pennmom36's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.7
- Helpful Votes:358,445
- Reviews Submitted:4712
- First Review:December 10, 2012
- Most Recent Review:April 24, 2025
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Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace
Help Sophia uncover the secret behind the Curse of Laroche Palace and rescue the Royal Family from their magical slumber.
Overall rating
3
/
5
8 of 12 found this review helpful
GO BACK TO SLEEP!
PostedMay 7, 2013
pennmom36
fromSleeping!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema Collector's Edition
(107)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Granted this is a fairy tale story, everyone in the palace has been enchanted into slumber by the palaces mechanical "heart" because someone has hacked into the core and killed the King, but it is kind of ho hum. The beginning cutscenes are blurry and you have to read the dialog quickly and even the words are blurry. There are a lot of HOS and they have done a good job hiding some of the items. There aren't a lot of mini games and they are easy such as tracing wires from one end to match up with the other end, and putting puzzle pieces in the right place by clicking on two pieces to swap. There are a lot of things to do in each room of the palace but few items in your inventory. The map doesn't tell you where tasks are available, it does however allow you to jump to explored areas. The hint system is horrible, it will only tell you there's nothing to do in this area search elsewhere. For me it was just okay, not great, but not bad either. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Tennis in the Face
Get ready for some hilarious ragdoll-smashing, ball-bouncing action in Tennis in the Face!
Overall rating
4
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5
17 of 18 found this review helpful
IN YOUR FACE!
PostedMay 6, 2013
pennmom36
fromTennis anyone?
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema Collector's Edition
(107)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Gotta admit this looked like a stupid game, but, it's kind of addicting! The object of the game is to knock out all the cops, scientist clowns etc. by aiming a tennis ball at various and strategic places. The goal is to knock everyone out with only one ball and to achieve this you aim at energy drinks that explode or tubes of tennis balls and various other corners, banners and walls. You can replay the same scene as often as you would like and after playing the entire area another area is unlocked. As the game progresses you get things like energy drink cans to lob which handles and moves differently than the tennis ball so you have to adjust the projected path because it is heavier. A fun game for all ages, enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova
Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova is an incredible adventure based on the true story of the first documented case of vampirism ever!
Overall rating
4
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5
50 of 59 found this review helpful
BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRES!
PostedMay 5, 2013
pennmom36
fromNot going out after dark
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema Collector's Edition
(107)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
The first cases of documented vampirism were in a small village of Kisilova and you have been ordered to go there and investigate over 9 deaths in one week. You haven't even made it across the river yet and already sabotage is showing it's ugly hand. Someone is cutting ropes to your ferry and chopping down trees to block your path, but why? The graphics are good and the voiceovers are good and you have the option of turning off the voiceovers in options setting. There are only two options of difficulty but the game itself isn't that hard to figure out and has a good hint system. The HOS are slightly interactive, click on a curtain and the curtain draws back to expose something. There is one feature that is different, several items in the game scenes are interactive, pictures move and clank when you run your cursor over them, dogs wag their tails, owls hoot, frogs jump etc. The mini games aren't hard and can be skipped in either mode, the usual repeat the pattern of arrows that light up in order or fixing pipes to connect one end to the other. Not a bad game, entertaining with a good (and true) storyline. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Castle: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
Solving murder has never been so much fun!
Overall rating
4
/
5
78 of 84 found this review helpful
NEVER JUDGE A GAME BY IT'S COVER
PostedMay 4, 2013
pennmom36
fromSolving cases!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema Collector's Edition
(107)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is a different game somewhat olden type graphics, clear but not quite lifelike. There are a lot of HOS and they are dark but you can still find things it just takes a little longer, Only two modes of difficulty and the map only takes you to different locations you have to go to the rooms within that building yourself. There are no voiceovers, the characters are well done but the dialog is simply reading and clicking to continue. The story is intriguing a murder has taken place and has left a gruesome storybook trail dubbing the murderer as the hardcover book murderer. The hint system is excellent and will take you room to room and then show you the place and what inventory item should be used. Not a waste of time, fun, just not on the level of some of the recent games. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Fear For Sale: Nightmare Cinema
When the entire audience disappears from a film screening at an old theater, you must go behind the scenes to find out who is running the mysterious Nightmare Cinema!
Overall rating
5
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5
42 of 52 found this review helpful
McInroy's grandson still instilling fear!
PostedMay 3, 2013
pennmom36
fromWatching a movie.....oh nooooo
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema Collector's Edition
(107)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Yep, the apple don't fall far from the tree...I had a hard time deciding whether to give this 4 stars or 5 because in the CE there are morphing objects which I absolutely love and the SE doesn't. That being said, I decided to rate this game for what it is, a standard edition, and in my opinion it is an excellent game. I am very fond of the creepy scary genre with deranged characters and this game is exactly that. You learn that the grandson of the other fear for sale series is now responsible for the disappearance of a select group of people invited to a movie premier in an old abandoned cinema. What does he want from these people, what have they done to him? The graphics are incredible even though most of the scenes are dark, the voiceovers and cutscenes are very professional and the story is very good tying it into the other fear for sale games. The HOS are clear, the names for the items are understandable (this has been a problem in some games like a dall if you recall) you also have the option of switching to a jigsaw but the puzzles are super easy and the pieces are already outlined. The HOS are interactive and the CE even has morphing objects in the HOS. The puzzles are a little time consuming but totally doable such as an opening with several skulls that you have to click on the skulls to have their facial expressions and color match your inventory picture but when you click on one, others may change as well. Lot's of inventory items, plenty to do in each scene, a great map that indicates areas of interest an allows quick traveling. There are 4 levels of difficulty from casual with sparkles and unlimited clicking to hardcore your on your own no skipping or misclicks allowed and you can change this setting at any time. A definite candidate for purchase. Enjoy
I recommend this game!
Project Moonwalk
Project Moonwalk is an exciting video game that allows you to train as an Astronaut and walk in the footsteps of the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission!
Overall rating
2
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5
3 of 5 found this review helpful
STEP ASIDE NEIL...
PostedMay 2, 2013
pennmom36
fromHowling at the moon!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Shiver: Moonlit Grove Collector's Edition
(89)Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
If you like rockets or simulator type games then this is the game you've been waiting for. I will say that I played the demo selection and you have to answer several space related questions that I thought was very educational as well as the fact that in the beginning they explain all about the first satellite launch and talk about JFK's race for space. The game itself was too slow paced and you had to use the keyboard for walking and during simulations and that's too old fashioned for my taste. I think this game might be too hard for younger kids and older kids and adults will become bored quickly.
I recommend this game!
Shiver: Moonlit Grove Collector's Edition
With your carriage broken, and a wolf nearby, you must find shelter. What awaits you in the village just ahead?
Overall rating
5
/
5
16 of 20 found this review helpful
I THINK I'M A WEREWOLF!
PostedMay 2, 2013
pennmom36
fromHowling at the moon!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Shiver: Moonlit Grove Collector's Edition
(89)Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
In the beginning, a cutscene of a beautiful but mortally wounded wolf lies next to an infant human baby. A kind man takes this baby and raises him as his own. This man is a doctor and, as you begin to have flashbacks, healed you with a potion. the foster father has now disappeared and now that you are a doctor as well, you will head for your hometown to search for clues and heal people along the way. Then out of nowhere, a wolf attacks your buggy and causes a crash! You pick up pieces of diary pages (why is everyone's diary pages blowin' in the wind?) and start to realize that werewolves are real, and that your foster father was able to separate human and wolf essence to cure you as well! Good story right? The graphics are awesome, clean and clear and cutscenes are movie quality. You will discover that this is a mini game haven. Even the inventory items have puzzles to figure out. When you pick up some of the items. they will have an "eye" above indicating that something else can be done. Click on this item to reveal a mini game, most are simple and a clue will be found to solve such as a figure of Divinci's Vitruvian man, with moveable arms and legs, you will find a picture showing where his arms and legs should be positioned and you click to move them into the desired position, There aren't to many HOS but most of them are extremely interactive such as picking up pliers, using the pliers to remove nails from a crate, finding a broken plate inside and matching the other piece of the broken plate to that piece. Wow, what more could you ask for? There aren't any achievements, but who cares, this is a puzzle waiting to be solved and the bonus content has wallpapers extra play bonus and more HOS. This is absolutely worth buying. Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Island of Death: Demons and Despair
Save yourself from an unknown disease and leave the island!
Overall rating
4
/
5
54 of 58 found this review helpful
MEET MY WALKING DEAD HUSBAND!
PostedMay 1, 2013
pennmom36
fromKilling zombies so they don't eat my bwains
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Island of Death: Demons and Despair
(46)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
So the beautiful bride and her handsome husband arrive at the hotel for their honeymoon and the bride goes to sleep!? When she wakes up she reads a note from her husband that he's out jogging. When she goes outside she see's her husband and clearly he's not well. No need for panic... just search the town for clues and maybe even a cure! You learn that a scientist invented a vaccine with no side effects, or so they thought. They are turning into zombies, angry zombies that are not only afraid of water, but if they get wet (especially after midnight) they pulverize! I personally like this game, it even has random achievements, not bad for a SE. The HOS are interactive and are well done. The graphics are clear and crisp and some good heart pumping undead music. Most of the puzzles are simple, the hardest one was to take away pegs from several small triangles and leave only 4 exact triangles, but even that was easy. The game starts out a little slow in the motel room and then when you go outside because everything you come across needs another part and almost nothing in your inventory, but shortly after that the parts you need are popping up and lots of things to do. The hint system points which direction to go or what item to use. Well done, Demons and Despair, Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
Mysteries of the Undead
Explore the zombie island and break an ancient curse! What caused the disaster? Was it a virus or magic?
Overall rating
3
/
5
21 of 26 found this review helpful
WHERE'S ALL THE UNDEAD?
PostedApril 30, 2013
pennmom36
fromKilling zombies so they don't eat my bwains
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Haunted Domains
(48)Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
First of all I only saw 2 zombies one was at the beginning as just a brief flash and the other chained up on the pier, that's all I get in one hour? Now onto the game, it really isn't that bad. The graphics are awesomely clear, somewhat repetitive music that sounded similar to the Halloween movie. The problem is that you have to click on pointer to get a game cursor during settings and when you scan over items pay close attention to the cursor it will barely indicate something needs to be picked up. Then in the HOS the items in blue are somewhat difficult to find because from what I can tell there is no indication to click on a pillow so it moves to reveal beads, and a ventilator is a fan? They also double up HOS going back to the same area twice. Nothing much in the mini game sections, place gears correctly so they all move or figuring out a safe combination. The game does however sparkle in areas you need to go, a putoff to some. I'm on the fence with this one I think it's worth a credit, Enjoy!
I recommend this game!
TV Farm 2
Become the hero in the challenging world of farming! TV Farm 2 takes you into the world of reality television in this exciting Time Management game!
Overall rating
4
/
5
31 of 38 found this review helpful
HI HO THE MERRIO...
PostedApril 29, 2013
pennmom36
fromServing one ghoul at a time!
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Match 3, Time Management, Puzzle
Current Favorite:
Haunted Domains
(48)Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is a TM/Strategy game based upon a reality tv show. You start with a farm that you have to purchase a plot of land to plant seeds. You need to figure out how much garden space you can afford and how many seeds you can plant, you also have to pay employee's and upgrade production plants. When your products are finished you load up your truck and they take your product to sell thus bringing you back more funds. There are awards achieved and you earn points to spend on upgrades to make your farming easier, faster etc. There is a good tutorial that explains how to play and the graphics are better than most TM games. You will move on to different parts of the world to try your hand at farming in snowy regions, desert region, rocky regions and more. This is a good game I just thought it was a little slow paced.
I recommend this game!