Tamara the 13th
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Very poor in all senses
Silly story, bad graphics, objects to find are badly done - the challenge is not "to find", but "to see", because they are tiny or exactly in the same color of background.
Sometimes, even using hint, it is difficult to see - like tiny brown parts of a statue in brown rocks.
No fun and no enthusiastic.
Lot of reading and lot of go back and forth inside the cave.
Tiresome and boring.
March 3, 2012
Frustrating to play
This is not the sort of hidden object where you find a lot of items in a scene; instead you find objects or parts of fragmented objects to complete a something such as a statue. Unfortunately the items are not only very small in some cases but also amazingly well blended & pretty impossible to find.
If you click on the item shape you will be given a picture of what parts you need to find to complete it & what colour they are; once you leave the cavern finding them becomes marginally easier as long as the colour is bright. Even so I had to use the hint button far too many times.
The cut scenes during the game are pretty awful & there are no voiceovers & you cannot skip lines of dialogue so you either have to watch it or skip it. There are seven areas to find & I got to number three in about 45 minutes to this seems to be a pretty short game.
You are given a diary with a task list & a map that is not interactive; there is also a Log button which shows you the dialogue history.
As you complete an area you win the ability to do a certain type of magic & to activate it there are mini games which are pretty much the old pipe game so not too difficult. The other mini game I played was a Simon Says.
Despite the nice graphics this is an awkward, clunky & frustrating game from PlayFirst so my review is on the demo as I did not purchase.
November 29, 2011
What were they thinking?!
I concur with SeaBamboo's review. The hidden pieces were next to impossible to find in many cases. I often just clicked randomly all over the screen and occasionally got lucky. Help should recharge faster as this is the only means to find many of the tiny obscure pieces.
Despite the extreme difficulty in finding the hidden pieces of objects, the puzzles were rideculously easy. It makes little sense to have impossible hidden objects and then puzzles a 6 y.o. could figure out quickly.
Advice to game developers: You've got the game backwards. Make the pieces a little easier to find and the puzzles more challenging.
December 8, 2011
Tamara the 13th
This is the worst game I have ever bought. I thought it would get better but not. Without hints I would have never finished because items were so small. Glad I only paid $2.99 or would have asked for my money back.
January 21, 2012