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Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.3
- Helpful Votes:2,261
- Reviews Submitted:166
- First Review:December 30, 2011
- Most Recent Review:September 13, 2025
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A luxury cruise becomes a deadly game of shadows and blood.
Overall rating
2
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5
Just No
PostedSeptember 13, 2025
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
Another game from Do/Domini/Relax/whatever name they choose that is trying to sell us a SE game for CE money.
To do this, they add a scene if you get all the collectibles, and they offer a "strategy guide" showing where the collectibles are. Big deal.
Then they remove a regular strategy guide like we are used to and all other CE bells and whistles.
Then they have the nerve/temerity to ask CE money.
Then they remove a regular strategy guide like we are used to and all other CE bells and whistles.
Then they have the nerve/temerity to ask CE money.
Sorry Do ---- your games are problematic enough without this cash grabbing tactic.
I don't recommend this game.
Seek and find adorable critters in this cutesy hidden object hunt!
Overall rating
5
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5
Agree With All The Great Reviews, But ----
PostedAugust 28, 2025
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
4
/
5
---- what is going on with the pricing????
Priced between a CE and an SE, what is it ---- SE+?
No way the BOGO could be used so I guess just wait for a nice sale ---- no extra money for what is basically a SE game.
Other than that, very nice game ---- recommended.
I recommend this game!
A forged painting leads to secrets hidden for centuries.
Overall rating
2
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5
Fool Me once ----
PostedAugust 28, 2025
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
/
5
---- shame on you, Do/Domini/Relax, but fool me twice ---- shame on me.
And that's how I feel about this 2nd Do game with no strategy guide outside of showing where collectibles are.
I thought maybe going without a SG might work, but after playing this one and the recent "Hidden Portals" game, I just can't justify paying double money and no strategy guide.
Sorry Do ---- just too many other good games from other developers out there WITH strategy guides to choose from.
So I hope we have seen the last of this type.
I don't recommend this game.
Can you save the city of Harmoris from the undead?
Overall rating
5
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5
Offsetting
PostedAugust 21, 2025
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
This is in regard to the survey version of this game.
I'm confident we will be happy with this game that Grandma Studios has offered.
That is, when Big Fish addresses the difficulty with their website/game manager/whatever it may be.
Like others have said, it is totally and completely unfair to give a bad, low star review of a game when the problem is Big Fish ---- not the developer of the game, not the game.
Like others have said, it is totally and completely unfair to give a bad, low star review of a game when the problem is Big Fish ---- not the developer of the game, not the game.
Please be reasonable.
I recommend this game!
Explore stunning vistas unseen in this globetrotting hidden object trek!
Overall rating
5
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5
Players' Good Fortune
PostedAugust 16, 2025
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
So we players get another high quality game of the HO genre combined with excellent puzzles.
This game, like the previous one this week, puts all those tawdry imitators to shame.
This game, like the previous one this week, puts all those tawdry imitators to shame.
The HO scenes are challenging and require intelligent searching ---- not just pasted on objects. In fact, it is obvious that each hidden object has been carefully considered by the developer and used in a manner that enhances each scene. If only the copycats could come close.
Each area to visit has 6 sub areas to explore and include HO scenes and a variety of puzzles (jigsaw, torn pieces, locked box, sliding shapes, switch puzzle, stamp match that I saw so far ---- with other varieties in the bonus content).
And, for those who play games just to relax, you could not get a better choice.
The music is calm and quite the easy listening variety.
The scenery is absolutely gorgeous.
The music is calm and quite the easy listening variety.
The scenery is absolutely gorgeous.
What I like about the puzzles is they are a challenge but are carefully and thoroughly explained by the developer so they do not get frustrating. but even if they do, just use the skip option and try later.
This is what HO games have evolved to for 2025 and is NOT a cheapo cut and paste travel or search your home, etc. type game.
This is a game that showcases a true master developer at work that presumes the audience is intelligent and selective.
This is a game that showcases a true master developer at work that presumes the audience is intelligent and selective.
I would go beyond 5 stars for both of these excellent choices this week and these games give me hope that players will choose these high quality games with outstanding replay value, and not the abysmal cookie cutter, copycat ripoffs.
Great, great game Mixo!! Congratulations, and thanks for showing us all what can be done in modern gaming.
I recommend this game!
The Grand Tour heads west in this seafaring hidden object excursion!
Overall rating
5
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5
Take A Good, Long Look, Copycats ----
PostedAugust 15, 2025
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
---- because this is what you are aspiring to and not even coming close with your copycat trips to Europe, amazing weekends, sweet homes, beautiful planet, love finding and blah, blah, blah.
This game is superior in every way and shows just how good games of this type can be.
Great hidden object scenes? Check.
Extra items? Check.
Puzzles that are fun? Check.
A good story to tie things together? Check.
An intelligently crafted game that avoids looking like a cookie cutter assembly line wannabe? Check.
Extra items? Check.
Puzzles that are fun? Check.
A good story to tie things together? Check.
An intelligently crafted game that avoids looking like a cookie cutter assembly line wannabe? Check.
The game is beautiful, and most importantly ---- great fun!
Highest recommendation.
I recommend this game!
Step into a cozy world of hidden objects and create your perfect home!
Overall rating
1
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5
More Of The Same - A Total Bore
PostedAugust 4, 2025
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
/
5
I can't believe this developer is up to number 5 in this series of snoozers.
Again, nothing has changed, just boring scenes with boring objects pasted on, with NO story to even attempt to tie things together.
It continues to feature a very unnecessarily long hint button, and the music is awful. (But I have not yet heard "O Come All Ye Faithful" as the previous game in the series featured).
It continues to feature a very unnecessarily long hint button, and the music is awful. (But I have not yet heard "O Come All Ye Faithful" as the previous game in the series featured).
The mini games are, as someone else pointed out, confusing and no fun at all.
I think these games are so redundant and so cookie cutter assembly line issued as to be obnoxious and can't begin to compare with the high class games this developer is so blatantly copying.
But as long as someone will buy them, this developer will continue with the onslaught of these knockoffs. We've 10 Trips to Europe, 4 Amazing Weekends, 4 Around the Worlds, 2 Lots of Things , etc. ---- that's CE money times at least 20!
I guess if someone has that kind of money for unoriginal, never changing, poorly executed games ---- so be it.
I guess if someone has that kind of money for unoriginal, never changing, poorly executed games ---- so be it.
I don't.
I don't recommend this game.
What is the ultimate cost of rewriting fate?
Overall rating
4
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5
Something Different - A New Trend?
PostedJuly 26, 2025
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
4
/
5
I guess I should first point out that the strategy guide really gave me pause. It appears that it is only for helping to find "time" pieces so that a bonus adventure can be played.
But what is the "bonus" adventure? Is it an entire bonus game as we have grown accustomed to? Is it a single scene as the game itself seems to suggest? What, exactly?
But what is the "bonus" adventure? Is it an entire bonus game as we have grown accustomed to? Is it a single scene as the game itself seems to suggest? What, exactly?
I hope our top reviewer weighs in along with other good reviews ---- they are far more efficient at explaining these kinds of things. Not ones that are just long winded glowhards, but the very objective and practical reviews that are so helpful. The novels should be in the small minded forums, not here at BF.
Aside from that concern, it looks like developers might have all gotten together and decided that strategy guides have got to go.
Personally, I don't use them that much but they are very helpful for the puzzles sometimes.
Personally, I don't use them that much but they are very helpful for the puzzles sometimes.
The game itself is gorgeous and seems to be a significant departure from the cookie cutter, repetitious, do the same tasks again and again (zipper, etc.) that this developer has become known for, and that's a good thing. Whether that holds up as the game progresses ---- again, maybe other reviewers can tell us.
I will make no recommendation. 4 stars because I'm being optimistic. I want to see what others besides Domini loyalists think.
It is certainly worth trying the demo, for sure. And thanks to Big Fish for the opportunity to try all these games.
It is certainly worth trying the demo, for sure. And thanks to Big Fish for the opportunity to try all these games.
An incredible hidden object adventure in the format of a TV show!
Overall rating
1
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5
Yet Again ---- Same Old, Same Old
PostedJuly 13, 2025
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Nothing new to report here ---- it's just the same game that Avi has released over and over featuring the White family as they appear in different locales.
We've been offered every single destination countless times in countless other games and there is nothing new or original here.
We've been offered every single destination countless times in countless other games and there is nothing new or original here.
Want boring hidden object scenes? Check.
Want mini scenes within the main scene containing a single object on the list? Check.
Want silhouettes so badly outlined/drawn that you can't tell what they are? Check.
Want overly complex puzzles that in trying to be different are only a messy confusion? Check.
Want a game featuring only hugely smiling white people in each and every scene, emphasizing a lack of understanding of the real world? Check.
Want wallpapers and a music player that despite the developer declaring is unique and different but no one uses or cares about? Check.
Want a very long to refill hint button? Check.
Want a raccoon that this developer believes really sets the game apart but adds zero to the game? Check.
Want mini scenes within the main scene containing a single object on the list? Check.
Want silhouettes so badly outlined/drawn that you can't tell what they are? Check.
Want overly complex puzzles that in trying to be different are only a messy confusion? Check.
Want a game featuring only hugely smiling white people in each and every scene, emphasizing a lack of understanding of the real world? Check.
Want wallpapers and a music player that despite the developer declaring is unique and different but no one uses or cares about? Check.
Want a very long to refill hint button? Check.
Want a raccoon that this developer believes really sets the game apart but adds zero to the game? Check.
You get the idea ---- nothing has changed, it's just cookie cutter rehash of the same old thing.
But wait ---- there is one very peculiar thing that is so odd as to be unnerving.
At the beginning of the game and from time to time, the White family speaks to the camera. And the movement of their mouths is so exaggerated and large that the Whites almost look like a family of vampires. Go back to just texting if this is the best that can be done ---- the voice acting is poor and unsettling.
At the beginning of the game and from time to time, the White family speaks to the camera. And the movement of their mouths is so exaggerated and large that the Whites almost look like a family of vampires. Go back to just texting if this is the best that can be done ---- the voice acting is poor and unsettling.
I like these type games from time to time when done well ---- unfortunately, this game can't hold a candle to the really good games by the more astute developers of this genre.
Sorry Avi ---- try again. (And I'm SURE you will)
Explore the most beautiful places in the world!
Overall rating
1
/
5
Time To Move On
PostedJuly 9, 2025
Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
This is really getting old ---- but worse, it is completely boring.
How many of these are already lined up? Will we be looking at number 15? 20?
Nothing changes, very lazy development, imo.
Nothing changes, very lazy development, imo.
But somebody is buying these clunkers. How unfortunate that some think these simplistic hidden object games are the best that can be done. And that group buys them. How unfortunate.
I don't recommend this game.