FionaMac's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:4.2
- Helpful Votes:112
- Reviews Submitted:5
- First Review:May 1, 2012
- Most Recent Review:December 4, 2019
- Featured reviews0
FionaMac's Review History
Hazel is back in a new Home Designer adventure and she’ll need help turning her client’s home into a fabulous place to live!
Overall rating
3
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5
Lots of choices for furnishing; games not challenging
PostedDecember 4, 2019
FionaMac
fromGlendale, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Brain Teaser, Card & Board, Family, Hidden Object, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Word
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
3
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5
I like having lots more choices for furniture, although most of them are not to my taste. The games are ho-hum and repetitive and I got bored easily. Enjoyed the games with Makeover Blast a lot more, even though there was less variety.
I'd also like to know whether I should expect to find logo & coins in every HO scene, or only sometimes. The games are very similar to Adventure Trip: London, and I got tired of them there too.
This game rates my skill as a decorator, but I have no idea what the standard is supposed to be.
I'd also like to know whether I should expect to find logo & coins in every HO scene, or only sometimes. The games are very similar to Adventure Trip: London, and I got tired of them there too.
This game rates my skill as a decorator, but I have no idea what the standard is supposed to be.
Awaken your inner Home Designer and have a blast renovating these homes to picture perfection!
Overall rating
5
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5
6 of 8 found this review helpful
I want more choices
PostedDecember 4, 2019
FionaMac
fromGlendale, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Brain Teaser, Card & Board, Family, Hidden Object, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle, Word
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
Please get me more choices for all categories. There's only so much you can do with these combinations, whether you follow the designer's plans or strike out on your own. That said, I'm really enjoying the game and have played it thru about 4 times so far. The match games are fun and a new challenge every time. But I want more choices for wallpaper, lamps and paintings especially, and I'd like to be able to design the rooms in an order that makes more sense to me. I'd also like to be able to skip an element if I don't want to use it, such as flowers on a table. Will the creators of the game provide updates, or a collector's edition, or a second version with perhaps 5 or 6 choices for each item?
I recommend this game!
Shop local yard sales for hidden swag and visit Sunnyville`s most eccentric homes to pinpoint hidden objects.
Overall rating
5
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5
35 of 38 found this review helpful
Need more of these!
PostedJune 23, 2013
FionaMac
fromGlendale, CA
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
Just discovered Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville and played it on my Mac. Love it! It's fun and creative. I hoped to find more from this company, but apparently the only other one is Yard Sale: Lucky Junction, which is only for PC.
Would love to have more of this type and quality - it's the best HOG since the Little Shop series, which are apparently obsolete.
Would love to have more of this type and quality - it's the best HOG since the Little Shop series, which are apparently obsolete.
I recommend this game!
Travel back in time to the late 19th century and get ready for spectacular adventures on land, sea and air.
Overall rating
5
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5
59 of 69 found this review helpful
Endlessly enjoyable
PostedJuly 7, 2012
FionaMac
fromGlendale, CA
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Card & Board, Brain Teaser, Puzzle, Mahjong
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
I've played this on 3 computers and have lost track of the number of journeys. Well over 200 at the moment, though. I find it endlessly enjoyable.
Responding to previous reviews - rocks can be blown up with 3 of the power tools. And you can avoid losing a life by quitting the game before time runs out. You keep the points you've earned for play up to then. But if you finish Day 81 and don't click thru the final dialog, you don't get credit for the journey (i.e., the journey number doesn't change when you start the game over).
I invent new challenges for myself, like seeing how quickly I can finish a level, or how many points I can rack up (anything over 3000 per level is acceptable, but you can get a lot higher).
I also find it funny that the screen tells me to "Harry up" rather than "Hurry up" when time is running out.
I recommend this game!
Mary Kay Andrews: The Fixer Upper
Small town living isn’t what Dempsey Killebrew, a DC girl, is used to but this chore may just become a labor of love!
Overall rating
3
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5
12 of 12 found this review helpful
Should have stuck to one story line
PostedMay 1, 2012
FionaMac
fromGlendale, CA
Skill Level:Intermediate
Favorite Genre(s):Word, Arcade & Action, Hidden Object, Match 3, Card & Board, Brain Teaser, Puzzle, Mahjong
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
2
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5
The hidden objects puzzles are good - some of the objects blend in nicely, making it more of a challenge. That's the only reason I would recommend this game. Mini puzzles varied from boring to good. If they'd stuck with the fixer upper storyline, I'd have rated it much higher. But they had a back story involving the FBI that had such a contrived and abrupt resolution that it spoiled the game. Seemed like the game's creators got bored and just decided to quit, so they wrapped it all up quickly in a way that really makes no sense.
I recommend this game!