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- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:358,445
- Reviews Submitted:4713
- First Review:December 10, 2012
- Most Recent Review:May 8, 2025
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Is this an ordinary murder case, or something more sinister?
Overall rating
5
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5
256 of 284 found this review helpful
Sweet Revenge
PostedApril 2, 2016
pennmom36
fromWhat! I gotta go back to headquarters to get help? Laura James doesn't need help!
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
Laura James is back, and just like the (censored) she's chasing, she hasn't aged a bit! Disguised as a journalist, she's so much more, an undercover agent for the secret society, The White Stone Order, and one tough lady! Professor Bishop has sent Laura to investigate the brutal murder of Carrie Martel, a widow who buried her famous lawyer husband just hours ago. Has Thomas returned to seek revenge, or is there a much more plausible theory?
New York Mysteries is known for its collections and The Lantern of Souls is no exception. There are 9 hidden Apples, 9 hidden Shields, 9 Music Symbols, and 9 hidden Miners. There are also 20 Achievements to earn and 35 Morphing Objects to find throughout the adventure, and a new feature of 16 collectible Fact Cards that give you fun facts about points of interest in New York.
The Hidden Object Scenes are scarce, with only 5 in the entire game, BUT, I promise you they will not disappoint you. These are extremely Interactive Progressive Silhouetted Shape Finds, with all kinds of gadgets to figure out and several smaller puzzles to solve within each HOP.
The Mini Games are really creative, however, several of them are just too simple to solve, my only complaint of this entire game. Below are brief descriptions of some of the Mini games you'll encounter during the demo:
1) Rotate the arrow to set the correct sequence.
2) Select two symbols to create the symbols shown in the center.
3) Find pairs of taps that rotate at the same rate of speed.
4) Use a code to unlock a door.
5) Use the control buttons to help the mouse move a square to the designated spot.
6) Connect wires from left to right by following tangled leads.
2) Select two symbols to create the symbols shown in the center.
3) Find pairs of taps that rotate at the same rate of speed.
4) Use a code to unlock a door.
5) Use the control buttons to help the mouse move a square to the designated spot.
6) Connect wires from left to right by following tangled leads.
This Collector's Edition has 9 Wallpapers, 16 Concept Art pictures, 26 Videos, 6 Music Soundtracks, 18 replayable Mini Games, 5 replayable Puzzles, 20 Achievements, 35 Hidden Collectibles, 16 collectible Fact Cards, 35 Morphing Objects, 20 Bonus Games, a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Harlequin Presents: Hidden Object of Desire
Allie`s on a quest to find some breaking news in Adamas, but must now choose between her friend`s well-being and true love!
Overall rating
1
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5
5 of 8 found this review helpful
Harlequin Presents: Hidden Objects of Desire
PostedApril 1, 2016
pennmom36
fromThere's even a bunch of junk in the pool!
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
I've played some pretty bad Hidden Object game in my day, but this has got to be one of the most boring one's I've played in a long time. You are a journalist named Allie who is on assignment with photographer Shaun Preston in Aristo to cover the 13th birthday celebration of the Prince of Aristo. You are eager to get to work, Shaun is eager to do anything but work. The rest of the game is HO after HO, as you search for teeny tiny items strewn about the hotel lobby, the hotel hallways, pool and hotel rooms. They are just junk piles of garbage, broken bicycle seats, corndogs and ladders, none of which make sense, who's ever stayed at a motel that has random objects thrown all over the hallway, there's even items coming out of the ceiling tiles! Occasionally, you get to play a Mini Game such as navigating a path through a maze to flip over all red tiles. Each scene has a hidden Harlequin logo which when clicked on will recharge the hint icon automatically, but you can also do this by quickly clicking on two hidden objects. If this game is anything like a Harlequin Romance novel, I'll pass on that too.
I don't recommend this game.
In Wishville, all dreams come true, for a price.
Overall rating
5
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5
94 of 108 found this review helpful
A Rose Between Two Thornes Can Be Deadly
PostedApril 1, 2016
pennmom36
fromEvery wish has a price
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)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
Jack Thorne has returned to Wishville to repay his debt to Mayor Tom. After nearly dying last year, you thought nothing would come between you and your husband ever again, but you were wrong, and Jack may have sacrificed his own life to save yours! After waiting patiently for Jack to return for several days, you make the journey to Wishville knowing something is surely wrong. Something is very wrong with this town indeed, because the beautiful flora has been cursed, the entire town fears the wrath of these deadly roses. One thing's for sure, Mayor Tom may be the root of all evil, and may be deadlier than the thorns themselves!
I love this fairytale twist about a witch with a spindle, a Mayor who takes advantage of the curse, and an emboldened and unlikely hero, who ironically happens to be a product of the curse. As she tries to save her husband from uncertainty she finds her true calling to be helping the spirits who were unable to pay their debts before death. Could this be her redemption?
I love this fairytale twist about a witch with a spindle, a Mayor who takes advantage of the curse, and an emboldened and unlikely hero, who ironically happens to be a product of the curse. As she tries to save her husband from uncertainty she finds her true calling to be helping the spirits who were unable to pay their debts before death. Could this be her redemption?
To find out more about the residents and debtors of Wishville, you will come across Augustine's Casket, a rose adorned box with a thirst for blood. A magic box with the ability to tell you a tale about the person's plight, but only with a drop of familiar Wishville residents blood. I took advantage of today's spectacular Collector's Edition sale and bought that version because there are several Achievements to earn, 25 Collectible (not hidden) Roses, and 25 slow Morphing Objects to discover, which this version doesn't offer.
The Hidden Object Scenes are mostly interactive List finds with an abundance of interactions, but there are also Multiple finds and Bold Text findings while a story is told about Wishville, and even multiple finds in a journal. There are several Zoom Zone puzzles as well that require you to find several useful items such as acorns or apples.
The Mini Games are familiar, some very easy and others a bit more difficult. The following are brief descriptions of the Mini Games you'll encounter during the demo:
1) Light up the Tokens by pressing them, clicking on one token affects others.
2) Arrange the squirrels according to the sketch by swapping two at a time.
3) Swap blades of the windmill until they match the correct element.
4) Connect the matching symbols by choosing a symbol and dragging an unbroken path between them, without crossing.
5) Restore the image by swapping the tokens and rotating them until all the lines connect, swap tiles, click to rotate.
6) Select section to paint crest then choose one of the bottles to paint that section, the area you paint must be adjacent to the valve.
7) Swap the prince statues so each one is holding a medal, each type has a different weight moving one may shift another statues weight.
8) Arrange the Portraits according to the other character they are connected to using vines and central symbols to guide you.
9) Remove the Runes by matching them. Each round will increase in difficulty and the runes will hide and shift after you choose them.
2) Arrange the squirrels according to the sketch by swapping two at a time.
3) Swap blades of the windmill until they match the correct element.
4) Connect the matching symbols by choosing a symbol and dragging an unbroken path between them, without crossing.
5) Restore the image by swapping the tokens and rotating them until all the lines connect, swap tiles, click to rotate.
6) Select section to paint crest then choose one of the bottles to paint that section, the area you paint must be adjacent to the valve.
7) Swap the prince statues so each one is holding a medal, each type has a different weight moving one may shift another statues weight.
8) Arrange the Portraits according to the other character they are connected to using vines and central symbols to guide you.
9) Remove the Runes by matching them. Each round will increase in difficulty and the runes will hide and shift after you choose them.
The Collector's Edition has 25 Collectible Flowers, 21 Achievements, 7 Wallpapers, 7 Screensavers, 6 Music Soundtracks, 16 Concept Art pictures, 35 Videos, 25 Morphing Objects, a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Adventure, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Help the Queen save the city of Babylon!
Overall rating
1
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
PostedMarch 31, 2016
pennmom36
fromKeep hanging!
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
1
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
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5
Level of Challenge
1
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5
Storyline
1
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5
This wouldn't have been so bad if the game didn't keep repeating just about every feature. Then Hidden Object Scenes are Listed item finds, or Multiple of the same items to find, but you search for the same items in just about every HOS. If you're not searching for the same items they are still the same items in the scenes, and the colors are so gold, it's difficult to find items when everything is goldish in color. You earn points for each item found, and points are deducted for misclicks, the problem is, if you don't click exactly where the game wants you to, points are deducted for a misclick! To open up new locations, you have to trace patterns without crossing lines, and the patterns are different every time but it gets old after a while. Each HOS will have you collect the same gems, one of every color, then you guessed it, you play the same game every time, swapping gems until they are in the correct slots. This game's just too repetitive for my taste.
I don't recommend this game.
A fire at the local asylum takes on a supernatural life of its own!
Overall rating
5
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5
316 of 359 found this review helpful
The Golden Death
PostedMarch 31, 2016
pennmom36
fromWrong answer!
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)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
When the local Asylum catches fire, you have no time to lose, patients lives are at stake. But this is no ordinary fire,and this asylum has some extraordinary patients, patients that have been concealed from the outside world! Angelina is one of those patients, a young girl who had no business being locked up in as asylum, and now she's seeking revenge. Can you overcome the supernatural phenomenon and reverse years of abuse to mend Angelina's psyche before it's too late?
Choose your next step carefully, the choices you make will change the course of the game. Will you choose to calm down the horse or start the firetruck, will you gently calm Bernard or use a more aggressive approach? Dr. Rorschach has a few ink blot tests waiting for you throughout the asylum, are you confident in your choices? You even get to choose which version of some Mini Games you want to play, but you only get to choose once! There are Achievements to earn and 36 Hidden Marbles as well, who lost their marbles I wonder?
The Hidden Object Scenes are actually far and few between but they are extremely creative and entertaining, if not a tad bit creepy. There are smaller Zoom Zone lists as well as interactive list finds, and one of my favorite, was rotating a cube to search for silhouetted shapes while placing the items you find on one side into the other. You even get to choose if you want to play a Hidden Object Scene or a Match 3 game.
The Mini Games are fresh, and creative. Below are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter during the demo:
1) Rotate the circles to restore the image, clicking on the center circle rotates others.
2) Follow the steps to resuscitate a drowning victim in the form of a few simple mini games.
3) Move the pills to set the clock to the reception time.
4) Swap the tiles on both sides of the machine to repair the pipes.
5) Choose the maze you want to play, a rotating maze or a static maze, using arrows in a limited amount of moves.
This Collector's Edition has 15 Achievements, 36 Hidden Marbles, 10 Music soundtracks, Movies, 10 Wallpapers, 12 Workshop pictures, a built in Strategy Guide and two Bonus Chapters, Runaway & Brilliant Mind, enjoy your stay at the asylum!
I recommend this game!
Hallowed Legends: Templar
Strange figures have taken over a small town in Hallowed Legends: Templar! Stop the Knights of the Templar!
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Hallowed Legends: Templar SE
PostedMarch 30, 2016
pennmom36
fromI think it's time to take a flight back home where things are less brutal!
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
Samhain, is by far the best game in this short lived series, I would love to see a remake of it or a continuation of it someday soon. I didn't like this storyline as much as I did the other two in the series, but this game is pretty good and is well worth the price, it's pure entertainment with lot's of well thought out HO's and fun puzzles to solve.
In this edition, the Templar Knight's have been ordained supernaturally, and are draining the life essence out of the citizens in a small town just south of France. Your brother's wife Helen has asked you to meet her at the Maltese Cross Hotel to help her find your brother Carl. When you arrive, Helen is nowhere to be seen, and the entire town has gone wacky. The Collector's Edition has Achievements to earn and 50 Golden Doves to find throughout the adventure.
The Hidden Object Scenes are very well done, and they have added interactions to the Listed item finds where you find and use one item with another item such as finding a pencil to use with the sharpener to create a sharpened pencil. Some HO scenes require you to pull up the inventory bar and use an inventory item within the Hidden Object Scene, a very cool feature long forgotten.
Below are brief descriptions of some of the Mini Games you'll encounter during the demo:
1) Click to rotate rings to complete the picture, clicking one ring may affect others.
2) Move the blocks into the correct columns according to the symbols at the top.
3) Swap elements of the puzzle to their logical placements, some elements apply to more than one image.
4) Move figurines by jumping one over the other until all pieces are in the opposite corner.
1) Click to rotate rings to complete the picture, clicking one ring may affect others.
2) Move the blocks into the correct columns according to the symbols at the top.
3) Swap elements of the puzzle to their logical placements, some elements apply to more than one image.
4) Move figurines by jumping one over the other until all pieces are in the opposite corner.
The Collector's Edition has 19 Achievements, 50 Collectible Golden Doves, Wallpapers, a built in Strategy Guide and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Halloween:Trick or Treat
Dive into Halloween: Trick or Treat and go on a seasonal Hidden Object Adventure! Explore spooky locations and solve terrifying puzzles!
Overall rating
3
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5
4 of 6 found this review helpful
Halloween: Trick Or Treat
PostedMarch 30, 2016
pennmom36
fromWhy do all these games give you a trick and deduct points the first try?
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I actually think this first edition of halloween: Trick Or Treat was more entertaining than the second one, now that I have dug deep into the vault of older games. This game has spooky music and the scenes are delightful. The second Trick or Treat game has the kids visiting a pumpkin patch, well, maybe this game was just too scary for kids.
Every game in this series, whether it's Easter, Christmas or Halloween, is a great family oriented game. In my opinion you don't have to worry about the scenes being too scary, or inappropriate language, you don't even have to have kids to enjoy this relaxing seek and find game! You can choose Casual mode or Challenge mode that has no tutorial, and a slower recharge time on the hint and skip buttons.
Every level has 4 hidden Candy Canes (shouldn't those be saved for the Christmas game?) which will earn you 25 bonus points each, and every scene has a Pumpkin/Skull trick or treat game that will reward you with 25 points or deduct a penalty trick of 50 points.
After each HOP, you get to play a Mini Game or Puzzle such as a matching game where you flip over two food covers at a time, Spot the difference, assemble halloween costumes or place skeleton bones in a casket. If you can't find the kids, don't worry, this game is a nice break from all those games that present a challenge, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Halloween: The Pirate's Curse
Everybody is having fun at the Halloween fair until the pirate captain casts his ghostly spell over it. Survive and expel the curse!
Overall rating
3
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5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
Halloween: The Pirate's Curse
PostedMarch 30, 2016
pennmom36
fromWould have been better if they stuck to Halloween themed item in all scenes.
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
This is a very cute Halloween themed game that young kids would really like, or perhaps the young at heart. I consider this type of game to be a seek and find game because objects are cleverly blended within other objects to make them harder to find. Each scene has a hidden Vampire to find for 100 points extra. The listed items are worth 25 points each and there is a high score feature which would allow you to challenge each other for the best scores. Some items are hidden, whenever you see a magnifying glass you can click to expose a hidden item. After each seek and find game, you get to play a Mini Game such as Clicking on bats to plot your next location, put pieces of a costume together in a jigsaw type puzzle, spot the difference between two scenes, or find 20 cats in the scene.
I recommend this game!
Happy Easter to all fans of jigsaw puzzles – this year, we're giving you a new Holiday Jigsaw game with 500 high-quality puzzles!
Overall rating
4
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5
37 of 40 found this review helpful
Is This Game A Little Late For Easter Or Really Early?
PostedMarch 30, 2016
pennmom36
fromHappy belated Easter, my fellow puzzle geeks!
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
Looks like we get another Easter themed puzzle released after Easter, no worries, there are plenty of spring themed puzzles as well as the familiar bunnies, chicks, eggs and Easter decorations.
You can choose puzzles from 5 different boxes, Decorations, Spring, Family, Food and Countryside, each containing 100 puzzles with pieces ranging from 12 to 252 pieces, but any puzzle can be modified with the style of cut, the number of pieces and if you want the pieces to rotate or not.
There are helpful tools such as a hint button, a magnifying glass, and a sort icon. You can choose to start with just the border pieces, and you can store some of the pieces in the box until you need them. The puzzles picture can be ghosted as the background or you can have the actual picture shown on the top right for reference, and you can change the color of the background, gray, blue, pink or green. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Pinecreek Hills just keeps getting better. Help Rangers protect Animals and Visitors, maintain and clean up the Park, spot Wildlife.
Overall rating
5
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5
275 of 321 found this review helpful
Return To Pinecreek Hills Park For Another Fantastic Vacation Adventure!
PostedMarch 30, 2016
pennmom36
fromCan we get some different soundtracks next time?
Skill Level:Expert
Current Favorite:
Phantasmat Collector's Edition
(100)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
Congratulations on your new promotion to Deputy Superintendent Ranger at the Pinecreek Hills Park. It's time to get to work finding missing items, cleaning up the park, and finding lost wildlife. There are seek and find puzzles in scenes all around the park, each scene has several wildlife animals to find that are shown as silhouettes in a box to the left of the word search bar, when all animals have been spotted, the box will close. You will also recycle trash that is laying around, such as plastic bottles, crumpled paper, bottles and cans, when all trash has been found, the recycle can icon will be displayed. You will earn an Eagle Eye achievement if you don't use either the hint or mega hint feature. You earn a Bronze star for completing the search, a Silver star if you find all wildlife OR all recyclable items and a Gold star if you find all wildlife AND all recyclable items. Words listed in blue require an interaction such as filling up the gas tank, words in red are hidden inside or behind things, requiring you to click on an item to open it or move it, which will reveal the hidden item, and most scenes have an area that zooms in which will have several items within that are on the list. Levels can be replayed at anytime to better your score or locate items you missed the first time. My favorite feature in the Vacation Adventures games are the abundance of Mini Games available after each search, such as, Spot The Difference, Word Search, Match Two and several different styles of puzzles, rotating tiles and putting together maps and pictures with different shaped pieces. You can use the money you earn playing the game in the Souvenir Shop to purchase vacation park souvenirs, everything you purchase is kept in a display case in the Souvenir Room, enjoy!
I recommend this game!