TheFlashback's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.8
- Helpful Votes:384
- Reviews Submitted:121
- First Review:December 25, 2011
- Most Recent Review:July 19, 2018
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Gothic Fiction: Dark Saga Collector's Edition
Rescue your daughter, Hannah, from the clutches of an evil witch before it's too late in this chilling Hidden Object adventure game!
Overall rating
5
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
An A- game - once the best in 2012.
PostedOctober 5, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition
(141)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This is a very easy enjoyable game that I have completed in 2 hours. The game environment is big and fancy. Graphics is top quality so the sound. Voices are good, gameplay is engaging. I did not like mini games though. They were trivial. Ers needs to add extra difficulty to the puzzles.
Overall: perfect game with a peace of mind gameplay.
I am giving it an A-.
I recommend this game!
Haunted Halls: Revenge of Doctor Blackmore Collector's Edition
Prepare for a mind-bending journey into the realm of the weird in Haunted Halls: Revenge of Dr. Blackmore! Brace yourself for the unexpected in this exciting Hidden Object adventure!
Overall rating
5
/
5
4 of 6 found this review helpful
One of the best games in 2012
PostedOctober 2, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This game is simply outstanding. It is funny smart and beautiful. I cannot a simple bad word about this game . Superb! The only concern it is a bit short and simple. I have completed this game in 4 hours including bonus chapter.
A+++
Please continue making such superior games, dear Ers.
I recommend this game!
Margrave: The Blacksmith's Daughter Collector's Edition
Embark on a thrilling rescue mission in the Town of the Cyclops!
Overall rating
2
/
5
1 of 5 found this review helpful
Awful
PostedOctober 2, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition
(141)Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
This game is simply terrible. There is nothing good about it. Graphics is foggy, flat and fuzzy. Storyline is uninteresting. You cannot skip animations anywhere. HOS are too small and too blended into the background. Storyline is not engaging.
This game is not up to industry standards whatsoever.
A solid “D” game.
I think this is the first time I am giving a game a D.
I don't recommend this game.
The Great Unknown: Houdini's Castle Collector's Edition
Your honeymoon turns sour when a madman kidnaps your husband, forcing you to expose Houdini's greatest trick.
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent for beginners
PostedOctober 2, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition
(141)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game is very good for those who just start playing adventure games. Graphics and FX are very good. Storyline is interesting but average. The gameplay is way too simple and not engaging whatsoever. I completed everything in hard mode including bonus chapter in less than 3 hours. Very good for beginners – experts will be frustrated.
B-
I should give this dev company a credit since they seem to be a new kid on the block.
I recommend this game!
Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters Collector's Edition
Discover the Red Riding Hood Sisters and defeat the nefarious Wolf Queen!
Overall rating
3
/
5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Nothing really special – cheesy and annoying
PostedOctober 2, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Mystery Case Files®: Dire Grove™ Collector's Edition
(141)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
This game is very simple and annoying. Basically all what you have to do is to hunt for HOS. A lot of back and forth. Storyline is primitive and makes me think that the game was designed for kids 6+ years. Graphics is A+ everything else is below average.
A solid C.
I don't recommend this game.
The Agency of Anomalies: The Last Performance Collector's Edition
Expose a secret brotherhood called The Seekers and save the performers of the theatre who became the brotherhood’s victims.
Overall rating
5
/
5
0 of 3 found this review helpful
Very advanced game with over complicated puzzles.
PostedSeptember 23, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This game is a winner. Everything is superb besides puzzles. They are way too complicated. I played in hardmode and it used to take me up to 45 minutes to solve those. Other than that I cannot say a single bad word about this game.
A solid A-.
I recommend this game!
Awakening: The Skyward Castle Collector's Edition
Discover the fate of your exiled kingdom, save your people and end the ancient evil that started it all!
Overall rating
2
/
5
2 of 6 found this review helpful
Worst in the series...
PostedSeptember 17, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
All the predecessors on PC or iPads were hits and fun to play. This chapter is simply horrible.
C-.
Navigation is bulky, bugs in HOS, some HOSs are ither alo
Twisted Lands: Origin
Experience the birth of the terror that gripped the island of Tormente! Every story has a beginning, but few are as horrifying as this!
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Pretty good for beginners
PostedSeptember 16, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
This game is super easy even in the hard mode, though I am giving it 4 stars. The storyline is A, graphics is awesome, puzzles are very simple. If you are just starting to play HO adventure games, this is a hit.
I recommend this game!
Witch Hunters: Stolen Beauty Collector`s Edition
Help Angelica get her witch-stolen beauty back! Save a young woman suffering from the witch’s sorcery for over 100 years!
Overall rating
3
/
5
0 of 2 found this review helpful
In HOS we trust
PostedAugust 22, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Azada® : In Libro Collector's Edition
(163)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This game is weak. The graphics looks cartoonish, animations are old fashioned. The storyline is not that exciting, the plot is linear basically you need to hunt for HOS running back and forth. Nothing is really new here you get bored after 30 minute play. CE has a huge bug in it, once you finish the main game and exit, then come back the extra content is gone so what it basically means you cannot play a bonus chapter.
I don't recommend this game.
The Keepers: Lost Progeny Collector's Edition
Track down your real parents in The Keepers: Lost Progeny! After growing up an orphan, a mysterious photo showing your parents arrives!
Overall rating
3
/
5
3 of 6 found this review helpful
At its best to kill your vision. Order glasses before you play.
PostedAugust 9, 2012
TheFlashback
fromSan Jose, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This game could have been a hit but it has lost a whole bunch of critical points. First of all - English is unbearable. The game was developed by the Russian crew but they should have run the grammar by a professional English translator.
"There is no recipe. I must find HIM." There is a lot of stuff
like that in game. Not professional. Annoying.
like that in game. Not professional. Annoying.
The storyline is good so the graphics. The gameplay is simply terrible. First of all the puzzles are either super easy or they have no logic sense whatsoever. The strategy guide says – the solution is random. Oh yes. Especially when you cannot solve a puzzle and you play in the hard mode. The HOS are horrid. Games are developed to enjoy not to kill your eyes. The objects are super small and blended in the background so badly you cannot see them at all. Now, you click 3 times on objects and you miss, no matter how much you wait, you click the fourth time and miss again, the cursor crashes. Days when the games were all about HOS are gone. We are playing adventure games where HOS is just a nice to have “fun factor wanna be addition” to your adventure to get objects. Not in this case. I played in hard more and even my wife who is the pro in the HOS COULD NOT find 2-3-4 objects so we had to go back to the strategy guide to get an idea where they were. Enough on HOS. The gameplay itself should have been a lot better. You walk into the room and it is too dark. No matter where you click you get a zoom in cursor. It makes you think you cannot do anything until you come back with the light. Not in this case my friends, out all the objects you see (scenes are overloaded with objects) you must click the window even though it gives you the same zoom in cursor.
Bonus chapters did not impress me at all. They were too short and too simple I felt like they were developed in the rush.
A solid C+ game.
Do not buy. Move on. Especially CE.
I don't recommend this game.