4red3s's Profile
 
 
 
Stat Summary
 
  • Average Rating:
    4.6
  • Helpful Votes:
    313
 
  • Reviews Submitted:
    10
  • First Review:
    December 27, 2012
  • Most Recent Review:
    September 4, 2019
  • Featured reviews
    0
 
 
4red3s's Review History
 
A fire at the local asylum takes on a supernatural life of its own!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
If you like stories you will like this one
PostedSeptember 4, 2019
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4red3s
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Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
What I could say about this game has already been said. If you like stories over hidden object games, you will enjoy this one.
It has HO but not excessive. Puzzles are really good.
If you don't collect all the marbles, it's okay, because you get the chance to collect them after the bonus game. Then you get to play a mini mini game.
I found this by accident. I want to get the rest of this series.
I recommend this game!
+3points
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After crashing your car in the middle of nowhere, you stumble upon a mysterious town with a shady background. Solve a dark mystery!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Very good game - Loved the story
PostedSeptember 30, 2017
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4red3s
Skill Level:Beginner
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I enjoy games with a story - true adventure games. The fun factor was one dash short because I don't like hidden object games. I don't think that there is an adventure game in existence that does not have HOGs.
The visual / sound was very good and the level of challenge was good for me as I played casual.
I really enjoyed the story. I didn't count off for the heavy dialog because I could speed it up or skip it altogether and not miss critical information.
Overall a very good game.
I recommend this game!
+1point
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After a group of young students go missing, the Mystery Trackers are called in to search the city of Raincliff!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
What a joy to play!
PostedMarch 4, 2014
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4red3s
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I am not a hidden object fan. While this game had them, it was not one of those junk piles that make me go blind. The puzzles were fun and not too hard. I had to skip a few "slidey" puzzles.
The story line is well done. At the end of the regular game, there was a "loose end" that is resolved in the bonus game.
As soon as I get through typing this review, I am getting another Mystery Tracker game. :)
I recommend this game!
+1point
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You were just about to relax with a good book when a stranger leaves a baby on your doorstep.
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Truly an EXCELLENT game
PostedDecember 6, 2013
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4red3s
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I do not like HOP games. But this one ... is different. There were only one or two junk / trash HOP rooms. Most were very interactive / puzzle type HOPs.
There are better reviews here so I am not going to rehash what has already been said.
The CE is worth every penny. I will play this game again. I recommend this game to anyone.
5 stars ALL the way!
I recommend this game!
+1point
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Save the world from its fatal destruction by solving Hidden Object puzzles and adventurous mini-games.
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
6 of 9 found this review helpful
Not a bad game ... just kind of ...
PostedJune 28, 2013
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4red3s
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
I bought this game years ago. I vaguely remember playing it. It has some cute qualities. The characters go well with the story line. The story itself is pretty good. That is what kept me playing. However, the graphic quality was a bit frustrating. There was an element of hidden objects but some were so hidden, I had to use many of my "hint" buttons just to find stuff. At the end, you are supposed to place a series of heads on their correct pedestal by following the instructions on a stone tablet. The expressions were supposed to reflect an emotion. But the stone tablet was hard to read and the faces and their expressions were difficult to distinguish. The shocked looking face was supposed to go on the pedestal with three dots according to the instructions, However, when I placed it on that one it goes back to inventory and tells me "it doesn't go there". That was the only face / pedestal that did that.
I probably won't play this game again and I am not going to finish it. The face / pedestal is the last part / chapter. So I think I have seen the best parts.
I don't recommend this game.
+3points
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 Castle: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
Castle: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
Solving murder has never been so much fun!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
Love the show and enjoyed the game
PostedMay 9, 2013
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4red3s
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Puzzle
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
It helped to already be a fan of the TV show. However, the game was really good. Some of the puzzles were very difficult or just hard on old eyes. So I was grateful for a speedy skip option.
I found one glitch. One of the puzzles was a phone with three lights. the phone number was divided in 3 parts. One number of the three parts would light up a light. The first one lighted with the first number in the sequence. The second one lighted with the second number in the sequence. The third one had a choice of 4 numbers - but none of the 4 worked. I ended up skipping that puzzle.
Overall - very enjoyable. The story was good. I love investigation games and the graphics were excellent. I did not mind that the dialog was not spoken. I find it is a distraction to have spoken and written dialog together.
I recommend this game!
0points
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A simple murder investigation in Spain becomes a puzzling whodunit filled with intrigue.
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Entertaining
PostedApril 22, 2013
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4red3s
Skill Level:Beginner
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
I wish that I had waited to purchase this game after I found out that ERS games are on sale.
I really enjoyed the game itself. I got the collectors edition mainly for the strategy guide.
However, when I got to the bonus game.... I found a glitch. There are two square pieces that go on a suitcase so that it will open. One has a tree and the other has a sun. Be careful, if you place these on the wrong symbols - the squares will be placed but then .... nothing. The cursor remains the viewing only not the hand to pick them up and put them in the correct place. :(
Play the game but if you mess up the bonus - you have to replay the game again to unmess up the bonus. - no reset button here :)
I recommend the collectors edition if you need the strategy guide like me. Overall the main game was a lot of fun to me. The bonus is not so much.
I recommend this game!
+3points
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Go on a journey which will take you everywhere from damp prehistoric forests to the sultry deserts of ancient Egypt!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
6 of 7 found this review helpful
It was good until .....
PostedJanuary 3, 2013
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4red3s
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
Shooting 30 ships! Please, that is a bit of overkill. I love the puzzles and making the formulas but an ARCADE game?
I unfortunately cannot make it beyond this point. What a shame.
So if you do not like Arcade shoot 'em up style games then bypass this one.
Someone probably mentioned the arcade part but I didn't read all the comments and was simply happy that this one was NOT a HOG.
:(
+5points
6of 7voted this as helpful.
 
Help the ghostly inhibitants of a haunted house as you venture into the beyond and discover the secret of the 6th ghost!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
201 of 209 found this review helpful
Not a Hidden Object game!!!! YIPPEE
PostedJanuary 2, 2013
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4red3s
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Excellent game. I give 5 stars.
If you like "HOGs" (hidden object game) that is fine but maybe rethink your poor rating / bad review because this game is not a HOG.
I am finding that the games that have mediocre reviews are the ones I purchase. I don't like games that lean so heavily on HOs. I prefer more puzzle games.
It is a shame that due to the way these games are organized, you don't know which games are HOGs and which are not. The gamers who prefer HOGs are disappointed and give good games poor ratings.
Is there a reason non HOGs are lumped with HOGs under the category "adventure"? They are truly to very different types of games. I hope that someone from Bigfish will recognize this soon.
Age of Enigma: The Secret Sixth Ghost was a wonderful game. It had some really good puzzles. There were a couple of those that I could not figure out and opted to skip those and continue with the story.
This is a 5 star - NON HOG. So if you are tired of squinting at your computer screen looking through piles of junk to find obscure items, then this is the game for you!
I recommend this game!
+193points
201of 209voted this as helpful.
 
Save a loving couple from the clutches of a powerful alchemist in Break the Curse: The Crimson Gems!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
90 of 96 found this review helpful
5 stars because it is NOT a Hidden Object Game
PostedDecember 27, 2012
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4red3s
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure
I love adventure games but when I see the "sparkly" areas, I know there is the dreaded hidden object part.
It is so hard to find games that are not Hidden Object - adventure. I really wish that the website people here would create a separate category for adventure games that are NON Hidden Object games.
Is there a place to ask for this service? Or someone here pass the request to separate NON Hidden Object games.into their own category. Please?
I recommend this game!
+84points
90of 96voted this as helpful.