is very good. This is an old style HOG, but it is not easy, like many of the newer ones are. Mini games come between each HOP, and they're quick and fun, and not too easy. I like the change of pace that provides. All in all, this was just fun, and I liked the info bits added in when you got a special object. Try it! I don't think you'll be mad at this.
I recommend this game!
When Leitan Keyes, a famous inventor, finishes his latest invention a sudden visit from the future will shatter his world.
Overall rating
2
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5
18 of 46 found this review helpful
2001 meets Ah-nold meets Lifetime
PostedApril 18, 2020
lala4home
fromCamano Island, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
Ok, I didn't even finish the demo. I was put off by the very good art unsupported by mediocre animation. I feel bad for these artists. They do their part but the other team members don't. The storyline was pretty cheesy right off the top, with the overwrought emotional declarations of the protagonist. Not my cup of tea, and felt off due to the sci-fi theme. Then the game play was the same old, same old. You have to wrap a piece of glass for a cutting tool? You have to charge your devices? You have to complete superhuman tasks (lifting tree trunks) like that's just a typical day? I'm afraid this didn't suspend disbelief for even a moment. So Hal, I mean Arnold, is your helper/gadget. What's fresh about that? Nada. Big ol' nada.
I don't recommend this game.
A mysterious birthday gift uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot!
Overall rating
3
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5
14 of 19 found this review helpful
Oh no, not the Grays too?
PostedApril 17, 2020
lala4home
fromCamano Island, WA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This is another rerun, of other games, other developers, other tasks. You've done it before, and if you're like me, you're pretty disappointed that the developers seem to have decided we are either pretty dumb, or we want easy no-brainer games to zone out. Not true. I'm looking for "bliss", that state when you come to and realize you're been doing something for hours and have lost time. Surgery does that for me. And some of the old MCF games. And early Phantasmat.
So, all that being said, I think those of us who know should be recommending the old games that are so much better, to each other during our corona coma. Every review I do from now on will reference a great game I've recently replayed. I have gotten some of the best suggestions that way (looking at you pennmom).
Join me! Maybe this will provide the incentive to improve.
DISCLAIMER: having made this suggestion, I find the link to add "current favorite" is not working. So, I will suggest
FIERCE TALES: THE DOG'S HEART CE. It's weird and wonderful, a bit dark so probably you should trial it first.
So, all that being said, I think those of us who know should be recommending the old games that are so much better, to each other during our corona coma. Every review I do from now on will reference a great game I've recently replayed. I have gotten some of the best suggestions that way (looking at you pennmom).
Join me! Maybe this will provide the incentive to improve.
DISCLAIMER: having made this suggestion, I find the link to add "current favorite" is not working. So, I will suggest
FIERCE TALES: THE DOG'S HEART CE. It's weird and wonderful, a bit dark so probably you should trial it first.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save a town from turning to ash in time?
Overall rating
2
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5
37 of 49 found this review helpful
Didn't finish the demo
PostedMarch 26, 2020
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
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5
Another over colorized offering from Domini, with a nonsensical story, dizzying removes between scenes and I'm not spraying stray dogs with a fire hose, you monsters. I was trying to keep an open mind; I want to see this developer improve because they did put out a couple of games in the past that were worth some time. But this is another nope. It's not a good sign when you're wondering if you're more bored or annoyed and in quarantine even. Please try it yourself though.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you clear an innocent man’s name in time?
Overall rating
2
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5
36 of 47 found this review helpful
Got my hopes up when I saw the raven
PostedMarch 19, 2020
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
2
/
5
I thought maybe it was a game on the lines of Ravenhearst. But it has no connection to the absolutely wonderful early MCF games. It did however, have a connection to all the other games coming out that offer the same puzzles (I consider myself a journeyman electrician due to all the wiring fixes I've done) but this game is abysmally easy. You don't have to look for anything in the HOs because all objects are right there. Overall, this game looks and plays and feels like it was thrown together in a hurry by a group that needed to turn it in on time. Did I say abysmal? Yeah, I did. So, all that being said, it is MY opinion and happily, BFG still allows the preview of most games, so you can see for yourself if it suits you. Wish they still had the forums.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you catch a magical culprit behind a string of strange robberies?
Overall rating
2
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5
14 of 23 found this review helpful
Another cartoon for the younguns
PostedMarch 13, 2020
lala4home
fromCamano Island, WA
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
I'm in absolute agreement with the top reviewer who talks about these games coming out being practically done for you. There's no challenge here. You click on a puzzle piece and it turns itself without you having to think a second. It nearly completes the game for you.
I also go to my library, which is extensive, for old HOPA games for any kind of satisfaction now. And even that is problematic now because I can no longer access all of them. Anybody else here being told their library is too extensive and that's why they can't download old games they've already paid for?
I don't know what the thinking is at the top of Big Fish but I'm dismayed. I haven't deserted them yet. But for the first time I've started looking around for other sources. And it all seems so unnecessary.
I was told by a quality control guy while being an in person tester of games that HOPAs are primarily the choice of the older generation. Hope this isn't an anti-boomer movement.
I also go to my library, which is extensive, for old HOPA games for any kind of satisfaction now. And even that is problematic now because I can no longer access all of them. Anybody else here being told their library is too extensive and that's why they can't download old games they've already paid for?
I don't know what the thinking is at the top of Big Fish but I'm dismayed. I haven't deserted them yet. But for the first time I've started looking around for other sources. And it all seems so unnecessary.
I was told by a quality control guy while being an in person tester of games that HOPAs are primarily the choice of the older generation. Hope this isn't an anti-boomer movement.
I don't recommend this game.