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- Average Rating:3.9
- Helpful Votes:2,177
- Reviews Submitted:192
- First Review:February 3, 2014
- Most Recent Review:August 29, 2025
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Witches' Legacy: The Ties That Bind Collector's Edition
Lynn’s wedding is interrupted by a ghost from Edward’s past.
Overall rating
5
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5
48 of 61 found this review helpful
Love it!!!
PostedAugust 16, 2014
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
Witches Legacy is a series of games from the developer EleFun, all dealing with Lynn and here aunt, who had to save her from the witches. Meanwhile Lynn is grown up and about to marry Edward, a witchhunter, whom she met in another installment and learned to love. On the day of the marriage a strange letter makes Edward leave for the orphan home where he grew up. Lynn follows him and thus the next adventure can begin. This is what i like a lot about this developer: the story works! It has tension. You are always curious, what is going to happen next, how to solve the riddles, etc. - The hintbutton recharges quickly and you have the well-known little "Imp" as a helper - this time there are collectibles to pleasure the Imp and also puzzle-parts to collect throughout the game.
The HO-scenes are interactive - and are clever and thoughtfully arranged. Never are they “too much”, never do you feel lost, not knowing what to do to get further.
As I mentioned in my title, I do love this game and this series Witches Legacy. If you think about it: we follow Lynn now already since she was a little girl - thus her life in fact unfolds over decades to us as we keep on playing the various episodes of the serie. I know of no other serie’s that covers such a long period of time - and what gets me most: every story of these episodes IS interesting and creates tension. What a wonderful craftswork this scenario-writer is delivering to us, with every new installment. Quite a talent to keep a story such fresh!!!
I do love the graphics, I do love the little Imp-helper, I do love the story, the story, the story and I love that this developer takes his players serious in a way that I do often miss with other developers. Neither does he neglect story as so many new games do nor does hij overload his game with interactivity, so that you don’t even want to go on playing because of all this glittering nonsense. This developer gives us a game which is as a costly book on a rainy afternoon… qualitiy work at it’s best. Thank you so much, EleFun, I love this game!
I recommend this game!
Ominous Objects: Family Portrait Collector's Edition
A father returns home to find his children missing - all but one, who refuses to say a word...
Overall rating
2
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5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
What a boring game
PostedAugust 11, 2014
gyanda
fromCologne
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3
Current Favorite:
Witches' Legacy: Hunter and the Hunted Collector's Edition
(45)Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I am sorry that i bought the CE. There is no storyline at all - the children are saved in a minute and from then on you don't know, why you are doing all this stuff. There are so plenty of rooms that they don't feel connected at all. The voice of the hero is really unpleasant and also is his "give me a new clue" if you do something wrong. Yes, the graphics are nice, but that there is no story, no tension, no nothing at all that wants you to keep going. I uninstalled it, without playing it to the end. What i also did not like at all, was the "interactivity" of the HO-scenes, at it was in every HO and there are quite plenty of HO-scenes in this game. I know, it is fashion right now to do so, but it also is boring. I do play late at night, after a long day of work... i would love to have some gentle friendly entertainment - instead of solving riddles, which don't explain themselves... you never know, why which tool is ordered to help another one, it is just guessing. Instead i installed an "oldfashioned" game with a real story, with tension, with HO-scenes which are not overloaded with interactivity but just use them sometimes... works much beter for me. Tja, too sad, i spent 2 game credits on this game.
I don't recommend this game.
Sea of Lies: Nemesis Collector's Edition
A series of unexplained deaths baffle authorities, and you’re called in to investigate.
Overall rating
5
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5
42 of 81 found this review helpful
had to stop, didn't know what to do
PostedJune 19, 2014
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
You have this fingerprint-kit and are supposed to get a fingerprint... but... first you have to find the kit and if you don't use the hint, you might never find it, as it is situated in the left corner, almost unvisible if you don't know already what it it... 2. you use the brush in order to make the fingerprints visible... but you can do that for hours without anything changing... then 3. you turn to the guide - hoping it tells you how you can stop this brush and finally get your fingerprint... ha, they don't explain it in the guide... the moment for me to stop this game. If they don't even care to give proper instructions, why should i care to buy their game? Frustrated! It might be a beautiful game, i would have loved to play it, but i don't like being left in the dark, when it comes to how to get a task done.
I don't recommend this game.
Myths of the World: Of Fiends and Fairies Collector's Edition
The rat catcher's after more than rats this time. He's kidnapping fairy folk!
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 10 found this review helpful
Not my game
PostedJune 18, 2014
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
1
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5
Normally i love these Myth of... games, but this one just didn't get me. You have a really beautiful scenery, you have fairies and a leprechaun, you have everything it needs - and still it lacks something, the heart. To me this is the first time that i had the feeling the developers of the story didn't know themselves, how to use all the characters they have and thus they all stayed vague. No one will be remembered. And there was no irish music at all - except in the begin, when it tells you that you better play with sound The credits say that the developers got inspired by the irish folk stories, but man... these folk stories are way much elaborated than this story. I guess they just didn't get the spirit of what a fairy really is and how deep it can be rooted in a society. As a matter of fact, i thought they made misuse of the deep traditional cultural inheritage of the irish, they were just using the fairies as papier maché-model - it had no depth and no character and no heart. Sorry to say this, but this was made too cheap - concerning storytelling and characterdeveloping.
I don't recommend this game.
Dreampath: The Two Kingdoms Collector's Edition
Your sister, the Queen, has fallen deathly ill. Now you must travel to a faraway kingdom to find the cure.
Overall rating
5
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5
5 of 7 found this review helpful
Buy this!
PostedJune 15, 2014
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
If i was only allowed to recommend one game of the last days - it would be this one. It has EVERYTHING you can only wish from a game: an interesting story about dragons and the evil and who is to keep it locked away... nice collectibles... a wonderful help in form of a cat (real great and cute detail!!!), beautiful graphics and what is best: the game has a logical flow so you don't have to use the hintbutton often... for me this is a very pleasant game which soothes your mind after a busy workday. I love when developers put much effort in their games. These did! As written above: buy this! It is cute:-)
I recommend this game!
Mystika 2: The Sanctuary
The village of Lumina is in trouble! Defeat your challengers with the help of powerful spells, and find treasures in more than 10 hidden object scenes.
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
Could be a real good game if there ...
PostedJune 12, 2014
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
2
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5
weren't these "interruptions" in gameplay through "challenges". Either you have to clear the board with limited actions allowed or - even worse - you have to match all in about one or two twists in order to clear the board. Music there is very dramatic and dark, and - okay you can skip them, but if you do, you'll never be able to really finish the game as they keep awaiting you at the end again. I am not into mathematics and I will never be able to understand logical actions, so i do never get a chance to really finish the game. Without this so annoying "addition" it would be a great game with replay value. Just too bad they thought they had to do something extra smart:-(((
I don't recommend this game.
Dark Strokes: The Legend of the Snow Kingdom Collector's Edition
Enter the enchanted realm of the Snow Kingdom!
Overall rating
5
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5
4 of 6 found this review helpful
Lovely fairytale!!! Quit different than thought:-)
PostedApril 21, 2014
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
Everyone knows the legend of the Snowqueen by Christian Andersen. This story is different... the kingdom faced hard times and in order to overcome them, King Henry agreed a bad deal with a magician. Now this magician wants his part of the contract fullfilled and thus the golden apple. But only the princess can touch i without getting transformed to stone. So she is in great danger. This is the storyline - but what i really love are the wonderful graphics, the nice music, the flow of actions, the perfect design... there are so many little things where you just stare and are delighted with (for all the locks and valves are designed great!!!) I do love this kind of stories, especially when the game has a good flow and you almost feel being part of the fairytale.The developers really did a beautiful job here to make us players joyful! Thanks!!!
I recommend this game!
Cadenza: Music, Betrayal and Death Collector's Edition
You've returned from school to visit your father at his famous Jazz Pepper Club during Mardi Gras, but everyone is hypnotized. Have they heard the wrong note?
Overall rating
5
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5
8 of 10 found this review helpful
This is a treasure to keep!!!
PostedApril 12, 2014
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
What a wonderful game!!! The scenery and the music are a delight for every jazzlover and the gameplay is quite unique, bringing ordinary HO-scenes to a new twist, which make them more interesting.. you are the daughter of a jazzmusician and want to visit him in his pub But strangely enough all the people there are frozen. It is the time of Mardi Grass, so undead souls roam around. As said, this game is a costliness, a treasure to keep, the developers did so much their best to create the atmosphere of New Orleans, it is amazing. What i love most is that the scenery is not static... you see traffic on a bridge, cars are passing by, it almost feels as if one was there. I cannot even imagine how many workhours were neccessary to create such an outstanding game! Chapeau!!!!!
I recommend this game!
European Mystery: The Face of Envy Collector's Edition
A series of robberies takes a deadly and supernatural turn!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 3 found this review helpful
Beautiful Game
PostedMarch 29, 2014
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
Yes, it might not be the most challenging game, but i do love these kind of games. The graphics are gorgeous, the story is interesting and keeps you going, the inventory, where you can create new items is nice... I would recommend this game strongly to everybody, who wants to have some pleasant moments in another country. They are doing really well, these developers, i just love this serie's!!!
I recommend this game!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher Collector's Edition
Can you and Detective Dupin uncover the dark secrets of this mysterious estate?
Overall rating
2
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5
5 of 6 found this review helpful
If it wasn't Dark Tales, i wouldn't buy
PostedMarch 27, 2014
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
1
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5
I do like the series, that is why i am going to buy also this one, but since the "Premature Burial" - the whole concept became with each game weaker and weaker... all this superficial bling-blings (collectable coins, camera etc.) just conceals the fact that the gamedevelopers don't do a good job with this serie's anymore... i also noticed the voice-change, which is an absolutely no-go with a game serie, i find. As said, i am quite disappointed and if this game wasn't from ERS i wouldn't buy it. I like that one knows what one gets with graphics and appearance of a game, but this bling-bling kills the story and the pleasure... the more bling-bling the less sincerity, unfortunately.
I don't recommend this game.