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- Average Rating:3.8
- Helpful Votes:164
- Reviews Submitted:73
- First Review:March 25, 2012
- Most Recent Review:July 9, 2015
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A murderous figure in a red mask haunts the streets of a small French town, and the mayor needs your help to track him down. But you soon discover that the mysterious Red Masque might not be the real criminal…
Overall rating
5
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5
8 of 10 found this review helpful
Like it better than previous games
PostedMay 5, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
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
I actually enjoyed this game more than the other games in the Edgar Allan Poe series.
Graphics were excellent. The scenes were not boring.
Storyline was very good. A man in a red mask is going around killing the city officials. The towns government does not like this, but the townspeople say the masked man is a hero due to the government executing those who dont pay the new higher tax rate.
There were 14 HOS. All were pretty easy, some more difficult than others. Not cluttered. All were done more than once. There were different types of HOS. Some were the list kind, some were where you had to complete several steps to get the main item, some were the ones where you find the object that resembled the silhouette list. There was one scene done twice where you had to find 15 stars the first time, and then find 15 rings the second time. There was also another scene done twice were you had to find "differences" of the same shape between one side of the scene and the other side.
There were 20 puzzles (including bonus game). Some were easy, and some were difficult, but not impossible. Some new different puzzles in this game.
There was a camera built in the game that you can use to take pictures of different scenes. The pics you can save to computer which is nice so you have even more "wallpapers" to choose from (not just the ones already built in).
There was a map that you can use to jump from one scene to another, but you have to access it from your journal. I personally found the map useless because it didnt tell you which areas had something you needed to do, so you did have to still back track. I found it easier to use the hint, it points you in the right direction using arrows.
There is a cat you pick up in the game and you get to find cat items (cat scratch board, cat bed, cat toys, etc). You can play with the cat when you visit your office for achievements. The cat was actually very cute as well as the other animals in game (bear, dachsund, etc).
At the end of main game, you have to choose who to arrest, either the mayor or the masked man. YOu have to place all 7 globes of guilt in the balance thing. Each globe is from a different scene which you can replay so you know which side of the balance to place it on. I arrested one and then the end scene came up. From what I read in the forums, the end scene can be slightly different depending on which one you decided to arrest.
The game was pretty good length.
Main game was approx 5 hours.
Bonus chapter was about 1.5 hours.
Main game was approx 5 hours.
Bonus chapter was about 1.5 hours.
There is a lot of bonus content: wallpapers, HOS replay, puzzle replay, concept art, music you can save, screensavers, etc. Worth the money.
I recommend this game!
With your carriage broken, and a wolf nearby, you must find shelter. What awaits you in the village just ahead?
Overall rating
4
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5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
Excellent game, just a little short compared to previous Shiver games
PostedMay 3, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
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
5
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5
This one in the series was very good, but was too short in my opinion.
Graphics were excellent. The scenes were well done as well as the action scenes, although the bonus chapter ending seemed lame.
There were only 11 HOS. All were very easy. All HOS had at least 2 items in the list that took extra steps to get (some more than 3 extra steps).
The puzzles varied from easy to challenging, but there werent very many puzzles in the game. There was one puzzle where you had to adjust two wolf heads to a certain position after you find the pic of how they should look. Mine looked exactly like pic I found and it still would not open, so I finally skipped it. Skip button does fill up pretty quickly.
There is NO map, so you have to back track a lot. The hint is useful in pointing you in the right direction, but still a lot of backtracking.
Length of gameplay for main game and bonus chapter was too short.
Main game: approx 3 hours (most games I have played are 4-5 hours).
Bonus chapter: approx 1 hour (most bonus game I have played are 1.5-2 hours).
Main game: approx 3 hours (most games I have played are 4-5 hours).
Bonus chapter: approx 1 hour (most bonus game I have played are 1.5-2 hours).
Great game for those who dont want many HOS and puzzles.
I dont recommend it for those who want a lot of HOS and puzzles and longer lengh
I dont recommend it for those who want a lot of HOS and puzzles and longer lengh
I recommend this game!
Investigate strange goings-on in the eerie town of Fort Nightingale!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Creepy but Excellent
PostedMay 2, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
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
Excellent game all the way
You are a detective trying to figure out what is causing a town to be so weird. The adults in the town are all frozen in time while the orphanage kids are not. The kids from the orphanage were dropped off at the orphage as newborns (all 10 of them were dropped off at the same time). The bonus play goes into more detail about who dropped them off there.
Graphics were excellent. Plenty of creepy scenes with the kids glowing eyes. Music fit game well.
HOS were very good and pretty easy. The scenes were not cluttered which made it easier. There are two types of HOS. One type is the list kind, the other is placing objects where they need to go.
Some puzzles were easy, while others were more difficult that took time to complete, but none were impossible.
There were also 40 morphing objects you can collect throughout game, one morphing object in each area (40 areas in main game). Majority of them were reletively easy to find, there was a few that took me a little bit of time to find (if you leave area and then come back to area, you might actually find it right away).
There was an interactive map which made the game a whole lot easier for navigating to different areas. If the circle in map is green, then there is something you need to do there. If grey, nothing to do. The map also tells you if there is a morphing object to collect. You just click on area you want to go to and you jump there automatically.
The bonus play had quite a few areas too.
Main game took me approx 4.5-5 hours.
Bonus play was a good 1.5 hours.
Bonus play was a good 1.5 hours.
Excellent game.
I recommend this game!
There's a dark force at work in Pilgrim's Hook. Return to your childhood home and save your twin brother from the evil that lives beneath the sea.
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent
PostedApril 29, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
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
Excellent game.
Graphics were well done. The dialogue scenes were not boring. Quite a few of the scenes were chilling.
Storyline was very good and a little more different than other games. You have to save your twin brother and yourself from Pilgrim's Hook Island and the octopus/squid creature (much like the one on Pirates of the Caribbean movies).
The HOS were way too easy for me; no hints needed in any of them.
Puzzles were pretty challenging. I have to admit I did skip a couple of the puzzles.
The hint button refills pretty quickly and is useful in directing you where to go. The Skip button fills pretty quikly too.
There is a map, in which you can use to jump from one are to another.
Bonus play was also very good. I hope the makers on Small Town Terrors series make another "continuation" game for this one so we know what happens next.
The bonus content was good too. There is another bonus game, besides bonus chapter, where you go look through the enitre island for 80 whale bones to put the whale in peace. You cannot use any hints for this game, but majority of the bones are very easy to find. I found 71 very easily, but had to look very carefully for the other 9. Managed to find all 80 bones.
Main game time: approx 4-5 hours.
Bonus Chapter: approx 1.5 hours.
Whale bone collecting: approx 30-45 mins.
Bonus Chapter: approx 1.5 hours.
Whale bone collecting: approx 30-45 mins.
Very good length.
I recommend this game!
Track down a missing detective and fight an evil curse!
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Very good game
PostedApril 29, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
3
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5
The game was very good. The graphics were excellent. The scenes were creepy and dark.
The HOS were pretty easy; some HOS were cluttered more than others, but not bad.
Puzzles were somewhat challenging. Some were easy, some were not so easy, while there was a couple I did in fact skip.
The storyline was not the best in my opinion, seemed really far-fetched. The main game apparently was a dream, but the bonus play was not a dream and the native american (?) with powers was just an actor hired by a man who wanted revenge on the man the native american tried to suck the life out of.
There was a map, but it was useless. You cant use it to jump from one scene to another scene, so there was a lot of backtracking.
The journal was pretty useful. You didnt have to memorize numbers or pictures for puzzle combinations, it was recorded in the journal.
The hint filled at an 'ok' speed; took approx. 1 min.
The skip button took approx. 2 min. The hint was useful in directing where to go next.
The skip button took approx. 2 min. The hint was useful in directing where to go next.
The main game took me approx 4 hours to complete. The bonus took approx 1-1.5 hours.
I recommend this game!
A wonderful story of the citizens of Joyville. Can you change their destiny? You will see – nothing is impossible!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Better than the previous ones
PostedApril 28, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
This was actually better than the previous Puppetshow games. This game has so much more to offer in the main game as well as the bonus content.
The game was not boring. The story was very good. It had a good "moral" to it: things happen for a reason and you cant avoid it no matter how hard you try.
There was an interactive map that you could use to jump from one place to another (big plus considering previous ones did not have one).
There was a good amount of HOS; not too many but not too few. The HOS were actually pretty easy; the HOS were not cluttered as much as previous games.
Puzzles were not very hard, but a pretty good challenge in some. They were actually different that other games and more fun.
The dialogue scenes werent too bad.
The hint and skip buttons fill pretty quickly. The hint button does direct you where to go which was another plus for those who dont like using a map.
I really liked the characters, especially the little red head boy spider puppet who helps you get objects you cant reach. There are hats you can collect (you collect the blueprints and then follow instructions to make them). After you make the hat you have the option of your spider puppet wearing whichever one you choose; I believe there was 12 in main game and 4 in bonus game, cant remember.
The graphics it self (scenes, bulidings, etc), could have been a little better, but they were good.
There was actually a lot of bonus content besides the bonus play. There was music that you can save to computer, minigames, wallpapers, screensavers, calenders made for this game and others in the series, etc.
The main game on casual took me approx 4.5-5 hours. The bonus play was about 1.5-2 hours for me. Very good length.
Very good game. Definately worth the money.
I recommend this game!
Uncover dark secrets, find hidden clues, and solve nefarious puzzles, in PuppetShow: Mystery of Joyville.
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Too many HOS
PostedApril 22, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
4
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5
To be honest, this one in the series had too many HOS.
I dont mind some HOS here and there in an adventure type game, but this had more junkpile HOS than adventure.
I dont mind some HOS here and there in an adventure type game, but this had more junkpile HOS than adventure.
There is no map so I found myself backtracking most of the time.
There is no hint button in the main part of game, only in HOS. So if you didnt know where to go next, you have to waste time trying to find out where you need to go by backtracking to the different areas. No hints to direct you where to go.
On the plus side, puzzles were pretty good. Most were easy, some were more average than easy.
Graphics were really good too.
Story was interesting.
I recommend this game to those who like having a lot of HOS.
After discovering a new system of caves, the entire town is excited to explore, until Suzy is kidnapped by a mechanical beast!
Overall rating
3
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5
Not as good as previous Puppetshow game(s)
PostedApril 22, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
This particular one in series was not as good as previous ones in the series.
The game seemed more boring than fun.
Graphics were not so great; they seemed somewhat blurry in many scenes.
I wish there was a map. I got tired of having to go back and forth to different areas. There is no hint button in game itself; the hint button only shows up in HOS. So if you wanted to use hint to find out where you needed to go next, this game does not provide that. You have to backtrack until you find yourself what you needed to go and what to do, which is time consuming.
HOS were fun at first, but as you got farther into the game, the HOS became harder and seemed like there was too many. Most HOS were done twice; most that were done twice you would leave area and then go back to that same area later. Some you had to do a second time as soon as you finished it the first time. There were quite a few objects that werent really what they were in the list. Example: Safety Pin was actually more like a needle/pin that you use in sewing, not the normal safety pin we see everyday.
Puzzles were ranged from easy to challenging. If you wish to skip, the skip button fills up pretty quickly.
Bonus play was not the best either; the ending of the bonus play was lame.
I like HOG with adventure. I do not like supposed adventure games that have too many HOS and too much backtracking, which is what this game is.
I recommend this game to those who love HOS (challenging ones). I do not recommend this for those you only want a few HOS and more adventure.
I also would recommend this one if you wish to continue the Puppetshow series (know what happens after the first ones).
I also would recommend this one if you wish to continue the Puppetshow series (know what happens after the first ones).
I recommend this game!
When a young woman is found comatose by the side of the road with a bloody knife beside her, it’s up to you to unravel her story!
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Good; like the other Surface games better
PostedApril 21, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
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
3
/
5
This a pretty good game, but I dont think it was as good as other Surface games (first and third one).
Graphics were excellent, although the acting by characters was not good in my opinion. The acting was actually annoying and lame. The subtitles did not match up to their actual speaking; it was way off time wise.
Good music.
Storyline could have been better.
HOS were very easy and not too many of them.
Puzzles were also very easy.
There was a map which was useful since there was so much backtracking.
Hint button was not useful when trying to figure out where to go next. It would just have a pop-up in center of screen telling what you need to do, but it didnt always tell you where exactly to go.
Bonus play was ok, but I did not like having to return to the girl every time we found one of her memories. She was so slow putting her hand out for you to give her the memory.
I recommend this game!
After your son, Bobby, mysteriously disappears, it's up to you to find him in Surface: The Mystery of Another World!
Overall rating
5
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5
Very good
PostedApril 19, 2013
abelss
fromCA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game was actually very good.
Graphics were excellent. I really enoyed the music; music was not dull/boring like other games.
Story was interesting. You have to find your son(?) who is with his twin from another world.
HOS were actually very easy. No hints used.
Puzzles were also easy.
Puzzles were also easy.
The one downfall was the map. I never open the journal so I was not aware of the map until towards the end of game. It was an inconvience to have to open the journal that I never really open in most games to find the map. Most games that have a map usually have an icon labeled 'map'.
Game was pretty good length too.
I recommend this game!