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Hidden Mysteries®: Salem Secrets 
Help Constable Hawthorne investigate the rumors of witchcraft in Hidden Mysteries – Salem Secrets, a fun Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game! Four young girls have been suffering from an outbreak of mysterious fits and bizarre tantrums. Rumors abound that the girls have been "afflicted" by local practitioners of Witchcraft, but nobody has yet been charged or tried. Investigate the scenes and uncover the Hidden Mysteries!
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- Incredible locations
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/8
- CPU: 1.0 GHz
- RAM: 512 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 249 MB
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Hidden Mysteries: Salem Secrets
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Ok
A warning to people who don't like too many H0 scenes, there are LOADS in the this game! The amount of them started to drive me insane after about an hour's playing. I'm the sort of person who likes a good mixture of H0 scenes, puzzles and inventory based things, but this is mainly H0 scenes. I've been playing for about 2 hours and I've only come across about 5 puzzles and thousands of H0 scenes! (slight exageration of the amount of H0 scenes, but you get my point!)
The graphics are ok, but the whole thing is static, nothing moves. Can't comment on the music because I always play with it turned off. Story not bad, I like a good witch story.
All in all, it was ok, but I did start to get bored with just doing H0 scenes every time I moved around the game.
I personally wouldn't recommend it, only because it's not for me.
April 9, 2012
Fun Hidden Object game
This review is based on the full game which I just completed.
I liked
~the graphics, which were always good and sometimes beautiful. Together with the music they created a suspenseful, eerie atmosphere. Some of the hidden object scenes were a bit dark but I felt it was appropriate and added challenge
~the story, which was interesting and kept me going til the end
~the size of the game area. Unlike other games of this type, there were a number of areas to explore or unlock, right up until the end of the game
~the length, which I felt was good, not dragged out or too short.
I didnt like
~aspects of the gameplay. A few of the mini-games were illogical and I dont enjoy going back and forth as much as is necessary in parts of this game.
Overall, this to me is a classic hidden object game, where you walk around completing hidden object scenes and solving puzzles in order to progress. In this respect it doesnt disappoint, offering a good level of challenge and a respectable amount of gameplay time. I recommend this game, especially as a special offer (I got it as a daily deal) it is excellent value
March 12, 2012
Slumbering Through Salem
How I wish I had read the reviews before I bought this game, but it was one of those "unlocked a deal and have 4 minutes to decide" kind of things. Oh well, I learned not to do that again.
Boring does not adequately describe the tedium this game puts you through. Dull colors, dull sound, dull plot. Confusing does not adequately describe the uselessness of the map/task/journal. A map without labels telling you what you are looking at. Really, a few badly sketched 'buildings' does not a map make! A pulsing red dot to tell me where I am at.... oh yeah? and what pencil drawing is that? Task list that goes forever (I hate those that are finished in a clump at the end). Journal... what journal? Oh, THAT was supposed to be a journal? Aggravating does not adequately describe the irritation of the game play. Backtracking, aimless wandering, backtracking, random clicking, backtracking, poor interaction. Did I mention backtracking? You get the picture.
I couldn't finish it and didn't even care. I did, however, want to spare others the agony.
October 3, 2012
No secret - Excellent game
The plot is to investigate the rumors that four young girls are missing and have been afflicted by witchcraft but no one has as yet been held responsible. This game has the lot - a slice of the macabre, a dose of witchcraft, a load of intrigue and a host of drama, not to mention mystery and secrecy. It is a very infectious game- once you get caught it's hard to stop - you must go to the next room or solve the next puzzle just to see what will happen next. The dialogue is clear, helpful and to the point. Other helpful aspects are the map which is an enormous help in guiding around the various scenes and buildings and it shows where you are and what areas need your attention. The journal can be refered to if you need to gather previous facts and formulae which had transpired earlier in the game. The task page is also a great help, not only listing the tasks required to be done but also reaveals a subtle hint on where the item is located, or how the task could be done, but it does not tell you exactly what or where, you still have to do some work. The graphics are clean and clear, but not very colourful as you might understand or expect from a derelict town shrouded in fog and mist. This did not distract from the game as there were glimpses of some colour through the gloomy, browny, greyish scenery. The puzzles were very different from any other game I have seen and were quite to very challenging but also held my interest making it almost impossibe to press the skip button as by solving these it gave you a sense of achievement at the end. The hidden objects were not too difficult to find in the relative gloom and some were small but with a bit of dedication and concentration could be located with minimal assistance from the hint button. This game unlike some other games of the same ilk, does not have to be played in a set regimental order and you are not restricted to completing any patriculay task in any set sequence - sure the items found do trigger a required amout of travelling around and are part of a set task but in the end all will come together and all will be revealed. Great game- well worth the mone - bring on some more.
July 3, 2012
GOOD SOLID GAME
You are a constable in 1692 assigned to rescue 4 girls who are missing during the Salem witch trials. You will rescue one girl at a time. To find them, you will visit numerous locations and be constantly going back and forth. [So I don?t recommend the game to those who hate going to and fro for several hours.] The locations are on roads which converge at a crossroads, which will be the central point of reference. Although there is a map, not all locations are shown and none of the buildings (most of which are houses/stores) are labeled. Because I generally knew where I wanted to go but didn?t recall which road to take once I was well into the game, I found it helpful to enlarge and print the map (found at the end of the walkthrough) and label or input missing buildings. The map also sparkled at locations which had a HOG waiting to be played.
Some inventory items were openly found at various locations, while others were obtained while playing HOGs. There are some inventory items which are a composition of several pieces (e.g., a fishing rod, worm, line) found in different locations. A few of the HOG objects were very small, but there is a hint button appearing when playing the HOGs if you need help. Some inventory items will be carried over to your rescue of a subsequent girl (i.e., after you find the 1st girl, some inventory carries over to use when looking for the 2nd girl)
The negatives:
There were a few varied puzzles. However, the instructions were frequently so obtuse that I had to resort to the walkthrough in order to figure out what I was supposed to do.
The artwork was visually good, except the girls and horses looked like they came from a wax museum (and not a good one at that). The voices of the girls and witch were so exaggerated that they were grating, and one was especially obnoxious.
Overall, despite the poor puzzle instructions, a few tiny HOG objects, the wax horses and girls, and the voices, I liked the game and the logical ending.
May 8, 2012
Good Afternoon Game
Bought this game when it went on sale. Enjoyable game, not the best, not the worst, but it was a nice game at a good price. Graphics were okay, but didn't really feel I connected with the storyline. Was disappointed when the game froze up at the end and I had to skip one of the final puzzles.
I'd say a good afternoon game when it goes on sale.
April 11, 2012
Good game
The only thing I didn't like about this game was that there was too much running back-and-forth. Otherwise, I thought is was an excellent game. The graphics are near photo quality. The HOS are reasonable. The map shows sparkles where there are HOS. The story is OK. I found the game to be very enjoyable and easy to get immersed in.
February 13, 2012
Boring...
Perhaps I've played a much more nicer HOG game therefore this game is FREAKING boring! I kinda regret buying the full game. For those who have played Mystery case files series or 1000 doors.. etc.., this game is bore you to death. Thank goodness I bought it because it was on sale, but not worth my money. :(
However, the only thing that is good about this game is that the sounds effects creeps you out when you're playing at night... but you're get used to it in a while.
February 4, 2012
not a top-notch hidden object game
this game was somewhat interesting, but had some problems with flow and direction. sometimes you have to return to a previous location for another HO scene in order to receive an important object, but it's not necessarily a logical return, so it took a lot of clicking and exploring before i was able to figure out what i had to do next. in all, i'm glad i only paid the weekly catch price and not the full price... because it's certainly not worth it.
February 3, 2012
Forget about this game, not worth your money.
I couldn't get into this game. It was awful.
August 22, 2012
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