Out of over 200 games, this is among my TOP 10 for fun.
BUT, when I had to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10, THIS PROGRAM does NOT WORK! I reported this to BF and they said they will contact the developer to see if they can upgrade it. I really hope they do as I would be willing to pay top price to buy it again to thank them for their trouble in updating this to work in Windows 10.
Since Windows, MS, Google, etc. stopped supporting Win7 and all older versions, that means a LOT OF NEW BUYERS are looking for games that can play in Windows 10.
There are 4 parts to each category (Candy, Music, etc). I really enjoyed the: SORT (select 2 of same items until board cleared); and
SO MUCH STUFF (find # of various items they request),
BUT HATE THE CLICK TO SWAP. (needs lots and lots of moves to re-arrange several moves per individual item. Almost all these are complex, jammed with images that I couldn't even see why many of the "Hint" moves were made. So I had to click "Hint" feature AT LEAST 30 times, waiting for the Hint timer to restore EACH TIME. WORST OF ALL, they do NOT ALLOW YOU TO SKIP ANY of THESE.
JIGSAW. I actually enjoyed this, BUT main problem is all of the pieces are over the pictures to create, so have to move them one by one to clear the space to even start
I LOVE ALMOST ALL OF THESE PUZZLES and I look forward to playing each new 4-puzzle category section....EXCEPT ONE of the FOUR is AWFUL! The "CLICK TO SWAP" pictures are WAY TO JUMBLED that I need to spend 5+ minutes clicking "HINTS" dozens of times since game does NOT ALLOW to SKIP ANYTHING! EVEN AFTER I have clicked enough HINTS to complete the puzzle, I STILL CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE PICTURE.
But I enjoy all the remaining 3 puzzles per category that I suffer through continuing waiting for the HINT to re-activate LOTS and LOTS of WASTED TIME!
I actually enjoyed this a little more than when I tried the last time with CE version.
BUT, the last item (sythe) that I did NOT find and used HINT highlighted an item definitely NOT a sythe. When I clicked that, sythe was still shown, I had to choose 2 others, when it FINALLY accepted that I found sythe.
NOTE: It's really annoying when Big Fish shows "65% OFF for CLUB MEMBERS".... BUT THE PRICE TO PAY is WHAT CLUB MEMBERS WOULD PAY WITHOUT ANY DISCOUNT!!! So, in fact, there is NO DISCOUNT for Club Members at all. I would have bought several games IF they were ACTUALLY AT A DISCOUNT.
The H/O scenes were still lower definition, but better than the first one. I'm terrible at hangman, but can understand others loving this type of challenge
It's nice to have series like these that require some thinking and challenges. But I really wish their tiles were more appealing, less dark and dreary. Only other complaint is frequent need to keep repeating moves to clear just one blocker.. sometimes takes moving tiles around so many times to break only a single barrier out of many that it's annoying.
BUT, in spite of all that, I do appreciate their creativity..
I thought the card faces were nice, BUT when you have NO OPTION but to click on LOTS of DECK cards to make a match for ANY board cards, that is not fun. Any Solitiare should allow a competent/creative player to win every round with skill and the ability to buy reasonably priced powerups.
But, except for the first level, the POWER-UPS ridiculously cost a fortune for each one.
If, as other reviewers say, the deck reduces the number of cards as you play more rounds, the game play would just end up really annoying and not fun.
On the PLUS SIDE, the graphics are nice and clear, objects findable without being hidden or disguised so much it's hard to recognize at all.
On NEGATIVES: Odd that the ANIMALS are FEWER than the OTHER objects. Does NOT SAY HOW MANY TOTAL LEVELS there are, including the bonus ones – and cannot even scroll through to count as all non-played locked. No magnifying ability, though the first few scenes really didn't need one.
So I would have bought if at discount, but already paid full price for the Suricate Christmas Match 3 because BF would not recognize my “active” subscription, so not worth it.
CUTE CHRISTMASY, HIGH DEF TILES, and ALWAYS FUN, CHALLENGING PLAY. Suricate is the ONLY Game developer I instantly buy their new games.
BUT, I CONTINUALLY HAVE PROBLEMS trying to buy Big Fish Games. Their Game Manager will NOT work, and now BF is trying to charge full non-member price even though I am currently a paid, active member, clearly shown. At some point, I'll just give up