jennsmom's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.3
- Helpful Votes:916
- Reviews Submitted:88
- First Review:February 27, 2012
- Most Recent Review:March 25, 2025
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Can you find an elusive shop to save your long-lost partner?
Overall rating
4
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5
8 of 8 found this review helpful
Come Back Rick!
PostedJuly 12, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Played the entire game with only one problem. One puzzle where you must match an inner and outer circle to make the sign in the middle, would not reset. Other than that, game play was smooth, background sounds were appropriate and not overwhelming. Colors were a little muddy, but matched the story line. I even enjoyed playing as Rachel and thought it was a good game, but Rick Rogers' personality is why I played the first one, and why I purchased all others in the series. I know something's coming up with him from hints in the game, but I want him back now. I would have given the game five stars if Rick had been in it for more than a minute.
I recommend this game!
Get ready for the sights and sounds of the Big Apple!
Overall rating
4
/
5
10 of 12 found this review helpful
OK Game
PostedJune 20, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
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!
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
5
/
5
20 of 20 found this review helpful
An old fashioned fun adventure game
PostedMay 31, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
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.
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!
Can you stop a maniacal murderer before it’s too late?
Overall rating
2
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
I left at Rebel Ray
PostedMay 23, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Word
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
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.
Mystery and betrayal at Rosings Park darken an alternate version of Jane Austen’s classic!
Overall rating
2
/
5
13 of 22 found this review helpful
What is appealing at all about this game?
PostedFebruary 13, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
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.
Can you save him and the Secret City from destruction in time?
Overall rating
2
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
OK, until Bonus Game
PostedJanuary 16, 2021
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
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.
A serial killer has resurfaced, and he’s calling you out!
Overall rating
3
/
5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Won't be playing this one again
PostedSeptember 1, 2020
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
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.
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.
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
2
/
5
4 of 8 found this review helpful
Where's my flashlight?
PostedApril 29, 2020
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
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.
Can you save the city from nature’s destructive forces in time?
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 5 found this review helpful
Started out loving it
PostedDecember 28, 2019
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
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.
Board the SS Wonderland Princess and get ready to visit the most festive places on earth!
Overall rating
3
/
5
15 of 27 found this review helpful
I'll wait for the SE
PostedDecember 7, 2019
jennsmom
fromWestern New York
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Card & Board, Hidden Object, Match 3, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
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.