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- Average Rating:4.1
- Helpful Votes:1,277
- Reviews Submitted:359
- First Review:July 23, 2016
- Most Recent Review:April 26, 2021
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It's time to begin your journey to help a ghost captain and save the world.
Overall rating
4
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
Long game, many puzzles to solve
PostedDecember 4, 2017
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
3
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5
I did not like the graphics for the game, but the game is long, with more puzzles to solve than HOPs. Gameplay is intuitive and most puzzles were easy to reasonable, a few exasperating. There are a ton of places to explore and actions to take. The teleport map is helpful in that regard.
Hard core mode allows hint, skip, and helpful messages, but map does not display hints for areas of interest in your next task.
The story is entirely forgettable, but the title of the game is apt, as you wander among 30 locations. There are 20 collectible journal pages to find throughout the game, but I found these boring as it's a lot of reading (background info for items and characters encountered). HOPs have many interactions, a lot of them hooked together like connect-the-dots (find one item to get another item, which leads to another item etc).
This game is good for those who enjoy being detective and solving puzzles.
I recommend this game!
Reveries: Soul Collector
Your wedding day gets interrupted when your fiancée is kidnapped!
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Fairy tales never die
PostedDecember 2, 2017
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
The story doesn't make sense to me. You are about to be married and receive 3 gifts from your fiance, and then you have to rescue your fiance who has become trapped in vines. As you navigate your way through the castle grounds, the background story develops, much of it taken from immortal fairytales such as Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Thumbelina and the mole, and Cinderella.
The game reminds me a lot of the Spirits of Mystery series. The artwork is good, fair voiceovers and cinematics.
Gameplay is excellent. This is one of the few games that allow Hint and Skip in Hard core mode, and the map will even show you areas where task is available in Hard core mode, but helpful messages are blocked. HOPs are standard variety and you are allowed to play jigsaw puzzle, match 3 or other puzzle variety if you get stuck and don't want to use hint. Each puzzle has choice of Casual or Hard mode.
I enjoyed the game, despite the story not making much sense.
I recommend this game!
Phantasmat: Reign of Shadows
There's more to this resort than meets the eye.
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Absorbing game play, excellent cinematics
PostedDecember 2, 2017
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
4
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5
I'm not a fan of spooky, gloomy scenery, but the cinematics, voiceovers, game play, and storyline are executed brilliantly, making for an absorbing mystery HO game.
You are lured to the abandoned and rundown Arcadia Resort based on a letter received from your long lost sister and become trapped among the ruins and possibly become part of a trap set for you by the demented Edward Corvine.
The series of actions as you progress through the resort is absorbing and fun, despite the creepy surroundings. There's a good balance of HOPs and puzzles. One thing I didn't like is the Map does not show areas where actions are needed on advanced level, which is a departure from most games.
Most puzzles are straightforward, with a few exceptions.
This is a long game, with cinematics comparable to current movies. The voiceovers are excellent and appropriate to the storyline.
If you can stomach the dark and creepy surrounds, this is a game with a lot to offer for intrepid detective lovers.
I recommend this game!
Stop a strange phenomenon that could threaten the entire world!
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
For puzzle aficionados
PostedNovember 30, 2017
Fun Factor
4
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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
The intro to the game has its own song specific for the story/game, just like in the movies. Don't get excited, it's not a song you'll be humming spontaneously, but it's an extra not commonly seen in most HO games.
I can't even remember what the story is about, but what is memorable about the game is all the puzzles present at every step of the game. The easy puzzles don't trouble me, but there are quite a few that are real brain teasers. There are junk pile HOPs, many of them require interactions to complete and are puzzles in themselves.
The graphics are excellent, and the game is long, both in story content and in number of puzzles to complete.
This isn't a game for relaxation, but will give your brain a good work out or if you LOVE puzzles.
I recommend this game!
Can you stop history from repeating itself?
Overall rating
5
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5
3 of 3 found this review helpful
The best of the Dark Romance series
PostedNovember 28, 2017
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
The schtick with the Dark Romance series is you play the game from the perspective of two separated lovers. There's a locket with the two lovers at bottom left, which glows with fire to let you know you need to play from perspective of the lady vs the man.
The graphics are exceptionally well done, except for a few scenes in which the lady's head seems askew on top of her body. The voiceovers are true to character except for a few scenes where the voice seems discombobulated to the graphic.
Having played the other DR series, I think this is the best of the series. The storyline is easy to follow. HOPs are varied, and even challenging in a few. However, you have the option of Match3 if you detest junk piles. All puzzles have the option of Easy vs Hard mode, which is chosen individually as encountered. The puzzles range from super easy to super pain.
I thoroughly enjoyed the game and think it has wide appeal to lovers of HOS mystery fairytale adventure games.
I recommend this game!
Unlock the mystery of the Sculptor's tragic fate!
Overall rating
5
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5
It's not who you think it is
PostedNovember 27, 2017
Fun Factor
4
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
4
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5
This is a whodunnit along the coast of the Greek isles. The characters are drop dead gorgeous. Scenery is bright and cheery. HOPs are the usual junk pile, but some items are really well blended into the scene, sometimes requiring a hint. Most puzzles are easy or manageable. The harder ones have a reset button, which I found very helpful, but some puzzles have NO reset button, which I hate. All puzzles should have a reset button in my opinion. The actions to take are mostly logical, and the guilty party is not who you think it is.
I found this game highly enjoyable to play, exercising your logic while rewarding your eyes with beautiful scenery and objects to find.
I recommend this game!
Discover a world of fantastical creations in this hidden object adventure!
Overall rating
4
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5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
For hard core junk pile HOP aficionados
PostedNovember 26, 2017
Fun Factor
4
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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
There's not much of a storyline or action--you're just wandering around a factory and asked to find items by one of the factory supervisors. There is a journal in the lower left corner with hand drawn pictures explaining the background of the factory, how it came about, peculiarities of the factory owner and founders etc, but not necessary to advancing through the game. The basic objective of the game is to find 17 flying pigs--they are well hidden or blended into the background--in order to complete the game. Not to worry, there is a teleport map that glimmers locations with pigs you missed on your journey. There is a Hint hourglass that glows when you hover over the junk pile scene to find an object, but can't be used to find the pigs. The Continue button glimmers and tells you what needs to be done next.
The graphics are extraordinarily well done, sharp, clear, highly detailed and well thought out.
This game is not for all, but finds an excuse to find objects among a pile of junk and great for hard core HOP lovers.
I recommend this game!
A Halloween party becomes a spine-tingling fight for survival!
Overall rating
4
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5
8 of 9 found this review helpful
Entertaining HOP just shy of greatness
PostedNovember 26, 2017
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
4
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5
You're invited to a Halloween party taking place at a haunted house mansion, and quickly discover the party is more than you bargained for with your friend kidnapped by a sinister woman named Mary. As you attempt to rescue your friend, you discover you are part of the Seers....dum dum dum
The graphics should please those who like Halloween horror, without being overly gruesome or bloody. However, it is not a pretty, pretty type of graphics.
The storyline is excellent, but the standard version leaves you wanting for more, and the ending is somewhat abrupt, perhaps deliberately.
The best part of the game are the puzzles, which range from easy, peasy to moderately challenging, but not exasperatingly hard. There's a good balance of HOPs to puzzles, about 1:1 ratio. Actions to take are easy to intuit, which enhances the detective mode of the game, and for me, makes it super fun to play.
I would have given 5 stars if the story for the SE were more complete/longer, but the series is off to an excellent start.
I recommend this game!
Can you escape from the grasp of a lovestruck ghost?
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption
PostedNovember 23, 2017
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
5
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5
The action is a bit slow, but there is an interesting and surprising twist that is not appreciated until near the end. As usual, the graphics are superb. The one gimmick in the game is a ghostly dog who serves as your helper throughout the game. There are many puzzles to solve, too many for my taste, but most are easy. Of all the DK games, the puzzles in this one are more challenging than previous games. Junk pile HOPs are few and far in between.
If you enjoy mystery novels, this game is right up your alley. It's quite a long game.
If you enjoy mystery novels, this game is right up your alley. It's quite a long game.
I recommend this game!
Overall rating
4
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5
Dana Knightstone rocks!
PostedNovember 23, 2017
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
5
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5
Join Dana in her journey through Scotland to right the wrong wrought upon two star crossed lovers a century ago. Game has 7 chapters, many puzzles (most easy, a few not very intuitive), few junk pile HOPs, and an excellent storyline that will have you wanting for more DK adventures.
I recommend this game!