Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
I'd give it 5 stars if the devs fixed all the bugs causing it to drop to the desktop. I'm furious. In the meantime, don't waste your precious wages for such a buggy game
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
5/ 5
Level of Challenge
5/ 5
I love this game. It's very configurable, has lots of interesting pictures and is as simple or complex as you like. I've finished all the puzzles included with the game (there's plenty unless you're an addict like me), AND all the freebies the author offers from his home site but the downloadable extras are too expensive. Luckily you can add your own photos and I've found that Bing Desktop images give me a free one to complete daily.
great atmosphere, great balance of hogs and puzzles. Puzzles quite easy. Interesting story line. Loved the animations and voices. Overall very well put together and enjoyable game!! Grats devs :) Standard version nice and long. Don't know the difference between standard and collectors editions but I don't think they could improve or lengthen the game enough to warrant doubling of price.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Brain Teaser
Fun Factor
3/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
3/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
3/ 5
An ever increasing grid of static hidden object puzzles where the clues are riddles rather than directly descriptive words. The riddles are hard/easy depending on your general knowledge/intelligence/observational skills and there IS a background story that is shown as a puzzle between chapters of the HOGs. It was interesting, but too repetitive both in style and repeat showings of the same puzzle screens, I left the game after a few hours because I suddenly realized I no longer wanted to live and I don't feel it deserves the overall 4 stars it's received by voters.
I recommend this game!
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Escape the Emerald Star
You awake to find your cruise ship abandoned and in disarray. Can you track down all the fragments of a map and escape the ship?
Overall rating
3/ 5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Repetitive
PostedDecember 12, 2012
czeshirecat
fromChester, Uk
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
1/ 5
This game is a series of "chapters" consisting of several HOGs followed by a puzzle. You pick a scene from a list of scenes, and continue until you've finished the "chapter". Then you're presented with a puzzle to complete. I can't fault the graphics, or fun of the puzzles, but it was too repetitive and perhaps lacked some imagination found in many games. There wasn't a proper story line, so I could only give that one point. Sound was background music so my points are for the graphic quality (no animation). HOG challenge was low/intermediate. I did several hours, only because I'd managed to complete without using a hint. Once I needed to use a hint, I decided to give up the personal challenge and uninstall.
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File
Fun Factor
2/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
4/ 5
Level of Challenge
1/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
I admit it's different. No moving around, just a repeat of click on "Play Now" button and it opens yet another puzzle. Not difficult. I won't say it's awful. It has a certain charm and is suitable for multitasking the game, a movie plus a few glasses of sherry all at the same time.