Galaxiana's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.5
- Helpful Votes:7
- Reviews Submitted:2
- First Review:January 7, 2014
- Most Recent Review:August 15, 2023
- Featured reviews0
Galaxiana's Review History
A struggle for the truth in a city of deceit!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Best Game I've Played in a Year!
PostedAugust 15, 2023
Galaxiana
fromChicago, IL
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Puzzle
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
Dark City - Kyiv is easily the best game I've played in a year or more (and I play about 30-40 full-length HOPA CEs annually). The game has incredibly high-quality voice acting for the genre, and numerous cut-scenes to help tell the story and make the playing experience immersive.
The HOPs are varied and creative, and I found the mini-games to be a delight! They are mostly difficult enough to be a real game, (rather than just a click-things-in or move-stuff-around with no strategy required), but not so challenging that they were frustrating or annoying.
The story flows in a compelling manner that makes you want to keep playing and has a fairly satisfying ending for this type of game. The bonus chapter was also excellent.
All-in-all, an outstanding experience! I just bought 2 more Dark City games, I liked it so much!
I recommend this game!
It is your job to explore the wreckage of this once-majestic ship and collect antique artifacts for the Titanic Museum.
Overall rating
2
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5
5 of 5 found this review helpful
Save Your Money
PostedJanuary 7, 2014
Galaxiana
fromChicago, IL
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Brain Teaser, Puzzle
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
1
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5
I bought this game because I very much enjoyed its sister game, "Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond." Usually, games within these series are pretty similar to each other, with similar quality.
Well, that is not the case with the Hidden Expedition series, I guess, because this game all-but-sucked. The game-play, which is mostly based on Hidden Object, is facile and repetitious. In between every 2-3 Hidden Object screens, you have to solve a puzzle, either dragging rectangles in a "match the background" type of game, or more of the Hidden Object thing with a minor theme. All of these section-ending puzzles were very easy, provided you still had time to finish them!
And that's one of my biggest complaints about this game. It seems really kid-friendly, skill-wise, but the timers are so short you find yourself having to repeat screens again and again (as if the game doesn't have enough repetition already!)
The final puzzle, on the other hand, was absurdly difficult compared to the overall level of difficulty in the rest of the game-play. After failing several times (and having to repeat 3 more screens of Hidden Object again to get there), I finally looked on the internet for the solution.
All in all, the game isn't precisely a rip-off of my game token (or $6.99 if you're paying for it), but neither do I recommend it to anybody! There are MUCH better places to spend your money or codes.
I don't recommend this game.