timothya's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:4.3
- Helpful Votes:1,143
- Reviews Submitted:194
- First Review:June 24, 2012
- Most Recent Review:April 7, 2025
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Surface: The Noise She Couldn`t Make Collector`s Edition
When a young woman is found comatose by the side of the road with a bloody knife beside her, it’s up to you to unravel her story!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful Game!
PostedAugust 15, 2012
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
Entirely enjoyable. Stunning graphics, superb cut scenes, unobtrusive and atmospheric music, excellent acting. Some new and quite challenging puzzles. Best of all, first-rate writing with a couple of lovely plot twists. Events are paced properly, leaving the player without that artificial feeling too many games have offered of late.
There is a surreal quality to the scenery that is a presentation of a young woman's mind in the eyes of a psychic: lots of symbolism, occasionally quite poignant. This one is beautifully done. Five fins up of five.
I recommend this game!
Redemption Cemetery: Grave Testimony Collector’s Edition
Escape a cursed island of lost souls by helping three of the trapped spirits in Redemption Cemetery: Grave Testimony!
Overall rating
5
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5
5 of 9 found this review helpful
Three Short Stories
PostedAugust 6, 2012
timothya
fromSandpoint, Idaho
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
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
Wonderful time, loved the game. Anyone who has read (or seen) Stephen King's "Catseye" will recognize the format - three short stories linked by a single theme. In this case it's lost souls, whose saving will earn you a boat ride off a very unpleasant island. The first of these is a Roaring Twenties gangster theme, somewhat underutilized in this genre, IMHO; the second, a rather quirky Old West scenario in which a young lady is to be burnt as a witch #no points for historical accuracy, full marks for fun#, and the third, a rather vivid pirate scenario.
Pros: great graphics, convincing #and not overdone# acting, atmospheric music, clear objectives and a plot that hangs together well despite its segmentation. Decent length of play, and due to the segmentation the player always knows where he or she is.
Cons: not much. Some may be bothered by the fact that the stories have nothing to do with one another; I found that rather refreshing.
Overall - a clear winner for me. I'd love to see more of this sort of treatment. Five fins of five.
I recommend this game!
Infected: The Twin Vaccine Collector’s Edition
A new breed of virus has spread throughout the City of Oxford. You must search the city for a missing girl who holds the key to stopping the global epidemic!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Great Mid-Difficulty Entry With Some Nice Innovations
PostedJune 28, 2012
timothya
fromSandpoint, Idaho
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
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
The Pros: Excellent, linear, coherent writing. HO scenes yielded objects that were directly related to the plot. Excellent live and voice acting, atmospheric music. Best of all, the difficulty level could be tuned. That is a feature I think a lot of games will pick up very soon. One character, Carl the Homeless Guy, was a hoot.
The Cons: puzzles were very easy. Some HO graphics were a little indistinct.
More Pros: I loved the "Behind The Scenes" extra. And the kid who did the little girl's voice acting was great.
I recommend this game!
Royal Detective: The Lord of Statues Collector's Edition
Save the besieged alpine village of Martlet and rescue its residents from the mysterious living statues in this exciting Hidden Object Adventure game!
Overall rating
5
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5
Unexpectedly Great Game
PostedJune 24, 2012
timothya
fromSandpoint, Idaho
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™
(217)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
What a wonderful surprise! The elements of the game are conventional: village emptied by some disaster, the player has to go figure it out. The execution, however, was extraordinary, and there were a couple of innovations that were worth the price of the game by themselves.
Beautiful art - that was the deciding factor in my initial purchase. Lovely music, reasonably coherent plot, sympathetic characters. Mini-games seemed just the right level of difficulty. Smooth gameplay, excellent map.
What set this one apart were the wonderfully executed statues and the animated helpers who were more ally than gadget. Multiple endings that encourage a replay. Overall, simply a superior example of its genre and highly recommended.
I recommend this game!