tesamoine's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.4
- Helpful Votes:4,958
- Reviews Submitted:539
- First Review:March 13, 2013
- Most Recent Review:April 22, 2025
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The Agency of Anomalies: Mind Invasion
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.
Dark Sisterhood: The Initiation
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
/
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!
Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone Collector's Edition
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
Current Favorite:
Lost in the City: Post Scriptum
(30)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
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!
Dangerous Games: Prisoners of Destiny Collector's Edition
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
Current Favorite:
Alex Hunter: Lord of the Mind
(127)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
/
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!
Island Realms
A band of merry sailors is stuck on a beautiful island! Get creative as you help build a gorgeous island paradise!
Overall rating
2
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5
8 of 11 found this review helpful
Maybe a Tutorial would have helped
PostedDecember 29, 2013
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
This little TM game looked promising so I took a whirl at it. It gives absolutely no tutorial. I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing or what the objective was except I was supposed to get to the next island. Major epic fail.
I don't recommend this game.
The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams Collector's Edition
An invitation from your long lost mother leads you to a mysterious facility deep below the Atlantic Ocean.
Overall rating
4
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5
12 of 16 found this review helpful
Perhaps it is not always wise to enter the dream world
PostedDecember 28, 2013
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Order of the Rose
(42)Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
You were left on a doorstep as a baby with only a necklace. For 25 years, you've wondered who your biological parents were. Then you receive an invitation to board a dream machine and locate your biological mother. You hop right on that chance. You are sent to the bottom of the ocean in a capsule (makes me claustrophobic thinking of it). There, all is not what it seems. It appears people begin having difficulty telling the difference between dreams and reality. Game visuals are nice. Not great, but nice. Music is suited perfectly for the time period. HOS are a mix of list and find the parts. They were nicely done. Puzzles were of the standard usual variety. I found them easy which means they were very easy since I am not a pro at puzzling. This is a good adventure game. My only caveat was the number of cut scenes involved. I realize they are using the cut scenes to tell the entire story, but it interrupts the flow of the game and I began to feel as if I were watching a movie instead of playing a game. As far as CE offering there is a bonus chapter and "all the other stuff" I have no use for. Also you collect roses which are really not hidden at all. I very much enjoyed the game. It was different and unique. I don't feel it is up to CE quality however, unless the bonus chapter is a blockbuster. Even with the sale, I will be waiting for the SE as there is not another game I see that I have been awaiting the CE. Happy gaming :)))
I recommend this game!
Haunted Halls: Nightmare Dwellers
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...
Overall rating
3
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5
18 of 19 found this review helpful
Still Remains a Nightmare
PostedDecember 28, 2013
tesamoine
fromJersey Girl
Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Time Management
Current Favorite:
Order of the Rose
(42)Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
2
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5
I had played the CE demo when it first came out. I disliked the game highly. However, loving the previous Haunted Halls games, when I saw the SE I figured, well, why not give it another try. If anything, I disliked it more. The graphics and visuals are great. You do get your choice of difficulty including custom mode. There is a map and journal. And that's where the fun ended for me. This game seems like it is trying to be all things to all players and it does not work. The solutions to objects you find are so far fetched, it's ridiculous. I found the story very disjointed and all over the place. Also, this is sooo far off from the other Haunted Halls, they should not have made it a Haunted Halls installment. The repeating puzzle with the goggles put me over the edge. Ok, maybe once, twice, .... but over and over? No. This is still a pass for me. I also do not recommend this jumbled game.
I don't recommend this game.