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I play a lot of adventure games and puzzle games, with a few hidden object games thrown in. I give Azada Ancient Magic five stars for fun and four stars overall. The point off is because the game is mid-level difficulty (versus harder puzzles/gaming, which I like), and it's just a little short. Not obnoxiously short, but a bit short. As I write this review, amazon has it for sale at less than $5 (plus shipping), so Azada Ancient Magic is a top value for your dollar.

The storyline is fun. You enter famous books and interact with their characters, such as Sherlock Holmes and Baron Von Munchausen. I think the scenes are delightfully drawn. There isn't a lot of moving/video action, but that doesn't bother me - not every game needs to be a sim.

The game is a great mixture of puzzle gaming and adventure gaming.
Puzzles: The puzzles are all different and creative. Some are quite simple, such as matching rock samples. Some take a while to figure out the best approach, such as the drop puzzle, where you have to create wood blocks, stacking them in such a way that colored liquid drops unite to form a large drop (rather than seeping out the box). [Hard to explain, guess you need to try it to understand!] Some are common types, but take patience to figure out - and you can run out of time! An example of this is a pipe puzzle, where you have to turn pieces of pipe so that everything is connected.

Overall, I found the puzzles a lot of fun and some are wonderfully unusual (creating moons). I would rate them medium difficulty. A nice challenge for a 10-12 year old, and fun but not super demanding for an adult.

The other part of Azada Ancient Magic is adventure point and click/inventory/combination, etc. Example: You need a crow feather so you have to attract a crow to a bird feeder. In one room, you find a crust of bread and a meat grinder. You combine these two inventory items to get bread crumbs which you take to the bird feeder. In addition, before you can take the bread and meat grinder, you have to figure out a way to get the restaurant owner out of the dining room so you can "borrow" them.

Some of the adventure moves are very creative. I don't want to give it away but I'll say that I loved the Jekyll & Hyde set up! I would say that the adventure part of Azada Ancient Magic is also medium difficulty. I did get stuck a couple times, which is aggravating at the time, but also makes the game good!

I have no idea why this game is going so cheap because I really had a good time playing it. It's put out by Big Fish games and Activision. I do tend to like anything with the Big Fish label, though I think most of its games are more pure puzzle, such match three.Get more detail about Azada: Ancient Magic [Game Download].

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I'm not a big game player. But, I needed some serious down time, so I played for one evening. (OK, it was several hours!) I was able to play this, watch TV, converse with friends, keep an eye on a toddler, and eat a slice of pizza without missing a beat. Yep, it's that simple.

I do believe that if Virtual Family was all that I was doing, I would have quit after 30 minutes or so. The big plus is that it goes in "real time." That's also the big problem if you are looking for a bit more excitement -- more happening. In essence, Virtual Family was lots of fun while it lasted.

However, as my friends suggested, I'm moving on to a game with richer play experience. But make no mistake, this is a really fun and relaxing game that is perfect for all ages. There's nothing offensive here, and it is tremendously cute!Get more detail about Virtual Families [Game Download].

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It's fun. You start off with approx. 7 people and you have to "breed" them in order to increase the number of the tribe. Your population cannot go over 50, and the women refuse to have any more children until the last babies they had reach the age of 2 (which takes up to 3 or 4 hours minimum). Also, everyone ages slowly, even when you speed up similation, the babies you make today won't be old enough to have their own children until tomorrow. There are no enemies, no goals to the game except to solve the different mysteries. After that, there's really nothing else to accomplish. There's little skill needed to master this game, and it can keep you occupied for hours searching the small island for falling moondust, stardust, and crates. If you don't pause simulation or check in on a daily basis, your inhabitants will become too old to bear children and die off... especially if you don't mark enough trees for harvesting, or pre-assign infants to do work when they're old enough in case you won't be online when they reach the appropriate age.Get more detail about My Tribe [Game Download].

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I've never reviewed anything before, despite being an avid Amazon customer, game player, Kindle owner, etc.
Funny how something will prompt that 'first review'.


Beautifully simple yet quite artistically drawn, silly at times, this game is the perfect blend of difficulty vs. enjoyment for me.
If you're an artist at heart, or just someone who appreciates it, try it. Working in an office and need some escapism? This is it. Crying kids? To-Do list way too long? Play a few rounds of Pure Hidden. Never boring, always beautiful- I found myself laughing and shrugging my shoulders one minute, and mired deep in addicting challenges the next. The soundtrack is great. Oh- and my favorite thing was popping bubbles. If you play the game, you'll know the part I'm referring to.

(and heck,... it's free to try!)

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I read some of the bad reviews and I have to say it was not as bad as all that, considering it's a bargain bin hidden objects game. If you don't like hidden object games, you probably won't like this one, either. But if you find them relaxing, then it's a pretty cool (albeit short) one! Since the storyline involves mental illness there are some cool effects to make some hunts more challenging, like spots and wavy lines when your character is having a "migraine", or lights flickering on and off when something is wrong with the electricity.

There's a little bit of tedium in how the interface is designed; after you find the objects you need to complete a task, you have to open object windows on the task and manually move the items you need onto the task in order to complete it. This would make sense if you had to choose from available options, but usually you have only and exactly the items you need for the one task, so I don't think they needed that extra step of selecting which things to use.

The atmosphere is creepy and the storyline is interesting, especially if you haven't seen the movie and don't know how it's going to end. Overall it was a good diversion/relaxation game, like most HOGs, totally worth the $7 price tag ;)Get more detail about Shutter Island [Game Download].

Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox [Game Download] Review

My hubby bought me this as a gift and paid more than necessary (he doesn't buy on Amazon!) This game is really good! It was very challenging to me, some things more than others. It "kept me busy" for many hours and though I was frustrated a bit in the beginning, once I figured out the idea, I really liked it! I kept the sound off, they were obnoxious to me. I sometimes wished I was locating familiar objects rather than fragments of objects but it was still good. I'm not sure "hidden objects" would be it's best description though, compared to some others I've done. I liked the graphics very much EXCEPT I do not understand why the publishers insist on graphics which of the occult or demonic in nature. It seems in games you have two choices, the occult or cartoonish. This is a shame. One portion of this game especially was extremely distastefull to me. Overall, this is a fun, challenging game for teens and adults. (Of course, kids are smarter than in my day and may be able to do it, but I wouldn't have been able to make 'hide nor hair' of it.) It is not my favorite Hidden Object game but I would recommend it for people who like a good hunt and puzzles!Get more detail about Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox [Game Download].

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This is a very fun addictive game. All you do is cook food for customers until they start running out in frustration then you lose stars. The more stars you lose the closer you get to losing the round. Customers come in all varieties and the black female customers are more short tempered (it even mentions that in the directions) the younger white males are the least short tempered.
You are cooking alot of different things from fried eggs to short ribs to pork chops or chinese food, and have to hurry up and get it off the boiler before it burns, then you have to walk all the way to the other end to put ketchup and mustard on it upon request.
You have orange and strawberry juice machines. Then there's Granny who only does burgers, salads and sandwiches to help you out. You serve sliced cake and cookies. If you take too long, the customer will walk out w/out the desserts causing you to lose money.
If you make something accidentally that someone didn't order you will have two options: either to wait until someone comes along who will want it (usually a long wait), or throw it out which will cost money.
There are cute doves that fly by, and you can see cars going by as well. Very cute.Get more detail about Cooking Dash [Game Download].

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This is a fine game on it's own, but if you (like me) are expecting it to be like Cradle of Persia, you will probably be disappointed. It is a typical match-3-by-swapping-adjacent-tiles game and not a connect-the-matching-tiles game like COP. Also, in my 30 minute trial, I noticed no bonus play. You do, however build a city and collect power-ups by matching. For me, though, this game was just too much like every other match 3 game I've played before.Get more detail about Cradle of Rome [Game Download].

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Big Kahuna Reef 2 is a surprisingly addictive and challenging game that takes everything you loved about the original Big Kahuna Reef and raises it up about ten notches. Everything is bigger and better in this game - the number of puzzles, the amount of skill (or luck) required in conquering all of the levels, the excitement of forging your way to Big Kahuna status - heck, even the exotic fish you unlock as you advance through the levels are bigger than before. I initially worried that the new "chain reaction" aspect of the game would take away some of the challenge, but I was wrong. Sure, it can be a lot easier to maneuver your way out of a jam with the help of different types of bombs, but the addition of those explosive pieces also allows for new kinds of puzzles you won't find in the first game - and those bombs are of little use to you if you can't maneuver them down to where you really need them.

Big Kahuna Reef 2 is broken up in to three different sections. The Kahuna Quest consists of one hundred puzzles of gradually increasing difficulty - nothing that should really bog you down. Once you solve all of these puzzles, the other two sections of the game are unlocked. The Tiki Challenge consists of 36 different puzzles, the last dozen or so of which can prove somewhat daunting; I'm still trying to finish the last of these, but I'm determined to beat it or die trying. Rounding out the trio of sections is Other Adventures, featuring no less than 600 puzzles created by players of the game from all over the world. If that's not enough, even more levels can be downloaded online. We're talking untold hours of fun and exciting game play here, making Big Kahuna Reef 2 well worth the minimal cost of purchase. I'm just hoping there will be a Big Kahuna Reef 3 out there waiting for me whenever I manage to finish the hundreds of puzzles in this one.Get more detail about Big Kahuna Reef 2 [Game Download].

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The audio in the demo appears to be completely in Russian, although help dialogs and subtitles are translated...somewhat poorly. Help dialogs are not properly paced or formatted to be viewed easily.

The detail of character models on the ship seems fairly high for what feels like a wing commander type game. Also the dialog appears to include voice dialog throughout. The flight felt responsive and included options to use mouse control flight similar to Freelancer, which I appreciated.

Unfortunately, the language barrier had me leaving the game at the first quest/mission objective, to join a fighter formation. I'm not sure if it was buggy and didn't detect my fighter moving in range or if I missed a crucial piece of information in translation.

Either way I decided to cut my losses then. If you know some Russian and liked space combat in similar veins to Wing Commander or Freelancer, you might like this game. Otherwise, you may want to look elsewhere.Get more detail about The Tomorrow War Demo [Game Download].

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With respect, I must vehemently disagree with those who claim this game has "no instructions." The very first screen of the game has a whole "book" of instructions. There are also two settings (Junior or Senior Detective)--Junior helps you through the game by providing an ongoing checklist that expands as you progress through the game, and the game also takes notes for you to assist with solving puzzles. Additionally, the HeR Interactive web site has a message board community full of tips and hints, plus a huge number of members who are on seemingly at all hours and willing to lend a helping hand.

Now, these games are a bit more challenging than "hidden object" games--for those try the Nancy Drew Dossier series.

It's actually been refreshing to play these games--HeR Interactive respects you enough to assume that, if you love mysteries, you have a brain in your head that you like to use to figure things out, whether with a lot of help or flying solo.

Check out the reviews on this site for the boxed PC games, and you'll hear the same from others.
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Buy The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 [Game Download]

I really enjoyed the first Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, so I bought the second one as soon as it was released. I was not disappointed, and I enjoyed this game just as much as the first. The gameplay and style are exactly the same as the first game, but the sequel offers new cases. For those unfamiliar with the series, this is primarily a hidden object game, punctuated by logic-style puzzles at the end of each chapter. The game features a series of Sherlock Holmes cases, and you must search a variety of locations to find clues to solve the mystery. Each location reveals a number of potential suspects, and the conclusion involves solving a logic and memory puzzle to determine which party is guilty. The cases are well-written, and the hidden object scenes are appropriate to the time and place in question (late-19th c. London). The suspects are believable, and the objects one must find to discover suspects are appropriate to the story (perfume bottles for the mistress of a prominent politician, for example). Those who enjoyed the first game will certainly want to play the second. Don't expect innovation, just more of what made the first game fun. This is definitely one of the more fulfilling hidden object games I've played recently.Get more detail about The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 [Game Download].

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if you're ever going to purchase one of these games download trial 1st!!
I bought this one and it downloads but It's impossible to open the file to play it..
I've e-mail Playrix several times to no avail....Amazon won't refund/help either....
I've downloaded other games (from Iwin) with no problem.....Get more detail about The Rise of Atlantis [Game Download].

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This is a great game! Fun and challenging. I got addicted to restaurant/cooking games every since I placed Order Up on Wii and Restaurant City on Facebook, and have been playing them like mad. I love the concept of this game and the challenge of having to search for every ingredient, though it does make your eyes hurt from staring at the screen for so long, but only because you're so hooked. The only problem I saw with the game is that in the 1st level of the sushi restr. the expert goal seems a little high for that phase and I could never quite reach that goal even though I excelled in every other phase and levels of that particular restaurant and all of the other restaurants. Just wish it were longer!Get more detail about Gourmania [Game Download].

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I liked this enough to start with to buy it after the 30-minute trial. Good artwork, and in the beginning, the puzzles were fun and while challenging, totally do-able. And then after a while it lost its novelty. The puzzles start to be the same each time--match two, or make the green goo go from top to bottom, or some maze puzzle. I never did understand the one with the electrical charges, but by then I was becoming bored with it so I played till it allowed me to skip it and move on. I'm tired of the same puzzles every time so I did not finish it. It also seems like it is FAR more puzzles than hidden object. Only every 6th or 7th screen was hidden objects. So....back to trying to find a good HOG. (Why aren't there more like Gardenscapes?)Get more detail about Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba [Game Download].

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I enjoyed playing this game so much! It combines hidden object searches, mini-puzzles, and requires combining inventory items to solve complex chapters. Each chapter has several locations that require back and forth object searches to solve the overall puzzle for each chapter. The mini-puzzles are challenging, but logical. The hidden objects searches involve traditional and non-traditional varieties. For example, one type requires you to finding matching pairs. Some of the pairs are quite obvious, e.g two birds; however, some require a little more thought, e.g., matching a wedding 'ring' with the 'ring' around Saturn. This the absolutely the first story that I even enjoyed at all. Usually I just play the puzzles and games and put up with the story to get to the puzzles. This time, the story actually enhanced that game. The programmers clearly had a sense of humor and it shows. If you enjoyed the Dream Chronicles and Princess Isabella, you will probably really enjoy this game. The graphics are really much better than most of these games. I was sad when it ended after about 4-5 hours. I would have loved to have several more chapters to complete. Highly worth the low cost of the download.Get more detail about Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle [Game Download].

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This is a great game.

I purchased is beacuse of the fantastic graphics and the nonviolent story line- I wasn't disappointed. It is appropriate for both adults and older children but it shouldn't be considered "simple" by any stretch on the imagination.

After playing it twice, I splurged and bought the two additional games in the set.

Recommended.Get more detail about Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child [Game Download].

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Although the graphics could be better, it's a fun game. One thing I like you're not limited to the specific routes and you can drive your coach anywhere unlike some games that reset you if you go off the route.

Another fun thing is doing your own destruction derby by plowing your coach into anything in sight like other vehicles, light standards, etc. :)Get more detail about Bus Driver [Game Download].

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I have loved every Mystery Case Files ever made, and get very excited when a new one comes out. I purchased Madame Fate, and although I think it is designed well, and is fun to play, I was TOTALLY CREEPED OUT by the the dead, bloody clown in the cage, the comments from the Madame, and the overall vengeful serial killing spree theme. Halfway through the game I had to delete it from my computer because it was just too creepy. I didn't want it in my house! And I've never deleted a game before that I had paid for.

I would like to share with the creator to PLEASE not make the next MCF so evil and creepy. I know some people probably like that, but in order for it to have more overall appeal, I don't think it's necessary to get so DARK. For example, Dire Grove was great! Thanks for the great games!Get more detail about Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate [Game Download].

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The storyline begins stating you found an artifact 100 years ago? Your latest dreams seem to want the artifact returned and here begins the fun. Each level is a connect 3+ gameplay challenge but you earn powerups to help you through your journey by completing each level. It is timed giving the game an edge but you do get a chance to add to your time by finding a small section of the level scenes. This game is not relaxing but I found it fun and addictive.Get more detail about Azkend [Game Download].

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What a cleverly planned game. The plot: you're in a dead-end, boring cubicle job but always dreamed of doing something more interesting. One day you see a TV ad for a Magician's Handbook and, thinking this could be your big career change, you order the thing. What ensues is your magical training, which takes you to Cursed Valley where you'll need to find and defeat the cause of the valley's curse.

Like many HOG games, this one gets harder as you work your way through the 13 chapters. You have the option to play it timed or not. (Since I play to relax, I chose the casual mode.) This game has several twists the others I've played have not. First, in addition to looking for objects on a list, you're also looking for magic coins and "repel" markers (more on that in a sec). Get enough coins and you unlock new wands. I'm not sure what they do but, hey, they're pretty.

Along the way you, the magician apprentice, are learning new spells. One of the more important spells is Repel. See, this game is beautifully done but each of the locations is subject to atmospheric distractions: flying magic books, spiders dangling from threads, glittering gold, etc. At first I didn't pay much attention to those distractions, but as the game goes on you start to realize they really *do* distract. That's where the Repel spell comes in; by finding a repel marker -- or using your spell -- you can eliminate the distractions and, at the same time, make the picture considerably clearer so it's easy to locate hidden objects. Of course, all spells fade in time, so you'll need to hunt fast or wait until the spell charge renews itself.

The story line is charming, with plenty of humor. The game play is fun, although some of the items at the highest levels were VERY difficult to locate. It took around 7 hours total for me to finish this game (see previous comment about casual play), and when it was done I jumped onto Amazon because I plan to download the sequel as soon as I'm done typing this. Good fun!Get more detail about The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley [Game Download].

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This game is very addicting. I play boggle a lot and am usually done after about a half hour. But for some reason this one keeps my wanting to stay on. Just 5 more minutes....one more game....one more game....one more....that all I keep saying.
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