OK ... I bought this and ALL of the rest to this series.. THis I demoed... THe rest no... #3 was horrid.. small and not clear... THIS one is sharp and nice... love finding the extras! BUT as one person pointed out... If you use the mega hint... It last about an 1/8th of a sec and you have to wait for hint recharge... IT does not give you enough time to spot more than one item.. I used it once, so no biggie for me.. ACTUALLY, Even if I do not use it... For it not to work well is a pointer!!! LOVED the game otherwise... and YES they are repeating a few bits of the scenes here and there!
I am posting this review in 2018. Bought #8 and 9 which the graphics are great on.. so I just bought this one without trying only to discover it is not as clear and good as the newer ones... I had eyestrain within less then a minute... Sorry bought and didnt ever ATTEMPT 1st level (game) in it :(
I truly wanted to love this. Close up on the graphics were very beautiful but a whole scene was a bit blurry and over done... The mini games seemed very childish and boring. Match 3 etc.... Good try fellas but a no go here!!!!
I thought it was going to be a so-so game so I bought the reg instead of the CE... So sorry I would have really loved the CE.. played this twice... got more out of the story.. (understanding what was going on) AND I had a game I didn't understand... (misread) that you could turn the pieces.. AND got to do it the second time.. and it was fun... GRAPHICS and Voiceovers. were awesome... Great game...
I found this game July 2018 and it seems good... BUT .. I am used to the newer games with a map.(DID NOT SEE ONE!!!!) how odd... and miss those morphing objects and things to find! but not a bad game if you get on sale or use a free game code on it... graphics are decent on it too....
If I like a game enough that I want to play it I always buy the CE on sale... BUT this started out from the demo a so-so game.. till I played the demo a second time.. For some reason I got really into it and I'm glad I bought it... So I decided to buy the reg game instead of the CE.. I got more into the game as I played passed the demo part... Did not have to use hint once.. Proud of myself.. It made me really figure stuff out on my own. I did use the map quite often if I was stuck though. Graphics were a tad bit looking more like concept art at times then finished game product.. but the story and game play were good enough to ignore it wasn't the best graphics ever...
I "WAS" a fan of this series... But this one just put an end to that liking for awhile... Hope the next one is better... Just didn't have a good flow or able to keep my interest at all... It fizzled out really quickly for me.. Yet some gave it 5 stars and said it was a game that kept their interest... I found it rather corny and boring myself.. YOU JUDGE!!!! :( Very disappointed myself.. Not their usual quality....
At first when I had too many errors I was mad that there was not an option to turn that off somehow...... But after playing awhile if I did not get a perfect score (ONE MISTAKE) I learned how to restart and redo what I had done more quickly... and lets say you have 10 spaces to mark.. you can drag the cursor and it counts each space as you drag and you can mark them all in one shot! LOVE .... GREAT game... can't stop playing... :) :P
I still liked this as a game to buy....BUT, only because BFG has a sale on the CEs I am going to buy it.....
BUT... Compared to the others to this series... THIS DOES NOT COMPARE AT ALL... I liked it when she was in the NUT hospital.. BUT once she was outside it started to go a bit downhill! I do like a lot of mini puzzles... BUT... some like the water raft ride could have been a lot more challenging.. They have NO EASY/HARD settings..
Graphics are good, music at the start in the one of the mini games got a bit annoying.... I noticed text, but not always voiceovers for her from the start of the demo... :( SOON AS I SAW IT WAS ONLY a BIT over 1/2G game I was like this is not going to be that great!!! I still recommend if you buy it on sale.. BUT, IT IS NOT THE SCARE FACTOR IT COULD HAVE BEEN... :( AND i got all excited over nothing when I saw another one to the series ... whaaaa :(
LOVED, loved, loved the game... playing it a second time and may even play it again... I do not usually play a game a second time... Some of the Mini games were a tad too small to play comfortably for me...
AND LAST.... What is with this guys monotone voice?.... so nonchalant !????? He was like oh well... ghost in car went bye-bye... no freaking out... and OK... psycho Gardener... going to kill me next......... NO PROBLEM!!!!! ??? that annoyed me... act scared and put more drama into the game... :)