BlackWaterRules's Profile
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- Average Rating:4.3
- Helpful Votes:3,282
- Reviews Submitted:198
- First Review:December 29, 2011
- Most Recent Review:June 30, 2014
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Find magician Andy Fox and his assistant, who vanished into thin air!
Overall rating
4
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5
13 of 15 found this review helpful
Clever Hidden Object Game
PostedJune 30, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
A magician (who looks suspiciously like a cross between Johnny Depp and John Leguisamo) and his assistant disappear in front of a packed audience while performing a magic trick. They enter a time machine and then disappear. The next thing that happens is that the time machine itself disappears.
The soundtrack in this game is excellent. The music is very intriguing and continues throughout the game. The voice overs are the best I have ever heard in a game, very realistic. The visuals are beautiful, also realistic. The characters are remarkably life-like.
The hidden object scenes are very well done: list type with some interactivity. The clues are accurate and the objects are clearly drawn. Mini puzzles were also a lot of fun.
I would have bought this game for the soundtrack alone. It is a great game.
I recommend this game!
Visit a boarding school abandoned after a terrible accident. Unravel the mystery of the loss of its former students.
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Creepy Hidden Object Adventure
PostedJune 30, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
The creep factor is very high in this one. In the first few seconds of the game we see the body of a young woman, still alive and struggling, being dragged through the woods by a hooded figure. We learn that it is the second kidnapping and both young women attended the infamous Lake Hope Boarding School. A detective sets out on her own to find clues to the kidnappings and to try to rescue the young woman, if she is still alive. It is only a short time later that the shadowy hooded figure disables the detective's car in the deep woods where she is now stranded.
The sound is great in the beginning, intense with a promise of things to come, but after awhile it is so redundant and repetitive I had to shut it off. Voiceovers were realistic and very well done.
Graphics were excellent. Everything appeared realistic.
Hidden object games were fun and a little challenging, with well hidden objects that blended into the background. They were the list type, some interactive. Minigames were fun and challenging. You have to first find the correct objects necessary to begin the puzzle.
To assist in gameplay there is a hint button, a journal, an interactive map, and a briefcase to store the clues that you find.
A doctor has mysteriously vanished from a psychiatric clinic, and it’s up to you, hypnotist Maya Anderson, to solve the mystery!
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Bizarre Little Adventure Game
PostedJune 30, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
I played 15 minutes when I decided I had to buy this bizarre little adventure game where the main character is a psychiatrist that looks like a red haired Barbie Doll with one blue eye and one green eye and who can hypnotize people with her flashlight.
The background music and voiceovers are excellent. The graphics are very well done. The storyline is interesting, revolving around dreams and hypnosis, disappearing doctors and phobias that come to life.
Gameplay is totally interactive and very different than other games I've played. In one of the first encounters a police officer is seeing things, which turn out to be phobias in her mind. Maya Anderson, the psychiatrist, draws the phobias out of the police officer and battles them to free the police officer from her fears.
This is an extremely intense, yet somehow fun and entertaining, psychological drama.
I recommend this game!
Kathleen’s beloved Danny has been arrested under strange circumstances and accused of murder. It’s up to Kathleen to hold her own investigation and find out what really happened.
Overall rating
4
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5
20 of 24 found this review helpful
Interesting and Fun Hidden Object Adventure
PostedJune 30, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
The game begins with hauntingly beautiful music that continues throughout, sometimes intensifying. The soundtrack includes full orchestra, piano and violin solos, and operatic background vocals. There are no voiceovers so there is some reading involved, but the writing is clear and large and easy to follow.
The game graphics are well drawn; clear, crisp, and clean. Hidden object scenes are integrated into the story, list type with some interactivity, also very well drawn and well done.(minor distraction - one clue was asking for a "leaflet" when in fact the object was a maple leaf) Mini puzzles are interesting and a lot of fun. Gameplay includes finding objects to complete a task. There's a lot to do in this game.
The storyline is interesting. Wrongfully imprisoned for murder, the player sets out to find enough evidence to exonerate her fiancée. Along the way she encounters the beautiful ghost of a mysterious little blonde haired girl, and a time portal to take her back in tie to find more clues to prove her fiancée's innocence.
To assist gameplay there is a hint button, a map, a notebook to record clues and progress, and a small chest to collect totem pieces.
This is a very well done, fun, and interesting hidden object adventure game. I would have bought it for the soundtrack alone.
I recommend this game!
You are one of the planet's only survivors after a natural disaster devours all signs of life. Amid the destruction, the legend of a Mysterious Oasis offers a glimmer of hope...
Overall rating
5
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5
16 of 20 found this review helpful
Old Style Hidden Object Adventure Game
PostedMarch 23, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
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
Mysterious Oasis takes place in the near future, after a catastrophic event devestates the earth. There are rumors of a mysterious oasis among the devestation. As one of the few survivors left on earth you have been hiding in your shelter until you are urged by another survivor to find the oasis, if it really exists.
The game is well illustrated, with old style graphics. It has a great sound track, with piano music, sounds of thunder. Most of the music was hauntingly beautiful.
The hidden object scenes are the interactive list type, very well illustrated. Some of the mini puzzles are cute, some very puzzling, but all a lot of fun.
This is an old style game, without a lot of bells and whistles, but there is plenty to keep you entertained. There is not a lot of handholding in this one and you have to think outside the box most of the time.
I really enjoyed this one.
I recommend this game!
A serial killer nicknamed “the Toymaker” is wreaking havoc on a sleepy town. Can the lead detective piece together clues left at the scene and stop him before he sets his sights on her?
Overall rating
5
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5
8 of 10 found this review helpful
Hidden Object Lovers Dream
PostedMarch 22, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
The soundtrack in this game is excellent with a great narration by the Detective and voice overs by the killer.
This is an eerie and creepy hidden object game that starts in the middle of a thunderstorm, with great sound effects in the background, as you witness the silhoutte of a woman being murdered ( 19 year old biology student Agnes Dawn) through her window.
This is an eerie and creepy hidden object game that starts in the middle of a thunderstorm, with great sound effects in the background, as you witness the silhoutte of a woman being murdered ( 19 year old biology student Agnes Dawn) through her window.
Visuals are great: beautiful, bright, clear scenes, some with the appropriate dark and eeriness for a murder mystery.
The killer, Toymaker, sends a video, which you need to find each time there is a murder, to the Detective, saying he will leave clues at each scene.
The hidden object scenes are interactive list type with creepy background music, most notably a xylophone. There are lots of hidden object scenes. Whenever you find a clue, you click on the map and are taken to the next hidden object scene. From the hidden object game you will find a clue needed to solve the next mini puzzle.
If you are a fan of hidden object games, this one's for you.
I recommend this game!
A series of robberies takes a deadly and supernatural turn!
Overall rating
5
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5
41 of 43 found this review helpful
Great Hidden Object Adventure
PostedMarch 22, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
Someone, or something, is robbing Nobles in Rome and taking their identities. The Detective is called out of retirement to pursue the thief and solve the mystery.
This game has a beautiful soundtrack, with voilin and paino music in the background, excellent narration and voice overs. The visuals are beautiful: clean, crisp, clear and very well illustrated.
There are collectibles throughout including pieces of a plate and mosaic pieces, all to be used in the storyline.
Hidden objects scenes are the list type; some of them interactive in the sense that you have to create each object before it is considered found: for example, sculpting a dragon from a piece of wood, building a totem, and painting a mask. In others you are asked to find a certain number of a particular object.
Mini puzzles were fun and some were very challenging. They are a lot different than the usual mini puzzles in hidden object games.
Tools to help you include a notebook, the hint button, a jewel box to create items from other items you have found, a crystal cube to gather light to assist you in using the jewel box to make blueprints, and my personal favorite, a little animal helper, in this case a small ermine I named "Minty".
This SE has a lot of bang for the buck. It will keep you very busy as you try to catch the thief.
I recommend this game!
Follow the trail of the mysterious woman in white and discover the secret behind her terrible task!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Dark and Eerie Hidden Object Adventure
PostedMarch 22, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
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
/
5
This is a great game. You are flying through a thunderstorm in a very small aircraft. You crash land and can't find your pilot. You are met by Hamlet, a mysterious Raven, who warns you that you are in a dangerous land: the dead are roaming around, but there are dangers much worse than that.
Visuals were first class, beautifully drawn, clear, crisp, and colorful, yet appropriately dark and eerie when necessary.
The soundtrack was excellent with great voiceovers and narrations.
Hidden object scenes are the interactive list type. They are very well done, beautfully illustracted.
Mini puzzles are easy but a lot of fun.
There is a map, a book of fire, Hamlet the Raven, and the hint button to assist you.
This is an all around great game.
A dragon has awoken after a hundred years - and it's after your son.
Overall rating
5
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5
9 of 17 found this review helpful
Fantasy Fairy Tale Adventure Game
PostedMarch 16, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
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
/
5
The storyline is excellent. A small boy's toy dragon becomes broken and he asks his mother to fix it. When the toy is fixed a real dragon appears outside his house, kidnaps the little boy and sets the house on fire with his flaming breath. The dragon heads for the Dark Forest and the little boy's mother gives chase.
The graphics and visuals were great, very clear, crisp, and colorful. Soundtrack was very soothing, with appropriate background noise and excellent voiceovers.
Hidden objects scenes were list type, interactive, and very well illustrated. Mini puzzles were simplistic but entertaining.
There are collectibles and achievements worthy of a CE.
There is a strategy guide and an interactive map to assist you.
This game is a true delight and can be recommended for all ages. It's a fantasy fairy tale come true.
I recommend this game!
Can a vampire and an ordinary girl be together, if the vampire's father opposes this?
Overall rating
5
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5
48 of 54 found this review helpful
Dark and Eerie Hidden Object Thriller
PostedMarch 11, 2014
BlackWaterRules
fromNew Orleans, USA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
The storyline is excellent. Count Dracula, the most evil and cruel vampire has a son named Enron, who decides to turn his back on his father and live among humans. He falls in love with Emily, a human woman. Dracula soon learns that Enron and Emily are to marry and kidnaps Emily to turn her into a vampire and bring Enron back into the fold.
You play two characters, going back and forth between Enron and Emily; Emily trying to get out of the castle, and Enron trying to save her. You receive clues from each character.
The soundtrack is great, full orchestra with music that is spooky, eerie, and ethereal. Narration is very well done as are the voice overs. The graphics are well done, beautiful illustrations, in full color.
Hidden object scenes are interactive list type with objects very well drawn, crisp, and clear. Most mini puzzles are relatively easy. I had to skip two of them after spending ten minutes on one and eleven minutes on the other.
There is a diary and an interactive map to assist you.
This one is a keeper.
I recommend this game!