norm0908's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.2
- Helpful Votes:42
- Reviews Submitted:11
- First Review:October 13, 2014
- Most Recent Review:September 11, 2022
- Featured reviews0
Overall rating
5
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5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
A different kind of fun
PostedSeptember 11, 2022
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
I really enjoyed this game. It was quite different but pleasantly so. Some parts were quite challenging for me, but I muddled my way through. I would highly reccoment getting the CE as the hints were not always very helpful and the only walkthrough was on YouTube and it was terrible. It showed a solver's first attempt at the game so you had to sit through all their many trials and errors. It should have been done by someone who had completed the game. With so few really good gams coming out now it was totally refreshing to find this one.
I recommend this game!
Can you save the city from nature’s destructive forces in time?
Overall rating
1
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5
HUGE mistake
PostedMay 9, 2021
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
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
I have some League of Light games I like. This is not one of them. It is different in the way it is played and since some like the game I mistakenly thought those that didn't just didn't like that it was different. It is the worst game that I have ever played. It is repetitious and boring. The molecule games were fun at first, but even they got boring. Not only were the HOP's very similar they revisited the same scenes so that you felt you were doing the same HOP over and over. I used the hint button a lot because I got tired of trying to find objects that were impossible to see. Sadly, I wasted my money.
I don't recommend this game.
My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn adventure set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
What a delight
PostedJune 11, 2019
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
4
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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
What a nice break from the dark, dreary, and depressing. I look forward to puzzles that actually occur in brightly lit backgrounds. I had a hard time getting started but stuck with it long enough to figure it out and then I was hooked and had to have it. It is so whimsical and imaginative that it draws you in. I would have given it 5 stars except for the help button. It was poorly done. Sometime it flashed so quickly that I missed it and would have to wait for a much too long recovery time to try again. I am an elderly retiree and my eyes are not what they used to be and neither is my old tv that I use for a monitor.
There were times when I would click several times on what might be a small portion of a hidden object and nothing would happen and then after clicking on the help button I would discover it was actually an object I was looking for., But all in all it was a lot of fun and I wish it could have been longer.
I, too, discovered that Big Fish has no walk through or blog for this game, but for those uses who got frustrated because of this, you can go on the internet and find a walk through.
Besides the poor help button, there is no tutorial to help people get started. Because of this they have probably lost a lot of sales.
I recommend this game!
Turn back the hands of time to free the Lost Lands!
Overall rating
3
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5
3 of 7 found this review helpful
This was a let down
PostedSeptember 1, 2018
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Mahjong, Match 3
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I own all of the Lost World games and this one doesn't even look like it belongs in the series. It looks as if it were done by a totally different crew. They changed the way Susan looks to where she is no longer attractive, and her hair is an ugly mess. Where the previous games had a lot of daylight scenes with really nice colors, this one was dismal, dark, and depressing. And that pretty much describes the story line, too.
When I play I like to sit back and relax and left the game unfold. I don't want to have to keep paper and pencil at hand to copy down clues. Towards the end I just skipped those rather that bothering with them.
This. in all likelihood will be the last Lost Worlds I will buy. Sad.
I don't recommend this game.
Survive a dangerous game of luck to uncover your past!
Overall rating
4
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5
HO's too dark
PostedJune 21, 2018
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
I really liked the game overall, but have to complain about the visual quality. The art work was great, but developers need to take in to account that some of us just can't afford to have the latest, greatest, largest monitors. When they make the HO's so dark that you have to use the hint to find some of the objects it really takes away from the enjoyment and leaves you feeling a bit cheated. I found it interesting that the collector's edition with 50 reviews had about a 4 1/2 overall rating while the standard had only 3. Perhaps it's because it is not your standard cookie cutter game and many aspects of the game are quite difference which I found appealing.
Journey through fantastic landscapes and complete many interesting tasks and exciting puzzles.
Overall rating
2
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5
2 of 3 found this review helpful
Started OK but fizzled out.
PostedMay 11, 2017
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Current Favorite:
Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen
(52)Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
2
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5
Storyline
4
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5
When I started the demo I was not sure if I liked it. But as I played more of it I decided I liked the colors. I have grown really, really tired of the dark and dreary, the swirling smoke, and the creeping vines. The games were a bit different and the story line had potential so I bought it. This was one of those games where the demo held your interest enough that you decided to buy it then are sorry you did because when you get past where the demo ended it goes rapidly down hill. The music at times got so annoying that I had to mute it. The translations needed a proof reader in the worst way. The developers either ran out of ideas, ran out of time and/or money, or just lost interest. They resorted to a lot of arcade type games which turned me off. With the wide variety of games on this site, if I wanted to just play arcade games I would buy one.
I don't recommend this game.
Help young Sam save Princess Aurora and stop the villain from seizing control of the Kingdom of Aurelia in this puzzle adventure.
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Wonderful game!
PostedOctober 3, 2016
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
How wonderful it was to play such an imaginative, well executed game. This game illustrates how it is not necessary for a really good game to be dark or violent or have the oh so over done swirling smoke . A bit challenging at times, but patience will win out. I loved the graphics and the inventiveness of the scenes. A real pleasure to play and was sorry to see it come to an end. I am hopefully looking forward to seeing more along this line.
I recommend this game!
Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of Spooky Manor
Play as Mortimer Beckett and uncover the secrets of your uncle's ghostly mansion in Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of Spooky Manor!
Overall rating
2
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5
14 of 18 found this review helpful
Annoying game
PostedJune 6, 2016
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Current Favorite:
Subliminal Realms: The Masterpiece
(56)Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
1
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
When the Mortimer Beckett games came out several years ago, at that time they were quite fun. Except for this one. Although, in all the games the pieces could be hard to see, this one could be very difficult. I found the ghost penalties to be extremely irritating. They started popping up after only one or two clicks and because the pieces were hard to find they popped up very quickly and if you tried to keep looking in the same room, more and more ghosts would pop up. But you can get relief by going to another room, But all the rooms were so full of similar junk that when you went back to a room it was difficult to remember where you had clicked, then the first thing you know, the ghosts are baaaaaaak!
I don't recommend this game.
You're the last hope to stop the ancient curse!
Overall rating
3
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5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
I was disappointed.
PostedJanuary 4, 2016
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Current Favorite:
Shrouded Tales: Revenge of Shadows
(8)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
I did not like this as much as the previous games. Although well designed and well put together it did not really grab my interest. It was all over the place. Way to much jumping around to the point it lacked continuity and I just kind of lost track of the story line. My map button worked very poorly (could be the fault of my sluggish computer) and I ended up using the hint button to get around. Which I may have done anyway in view of all the hopping around. I recommend this game as it is worth playing.
I recommend this game!
Otherworld: Spring of Shadows
Use a mystical locket to explore a magical world and save a young girl in Other world: Spring of Shadows!
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
A bit old fashioned.
PostedAugust 21, 2015
norm0908
fromPhoenix, AZ
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
It's a good thing I bought the summer and fall sequels to this first because I really enjoyed them. If I had purchased this one first I may not have purchased the others. This one has none of the bells and whistles that the later two have that make them fun. But, of course, since this was earlier, it was probably very good for its time. I hope they come out with the winter sequel. I would look forward to it, but as of now there doesn't seem to be a lot of hope.
I recommend this game!