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- Average Rating:4.3
- Helpful Votes:101
- Reviews Submitted:11
- First Review:April 18, 2012
- Most Recent Review:January 27, 2013
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House of 1000 Doors: The Palm of Zoroaster Collector's Edition
Guide Kate Reed as she searches for the artifacts that can break the power of a cursed gem in House of 1,000 Doors: The Palm of Zoroaster!
Overall rating
4
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5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
Great game for beginners and casual players
PostedApril 18, 2012
zaitrancer
fromVancouver, Canada
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
3
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I give this game a 5 from a casual gamer's perspective and a 3 from an expert gamer's perspective.
Casual or beginners: This game is perfect for you. It has stunningly beautiful graphics, pleasant music, nice voice overs and lots of cut scenes throughout the game play. The HO scenes and puzzles are not too challenging, and there is an interactive map that shows you scenes where you can perform an action. The interactive map even lets you jump to whatever location you like. You never will have too many inventory items or locations available to you, so you should not get frustrated while playing. This game will leave you quite happy!
Expert gamers: You may be a bit disappointed. While the graphics are stunning, the game play is straight forward and generally very linear with little complexity. At any given time during game play, only a very limited number of locations, inventory items and actions are available. The interactive map which shows available actions essentially works as a walk through, and the puzzles are quite easy so there is little sense of satisfaction at solving them.
Unfortunately for me, this game does not stack up to the first game; but I would still highly recommend it for a casual or beginner audience.
I recommend this game!