BigskyDawn's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.1
- Helpful Votes:49
- Reviews Submitted:9
- First Review:January 11, 2012
- Most Recent Review:November 9, 2013
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BigskyDawn's Review History
Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat Collector's Edition
These nursery rhymes are cursed, and your sister’s been taken by the Crooked Man!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 6 found this review helpful
Another good fairy tale game
PostedNovember 9, 2013
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat Collector's Edition
(186)Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
This review is based on the demo. There were the usual three levels of play, a jump map, the strategy guide, and morphing objects and acheivements! I love it!
Your sister is kidnapped by the Crooked Man and you have to rescue her, of course. You have a good hint system and you can access the SG in a small way during play. The usual wonderful graphics and voice overs from a great developer, Blue Tea Games. No voice sync, but it wasn't needed in my opinion.
Well, I'm off to buy the game with the dollars off coupon; it makes this a sweet purchase. Have fun everyone!
I recommend this game!
Queen's Tales: The Beast and the Nightingale Collector's Edition
To save your father from a hideous monster, you've decided to sacrifice your own freedom. Now you must journey through a strange and magical land before time runs out!
Overall rating
5
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5
10 of 11 found this review helpful
A Winner!
PostedOctober 31, 2013
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Queen's Tales: The Beast and the Nightingale Collector's Edition
(81)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
I'm basing my review on the demo which was about 50 min. I loved it! This game is the best type of adventure game, in my opinion. There are hidden object scenes, but you can choose whether to play them or play a mini-game instead. I chose the HOS, which were very good without being piles of stuff.
There are three levels of play plus "Custom", but I always play on casual, mainly because I play for fun and recreation; I don't want to have to fight my way through a game and I hate using the SG or Walkthrough.
The story is that a man who travels the world stole a golden nightingale from a monster's castle for his daughter. On his way out, the monster threw a ring into his boat and told him he would have to serve him for the rest of his life or give him his daughter, or die. The daughter overheard him talking about it to her boyfriend, Dorian, and of course, she wants to go to the castle and serve the monster in his stead. She meets helpers along the way, including her boyfriend and the golden nightingale. There's a Weepie and various tree dwellers and flowers. There's also a witch that wants her out of her kingdom.
The graphics are wonderful and bright and there is some movement of the characters' mouths but not real lip-syncing, which doesn't interfere with the game play. The music is very nice. There is a map that I think will send you where you need to be, I'm not sure about that. I can't wait for a special; I have to get this game now!
Everyone should try it first, but I believe this one is a definite keeper.
There are three levels of play plus "Custom", but I always play on casual, mainly because I play for fun and recreation; I don't want to have to fight my way through a game and I hate using the SG or Walkthrough.
The story is that a man who travels the world stole a golden nightingale from a monster's castle for his daughter. On his way out, the monster threw a ring into his boat and told him he would have to serve him for the rest of his life or give him his daughter, or die. The daughter overheard him talking about it to her boyfriend, Dorian, and of course, she wants to go to the castle and serve the monster in his stead. She meets helpers along the way, including her boyfriend and the golden nightingale. There's a Weepie and various tree dwellers and flowers. There's also a witch that wants her out of her kingdom.
The graphics are wonderful and bright and there is some movement of the characters' mouths but not real lip-syncing, which doesn't interfere with the game play. The music is very nice. There is a map that I think will send you where you need to be, I'm not sure about that. I can't wait for a special; I have to get this game now!
Everyone should try it first, but I believe this one is a definite keeper.
I recommend this game!
Stranded Dreamscapes: The Prisoner Collector's Edition
Guide little Emmy through her fears and back to the real world!
Overall rating
4
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5
9 of 11 found this review helpful
Arachniphobes beware!
PostedOctober 5, 2013
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Mahjong
Current Favorite:
Riddles of Fate: Wild Hunt Collector's Edition
(83)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
This Collector's Edition of this game has a lot going for it. We are Emmy's aunt searching for Emmy in her dreamscapes. There are two levels of play, aspect correction for those who need it (it fit my 25 In. screen perfectly), and great lip syncing. The graphics I thought were a bit blurry, but they sharpened up after the spiders' webs were removed, and spiders' webs and spiders were plentiful in the trial time period of one hour. There were the usual puzzles, minigames, and hidden object scenes that were pretty easy overall. I liked this game, and will buy it since it is on sale today. I recommend everyone should try it before you buy it.
I recommend this game!
Nightmare Adventures: The Turning Thorn
What dark and powerful secrets are hidden within the A.R.C.A.N.E. agency's old research base? Kiera Vale returns to find out.
Overall rating
1
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5
11 of 22 found this review helpful
Adventure not an adventure for me!
PostedJanuary 27, 2013
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Mahjong
Current Favorite:
The Secret Order: New Horizon
(89)Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
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5
It's possible that I just don't know what to expect in a good true adventure game because I buy mostly HOPAs. I bought the first one in 2010 and liked it, and I wanted to have this one as well. However, when I played the demo, I got no real directions on where to go or how to get there, the hint button took about 55 seconds to recharge on the easiest play level, and there was nothing to tell you what to do with the objects you collected in the first half of the demo. I had nine things in my inventory with no clue for where to use them until there was 13 minutes left in the demo, then I was able to use two of them by going to the SG to find out where to use them.
I am an avid game player of HOPAs and I can't think of another game offhand that made it so difficult to play that I said a cuss word or two, shocking my husband (because I generally don't talk like that#.
Anyway, just a note to gamers: play the demo if you haven't already done so, before you buy. If this is how true adventure games are played with such high reviews, I don't think I'll be trying another one any time soon (sad to say, because I believe in giving anything a chance).
Sorry, Big Fish and anyone who gets to this review, this game was just a terrible disappointment.
I don't recommend this game.
Pride & Prejudice: Hidden Anthologies
Explore the rich world of Jane Austen’s most beloved novel, Pride & Prejudice! Enjoy this Hidden Object Adventure and get a new perspective to the classic story.
Overall rating
3
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5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Not as bad as I thought it would be
PostedJune 25, 2012
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Pride & Prejudice is based on the novel, which is rather stuffy, from what I recall from reading it many years ago (in high school in approx. 1972..lol). A great novel, but a little boring. Anyway, I agree with most that the graphics in cartoon style did nothing for the game; they should have been much better (to overcome some other bad points maybe).
The fact that we have to click everywhere in a scene to know what to do is only a small problem, imo. Usually we don't get to click too much or we get penalized-not here--It's a must.
I enjoyed the demo, and found the amount of reading not too distracting. Howerver, it also does get a little annoying, but not as bad as the music. The music drove me nuts..lol.
The 3-star rating is for enjoyable game play, but not good enough to buy. I will, somewhat reluctantly, recommend playing the demo and making up your own mind.
I recommend this game!
Once upon a time in the small, undistinguished town of Silentville people started disappearing. Help uncover the mystery behind these disappearances and save the town from a curse!
Overall rating
3
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5
8 of 11 found this review helpful
"Boringville"
PostedJune 16, 2012
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Theatre of the Absurd Collector's Edition
(133) I don't do this often, so bear with me. This game had some great graphics as for color depth, but the hidden objects were so small you can barely see them, and it's more of a FHOG, or fractured HOG, which makes the items very small with very little to help find them.
It also seems, based on the demo, that there were very few HO scenes; most, if not all, were a supply closet/room in the train station that opens the game-I went to that same area four times! The story is ok, nothing new--in a town where lightening #rather than a dark cloud# has taken out all the people and you're there to find them.
Hint recharges quickly and there didn't seem to be any penalties for clicking. No other help though. I was left stranded in this train station with a couple of people and there's no way out; all people that were inside when the lightening appeared are still there and can't get out.
Looks like anyone would be able to play this game, but because there is limited assistance, it can be confusing. Overall, I think it is a little boring and frustating, and I played on the easiest level. It's worth playing the demo and deciding for yourself--you might like it.
I recommend this game!
Elementary My Dear Majesty
The king's daughter has turned into a man-eating monster, and either you find the cure, or it's off with your head!
Overall rating
1
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5
0 of 3 found this review helpful
For children only
PostedFebruary 2, 2012
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Mahjong
Current Favorite:
Nightfall Mysteries: Black Heart Collector's Edition
(79)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
I thought I would see a modern, funny, curious game, but what I got was a tiny, unfunny, and no longer curious game. May be good for children but not, IMO, adults.
I don't recommend this game.
Surface: Mystery of Another World Collector's Edition
After your son, Bobby, mysteriously disappears, it’s up to you to find him in Surface: The Mystery of Another World!
Overall rating
5
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5
5 of 9 found this review helpful
A Lighter HOG!
PostedFebruary 2, 2012
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Mahjong
Current Favorite:
Nightfall Mysteries: Black Heart Collector's Edition
(79)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
I was pleasantly surprised with this game's overall look and sound. Most HOG/Adventures are dark and gloomy, which I love, but a lighter one is welcome occasionally.
The storyline was the usual for HOGs-kidnapped child, an "other world," and the "hunters" from that world. This is ok IMHO; there is enough that's different, fresher, than the rest of the HOGs out now, to keep my attention.
I really liked the suspense butlding right from the start, which means I have to buy this one to find out what's happening next...lol. Mini games on the demo are not too difficult.
Great graphics and use of color. Many games that are set in the present day are lacking in the artwork department somehow though I can't think of an example right now.
Overall, I like this game--even the much-used story line. I'll wait for the SE, though, because I think, and hope, the game is long enough to keep me entertained for several hours without paying the CE price.
I recommend this game!
Mystical Island
Reunite Rick and Caitlin in Mystical Island, an incredible Hidden Object game! Get rick off of a tropical island and get him home!
Overall rating
1
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5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
"The worst of the worst"
PostedJanuary 11, 2012
BigskyDawn
fromFranklin, PA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Grim Tales: The Legacy Collector's Edition
(177)Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
I don't think I've ever played a game offered by BFG that I hated-until now. This game had written dialogue in which English and grammar were awful #not sure of the nationality of the developers; maybe they don't know how to write in English?#. Also, even when the directions were given for the puzzles in this game, they were way too easy for adult play.
I do not recommend this game to anyone over about 10 years old!
I do not recommend this game to anyone over about 10 years old!
I don't recommend this game.