geniegal's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:2.5
- Helpful Votes:473
- Reviews Submitted:31
- First Review:March 14, 2012
- Most Recent Review:August 4, 2018
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The power of Poseidon's lost treasures beckons. Collect all of the powerful artifacts and save Atlantis!
Overall rating
3
/
5
9 of 14 found this review helpful
Old game - repackaged
PostedMarch 5, 2014
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I have owned this game for many years. I still play this game from time to time.
I am disappointed that there is not an untimed (relaxed) mode in this edition.
Overall rating
3
/
5
20 of 22 found this review helpful
Could have been better
PostedNovember 25, 2013
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Based on the trial.
I loved the puzzles, but for a senior whose fingers are not as quick to click, it would be nice to have an untimed option. I have a feeling that once the puzzles become more intricate and complicated that I would be unable to finish in the allotted time, making it impossible to complete the game.
I recommend this game!
Defeat a great evil threatening the Vikings and help the king restore his domain to its former glory.
Overall rating
5
/
5
27 of 34 found this review helpful
My favorite Viking is back!
PostedNovember 12, 2013
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Based on 39 minutes of demo time
I loved Northern Tale - and the sequel, Northern Tale 2 is just as great. Unfortunately, the evil witch, Gesta is also back and threatening to wipe the Vikings off the face of the earth while you try to rebuild after the kingdom. (You just can't keep an evil witch down!)
Game can be played in either a time management mode - or untimed (especially great for those of us who are a little slower on the mouse click)
I will buy this as soon as I get up as it is waaaaay past my bedtime.
Northern Tale is a game to play over and over; I expect NT2 to also be just as replayable.
I recommend this game!
Begin your dangerous journey to the Caribbean island of the corsair Thomas de Grandpré.
Overall rating
1
/
5
21 of 28 found this review helpful
Don't bother
PostedNovember 11, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Puzzle
Fun Factor
1
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
1
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
Based on 7 minutes of the demo. This is HOS after HOS. Dialog does not make sense. This game might have been OK - if it was 1997. Scenes are extremely flat - like the Sunday funnies in your local newspaper.
Wish I could give it negative stars.
I don't recommend this game.
These nursery rhymes are cursed, and your sister’s been taken by the Crooked Man!
Overall rating
4
/
5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
Great Adventure Game
PostedNovember 10, 2013
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
If you liked the Dark Parables Series, you will like this one. The story is dark - darker than I like, which is the reason for 4 stars rather than 5.
There are no HO junkpile scenes filled with hot dogs, snails and binoculars. There are fragmented HOs where you find the pieces of an object you need.
Includes map to show where you've been and under some circumstances you can teleport from one location to another.
Finding morphing objects reduces the wait time between hint button uses.
I recommend this game!
The fastest match-3 game ever with 140 levels of non-stop fun!
Overall rating
2
/
5
32 of 38 found this review helpful
Not that great
PostedOctober 16, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I played 7 minutes of the trial. I love match 3's, but this one did not impress me. The objective for each game is different from the game before and are not well defined. I kept getting lots of bombs and spent most of my time exploding those instead of making matches.
I don't recommend this game.
Restore the wizard Avitus' home in this magical Match 3 game.
Overall rating
3
/
5
0 of 4 found this review helpful
Want Untimed Mode
PostedSeptember 9, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I might have bought this if there was an untimed (relaxed) mode.
Help detective Ashley Clark uncover the truth behind a series of mysterious kidnappings, and reveal the secrets of the ruby pendant!
Overall rating
2
/
5
6 of 17 found this review helpful
I will pass on this one
PostedAugust 26, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Based on 24 minutes of trial.
Story begins with you as a detective investigating a missing person report. The only thing left is a stone hand sticking out of the ground holding a ruby pendant. You use gloves to pick it up.
Later when it starts to glow, you pick it up with your bare hand - dumb move!! You wake up in a dungeon, hardly a surprise.
Typical junk pile HOS - you revisit some of the HOS. Items found are used within a room or two.
Characters you meet are very talkative. You have to get something for the character to get something from them - then they disappear.
Mini-games are average - nothing special. I skipped to save time while playing the demo.
I just could not really care whether the detective ever gets back to reality.
I don't recommend this game.
The fate of the magical world is in your hands – free it from evil!
Overall rating
5
/
5
47 of 56 found this review helpful
I think I'm in love!!
PostedAugust 8, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Based on 44 minutes of demo time:
Interesting story line - has characters you care about and want to help. Interesting fantasy world you step into, not at all creepy, but there is an evil fog you must defeat somewhere along the line.
HO scenes so far:
1 find 10 turtles and snails type - then you use them in a puzzle and one fragmented -find all the pieces and then use the constructed item
More of an adventure game - solve a puzzle to get a tool
Has a map so you can hop to places you have already visited, but map has a recharge time between uses
Interesting "Help" character - he weaves the story as you go
I'm off to buy it!!
I recommend this game!
Deep in the heart of an enchanted forest, a forbidden love blooms. Guide the human Eveline as she sets out to rescue her beloved from the clutches of a tyrant.
Overall rating
2
/
5
3 of 16 found this review helpful
I lasted 4 minutes
PostedAugust 3, 2013
geniegal
fromLos Angeles
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle, Mahjong
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
and it was not getting any better. Much as I like dragons, this was getting hokey. Sorry, but wont buy even as a SE with a coupon.
The story did not grab me and pull me in.
I don't recommend this game.