I bought this at today's sale after nearly missing it. The icon for it looked boring. Well, far from it. It is a straight HOG but with a good story about hunting art thieves added to it. The HOS are the paintings you have to restore, which means no two HOS are the same! You also collect money to be able to decorate the four different rooms you move into. I really enjoyed restoring the old and beautiful paintings and also enjoyed the classical music throughout the game. All in all a very enjoyable adult game to spend an evening with!
This is one of the many scary HOGs but in a very nice and unusual way! The locations are bright and sunny and yes that really adds some extra chills to the excellent creepy story! There are no hints apart from in the HOS so perhaps not for beginners. The characters are well done and the objects to get are for once completely appropriate to the story!
The only minus I have is that I didn't get along with the cursor when travelling btw scenes (it takes a sec for it to turn in the right direction), but that is probably because I'm too impulsive and want to do everything too fast:))
I really enjoyed this little game. The story is hilarious and so are the characters. I normally hate timed HOGs but this was fairly easy and the story was so great I had to buy it after an hour to see what happened!
Islanders are here again! Become part of a new adventure and help the shaman get his true appearance back! Follow them in a fascinating journey through time and make new friends!
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Murder, She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove
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Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
5/ 5
Storyline
4/ 5
Great game! The graphics are even better than in Island Tribe 3! Lots of fun animations and three new locations (Egypt, Vikings, Chinese) outside the island itself. Only the first location is on the island. More than 40 levels. Four play modes including an untimed one. Maybe it's my imagination but I actually think the little guys and girls run a bit faster this time...:) For those of you who haven't played the earlier games in the series you'll probably get hooked if you start with this one. No previous knowing is required since the game starts with a summing up of what has happened to the islanders before.
I recommend this game!
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Journey: The Heart of Gaia
After being kidnapped, Liz must free the Underworld from the tyranny of Scartaris Umbra.
Great game with a beautiful graphic that is still very unusal for these kind of games. Yes you have to find things and complete nice little minigames, but no HOS. Splendid voiceovers and a lot of them! Big plus there. The story is nice and interesting. If you like fairytales you'll be enchanted like me. For once you also do not play alone but get 3 companions along the way with their own special skills. I didn't find it difficult at all to know what to do next, no journal but a nice map and hints. For a SE game this is really really worth the money!
This is one of my favourite series and the 3rd is no disappointment. The bonus chapter in the collector's edition is a must so do not go for any bargain on SE versions! The bonus is always adding to the story which is why you buy these adventures in the first place really! Lots of love, excitement and pleasure coming your way if you play this! Great story, graphic, sound HOS and well everything is just great!
...than a ghost story. Remind me of the nice Love Story HOGs (letters fro the past and beach cottage). Nice to spend an afternoon with, not very challenging but a great change from the eerieness of most HOGs and probably not aimed at the younger players. They probably will loose interest in the story. Me, a middleaged lady thought it great though!
Nice graphics, nice bonus play and well done voiceovers and HOS.
This is a great game if you want an easy game. Absolutly recommendabla as a first HOG! If you're used to HOGs it will still be worth playing for the good storyline, the interactive HOS, the storyline and the sound and graphic. I didn't think it was that much shorter than many other standard HOGs. Although if you play the trial first, remember the first reincarnation chapter is much shorter than the other four reincarnations.
I think according to the lack of reviewers this is probably one of the forgotten great games you sometimes stumble upon browsing for something to download on BF!
This is a great game, with both the usual dark theme, switching btw two realities, but also set in a ladscape and culture of Central america that isn't very common and add to the plot. A plot that is very consistence and well made! It's also a HOG where you get lots of things to do but in a concentrated small area of locations. I was amazed as an experienced HOG player how much variety you actually could squeeze into an area WHITOUT running around like a crazy rabbit. This is mostly because all rooms have a day AND night scene. So 3 rooms are actually 6 locations! Visuals, graphics, sound are also great.
This is one of the HOGs I play together with my hubby and we're having a great time!
I recommend this game!
+15points
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The Wizard's Pen
The Wizard has vanished, and only you can find him in this spellbinding game full of Hidden Object fun and mystical mini-games!
Just want to kill some time in front of your computer? Then this is an excellent game! It has great graphics and all you have to do is guessing at pictures, the less you see or the more scrambled the pic is when you guess it correctly the more stars you'll earn! This is really addicting but you don't get stuck like you do in a good story. It's for a bit of stressful time-out that you can play for five or fifty minutes at a time.