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- Average Rating:2.1
- Helpful Votes:4,416
- Reviews Submitted:473
- First Review:April 23, 2013
- Most Recent Review:April 24, 2022
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A mysterious plague casts a dark shadow on the people of Persia. The young apothecary Tara must discover the cause of the illness before it's too late!
Overall rating
1
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5
4 of 12 found this review helpful
Silly
PostedOctober 20, 2018
The genie that pops out of the lamp is a teenage girl wearing glasses. Need I say more?
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save Dupin from a malevolent murderer in time?
Overall rating
3
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Fairly Average Game
PostedOctober 17, 2018
I didn't see anything scary during the demo in spite of the warning. And no, it didn't seem to have anything to do with the Poe story, at least not during the demo, although there was a kind of a pit. Maybe the pendulum comes later. It was the standard go here, play a puzzle, go there, find some hidden objects, and then something shocking at the end of the demo intended to entice you to buy. I didn't love this game, but I didn't hate it either. As always, try before you buy.
I recommend this game!
Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Tracks of Terror
Can werewolves be cured, or will one family's curse continue?
Overall rating
1
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
This game should stay in the shadows
PostedOctober 16, 2018
Everything Granny_Gruff and campinggramps said and then some.
Game play consists of running back and forth, up a rope ladder to the tower room, down the ladder, and even more back and up and forth and down. The graphics are reminiscent of much older games. In the silhouette type HOS, the silhouettes were small making it difficult to know what to look for. In fact, even some of the objects were so small it made them difficult to identify.
I have several other Shadow Wolf Mystery games that I enjoyed playing, but I won't be getting this one.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you solve an old murder case and save your sister?
Overall rating
1
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5
5 of 9 found this review helpful
No Fun at All
PostedOctober 16, 2018
This is a game that tried to be spooky, but wasn't. Instead, it was tedious, what with way too much back and forth and too much not knowing what to do or where to look without using a hint. Continually clicking the hint button isn't my idea of a good time.
Eventually, I could not have cared less who murdered who, who survived, who the ghosts were or why they were haunting the place, who the woman in the hospital was or why she was there.
If you can plod through this game to solve it all, go for it.
Can you rid the city of a malevolent monster in time?
Overall rating
1
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5
14 of 22 found this review helpful
So many puzzles, no story!
PostedOctober 15, 2018
The title of this review tells it all. Puzzle after puzzle after puzzle, while the story line goes nowhere... something about werewolves in London (wasn't there a movie by that title?) and then we find out our friend is a werewolf, and then we become a werewolf leaping across roof after roof, and that's about it, except for one lonely HOS in a pretty little flowerbed and an encounter with a character from a previous game.
Maybe you love a train of puzzles. If so, you'll love this game. I quit before the demo was up.
I don't recommend this game.
When your world and the supernatural realm collide, can you survive?
Overall rating
4
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5
53 of 68 found this review helpful
Wow!
PostedOctober 11, 2018
I wish I could give this 4-1/2 stars, only because I initially had a somewhat negative reaction, like the game play was too easy and the graphics sort of silly-scary -- maybe something like a haunted house at Disneyland. But do not be fooled. This is a Seriously Spooky game. So spooky, in fact, that having to stop and solve a puzzle felt like an interruption. Imagine that you're a really fun time going through a haunted house at Six Flags or wherever, but you keep having to stop and play foosball or a match three game.
Anyway, by the time I got to the end of the demo, I was thinking there ought to be a PG13 rating on this game. I mean it.
I don't buy CE's, but unless there are reviewers who say the game goes downhill after the demo, I will definitely get the SE when it comes out.
I recommend this game!
Can you find the Wise Dragon and save your people?
Overall rating
2
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Unimaginative and Boring
PostedOctober 10, 2018
So your father is in danger and you're the only one who can rescue him. But first you have to fight a fire, solve a few puzzles, free a helper animal from its cage, and find some magical objects to open a magical book to get the spell which will magically transport you to the castle of a wise dragon who has the secret to relieve humankind of all its woes. Once there, you proceed to go about destroying his property.
Yawn, here we go again.
Some cliches along the way:
Find a valve for a water faucet.
Fill a small bucket to put out a raging fire.
Use a glass shard to cut rope.
Use a bottle of rust remover on a rusted metal item.
Use a sedative to knock out a ferocious animal blocking your way.
Fill a small bucket to put out a raging fire.
Use a glass shard to cut rope.
Use a bottle of rust remover on a rusted metal item.
Use a sedative to knock out a ferocious animal blocking your way.
The HOS were easy and not very interesting visually. Overall, I found the graphics to be one-dimensional and naive.
I dislike puzzles and usually skip them, but in this game they're so simple, I didn't find them too daunting to spend time on.
I don't recommend this game.
The famous Johnny Abilli has been murdered at the Broadbeach Resort. You've been called in to crack the case.
Overall rating
1
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5
6 of 6 found this review helpful
This is my opinion. You may not agree.
PostedOctober 10, 2018
I actually demoed this game twice. The first time I made it through about 1/4 of the demo before throwing in the towel. The second time I played with a new name so I could start the demo over. Needless to say, my opinion didn't change from the first time.
I just couldn't get interested in the story. It was boring to play, I didn't care about the characters, I needed too many hints to figure out where to look and what to do next, and there was too much that just wasn't logical. For example, who let the yacht drift away so that I, the lady detective, had to work out how to repair the one only winch (with a golf tee no less!) and then hand crank it by myself to return this ginormous yacht back to the dock... wait for it.... bow first? Seriously? What genius thought that one up?
But given the large number of high ratings for this game, you'd probably better give it a try while I go look for a different game to play.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you stop a crazed kidnapper in time?
Overall rating
1
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5
33 of 47 found this review helpful
I Quit Before the Demo Was Over
PostedOctober 5, 2018
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
I really have to agree with sjkmh45... not even the demo was any kind of fun.
The graphics are terrible... washed out, fuzzy, and primitive, as if the entire game was simply thrown together in a hurry. This is such a far cry from the excellence of the first Phantasmat, which won awards for best hidden object game, it hardly deserves the name.
The story... well, let me ask you this. If your daughter and three of her friends had been kidnapped and tied up and you know who the perp is and also have a memory stick with video, what would you do? Call the police or go charging off on your own in a boat left for your use by... wait for it... the kidnapper?
Also, please don't follow the example of using fertilizer in a bottle to make a smoke bomb, lighting the rag wick and then carrying it around for awhile while you fiddle around with gasoline. It won't end well.
I don't recommend this game.
The history of Ravenhearst Manor is shrouded in mystery. Unlock the secrets within this episode of Mystery Case Files™.
Overall rating
1
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5
4 of 7 found this review helpful
I Demoed It
PostedOctober 4, 2018
The hidden object scenes, which are rooms in the house, are extreme junk piles, and the objects you need to find are small to tiny to nearly invisible. I played on casual so I could have more time, but I found the objects exceptionally difficult to find and used up all my hints. After I finally cleared three hidden object rooms, I then spent the rest of the demo working on the crime computer puzzle which I was unable to finish before the demo ended.
I have played and enjoyed a couple of the other Ravenhearst games, but even if I had a free game credit, I wouldn't buy this one.
I don't recommend this game.