Scottar's Profile
Stat Summary
- 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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Take a trip on the wildest rails in the west!
Overall rating
5
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Fun, challenging game with great graphics.
PostedApril 23, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The graphics are cartoon great. The mood music has been redone to a more western flavor. 3 modes, untimed, normal, hard. There are some new features on the levels.
There are the usual owl easter egg, few are hard to locate. You only have to find the owl once per mode, no need to find it on a replay.
I played and got 3 stars in normal mode on every level including the bonus levels. Some levels are difficult
It has a strategy guide that you don't have to follow closely, just use it as advisement.
The bonus eaxtra is not just the owl found but a town to build. You need most of you stars to build it but you can do it in easy mode so don't sweat it. You have new side arcade games to play. The bonus one is the usual shoot the bandits.
Golden Rails has consistently produced good games for fun and challenges.
I recommend this game!
Surprise and adventure await Ragnar on a long journey home!
Overall rating
4
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5
Fun, challenging game with pleasing graphics.
PostedApril 23, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
The graphics are basic cartoon but pleasing. The mood music is orchestrated, celtic base- movie grade. 3 modes, untimed, normal, hard.
There are 3 easter eggs per level and some are hard to find. Cursing over each level on map page will tell you if you found all 3 as will the end play game stats per level.
I played and got 3 stars in normal mode on every level including the bonus levels. There are 5 bonus levels
There are some really tough levels in just normal mode and I won them with seconds to spare.
There are some really tough levels in just normal mode and I won them with seconds to spare.
It has no strategy guide. It has the usual extras of achievements and wallpaper but no music tract saves.
I recommend this game!
Take a truly challenging trip to a tropical paradise!
Overall rating
2
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Dismal sequel to the previous version.
PostedMarch 21, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
2
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
2
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Like the previous version it has several unwinable levels for 3 stars in Normal time mode like its precedent. The guide is still screwed up too. It's like it was rushed through. It's not very fun for untimed mode either, solutions are too simple.
The graphics are superb for a cartoon game. Half the mood music is kind of boring.
As in the previous version there are no easter eggs but this game has performance bonuses you can purchase as you progress through the game in any mode. Every star gets you $100 toward the purchase of various bonuses.
I played through in untimed mode to get the bonuses and then tried it again in timed mode. You keep both the bonuses and stars even though you changed the difficulty mode.
I'm not going to recommend this game as they did not check for the above problems in this new game. I was disappointed.
I don't recommend this game.
Asgard is cut-off, and all the realms are at risk!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Good TM game that's Winnable- All Levels
PostedMarch 21, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
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5
Storyline
5
/
5
Fun and challenge in every level.
Good cartoon graphics. Music is orchstrated Celtic based, Disney like, pretty good. It has booster choices on bottom rail. Some levels have Owl easter eggs. The owls are animated in the extras section and detailed, worth collecting.
50 base levels and 15 bonus levels. The Game has a decent guide for every level.
Side majong puzzles are interspaced.
I could get the 3 stars in normal time on every level with some levels just in time.
I recommend this game!
Surprise and adventure await Ragnar on a long journey home!
Overall rating
4
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Fun, challenging game with pleasing graphics.
PostedMarch 17, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
The graphics are basic cartoon but pleasing. The mood music is orchestrated, Celtic base- movie grade. 3 modes, untimed, normal, hard.
There are 3 easter eggs per level and some are hard to find. Cursing over each level on map page will tell you if you found all 3 as will the end play game stats per level.
I played and got 3 stars in normal mode on every level including the bonus levels. There are 5 bonus levels
There are some really tough levels in just normal mode and I won them with seconds to spare.
There are some really tough levels in just normal mode and I won them with seconds to spare.
It has no strategy guide. It has the usual extras of achievements and wallpaper but no music tract saves.
I recommend this game!
An epic race to save a small mining town and restore glory to Camelot!
Overall rating
5
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Another Entrancing Game of the Dynamic Dual
PostedFebruary 26, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Improved graphics on cartoon level and good animation with some humor. It has puzzle easter eggs on certain levels. The levels that have the easter eggs will be indicated on the map page and whether you found them or not.
You can play in untimed or timed mode to get the Easter Eggs and access to every level. I was able to finish every level in timed mode including the bonus levels. They provide good challenges to your thinking skills or just good fun.
It has a bunch of different variety of mood music that is Medieval, Celtic and Indian themed.
It has a strategy guide that shows a good approach to the solution but you can do better by modifying it to your solution.
It has the usual extras that the previous versions have.
I recommend this game!
The Emergency Crew is back to take on their greatest challenge!
Overall rating
3
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5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Fun Game But with Some Flaws
PostedFebruary 13, 2023
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
3
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
Nice TM game but has several unwinable levels in Normal time mode like its precedent. Even an experianced walkthrough professional could not do level 36 in the 3 star time limit. The guide is screwed up too.
Another screwed up thing with this game is that on level 34, after several replays, the cop can't arrest the criminal attacking the food producing facility for the 3nd time, the cop can do no more arrests and the old bonuses of the previous version of the game appear in the lower right hand corner. This game is just not developed properly.
The graphics are superb for a cartoon game. It's fun in untimed mode but has some tough levels in time mode.
No easter eggs but this game has performance bonuses you could purchase as you progress through the game in any mode. Every star gets you $100 toward the purchase of various bonuses.
I recommenced this game for playing in Easy Mode
I recommend this game!
Help Hercules uncover the secret of the messages in bottles!
Overall rating
4
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5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Basically same Game as before but different Scenarios
PostedFebruary 5, 2023
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
5
/
5
Basically same Game as before but different Scenarios
It's colorful, good balanced graphics on cartoon level, good animation. It has easter eggs for the puzzles on each segment. After completing each puzzle it opens up a bonus level in that segment. After completing every level you open-up the super end of game bonus level.
It has a bunch of different variety of mood music.
It has a major graphic that you fill in after completing each level in 3 stars. You can do that easily in untimed mode.
I tried getting the big star in timed mode but got stuck at 5.6 level. Part of the reason is the goofy way the game works, when you click on some resource or build it doesn't allocate that task to the nearest worker.
The guide is an active, in game arrow pop-up of where to go next as before. It doesn't show you the best route but gives you hints on the best route of action so you have to adlib on it. You have a time rate adjustment bar so you can either slow down or speed up the game time passing and is also reflected in the speed of moment of your players.
One annoying problem, as with the previous game, is that after so many replays it crashes and I have to reboot the game. It usually happens when I complete a game.
I recommend this game!
Help Celene save the elven race from a terrible threat!
Overall rating
3
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5
7 of 7 found this review helpful
Just another variety TMG
PostedOctober 28, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
The graphics are basic cartoon, impressionistic level, not bad, colorful. The music is instrumental, lacking in percussion, very mellow. You have 3 choices of game play, untimed, timed, hard time. Animation is basic.
The game is by the same developers of the Alice in Wonderland series, it has some of the same elements
There are animal runes to find to get puzzle pieces. After each 3 star completion of the game you paint another graphic- a boat. Also to get are little paint pallets that will randomly appear for a few seconds to get paint points of another graphic to paint. There are more then enough chances to get them all, you can replay a level to get them all. Once you find a rune you don't have to refind it even if you don't finish a level and come back to it.
You can disable the hints. If you have a big screen I recommend playing it in window mode as it then becomes easier to see the pallet popups. You can skip through the transition scenes.
Not a bad game but not very exciting, I just played through untimed. You after a level completion get the 3 stars and I managed to find all the pallets and runes. On the boat graphic visit the section after every 2 games as when you get 5 stars you can upgrade the graphic.
In many of the reviews they complained about waiting for trees to grow. Well in addition to that you have building options of either wood, food or gold. So you don't really have to wait on tree growth. Trees are there to just get you started and supplement building production.
Little elves may like this game.
I recommend this game!
Help Hercules build the Wonders of the World!
Overall rating
4
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5
Another Fun, Colorful Hercules TGM
PostedOctober 26, 2022
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
It's mostly a repeat of the features of the last Hercules game series except this game has a game speed adjustment to time the game runs either fast or slow. The timeout graph is adjusted accordingly. It makes it easier to follow the in game guide via direction arrows.
The guide works with direction arrows while playing the game. It's not the best way and can be confusing and can mislead you as to the best time score. Take the guide as a hint to the best approach.
It has decent graphics and all scenarios can be won in normal time mode if you want to complete the building monument construction. The hard part is strategy. But it's fun trying to figure out the best time management approach for each level. I got 3 stars on all levels although on a few levels it was very difficult. But on some levels It seems impossible to get the hard- big star award.
You can play in untimed mode to find puzzle easter eggs to complete a picture in each section which allows you to play the section's bonus game. You can switch difficulty mode within each game level which is convenient to come back and play in timed mode.
It has some more mood music selections.
Good game for kids.
I recommend this game!