Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Mahjong, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
5/ 5
Love this series and this one doesn't disappoint. Nice storyline that's familiar but not overly repetitive. As always, the minigames are a challenge, some I like better than others, but this is worth the extra money for the CE. Thank you, developers, for keeping this series alive and fresh!
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
I just finished this game and loved it. You have to remember to find the three hidden objects on each level in order to unlock all the bonus levels, so I didn't start the game play until I had found them. Thank you, Developers, for the long play time for each level. It makes it worth the extra you pay for the Collectors Edition. My only complaint is that I wish it had been tougher to clear each level, as I didn't have to work as hard as for previous editions and I was on the hardest level. Challenge us! Great game and I highly recommend it.
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle, Time Management
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
5/ 5
Thank you, developers, for adding the new feature of a field trip to a different place! I love this series for the beautiful scenery and graphics, the mini games (even the ones I'm not that good at) and the challenge of finding all the objects that are cleverly placed. Great fun!
I had so much fun with this game and hated to see it end. There was a good amount of variety and difficulty that kept it interesting all the way through. The game starts out fairly easy but by the time you get to about level 6, it gets much harder so be patient. I loved growing tree ornaments in the first part of the game but would have liked them to be different from each other. Still, it was very clever. There are some hilarious typos - watch out for "marrymakers"! I will check out the other games in this series now that I've discovered gnomes.
It's a fun game and challenging enough where you'll want to play it more than once. I wish the developers had varied the stores more, such as putting the stations in different places each time, maybe having different themes for stores. Still, it was a lot of fun and I'll play it again.
What makes this game so challenging is that you can't rely on the obvious activities to win. You have to explore rock formations and other features to reveal additional tasks to complete and resources to use. The difficulty increases quickly after the first few levels since you have to figure out which resources you need a lot of and what order to finish tasks in order to get in under the timer. I don't like moving on unless I get three stars so I had to repeat some of them 5 and 6 times before continuing to the next level. The characters are cute and the graphics are very good without being overly distracting. I love the little puffs of smoke coming out of the rock chimneys. I hope this the first in a long series!
I have 6 of the games in this series and I probably will not get any more of them unless the developers add something new. Maybe a new park to explore with different wildlife? On the plus side, I love the mini games and hope to see more of those going forward. The graphics are very good and objects are well hidden. Another reviewer suggested allowing a user to go through the game more than once to improve their score, as you could in the earlier games, and I agree! All in all, I recommend this game but really, really hope the developers do something new!
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
5/ 5
It was challenging and fun, and the characters are funny. If it had just a little more variety in the activities I would have given it 5 stars. I really enjoyed playing it and hope to see more!
...but there was nothing different really after the first restaurant. I didn't think the additional features were worth the extra money. It's a great concept, though, and I hope the developers work harder to make it a little less tedious.