swampie's Profile
 
 
 
Stat Summary
 
  • Average Rating:
    3.8
  • Helpful Votes:
    679
 
  • Reviews Submitted:
    110
  • First Review:
    October 24, 2012
  • Most Recent Review:
    December 23, 2022
  • Featured reviews
    0
 
 
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swampie's Review History
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After finding an artifact, you're whisked away to a dying world. Can you save it from the darkness?
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
1 of 7 found this review helpful
Was Hoping For A Better Game.
PostedMarch 8, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Brain Teaser, Time Management
 
Current Favorite:
 
 
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Poor
2 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Poor
2 / 5
Storyline 
Poor
2 / 5
Played most of the demo with hopes of purchasing.( Used to buy without trying, but not lately.) I could not force myself to play this mess of a game if it were free.
My complaints concerning this game are repeats of every negative review of this SE. Can't see that the added features of the CE could make the game any better.
I don't recommend this game.
-5points
1of 7voted this as helpful.
 
Uncover Poseidon's ancient secrets hidden under the town of Black Water!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
SIX CHAPTERS OF GREAT FUN!
PostedMarch 5, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Only by consensus (pro or con) can players get the games we want as we want them. This particular game is fun from start to finish. The Legend of Dagon is read to us and the play begins. Not terribly sophistocated, but when the wind blows on the cliff, rocks fall in the mine or the water drips from the cave's ceiling, this game fills the bill. A scary adventure filled with full-screen imaginative scenes , attractive HOs, and attention-catching music. A map, the crystal, and hint button are handy navigation tools. Puzzles range from simple to head-scratchers (for me, at least). Worth the money spent.
I recommend this game!
0points
1of 2voted this as helpful.
 
An organ grinder seeks revenge, marking his victims with cards. Can you stop him before he destroys the entire city?
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
7 of 12 found this review helpful
Spoiled by the oldies.
PostedFebruary 28, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Colorful, crisp scenes make this game better that the usual fare. The story is standard. The creatures are more comic book fun than scary. The HOs are pretty, but easy, as are the puzzles. The vo for Nigel is so bad that it had me laughing. There is much running around with inventory items, but the map helps. Guess I have been spoiled by the great games of past years. Lately, there have been none to get excited about. This game included.
+2points
7of 12voted this as helpful.
 
Experience a story about love so strong, it can overcome the most powerful evil! Explore visually stunning mystical dimensions and rescue your fiance!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
2 of 4 found this review helpful
Based on the Demo.
PostedFebruary 25, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Played the demo hoping to find a good game to purchase. Based on many positive reviews of this game, I expected this one to be a winner. This seems to be one of those "love it or don't like it" games. Perhaps this game appeals to its own particular audience. I could not find anything to really like about Sacra Terra:Kiss of Death CE.
0points
2of 4voted this as helpful.
 
Dupin needs your help solving the mystery of the gold bug. Crack the codes and follow the clues to one man's obsession with an old legend.
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
No Superlatives.
PostedFebruary 23, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Waited for the SE and can't see how another chapter of the same would rate as a CE. Everything about this game was just OK. Artwork a little lifeless and drab for ERS; scenes were heavy on the pirates and everything was big and lacking in detail ; vos were bland, though able to click through character text dialog; music was uninspiring; story predictable; HOs were interactive silhouette type; puzzles fun, but not challenging; and the dog was not necessary to the play. This game is just OK, nothing more.
I recommend this game!
+2points
2of 2voted this as helpful.
 
Soul and machine are one in Motor Town, where a stunning mystery awaits!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
Based on the Demo
PostedFebruary 16, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Played the demo based on BF reviews. Rarely play a demo, then not buy. BUT. Liked the colorful eerie rooms and creepy town and that's all. HOs were boring, puzzles were OK, everything was too small.
I don't recommend this game.
-1point
0of 1voted this as helpful.
 
Halloween decorations aren’t the only things hanging around spooky Stone Farm when a group of students unwittingly open a portal to the underworld.
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
3 of 14 found this review helpful
OK For Younger Players.
PostedFebruary 16, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
Groaned my way through 20 minutes of the demo then uninstalled. The play is simplistic; the storyline much used; the artwork is colorful, but uninspired; the puzzles simple and the HOs are actually boring. This game would be OK for a young player.
I don't recommend this game.
-8points
3of 14voted this as helpful.
 
Dark things bubble to the surface when the past invades the present!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
WOW !
PostedFebruary 15, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
I played a few minutes of the demo and bought this game. Conflicted, handsome Henry; his beloved, Anne; her presumed dead brother, Tommy and the masked villian adventure through fantastically executed scenes in imaginative locations.(Could have done without the dead whale at the boat.) The music is appropriate and character dialog is short, to the point and can be clicked through. There is a delay for over-clicking in the gorgeous, clever interactive (click here to find this to do that) HOs. I thought at first that the grayness of the artwork would make this game dull, but after a few minutes, I realized that this watercolor look certainly enhanced the look of every scary scene.
I recommend this game!
0points
0of 0voted this as helpful.
 
Eerie music fills the air in Vienna, where shadows terrorize people in the streets. Two musical prodigies have gone missing. Can you save them without striking a single false note?
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
5 of 6 found this review helpful
Like An Old Friend.
PostedFebruary 12, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
I have all the Maestros and like them all. A pretty game (as expected from ERS) and the music is lovely. BUT, this installment is the same old same old. Many hidden objects are misnamed and the hint button is rather useless. The HOs vary between silhouette search and standard find by text noun and some are interactive (find this and do that to find another). The puzzles are fun, but nothing too challenging.
Scaring the horse with fireworks was a little much. I hope this is the last Maestro as this player wishes to remember the series fondly.
I recommend this game for those who are true fans of the Maestro series. Perhaps wait for the SE as this game is not CE worthy. Four stars for nostalgia.
I recommend this game!
+4points
5of 6voted this as helpful.
 
Become a Hunter of darkness to cope with possessed owner of theater and revived shadows. Help other people by correcting their wrong fulfilled wishes!
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
0 of 2 found this review helpful
Catch those sales.
PostedFebruary 10, 2013
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swampie
fromGainesville, FL
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Other players have adequately and thoroughly reviewed this gem by VOGAT. I am here to agree with the players who liked this game. Got this one and two others by this dev in the football Sunday sale. Like all three. My two cents.
I recommend this game!
-2points
0of 2voted this as helpful.
 
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