Scottar's Profile
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- Average Rating:3.6
- Helpful Votes:395
- Reviews Submitted:236
- First Review:August 1, 2016
- Most Recent Review:January 1, 2025
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Diamon is off to China to find the ancient Eye of the Dragon! Solve different puzzles and mysteries to get this mystic trophy!
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Lacks Some Desired Features
PostedDecember 30, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
4
/
5
This is what the early adventure games where like. The graphics are early VGA. The characters walked everywhere. There was no hidden object searches, you had to hunt around for needed objects. Application of some objects was not logical. Progress in the game depended on doing certain sequences and interfaces with characters including dialogs. They had some arcade encounters.
In this game if you didn't follow a particular sequence of encounters and dialogs you will not proceed in the game. Some objects are hard to see and you just have to do a thorough search. Some of the arcade games are tough and you just have to keep trying at it with proper timing, you can't skip them. There is a start-you-up guide but no much beyond that. You can't window and there is no hint button. There is no map jump or guide. BigFish does have an online walkthrough guide that's free. As was the convention of the day the dialog is humorous, quirky. Some of the solutions are quirky as well.
The mini game section didn't have hardly any of the games played in the main game.
Some people might find this kind of game appealing and challenging but I found it tedious without the skipping, hind or window options. So I don't recommend this game, I just barely made it through without bailing out of the game.
I don't recommend this game.
Amidst the breathtaking landscapes, complete multiple interesting quests and solve fascinating puzzles to reveal the witch’s mystery!
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Exception Graphics, Trying Puzzles
PostedDecember 20, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
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5
Level of Challenge
3
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5
Storyline
4
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5
This game has an unusual graphics format. It looks like they took real photos and spliced them together to make artful scenes with some animation. Music is OK.
The heroine had to confront the witch again. You go from scene to scene via a jump map searching for items and solving various puzzles, some arcadeish, some quite wacky and time consuming. Some never seemed to reach a termination point.
I found it hard to find object locations and had to use the hint button 3x, you really have to search carefully.
The game is worth the fantastic scenes alone. No extras, no easter eggs to find.
A fantasy adventure through a kingdom in chaos!
Overall rating
2
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5
6 of 7 found this review helpful
Challenging but Graphics poor.
PostedDecember 20, 2020
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
2
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
3
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5
This game uses some surrealistic graphics, they are pasty and a bland pastel color. It has the usual TMG play but with some twists. But the storyline graphics are very colorful and graphically correct.
I disliked how the interface panel covered up some of the background.
The music and story line is OK, You can play an easy causal- no time mode. The game has no achievement section nor easter eggs. I did not go into timed mode as I was disappointed in the game graphics. Some levels get tedious in game play.
Manage resources and projects to earn success in new lands!
Overall rating
3
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5
4 of 5 found this review helpful
Another TMG but boring
PostedDecember 6, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
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5
Another time management game with different features. The music is somewhat corny but OK. The graphics are pleasing and well balance in a cartoon way.
This game has translucent hidden puzzle pieces, which are not too hard to find except I couldn't find one on level 12. I searched and searched, clicked everywhere and no puzzle piece came up, I even reloaded the game, no luck. The puzzle pieces seem to be tied to the bonus games past level 50, they have no hidden pieces.
I wasn't intrigued by the game and didn't go for the timed mode, other new TMG games popped up. The help guide is very basic, you have a tutorial at the start. Kids may like it but I found it kind of boring.
I could not condemn nor recommend the game.
When volcanic eruptions uncover hidden caves in Samoa, you can’t wait to decipher the ancient texts inside! But this educational expedition quickly takes a dangerous turn when someone steals your research! Legend says the Maori hid a powerful artifact, and there’s no telling what damage it could do in the wrong hands! Can you find the artifact and save the world in time?
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
My kind of adventure game
PostedDecember 6, 2020
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
This is basically my kind of game. It has good graphics in it's perspective, good musical score. What I like about it is all of it's puzzles are readily solvable, although some are funky as it is usually in all of this type of games. It has 1 arcade game that I deplored, I hate arcade in adventure puzzle games. There was one puzzle that didn't make sense on the solution in the guide.
There are 3 easter eggs to find. Guide will help you through the entire game, even finding the easter eggs. You also have a jump map.
It has a bonus game which is usually the case for CE games. You can paly all the puzzles and hops in the extra game..
I recommend this game!
A great evil unlocks deep within Ravenhearst!
Overall rating
4
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5
Best sequel version yet but needs background story.
PostedDecember 6, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, 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
3
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5
In this sequel the detective is rescued from the jump into the ocean from the Ravenhearst blast and taken to a hospital. They remove the strange shard embedded in his wrist and you guessed it, somehow Dalimar's psych gets transferred into the Detective. Like the guy in the last game he has these weird episodes of recalls of his last encounter that he has no real memory of, like drawings and such. So they put him in an insane asylum and he ends up in Dalimar's old cell. The story evolves from there.
The game plays much the same way. You have a jump map. The easter eggs are lighthouse towers to find. And just like in the last game there is a indicator to tell you that one is there to find. And it won't be right off in where you enter the area. No morphing objects anywhere. No log book which is a shame for a clue resource. The background music and environmental sounds are less disturbing and more sublime, orchestra based.
It has 1 arcade game puzzle that I detested so I skipped out of it after 1 try. Would work if I could slow it down. Another door master puzzle didn't have any clues on some of the embedded puzzles or poor clues. There were puzzles that had no clues and you either just had to do trial and error or bail out to the guide. In the hops you have puzzles within puzzles as before. 1 puzzle was just too difficult for me, another the solutions just didn't make sense.
You can replay hops and puzzles in extra section. In some hops objects are too well hidden for the graphic resolution which is fuzzy. As in the last game series you have a souvenir section in extras where you go to various scenes to get the souvenirs.
I would recommend this game except for the objections of the previous sequels. But I can't say don't try the game. From the ending it seems it terminates the series from Dalimar's return.
Can you find the key to Ravenhearst's resurrection?
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Game up to current standards, disturbing background sounds
PostedDecember 6, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
In this game it's up to date with the rest of the adventure games as to interface. You have a full guide and a 'jump' map to help you. Graphics are clear enough to make out objects better in the hidden puzzle games. But you don't have a log book. Most puzzles are solvable, but some have no real hint as to how to solve them. The music is relaxing, not scary.
Remember the intricate door puzzles of the last 3 games, you will encounter similar puzzles in this game. They are easier then the last game but still very cryptic. The clues are hidden on the puzzle, you just need some abstract logic to solve them without the guide. 1 or 2 puzzles are very cryptic and tedious, I skipped those. Another is stupid and I just had to fool around to solve it.
Toward the end 1 door puzzle claimed the solution to one part was embedded in the puzzle interface but I could not find it. If it was there it was not obvious. The end solution was cryptic and there where no real clues as to the sequence. Just had to fool around or bail out on the guide.
You have 2 Easter eggs. 1 is red eyed ravens in each scene, the raven icon in the bottom middle lets you know if they are present. The other is morphing objects in the puzzles games. A morphing indicator will let you know if the puzzles have those objects, sometimes the morphing object is hard to detect.
In the extras section you can replay the hops and puzzles and find morphing objects you missed. Some of the ravens are very well hidden and hard to see. The guide shows where they are but not the morphing objects.
At the end of the game there is a souvenir room in extras where you can find them throughout the game.
Return once more to the haunted grounds of Ravenhearst Manor to uncover new details about this poignant saga. What you find could very well be the final chapter of this riveting story-if you escape.
Overall rating
2
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5
1 of 2 found this review helpful
Worst then previous version series
PostedNovember 29, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
4
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5
This is 2x worse then the previous sequel. In this version you will learn about the past life of Charles and what drove him mad. The game has some really gross, disturbing stuff. The graphics are above medium. The music appropriate with a lot of disturbing background sounds.
The guide is basically a picture reference with labels and sometimes hard to follow. You have no map guide. The interface is more of the modern style games of Bigfish. Instead of hidden objects in this one you will have to find morphing objects in the sparkle areas.
The log is not very useful for helping to get clues on how to proceed. Often I would get lost on how to proceed so I was forced to refer to the guide. Some puzzles and things just didn't make sense.
There are no easter eggs nor extra items in the sequel, no bonus game. If you are up to a cryptic puzzle game then this one will really challenge you. To me it was a long, tedious, drawn out trial. And the game would often crash and have memory problems.
Play at your own risk.
Emma`s soul is free. But a dark secret still lurks in Ravenhearst Manor. Return to Ravenhearst to continue this tale of twisted love.
Overall rating
3
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5
More modern interface, more difficult puzzles
PostedNovember 29, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
This is a very difficult game. It's an upgrade from the last original version to a more modern graphical interface as you now go from scene to scene picking up items and solving all the hidden object games of which there are quite a few. You have the animation and vocals added. The graphics are above medium range but not at the modern level.
Half of the puzzles are doable and the other half are brain bogglers. And when you run across any note or scenes with graphical numbers or icons, make note of them, you will need them to solve puzzles further in the game. Toward the end, 1 or 2 puzzles really get difficult. And the strategy guide is a separate purchased item.
What makes the game difficult is you don't have a map and you will find yourself going all over the place searching for items needed, especially at the end. And finding the hidden objects is a tiresome endeavor as many of the items are tiny and well hidden. Some are camouflaged with the background color where the reside instead of their natural colors. The graphics are that very sharp either.
As with the last game there are some things of the story line you are left hanging about. The music is barely decent as it's mostly standard orchestra, boring in some respects.
If you liked the puzzles of the last version you'll like the puzzles of this version even more. Some are quite cryptic. No easter eggs in this game. No extra.
The history of Ravenhearst Manor is shrouded in mystery. Unlock the secrets within this episode of Mystery Case Files™.
Overall rating
2
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5
0 of 1 found this review helpful
Basic Puzzle Game, First of the Series
PostedNovember 29, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
2
/
5
This game reminds me of a Inca game of the same type formate, I can't recall the title:
This is the first of the Ravenhearst series. The story line does not tell the whole story of why Dalimar did what he did, it's just in a first person perspective, some things are just left to the imagination. I was disappointed in that. You can find the narrative of the story on the web without buying this lame game unless your really into puzzles and this will give you a challenge for your moneys worth.
The game has no active scenes, just various wacky puzzle doors (very hard to solve and quite cryptic), followed by various hidden object find room levels. Once you find the required objects you get to piece together a diary puzzle to find out the story line of the game.
The Graphics are medium which makes it hard to find objects. You have no hints in the end. You can blow past the door puzzles but make sure you use all the hints before you do or you'll loose them. Each level starts out with 5 hints to use.
There are no extras in the game, you can't go and play the puzzles later as there is no extra. There are no easter eggs. It's kind of a boring game with 65% hidden objects tasks. The door puzzles are more intriguing.