Zurreen's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:369
- Reviews Submitted:165
- First Review:January 31, 2015
- Most Recent Review:December 9, 2023
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Charles Dexter Ward summons you to the island of Pawtuxet to stop a revenant from murdering the townspeople.
Overall rating
3
/
5
Interesting Game, But Silly Story
PostedMay 25, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy, Word
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
In fact, there is hardly any storyline at all. As the game description has noted:Charles Dexter Ward has summoned us, the Detective, to stop a spirit of his ancestor from killing the town's people. In fact, Charles himself had "resurrected" this spirit - because the ancestor had discovered the secret of immortality, and Charles wanted to learn it from him. Note right there the implausibility of this premise:Charles had to *resurrect" the ancestor - meaning the ancestor was *dead*! So how could the ancestor have discovered any secret of immortality if he still ended up dead! The game never explains that.
But even that much of the storyline is covered in only a couple of minutes, at the beginning of the game. We then spend the rest of the game mostly playing Hidden Object Scenes (HOS's), and there are far too many of them... And, yes, there *are* a few puzzles to solve, but only a few - and they are way too easy at that.
The game does have one unique feature which at least I have never seen before, even though I must have played hundreds of games, HO *and* adventure. The Hard mode, which is the hardest difficulty mode available, does not provide you with any Hints, Skips, Sparkles, etc. However, the Journal does give you multiple hints for each objective. The Hints are not given openly though. You have to click on a blank image in the Journal to receive the hint, if you want one, to proceed further in the game. In other words, you do not get any Hints, Skips, etc., for the puzzles and HOS's; but you *can* get a hint as to how to proceed in the game itself. Pretty cool.
In spite of the above cool feature though, I wouldn't call this one of my favorite games. But if you like solving a bunch of HOS's, a handful of really easy puzzles, and don't mind a flimsy storyline, then you should enjoy this game. If so,
I recommend this game!
Free the trapped souls and reunite a love long lost in Haunting Mysteries: The Island of Lost Souls!
Overall rating
5
/
5
Wonderful Game
PostedMay 19, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The Storyline is original and very interesting, though rather dark and sad. But then, the title of the game indicates as much...
The puzzles are all quite easy, and very interesting as well. The Hidden Object Scenes are mostly fair, although it *can* be rather challenging to find one or more objects. But then, you can use a hint without fear of losing an award.
And, yes, there *are* many awards in this game - 32, to be exact! But, unlike some games, you can't go to the Awards section of the Main Menu and check out in advance as to how you can get those awards, because the slots are blank until you actually get one of the awards. You can take the tutorial even in Expert mode, however, and one of the things you will learn is that there are 40 "Haunted Souls" throughout the game. Specifically, these are tiny mask-like faces that fade in and out, and you will find one such "soul" in each location. So two of the awards are for finding these "souls" - one when you have found 20 (or half) of them, and the other when you have found 40 (or all) of them.
You also get an award each time you solve a puzzle without skipping it. In fact, most of the awards are for solving the puzzles. There are a few other awards too, some not so predictable. So, if you really want to get all the awards, without having to replay the game over and over, you might want to look up a walkthrough to see how you can get especially these other awards. In fact, Big Fish has a great walkthrough which includes a list of all the awards, and even tells you how to get some awards whose name/description does not clearly indicate how to do so. So you might want to check out at least that awards section of the walkthrough before starting the game.
In short, I really liked this game; and I think you will too. :)
I recommend this game!
A visit to Manchester Asylum takes a dangerous turn into madness!
Overall rating
5
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Bravo! Well Done!
PostedMay 13, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Like most Mystery Case Files (MCF) games made by Eipix, this one is also based on an earlier game, "13th Skull," back from the days when the MCF games were really original, interesting, and made the series the hit it became. Although Eipix has been practically a failure when it comes to making MCF games, essentially trying to capitalize on those old "hits" (and quite pathetically at that), this game - "Black Crown" - is a marked and wonderful exception. Yes, it is still based on an old game ("13th Skull"), but it is actually quite original and *extremely* interesting in its own right.
As for the game itself... as I indicated, the storyline is original and very interesting. The Hidden Object Scenes (HOPs) are quite easy and also very interesting. The puzzles are perhaps too easy, but still quite interesting as well. There are several achievements, of course (as one would expect from most Collector's Edition games these days). I usually don't like the achievements in most games, because they distract us too much from the story iitself. However, Eipix has always been excellent about designing their achievements so as not to distract you from the story itself AND they give you a chance to get almost all the achievements even after you finish the game! Note: I say "almost" because, in all the Eipix games I have played so far, there was at least one achievement that you could not get if you had already finished the game - the one you get for playing a Matching game instead of a HOP, during the game itself. But there is no such achievement in this present game, so you get a chance to still get all the achievements, even if you were unable to do so during the game!
In short, I really enjoyed this game; and I think you will too. :)
I recommend this game!
Saddle up for fun and become a sheriff in Golden Trails: The New Western Rush. Find the culprits behind a bank robbery!
Overall rating
5
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
A HOG-Lover's Dream
PostedApril 19, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This game is almost exclusively a Hidden-Object Game (HOG), which is why I have titled my review "A HOG-Lover's Dream." Oh, there *is* a storyline, but it is only mildly interesting. The music is very nice, but not exactly original. In fact, bits and pieces of it at least remind me of music from the old western shows. But perhaps that was intentional, trying to connect the game with those western classics.
There are no puzzles. There are only two types of mini-games. The game has 5 episodes. Following each episode, you get 3 mini-games. The first mini-game shows you a four-way split screen on your right. This screen then blacks out, and you have to pick from the 4 or 5 objects on your left and fit each one in one of the four splits on your right. It is a kind of memory game, but not really difficult, because the portion of the screen your cursor moves over lights up and a blue outline will glow around the slot where the object is supposed to go, when you move your cursor over it. Easy, peasy!
The second mini-game is a kind of shooting match. Images of gangsters will pop up all over the screen, one by one, and you just have to put your cursor on each and click to shoot them down. You really don't have to get all of them actually. Just try to get as many as you can, because each one you shoot down wins you a Sheriff's badge. The number of these badges are important not only to increase your game score and win some trophies, but also because collecting 150 such badges unlocks the Secret Mission, which is something of a bonus episode.
Following the shooting mini-game, you get another 4-way split-screen mini-game, just like the one you got before the shooting match.
All of this may sound like a lot, but it really is not. As I mentioned, there are no puzzles and the 3 mini-games take only a few minutes to complete. So, again, the game is almost exclusively a HOG. Thus, you get a whole slew of HO scenes in the main game itself. You then get some more in the Secret Mission. And then there are even more in the section called "Bonus Challenges" in the "Extras," which appears in the upper-left corner of the Main Menu. And as if all of that were not enough, there is also the Unlimited Mode, in which you get all 45 of these locations in the main game, the Secret Mission, and the Bonus Challenges! And in the Unlimited Mode itself, you can replay each location, as many times as you like, and try to beat the high score set by the game itself. In order to unlock the Unlimited Mode though, you have to accumulate 50,000 points; but that is pretty easy to do.
Last but not least, you also have a whole slew of Trophies. Again, most of them are related to your performance on the HO scenes. But there are others as well, for example, for the number of gangsters you shoot, the sheriff's badges you collect, etc.
In short, if you love HOG's, you should really like this game. :)
I recommend this game!
You have been chosen to defend all of mankind in Red Crow Mysteries: Legion! Stand up to a terrible evil and save humanity!
Overall rating
5
/
5
A Wonderful game!
PostedMarch 27, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The Storyline is quite intriguing and interesting. The graphics and music are just right. There *are* Achievements in the game. I usually don’t like these, because they tend to distract me from the game itself, thus spoiling the fun I might have otherwise. Not so in this game! The Achievements are practically so “embedded” in the game, you never know you are going for one until you get it! I would suggest you still check them out though, clicking on “Achievements” in the Main Menu, just to get an idea of what they are, so as not to miss one as you play the game!
Note that two of the Achievements require you to play the game twice. The reason is that there are three difficulty levels in the game: Easy, Casual, and Adventure; and one of the Achievements requires you to play the game in the Easy or Casual mode, while another requires you to play it in the Adventure mode. But that is not a problem. The game is really not that long, and playing it a second time can actually be helpful, since it gives you a chance to get any Achievement you might have missed the first time.
I should also note that there are really no Hidden Object Puzzles/Scenes in this game. You know, the kind where you click on some object in a location, opening up a scene with a clutter of objects from which you must select usually 12 listed objects quite irrelevant to the game, all just to get the one (or two, in some games) that you actually need to proceed further in the game. In this game, however, you just look for the object(s) you need right in the location itself!
Note further that, in the Easy/Casual mode, if there is something you need to pick up from a location, a short list will appear at the bottom of the screen, telling you exactly what you need to pick up. Thus, for example, you might enter an area and the words “small stone” and “coin” might appear at the bottom of the screen. So you look for those in that scene. A hand icon will appear when you move your cursor over an object you can pick up. In the Adventure mode, however, no such list appears. So you will have to explore all around every time you enter a location, to see if there is something to pick up there. As you move your cursor around, the Hand icon will still appear on any object(s) you can pick up. So you are not exactly helpless even in this mode.
Last but not least, you will find a whole slew of puzzles in this game. In fact, you can call this game a puzzle-lover’s dream. But don’t be alarmed if you don’t like puzzles. They are all quite straightforward and pretty easy actually. Honest! :)
In short, I really enjoyed playing this game; and I think you will too. That is why
In short, I really enjoyed playing this game; and I think you will too. That is why
I recommend this game!
Tinseltown`s in trouble and it`s up to you to save it! Solve a cavalcade of challenging puzzles in this Hidden Object game!
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
A Simple, Silly, Fun Game
PostedMarch 22, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
I should note at the outset that despite the title "Detective Stories," this is by no means a detective game, at least not what one would expect. The heroine is charged with finding an actress, film, and some money. Yet, instead of looking for any physical clues or establishing suspects, she basically goes around different locations, asking people whether *they* can tell her where the missing person/items might be, and what might have happened to them! In fact, she does not even look like a detective, appearing rather like a(n elegantly dressed) housekeeper! But then, she is dressed for the job in this game! Because, instead of just answering even her simplest questions (like where she might find so-and-so at this time), the people she talks to get her to do such menial jobs for them that even a person of their position (actor, director, producer, etc.) would never do in real life! Everything from dusting (no, not for fingerprints, but actual dusting - as in cleaning up!) to organizing to even fixing appliances. Thus, as I said, she is perfectly dressed for these (housekeeping) tasks.
As for the gameplay itself... Every time she meets a character, a two-page, journal-type entry appears on the screen. The left page tells you something about the character. The top of the right page tells you something about Hollywood or films. Your tasks appear, one by one, at the bottom of the right page. You will note that four tasks appear each time we meet or revisit a character. Three of these tend to be different Hidden-Object Puzzles (HOPs). The most tedious of these three is where you have to find *pieces* of three objects in the scene. [Thankfully, there are very few HOPs of this type in the game!] The easiest task is matching objects in the list to the blanks drawn in the shape of the required objects in the scene itself. The most familiar is the usual HOP, where you are given a list of objects that you must then find in the scene.
In addition to these three, more common types of HOPs, you will often get a find-the-differences puzzle - you know, where you have to click on the differences between two seemingly identical scenes, placed side-by-side in a split-screen. In most games, this type of puzzle is more of what I would call a strict puzzle than a HOP, since there is no list of objects of any kind given to help us find the differences. In this game, however, it seems to be offered more as a HOP than a strict puzzle. I say this because, usually, you get only one puzzle in the set of four tasks per journal entry. But you will often (perhaps always) get a "strict" puzzle, in addition to the find-the-differences puzzle. The strict puzzles come in different forms as well. It might be a simple card-matching game, where you have to click on cards to turn them over, trying to find pairs of identical cards. At other times, it will be a lights puzzle, where you have to turn on all the lights in a board. At yet other times, you may have to connect a circuit. Occasionally (I think it was only once or twice), you might have to do some kind of a manual-dexterity game (trying to pick stones from the bottom of an aquarium) or a speed game (moving objects from one conveyor belt to another).
All of the puzzles are quite simple actually. So are the HOPs. The only thing that might make them somewhat difficult for some players is that each task is timed, and that is the only mode provided in this game. In other words, there is no easy or relaxed mode to help you avoid the time restrictions. But don't worry about that! For one thing, after the game tells you that the time has expired, it will ask you whether you want to try again. Each puzzle and HOP is really quite short (usually, four minutes). So just click on "Yes," and keep on trying until you have solved it. [Note: I suppose that clicking on "No" might Skip that particular puzzle or HOP, but I can't be sure, since I never clicked on it.]
The other help in the game is the "Help" button, which is really a Hint button. Note that it takes a whole minute for the Hint to recharge. So you can usually get about 3 hints in each task since, as I mentioned, you usually get four minutes to solve a puzzles or HOP. I would advise you, however, to try to get as many items as you can by yourself before using a Hint, so that the Hint would not give you an answer that you could have easily gotten yourself. So, if you try to find objects/differences (yes, the find-the-differences puzzles also come with Help/Hint!) for about a minute, and then use your first hint, you would be able to use all three hints available to you in the given task. Just watch out for the 20-second time penalty for random clicking though, because that will of course reduce the amount of time available to you. But don't worry if you do get such penalties, because there are no Achievements or Trophies in this game. So repeat puzzles, risk penalties, and use the Hints as much as you like!
Last but perhaps not least, you might note that the characters in this game appear to resemble some famous celebrity. I think that might make it fun for some players, although it did not do much for me. For one thing, I couldn't recognize many stars. What's more, even when I thought I had recognized someone, there was no way to be sure I was right, since the resemblance is never perfect. It would have helped if at least the first name of the character were the same as that of the celebrity it was supposed to depict. The particular occupation of characters was certainly no help, since one character I thought was supposed to depict Clark Gable is a film-maker, while another I thought was supposed to depict Marlon Brando is only a hotel manager! So, again, the game provides no help in determining the identity of the celebrity it might have intended to depict. But I still mention this feature of the game in case some players might like to try guessing, even though there is really no way to confirm whether they got it right!
Conclusion: if you don't mind the fact that this is not really a "detective" game, and enjoy playing a whole bunch (and I *mean* a whole *bunch*!) and variety of HOPs, as well as a lot of rather easy puzzles, then you should enjoy this game. For this reason,
I recommend this game!
Investigate different locations around the town and find cryptic clues to solve the mystery of Patrick’s disappearance!
Overall rating
5
/
5
A Wonderful Hidden-Object Game!
PostedMarch 14, 2021
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The storyline is intriguing, and the hand-drawn graphics suit it well. The music is also quite fitting, and wonderful. But this is primarily a Hidden-Object-Scene (HOS) game. In other words, while the story is actually more than just an "excuse" to present a whole slew of HOS's, the number and variety of these HOS's would delight a HOS-lover to no end. Thus, there are no long dialogs, no cutscenes. Once in a while (usually once per episode), you will see two characters drawn over a HOS, and a short dialog will occur between them. Otherwise, you just go from one location to another, solving HOS's, with a puzzle occasionally appearing in one or more locations within the HOS itself.
Note: All the puzzles are pretty easy. The HOS's, however, can be rather challenging. For one thing, while the graphics are quite suitable to the storyline, they are not as vivid and crisp as you see in the HO games these days, making it difficult to spot many HO's in the scene. In addition, the size of the objects can be quite deceptive. Thus, a small object (like a nut, bolt, or bulb) may appear to be a lot bigger in the scene than something (like a guitar, for example) that is actually much bigger in real life .
As difficult as it may be to find some of the hidden objects, however, it is often far more difficult to find the STAMPS we need to collect, both to unlock the game's Unlimited Mode and to win several Trophies. Specifically, there are 31 locations in the game. Each has 3 stamps and one BLACK CAT. You must collect these cats also, to win some Trophies. Collecting 50 stamps unlocks the Unlimited Mode. But you need to find 32 Black Cats to unlock the Puzzle Mode. You will find the last Black Cat, as well as the last 3 Stamps, in the 32nd location, which is a "Secret Location" that is unlocked only after you finish the game, and appears in the Unlimited-Mode section of the game.
I can go on and on, describing the various facets of the game, it is just so *rich* in strategy as well as gameplay. But I will stop and let you discover the rest on your own. I do want to strongly advise you to check out the "Help" section, found in Options in the Main Menu. It is only a one-page description of all the bonuses and some other useful information about the game. Note, however, the one critical thing it does *not* mention is that you actually lose points (2,500) every time you use a Hint to find an object in a HOS. But you really don't even need to use the Hint (and can thus even get a Trophy for not doing so!), because you can use the points you have accrued to purchase three of the four bonuses that are actually designed to help you find items in a HOS.
I would also advise you to check out the Trophy section of the game, *before* starting the game itself, because there is at least one trophy that can be won only at the beginning of the game. All the stamp-like boxes in the Trophy section will appear blank, of course, because you have not yet won a trophy. Just move your cursor into the various blank boxes, to see what you need to do to win those Trophies.
In short, if you are a HOS-lover, you should really enjoy this game. I hope the information I provided will help you off to a running start, and enhance your gaming experience.
Good luck! :)
I recommend this game!
Your honeymoon turns sour when a madman kidnaps your husband, forcing you to expose Houdini's greatest trick.
Overall rating
4
/
5
A Nice, Easy Game
PostedNovember 19, 2020
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
The story was interesting, although not exactly original. There are so many Big Fish games where a loved one (lover, spouse, even a child) is kidnapped and we then have to go through so many hoops and hurdles to rescue him/her. Still, there was an original *twist* in this game, as to the reason why the loved one was kidnapped, and the way we go about rescuing him. Note also that the developers have tried to match the story to some of the real facts of Houdini's life and death. There was even a Whitehead (although the first name was Jocelyn, not Alan) who was said to have actually punched Houdini in the stomach, which may or may not have caused Houdini's death. Other details are not accurate, however, as to why Whitehead had actually hit Houdini. Thus, this mixture of fact and fiction, plus the actual pictures of Houdini in the video clips in the game, make the game more interesting - so long as you keep in mind that the game *is* a mixture of such fact and fiction.
Unfortunately, the graphics are rather second-rate, not half as crisp and clear as those in most Big Fish games. This makes it hard to spot the objects in the Hidden Object Scenes (HOS's), which are really quite easy otherwise. The puzzles are extremely easy, In fact, I for one did not enjoy either the HOS's or the puzzles too much precisely because they *are* so easy. What I did enjoy were what the game calls Matching puzzles, but are quite unlike the Matching puzzles most Big Fish games offer as an alternative to the usual HOP's, where you just match gems to take off items from the HOP's object list. Rather, in this game, you see a "list" of pictures at the bottom of the screen, and the objective is to "match" each of them to another object in the scene, for example, a cannonball to a cannon. I have seen such puzzles in other games, but very rarely. So I did enjoy such puzzles. Unfortunately, however, the poor quality of the graphics dilutes the fun, since it can be hard to make out the objects in the scene, and it can be rather annoying to try to figure out the connections when you cannot even clearly see everything in the scene!
Last but not least, the game seems to be a bit too long, with way too many location, and it can be rather annoying when the game keeps asking you to go back and forth between locations that are too far apart from each other. Maybe the Casual mode provides a Map, which allows you to "hop" from one location to another, I really don't know. All I know is that no such Map or any hopping ability was provided in the Expert mode in which I played the game.
In short, the game has its good and not-so-good points. And if you don't mind the rather poor graphics, or going back and forth between distant locations, or the fact that the HOS's and puzzles are way too easy, then you may well love this game! If so,
I recommend this game!
The witches' dark legacy continues as Lynn becomes possessed!
Overall rating
3
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Could Have Been Much Better
PostedJuly 24, 2020
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Word
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
The storyline was interesting, even somewhat original, for a game about witches at least. One of the things that made the game "somewhat original" was the fact that the protagonist was male! If you have played a lot of Big Fish games, you must know that these games tend to feature women - often doing the most *unbelievably* heroic things! So it seemed this game would be more... well, realistic... as far as heroism goes. Unfortunately, however, the developers made a really poor choice of actors. It is actually hard to describe just how truly DULL the guy *looks* and, even worse, how he speaks - in such a monotone voice, you'd think he was reading from a script, and for the first time at that! Even a HEN trying to protect its chicks is far more *animated* than this guy whose character is *supposed* to be trying to save the life - in fact, the very soul - of his one and only, and most beloved, WIFE! If the developers continue with this storyline in future games, I do so hope they will choose someone else to play the part of this character, because this actor really spoils the whole game - at least he did for me. :(
Having said that, I must admit that the puzzles and Hidden Object Scenes (HOS's) in this game are really great. Many of the puzzles are quite original, but even those that are not (consisting of the familiar tasks of, for example, transposing the Good and the Bad tokens from one side of the puzzle to the other) are presented in a very novel way. The HOS's are all quite original and, as I indicated, both the puzzles and the HOS's are really fun.
Finally, the graphics are good and the Music is actually great. The only complaint I would have in this area is that there is just too little music! In fact, I noticed it only during the HOS's, which is unfortunate and somewhat a loss of a really good musical score.
In short, if you don't care much about a really outstanding storyline, and don't mind really bad acting/voice-acting, and would like to play a game just for some really good, fun puzzles and HOS's, then you should enjoy this game. And, for that reason and that reason alone,
I recommend this game!
The legacy of the witches continues when Lynn and her husband are lured into a trap by a mysterious sorcerer...
Overall rating
2
/
5
Too Long, Pretty Boring, & Rather Silly
PostedJuly 14, 2020
Zurreen
fromAustin, TX
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Family, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy
Fun Factor
2
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
1
/
5
If the storyline can be considered original, it would be only in just how silly it is - and that is from the very beginning of the game! As the opening cutscene tells us, a good witch is married to a witch-hunter. It's their first anniversary, and the two are going to the fair, with the witch's mother right behind them. The mother stops to feed her little imp(!), and so the couple moves forward to the puppet show tent by itself. The tent locks up as they enter! As we soon learn, a sorcerer captures the witch-hunter, and turns him into a puppet. As we also learn, this was only to lure the good witch to come after and try to rescue her husband. Now why the sorcerer didn't just capture the witch directly, instead of taking this round-about way of using her husband to lure her to follow, is never explained in the game. We can only wonder whether that was because she was too powerful, because of her magical abilities, to fall for the spell. But if that was so, her abilities were not strong enough to prevent her from getting snared into a huge tree, as she tries to go after the sorcerer. And how did she get snared? Because the tree had all dried up because it had not been watered for ages!
Thus, it falls on the witch's MOTHER to rescue both the witch and the witch-hunter! Well, she rescues her daughter, only for the sorcerer to *finally* capture and take away the daughter anyway. The mother rescues the witch-hunter, but only to find him reduced to a mere *repair-man* in her inventory. And keep in mind, all of this happens in just the first few minutes of the game, that you can no doubt see for yourself in the game's demo. So, talk about silly, silly, really SILLY, indeed... In fact, you will find a whole lot more silliness as you go further along in the game, IF you care to play it.
In effect, the storyline is just so ill-conceived, it seems to have been devised merely as a background for a whole lot - and I mean, a *whole lot* - of puzzles and Hidden Object Scenes (HOS's). As for the puzzles now, I would say that most of them are pretty easy, only a couple of them are really challenging, all of them are pretty interesting actually, but none of them are really original - they are just variations of countless puzzles you will find in just so many other Hidden Object (HO) games.
The HOS's are not original either. They are also neither interesting, nor even very attractive, consisting of an overwhelming cluster of objects, all drawn in extremely bright and glaring colors, both the clusters and the colors making it pretty difficult to see the objects we are supposed to find. Thankfully, many (but not all) of these HOS's offer a Matching-Game option. These matching games, however, are not the usual type you find in most HO games - the kind that require you to align and eliminate jewels. Rather, Matching in this game means flipping over cards to find identical images. So, really, all you have to do is try to find as many objects as you can in the HOS; and then, for that last one or two really difficult-to-find object(s), switch to the Matching option, where you would be given maybe just four cards from which you need to find the two pairs. REALLY easy.
In short, you might enjoy this game if you don't care for a good storyline, and would just like to enjoy a bunch of puzzles and HOS's, as bright and somewhat dazzling as those HOS's may be. Personally, I like fun puzzles and HOS's too. But I also prefer at least a *reasonably* interesting and *sensible* storyline. And that is why
I don't recommend this game.