Allora and The Broken Portal
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WOW! Bizarre! is this the same game?
I actually downloaded this game because the reviews were so positive, and yet, I swear, i never played the same game. The drawings/graphics were odd, the objects even stranger, too much jumping around, i was glad when the trial was over.
I like my graphics a bit more real, but glad I tried it.
April 29, 2012
Allora
I liked this game as I could get throught it to the end. Most of these I get stuck and cannot get through even with a hint. This is a bit of a challenge but not BIG brain thinking game. It is just fun. Looking to Allora two
November 15, 2011
Wasted money...
Not for me at all! Bought it because it was on the daily deal for just 2.30, but I regret it now. Felt like I was playing a child's game. Very cartoony and very easy. Stopped playing after 15 minutes.
April 29, 2012
This game has all the Allor-a you need to really like it!
Allora and the Broken Portal is a great game. It is not real hard or to easy. The story line is good and the objects can be hard to find. The crystals are beautiful and fun to find. I really recommend this one.
April 21, 2012
BOO HOO - it ended too soon
You are accompanied on your journey to collect crystals and runes to repair the portal between earth and Sefirem by an elf and the cutest mouse you?ve ever seen, who is costumed with an earring and tail-ring, muffler and granny glasses. The hand-drawn artwork is simply gorgeous (similar to a creative artist's illustration of a fairy tale). Any scene would make a terrific picture to hang in any room needing a bit of whimsy. The mini-puzzles were not difficult.
Crystals are collected in 4 locations, each with 3 or 4 scenes, by finding a list of items and using those that go into inventory to interact with the scene. Crystals appear as the inventory is placed. After the crystals are found, you search for runes. Sometimes it was difficult to find an object, usually because the artwork is a stylized interpretation by the artist. But the artwork was so beautiful that I didn?t mind. [But not everyone will like the artwork.]
This was a very fun game to play but it ended too soon. I wished the crystals were stolen so the game could continue.
May 9, 2012
Average HOG
i played the demo, and decided it was worth the daily deal price of $2.99. I'm not a big HO fan but this will come in handy to pass the time when there's nothing else to do.
There is a puzzle (easy) for every 3 HOS and items you find to use to find the crystals. Finding the crystals is the storyline so you can skip the cut scenes.
Music and graphics were okay, scenes were a bit dark and objects hard to find at times since they were half hidden.
The demo took me into the third chapter so I figure the game would take me close to 4 hours to finish (I peeked at the walkthrough to see the length!)
I'd recommend this game only for those HO fans.
April 29, 2012
First Half Solid, The Rest...Not So Much
Add Allora and The Broken Portal to the list of hidden object games where you go in search of someone. In this case, it's a wizard, whose technology had a serious flaw and deposited him..somewhere. You play the part of a human who crosses over to this fantasy world to repair the portal and rescue him. You'll know you're a human since that's what everyone calls you for the entire game. I can just picture developers sitting around the table saying, "Not enough human references in that line." Were it a drinking game, you'd be cross-eyed by the middle.
In any case, you have two companions on your adventure: the aforementioned Allora #who gets top billing for being an elvin Lara Croft# and a mouse with glasses. Neither of them do anything, just boss you around to get you from location to location. There are no voices in the game, so not much to write home about there. Animations are decent, but unspectacular.
Where this game does shine is in the hidden object department. For those of us that really like those type of games, there are tons of HO scenes in this game. In fact, they come hot and heavy and never let up. You'll travel through a bunch of different scenes. In each of the three or four areas within said scene, you must collect a list of objects. For added challenge, you also have to find certain objects to use in the environment to collect the crystals you need to open that darn portal. The objects are hidden creatively, and even though the formula is repetitive, it manages to get quite a bit out of it before ennui sets in.
There is also one "test" per level, usually standard fare of assembling a jigsaw or flipping tiles. My major issue with this game, and the reason I didn't rate it higher, was that the second half of the game is just tacked on. Essentially you have to revisit every location you've already seen and find even more of the same junk. The final puzzle is very underwhelming, as is the resolution of the game. Ultimately, this game is a great way to spend a lot of time finding stuff, but those flaws prevent it from being any less broken than the portal itself.
December 21, 2012
Okay game, not very difficult
While I didn't feel this was a bad game, I can't consider it a great one either. This one is primarily a hidden object game with a few pretty easy puzzles scattered throughout- usually one per location. Most of the puzzles are traditional in that you fit pieces of something together to make a whole object. There are also a few other types as well.
The storyline is as follows: a wizard has fallen into a portal and the only way to save him is to collect crystals and runes. Pretty basic. There are several different locations that you go to, and several of them are repeated later in the game. Each location has three or four scenes. You go between these scenes looking for hidden objects, and some of those objects help you to manipulate other objects in the scenes to find crystals and runes.
I thought the graphics were good, though they do have a cartoonish look to them. That I didn't mind, as all I really care about is being able to identify objects I'm looking for. There were a few cases where I used hints to find an item, but hardly any instances where the object I had trouble finding was impossible to distinguish. The sound I'm afraid I can't comment on- I played with the sound off. Overall the game was okay. I thought the hidden object portion was a bit challenging, but the puzzles very easy. I would recommend if you can get it on a sale like I did.
June 10, 2012
A little girl's game
I bought this because it was offered at a low price if I made a decision within 4 minutes. I wish I hadn't. It is very boring, consisting of scene after scene of hidden objects, interspersed with a few easy puzzles that enable you to collect crystals. It might be OK for kids who are new to HO games but I found it a chore and gave up after half an hour.
August 29, 2012
Very Basic
I finished in about 90 minutes. Very little in the way of challenging. Glad I paid only 2.99 for it.
August 3, 2012