timothya's Profile
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- Average Rating:4.3
- Helpful Votes:1,143
- Reviews Submitted:192
- First Review:June 24, 2012
- Most Recent Review:December 27, 2024
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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!
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
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!