jennsmom's Profile
 
 
 
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  • Average Rating:
    3.3
  • Helpful Votes:
    916
 
  • Reviews Submitted:
    87
  • First Review:
    February 27, 2012
  • Most Recent Review:
    October 24, 2024
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jennsmom's Review History
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Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
10 of 12 found this review helpful
OK Game
PostedJune 20, 2021
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Fun Factor 
Good
4 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
I'm perfectly happy with the game overall, it's what I expected. I have the others in the series and enjoy playing. However, I have run into one level (find the match) where I could not play because the matches did not appear at all. I'm hoping it was just that one in between puzzle that had a problem and that there are no more.
I recommend this game!
+8points
10of 12voted this as helpful.
 
In The Wild Case, go on a first-person point-and-click adventure and explore a remote village located deep within a mysterious forest.
 
Overall rating 
Loved it!
5 / 5
20 of 20 found this review helpful
An old fashioned fun adventure game
PostedMay 31, 2021
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
No bells, no whistles, no light show or sound and fury, just a nice old-fashioned adventure. I will admit, I had to resort to a walkthrough twice (and there are both video and print walkthroughs available with a search), but was embarrassed each time, because I had missed looking in a dark spot, or had not examined a scene carefully enough.
It was an interesting story, slow moving, but not boring. I enjoyed the little surprises along the way - find a new person when I went back to a scene, or figuring out how to make another person move when I needed them to get out of my way.
Background sounds are spooky forest, and it is rather dark and murky, but I enjoyed it, and will probably play it again in a year or so, when I've forgotten where things were. I found it relaxing, and I recommend it - as long as one is prepared for a slow moving game that is reminiscent of old text games.
Oh, there is one large spider, for those arachnophobes among us.
I recommend this game!
+20points
20of 20voted this as helpful.
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
I left at Rebel Ray
PostedMay 23, 2021
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Did not finish the game. I tolerated the big red X, which was annoying, and the "spot the difference" which ignored several differences, and the total illogic in repairing a ladder I needed to climb. However, the puzzle at Rebel Ray was yet another that did not work properly (about 1/3 of the puzzles), and I decided to give up. Poorly designed game, and a waste of time and money. I doubt that I will ever purchase another game in this series.
I don't recommend this game.
+3points
3of 3voted this as helpful.
 
Mystery and betrayal at Rosings Park darken an alternate version of Jane Austen’s classic!
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
13 of 22 found this review helpful
What is appealing at all about this game?
PostedFebruary 13, 2021
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Poor
2 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Poor
2 / 5
The storyline certainly isn't. The graphics aren't. The music is annoying. The "British" accents? They hurt my ears. After the witch said, "Sty or die," I'd had it. No wonder they didn't bother with more than 30 minutes of demo. I left with 12 to go.
I don't recommend this game.
+4points
13of 22voted this as helpful.
 
Can you save him and the Secret City from destruction in time?
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
OK, until Bonus Game
PostedJanuary 16, 2021
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Good
4 / 5
Not anything outstanding, but fun to play another Secret City, until I came to the Bonus Game. Got stuck on the pier because I don't have a faucet handle. There was no faucet handle where I was supposed to acquire one. Can't go back, so can't finish the bonus. Very disappointing. Sorry I didn't wait for the regular edition.
I don't recommend this game.
+4points
4of 4voted this as helpful.
 
A serial killer has resurfaced, and he’s calling you out!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Won't be playing this one again
PostedSeptember 1, 2020
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Poor
2 / 5
I won't be playing this one again, mostly because I already had to. My brush disappeared (last chapter), and I had to reset the game to be sure to get it, to proceed until the end. The end...where I had things left in my inventory, and the end which was disappointingly abrupt.
Bonus game story is confusing.
I don't own cabinets where I have to break the glass to get something out, but this detective does. He also apparently breaks parts off keys often enough to have to stock spares. One person calls her own ambulance - the other recovered victims WALK to the hospital?
I don't mind substituting reality for game reality, but too many things here were just plain silly. I do not think it measured up to the previous games, and I don't recommend it.
I don't recommend this game.
+3points
4of 5voted this as helpful.
 
Do you have what it takes to uncover the killer? Find out in this hidden object game with evidence processing and suspects interrogation!
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
4 of 8 found this review helpful
Where's my flashlight?
PostedApril 29, 2020
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
Awful
1 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Poor
2 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
OK
3 / 5
I like HOGs, and always have! So having a plain old fashioned HOG was appealing. However, it took only 1 1/2 minutes trying to play to realize that this wasn't going to work. It was so dark, I couldn't see a thing. What a disappointment.
0points
4of 8voted this as helpful.
 
Can you save the city from nature’s destructive forces in time?
 
Overall rating 
Liked it!
4 / 5
1 of 5 found this review helpful
Started out loving it
PostedDecember 28, 2019
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
 
Current Favorite:
 
Fun Factor 
OK
3 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
OK
3 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Good
4 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
When I did a Beta, I thought, "Great! it's the League, combined with an old fashioned HO game." And, it was for the first few scenes. As the game progressed, I was using Hint more and more, because the scenes were dark, and the object too well hidden for my old eyes - perhaps too well for my eyes when they were younger, as well because some of them are so tiny. And the repetition is getting boring. I'm not sure I will finish the game, and League of Light is one of my favorite series.
I don't recommend this game.
-3points
1of 5voted this as helpful.
 
Board the SS Wonderland Princess and get ready to visit the most festive places on earth!
 
Overall rating 
It was OK.
3 / 5
15 of 27 found this review helpful
I'll wait for the SE
PostedDecember 7, 2019
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor 
Excellent
5 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Excellent
5 / 5
Level of Challenge 
Excellent
5 / 5
Storyline 
Excellent
5 / 5
This game is the usual mix of junk pile hidden objects, and simple puzzles accompanied by cheery music, that I love. I have all the previous games. However, after my bad experience with 2 "Collector's Edition" Cruise Director games, I will wait for the SE because I see no reason to pay for extras that I may or may not be able to access. I do hope the SE is released soon, as I look forward to playing the latest in this series.
+3points
15of 27voted this as helpful.
 
Can you save your friends from their family’s tainted past?
 
Overall rating 
Disliked it.
2 / 5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
Tentacles!
PostedNovember 10, 2019
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jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3
Fun Factor 
Poor
2 / 5
Visual/Sound Quality 
Good
4 / 5
Level of Challenge 
OK
3 / 5
Storyline 
Poor
2 / 5
Turn off almost right away because of that really stupid gimmick – giant shell thing that eats stuff and spits out ink. @@ It had a very confused plot line and at least one puzzle had terrible directions. Why don't they all move off the island - if I can get there, they can leave. Tentacles can only reach just so far.
And where did the spirals go? Just, no.
I don't recommend this game.
+7points
8of 9voted this as helpful.
 
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