Mystery of the Earl
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Lovely to Look At
PLUS = What this game lacks in sophistication it makes up in beautiful graphics. If you like exploring beautiful English manor rooms and gardens, and elegant lady's rooms, you will love the eye candy of this game.
MINUS = The game was not intensely challenging, and the storyline was a bit predictable, but for me this was overcome by the visual beauty of this game. At this moment I am tired of exploring dirty asylums and grungy settings!
November 27, 2011
Most fun if you're a stickler for details
It's a cute little fantasy game, but not very high quality. Just decent. Not as good as the Awakening games.
You get more bang for your buck if you really like to search out all the extras, like finding all the diamonds in each area.
Graphics aren't the best, which can make searching a bit more difficult than it need be, especially since it's the type of HOG where you find fragments of the pictured items rather than having jumbled search scenes that you pick out objects from.
November 25, 2011
Visually stunning...
Loved this game; it was visually gorgeous (though graphics in H0G and FRAG a bit tiny unless set to 800x600 dpi) on my widescreen. The storyline was princess/fairytale theme... perfect for the romantic at heart and a wonderful change from the dark/dismal settings even for those not.
Definitely worth the purchase even at full price!!
January 2, 2012
Cute family game
Very cute game. The story and the music remind fairy tales. Is perfect for children playing with parents.
The game is made with scenes only, there is no motion.
There are many things to do: collect diamonds, find pieces of objects to be used, HOS...is not challenging, is amusing.
January 7, 2012
Fine for the right gamer - Roses instead of Blood
This is a pretty game, and very nice for younger gamers, so moms, go ahead and get it for your daughters, especially if they like being the one who saves the guy, instead of the other way around. Ha!
This isn't a horrible game, so I don't want to sound too negative. It's short and simple, and not worth the money to a more experienced gamer. If you've been around a while, you'll feel as if you got into a sixth grade classroom, when you belong in tenth grade at least. But you'll probably be polite and finish the game.
The story has a beautiful girl ready to wed a gorgeous, titled guy, who is rich and reads her poetry. But on their wedding day he vanishes with only intense words of regret for his foolishness. Of course, the fair maid is no way as silly as the guy, so she doesn't leave it at that. She sets about gathering what she needs to save him - hence the hidden object scenes. You'll need items from different scenes to solve riddles, but there isn't too much walking about. The scenes are close to one another, and the girl nags you when you are finished in an area for the nonce. (Good word, nonce.)
So buy it, if you fit the profile of the gamer who will love it, and leave it if you prefer the more mature hidden object/adventure game. Actually, I suppose the only difference between the two types is the length and the content, and the roses in place of skulls and blood.
January 29, 2012
Cute little game
We played the demo for about 1/2 hour and decided the game was not for us. The fairy tale story line was cute and the hidden object scenes were fun, but it was find the pieces of objects rather than find the object. There was a map, a diary and the opportunity to find diamonds. There were also some scenes where you needed to find a number of certain objects. It was a fun game, but not one we would purchase. It is geared towards younger players. Any game is worth trying, though.
January 31, 2012
SORRY I WASTED AN HOUR OF MY LIFE
I like almost all HOGs but you could click till doomsday & never find all the tiny things they asked for. If you found them at all, it was by accident just clicking everywhere on the page. Sometimes you could see the thing but it would not let you pick it up. I rated the challenge fairly high because it would be a challenge just to get through the game !!!
January 3, 2012
Definitely a Girly-Girl Game!
Visuals are really beautiful. A lot of the objects too small for me especially trying to find all the diamonds! A very pretty game for the girls. Other Gamers will totally enjoy this straightforward HOG! Did not purchase.
January 5, 2012
Not worth the money
This probably could have been a delightful little game if the HOS's hadn't been so frustrating. I had to use the hint button continually, and tons of random clicking to hopefully hit something on the screen that was needed. So much of the hidden objects were close to invisible or so eensy weensy as to not even be recognizable. Stupid way to ruin a nice little game.
January 14, 2013
Waste of Time
I do not like giving a bad review but I feel I must where it is so deserved.I am glad I only paid the $2.99 and it wasn't even worth that.The music was the only delightful thing about this game.The graphics were awful and most of the items were found by random clicking because you could not see them in the scenes which were of such poor quality.I could not complete the game for sheer contempt of the frustration I felt.I will chalk it in my never play again list.
January 22, 2012