Loved this game. Many Kudos to the developers. Great story line about a lost little girl that you are trying to save from a bad man in a red cloak, who keeps throwing up roadblocks to stop you. Crisp, clean graphics. Lots of seek and find, and some real puzzlers (no walk thru on this one, so you have to do some head scratching and visits to the forum). No VOS, text only, but it didnt matter HOS: interactive, standard and silhouette. Very clear and crisp and you get more than one item Nice background music Good puzzles, long skip Diary Hint system points you in the right direction A very clever and interesting game. Excellent length for me: over 6 hours casual play
Really good story about the headless horseman, and Inspector Crane has come to investigate. VOS Great characters Very crisp and beautiful graphics Lovely music HOS, interactive, standard and silhouettes (very clear) You can combine inventory objects Diary No map, but not necessary as each chapter closes out the old locations Great puzzles (and I dont say that a lot); medium skip Good hint system, needed to use it a few times A good amount of seek and find More adventure than HOG Nice length: 5.5 hours casual
Dont know why this game got such low reviews, maybe from just playing the demo. I loved it. Great storyline, you have to save your friend from a ghost taking over her body, which you are unbeknowingly helping. Superb graphics. VOS and text HOS, standard, interactive and silhouettes (and yes, there are a few of them) Puzzles, very good, but long skip Nice background music Snowy atmosphere and a number of locations to explore A good amount of seek and find Heavy on adventure This game takes time to enjoy and you have to actively seek the next moves. No map, but not that many locations Journal, tho not helpful, after the fact A great game, and to be continued, so am looking forward to the next installation Really good length: 5 hours casual
I loved it. You deliver a package to a small town and get involved in trying to rid the town of a deadly entity who is sucking the electrical energy out of the town. Excellent storyline. No VOS, text only Transport map Journal (computer screen emails) HOS interactive and very clear Super graphics Good puzzles, short skip The only character, the professor, was a little goofy, but it didnt affect the overall game Lots of fun 4.25 hours casual
Eerie music fills the air in Vienna, where shadows terrorize people in the streets. Two musical prodigies have gone missing. Can you save them without striking a single false note?
Nothing as good as the first two of this series. Mostly HOS and lots and lots of puzzles. Good music, good speaking characters, interactive HOS. Very, very short for a CE: 4.25 total hours on casual. This is way too short for a CE price. Recommend only as a SE or a bonus game.
Great story: a man helps his fiancee delve into the past and finds some astonishing truths. Excellent speaking characters HOS, interactive and clear Seek and find Good puzzles, medium skip Very enjoyable game. Could hardly stop playing it. Good length: almost 5 hours casual
Review on completed game: Good story, return to ARCANE, as Kiera discovers more about her mysterious past that connects her to witchcraft. No HOS VOS Good characters Journal (PDA) Puzzles, very hard, use camera shots as clues. Long skip button Enjoyable, but I needed to use the walk thru and hints quite a bit. Spoiler: this game has a cliff hanger Good length: 5.25 hours casual
Interesting storyline, having to break into a safe to save one's child from a kidnapper. Just when she thought she was out of the game, she had to get back into it. Good characters, mostly VOS Lots and lots of HOS, standard and interactive, very clear Seek and find for more HOS scene where you have to put together items needed Puzzles, good, medium skip. Some nice variants like the pick the lock puzzle, and find someone in a crowd by elimination Music kind of boring, same track over and over A fun game, if a little monotonous. Good length: 5 hours casual.
This game had so much potential. A good story line with Epiphany O'Day looking for the part of a mystical dragon wheel. But, the graphics were all over the place. In some scenes, items were very clear. In many others, even a magnifying glass could not find the objects. I had to use the hints a lot. Interesting speaking characters Great locations, esp. the oriental express type train Good puzzle, short skip HOS standard, see above Diary 4 hours casual
Good storyline: David must find his family after an earthquake. He keeps running into problems getting to the museum. Each problem is a separate scene in the game. You have to find how to solve the problem, such as getting into a mall. Nice graphics and characters You use most of the inventory items as you go. Some are left for the end Cute how the old guy throws a bottle that crashes against the item you need in the HOS scenes Lots of HOS, most pretty clear Good hint system, again, the old guy You can't leave a scene until it is done No hand holding on this one. You have to find the right place to click to get a HOS. Good length: 4.5 hours casual