I should have tried the trial version before buying: I would have immediately recognised it as being in the same collection as other games I have disliked, and rejected it without losing £££. Sigh. My advice: try before you buy.
Absolutely superb and creepy fun. Sound effects are unusually high. Puzzles are logically connected to the story. Good suspense and plot line kept me wanting to play right through.
I recommend this game!
+11points
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The Big Secret of a Small Town
Find out what is hidden behind the mysterious disappearance of the Mayor.
Overall rating
1/ 5
0 of 4 found this review helpful
Miniscule items, miniscule pleasure
PostedMarch 9, 2015
rua7bua
fromLondon
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object
Fun Factor
2/ 5
Visual/Sound Quality
2/ 5
Level of Challenge
4/ 5
Storyline
1/ 5
Lovely graphics - except that the items to find are so tiny they are invisible: you know they are there only because a hand appears to grab them. Minimal directions for puzzles, which have the potential - unrealised - to be great. Small things mar the bigger picture, in every sense. And the last game is frustrating with no option to avoid.
You thought this would be just like any other investigation. But now you find yourself lost in a mysterious mansion brimming with strange creatures, comatose colleagues, and mysterious tentacles around every corner...
I was getting tired of same old same old stories and illustrations - then along came this. It made me laugh out loud. Absolutely outrageous, starting with the pink flamingoes. Just great fun. The decoding stuff became repetitively boring but apart from that, this is a game out of the ordinary that can lift any mood. Highly recommended for anyone with a sense of humour. ... (that reminds me: when is the 2nd vampire Dahlia game coming out?)
This was a really enjoyable game, far better than the initial appearance might indicate. I respect games where the hidden-object scenes and puzzles are logically related to the story rather than interrupting it, and this game highly scored here. Hidden-object scenes were also in logical places (rather than having to be retraced to long-past, now-unrelated scenes as in some games), keeping you on the trail. I also liked that some inventory tools were used immediately, some later. Everything was structured to keep you moving forward. Recommended!
This is far far worse than other titles in the Mystery Trackers series. Horrible fuzzy illustrations, short story and far too many 'games' interrupting the storyline - I got the feeling they were thrown in to compensate for its brevity. Wish I had tried the trial version first instead of trusting other people's ratings. I ended up being irritated.
Oh dear - it was a mistake to buy this without a trial, assuming it might be as good as previous games in this series. It wasn't. As soon as I heard the fake-irish accents, I suspected that as little attention was given to the game play as to accuracy. Mixed in with the supposed-irish accents were regional-english ones (guards) and celtic symbols on buildings which seem created by people who had not travelled out of the far east. Good, I suppose, if it were deliberate and there was some narrative tieing in the different cultures, but it just felt shoddy and negligent. The game was short, the hidden-object scenes so boring that I swapped to shoot-the-bubbles instead.
After two disappointing games which left me so bored I had to force myself to complete them and wondering if it was worth buying any more - along came this gem. Nevertales is enjoyable, made me laugh and has many many twists and turns. The sound effects bring you into each scene with a very high level of professionalism. The puzzles are logically relevant to the plot and advance the game. A joy to play.
Professor Ashmore, the same man who so kindly took you in and raised you as his own has been murdered. It’s up to you to find out why, but are you prepared for what truths may be uncovered?
All the reviewers who gave this game 4 stars are right in their praise - I am giving only 3 stars because, just as I was expecting to jump into another chapter to continue the story, the screen abruptly changed to say "The End". Well, it wasn't. We did not seem to be even a third of the way through, had not even left the house far less entered the next dimension. We must wait for the next instalment of what now appears to have been a very short game.
Ho hum. Perhaps this game suffered as the one I played just before it was the tautly gripping True Fear: Forsaken Souls - grim graphics but a storyline that kept me in suspense to the end and whose sequels I await. In contrast, I thought Off The Record was what parents might buy for their children. SOOOO bored. Had to force myself to play until the end. It's by Eipix, which can be excellent - but not consistently so.