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- Average Rating:3.4
- Helpful Votes:4,958
- Reviews Submitted:532
- First Review:March 13, 2013
- Most Recent Review:November 15, 2024
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Faerie Solitaire
Have some Faerie Solitaire fun in this addicting Card game! Raise a Faerie pet and repopulate the magical land of Avalon.
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Very Nice
PostedJanuary 8, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
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
3
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5
Beautiful relaxing solitaire game. Colors are bright and vibrant. Music is relaxing. There is a story also going on, you can hatch dinosaur eggs to see what they become. I am very new to solitaire games online, but I enjoyed this one immensely.
I recommend this game!
Welcome to the Any Wish Hotel, where guests don't check out – they simply vanish! You've been called in to investigate a perplexing disappearance. Can you solve the case before you become a permanent guest?
Overall rating
4
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5
21 of 24 found this review helpful
Any Wish Hotel
PostedJanuary 8, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
You are a detective called by the owner of the Any Wish Hotel to investigate a missing guest. However when you get there, odd things are happening. Someone is trying the impede your progress and the meeting you have scheduled with the owner is a bit late because the owner was knocked out by a mysterious sinister stranger. Hmmmm. The story line is very good. I was pulled in by it. Games will either grab my attention or not, and this one did. I came across two HOS. Both list form with very little interaction. I encountered a few puzzles, the chess one I found tricky. There are 3 modes of play. I always demo games on the easiest mode. There are many items to find and it is very easy to miss some. There was ingenuity used by the developers in the use of some objects. Soft background music is the only sound. No voice overs. Just some dialogue. Not much. You do get a journal and a jump map which are nice features. The hint recharges quickly which is a good thing because I missed picking up a few things and was wandering helplessly around. I enjoyed this game and will buy. Demo for yourself as we all have different tastes.
I recommend this game!
The fabled land of Agartha awaits your discovery in Esoterica: Hollow Earth! Experience a sci-fi adventure that will take you to the depths of the Earth.
Overall rating
4
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5
5 of 6 found this review helpful
Now where did Grandpa go?
PostedJanuary 7, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
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
This is another great soft release sent our way. This one is set in the 1920's. The drawings are cartoonish, but not in a bad way. Your scientist grandpa is missing and evil people are after him, and you must find grandpa. You board a flight from NY to London to look for him. This is definitely a character driven story. If you are looking for a colorful, blingy, magical looking game, this one is not for you. There is a lot of dialogue to read. You can certainly skip it, but then you wouldn't know a thing about the story, and that's really what this game is about... the story. There are 2 types of HOP that I came across, standard list and silhouette. Both are well lit and easy. You do get a journal a few moments into the game. No map. The hint button is helpful in both HOS and directions. The puzzles are cute and different. Mostly, the game is HOS. There are 2 modes of play. I always demo a game in casual or easy, so there were sparkles. You really do have to look around for items you may need as they're easy to miss. There are also gold punch cards to collect which tell you about the story. I didn't find the graphics grainy. They are suitable for this particular game. I enjoyed it and it is a buy for me. Happy gaming :)
I recommend this game!
You're called to a health spa in the Alps, where an evil professor has something terrible in mind for his unwitting patients.
Overall rating
5
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5
22 of 24 found this review helpful
Excellent Game !!!
PostedJanuary 5, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Fall of the New Age
(56)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
The 4th installment of the Agency of Anomalies does not disappoint. This time you are in the Alps in a spa (although it does NOT look like any spa I've visited ) trying to stop the mean and evil Doctor from brainwashing his patients.. You are offered 3 levels of difficulty. A jump map is available. A journal is there. You get to listen to recordings of each patient's background and anomaly. There are many (did I say many) HOS. Yes, they are very different from your standard HOS, but there are lots of them nonetheless. However, they are interesting and diverse and enjoyable. The puzzles were challenging and I enjoyed them. The length of the game appears to be quite good. This game has a great creep factor. I impatiently waited for the SE offering, as I felt the CE did not offer much extra. This is a wonderfully put together game, and you can see much thought went into this by the developers. I do not rank games 5 stars very often. This is a keeper.
I recommend this game!
Secret Trails: Frozen Heart
Your surprise visit is ruined by a blizzard. Who caused it, and what does he want with your little sister?
Overall rating
3
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5
6 of 9 found this review helpful
Still not sure about this one
PostedJanuary 5, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
2
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5
I played the CE of this and felt it was not up to CE standards. However, with the brutally cold weather here and me absolutely despising cold weather, I sat down and played the SE. This is a ho hum story. You go to meet your sister for her birthday in July, but alas, a freak blizzard strikes, your sister gets frozen, and is kidnapped by a raving lunatic weathermaster. This is a very very simplistic game. HOS are easy. Puzzles are easy. Game play is so linear a child can do this. I may eventually purchase if there is a DD or some other sort of very very inexpensive special on this game. Otherwise, it's a pass for me.
I don't recommend this game.
A peaceful island town erupts into a violent witch hunt and your friend’s daughter is the target! Can you protect her from the townspeople?
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Spooky Stuff
PostedJanuary 4, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Fall of the New Age
(56)Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
A great SE that wasn't a CE. I love these soft releases and just got a chance to demo this one. It was a buy for me. The story line is creepy with witches, and black magic, but I like that. I didn't find the graphics grainy. It's a dark game, but in subject and play. The HOS are well done. You get quests to do to appease the townspeople. It was a very short demo, so I'm assuming the game itself isnt too long. That's ok though. I am enjoying the game immensely. It's so nice to play something different and unique instead of the cookie cutter usuals that are released.
I recommend this game!
A strange premonition tells you your uncle is missing. Follow him into a world of fantasy, and discover the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone!
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 4 found this review helpful
Where's Uncle Alfred??
PostedJanuary 4, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Fall of the New Age
(56)Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is a fantasy game where you and your Uncle Alfred were building a portal to shoot you off to another dimension, when lo and behold, Uncle Alfred did not wait for you but used the portal alone. Now he's in great danger and you, the niece, must go into the portal and track him down. You, the niece, are quite the chatter box, and can't help but make comments all throughout the game. But I digress. The colors and graphics are very nice. There is not mouth movement, which kind of bothers me. The people are cartoonish. The music is peaceful and relaxing. I'd say this leans heavily as an adventure game and I do love adventure games. Just really not a great fan of fantasy/sci fi games. However, this one I really enjoyed. The HOS are few and far in between and were done very very well. 2 were list, and one was fragments. The puzzles, oh the puzzles. This is where I come into difficulty. There is no reset button. At all. If you are stuck, you are just going to have to skip it. And the last puzzle I encountered, the one with creating the recipe, did not work so well for me. I had difficulty moving the spoon, but perhaps it was just me. There are 2 modes of play, and with the CE, a bonus chapter that apparently is quite difficult to locate, and the usual "stuff"... wallpaper, concept art, etc. There are game related achievements and morphing objects which are VERY difficulty to spot. I found 2 and the tutorial pointed the first one out. I do like the game a lot. I found it challenging and different than the usual same old same old that is released. I however, will wait for the SE. I'm not a big fan of searching until my eyes hurt for morphing objects and except for the bonus chapter, have no need for al the CE extras. Enjoy :)))
I recommend this game!
Fall of the New Age
Help Marla uncover the secret conspiracy of the Cult and release her brother from captivity!
Overall rating
5
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5
26 of 29 found this review helpful
This is a Good One !!
PostedJanuary 3, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Oh how I love these soft releases recently. I find them better than the "big" game makers releases. You and your brother are thieves and while you are loading up on the silver, your brother is captured and taken away. Unfortunately he was your lookout, so as you make your way down the rope with your goods, you are also captured and thrown in a cell. A total stranger comes to your rescue saying he is an old friend of your father and he will help you in exchange for you stealing a document for him. Since you are an accomplished lock picking thief, you agree. This is more of an adventure game. I came across 2 HOS in the demo, one a list type, the other, a silhouette. This game flows so perfectly, it drew me in from the very beginning. There are puzzles here and there.,.. mostly lock picking puzzles. I enjoyed that because the game wasn't interrupted by puzzles and HOS. I do love adventure games. There are 3 modes of play. If you do not want directional help, I would suggest playing in the hardest mode, as there is a lot of hand holding in the easier modes. You do have a journal and sort of a map. It is not a jump map or really a map that tells you what needs to be done. More of a clue map that will help your through mazes, etc. You also get a box with costume changes, which if you play the demo, you will see are kind of mini puzzles in itself. You also have a box of gems that you will collect along the way (these gems are not hidden objects to find), however, I do not know what the purpose of the gems are yet. You do find a cute raccoon? ferret? but he is the hint button. He, thankfully, is not a helper. This appears to be a long intriguing game, very different than the standard cookie cutter games we are seeing of late. I absolutely loved it and will buy. Attempting to keep warm in the arctic cold..... happy gaming !!!!
I recommend this game!
You came to the town of Brownville, Louisiana hoping to find a new job. But you weren't expecting to stumble upon a strange adventure in a world filled with beauty and danger!
Overall rating
3
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5
19 of 28 found this review helpful
Prisoner of a Card Game
PostedJanuary 2, 2014
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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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
/
5
You are invited by your friend Ben to come to the town of Brownville where there are lots of jobs in an otherwise poor economy. You arrive there and your new boss, Simon, invites you to play cards. Bad choice. This card game takes you into other worlds, where you must survive all different things to win. The graphics and colors are bright, vivid and good. The music is fine. However, if I don't care for music in a game, I shut it off. The HOS are interactive, however, there IS a penalty for over/rapid clicking. That's a point off for me. The mini games are cute and easy. You run into a little rabbit./toad/something kind of helper who will assist you. Game play is pretty linear. A lot of hand holding going on. Story is very different but could have been so much more. I went into this with very high expectations and hopes. It was just OK for me. You get your usual stuff you never need in the CE edition, plus a small bonus chapter. There are achievements... all game related. There is one collectible, cards. Perhaps it was the fact that this game steered off into a type of fairy tale with the cutesy helper (even though the guy wasn't too cute), or the story just dragged, but I lost interest after 20 minutes. I did play until the end of the demo, but the game did nothing for me. Also, had a hard time with hitting the exact spots in the HOS and mini games. The over click penalty and poor cursor set up gives this a do not recommend.
I don't recommend this game.
Lisa is helping Santa Claus deliver presents to a small town when her car transforms into candies! Help her fix her car and save Christmas!
Overall rating
4
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5
17 of 18 found this review helpful
Short but Fun
PostedDecember 30, 2013
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 just had to try this game and I'm so glad I did. It has bright graphics and bold colors. Music is delightful. It seems you are driving and your vehicle turns into a candy car and you end up at the house of 3 good witches trying to do different things? That's what I get from the gist of the story. Oh but it is cute. There are many many HOS. They are simple and bright. I came across one puzzle in the demo. The demo only lasted 20 minutes, so it is a very very short game. However, it is just so likable, I believe I will purchase anyway. There are quite a bit of tasks you must accomplish and yes they do require some thinking. Such as helping a beaver build his dam and fixing a clock, etc. I see reviewers stating this should have come out before Christmas. Well, whenever it was released, Christmas-time is my favorite season and I could play Christmas games all year long. There are also parts of the world that celebrate the Epiphany, etc, and their Christmas is much longer than one day. Due to the short demo, I cannot really say more about the game. I had no technical issues, and the cursor was spot on. I really enjoyed it.
I recommend this game!