Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst
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Boring
After playing Dire Grove, and liking this game i wanted to play another Mistery Case file. I came by a serie of Ravenhearst games, so I thought why not start with the first one. The images looked promising.
I shouldn't! As dire grove is a combination of different puzzles and adventure this is just a search and find game. This shoudn't be to bad but the items are just to hard to find so the game gets boring extremely fast. For people who want to be challenged to find things I would say, buy it, for people who just play for fun and relexation, don't bother with this one.
December 29, 2011
OH MY!
Well, I must say, I had absolutely NO idea how OLD this game is! I downloaded the demo of the 3rd installmant of Ravenhearst today and decided that I would like to play the first 2 before purchasing the 3rd! I SO wish I had NOT made that decision! I thought I was really missing out on a "something fabulous" game, but boy was I WRONG! I just went ahead and purchased this game instead of doing the demo first, which is something I NEVER do, and also something I will NEVER do again! I got through 2 rooms and realized this is just the old school basic hidden object game, that is timed, and not the hidden object adventure type game that I am used to! I probably should give it more than 2 stars, because it's my fault for not reading about this game, or checking the age of this game, before purchasing it! Based on the overall ratings that this game has received, it's probably not a horrible game, and was probably an awesome game when it first came out, which was obviously a LONG LONG LONG LONG time ago! ;-# But what I learned about the game, based on my limited playing time, is there are 2 modes of gameplay, both of which are timed. The one I chose was casual, which is usually what I play, and this mode gives you extra time to find the hidden objects and extra hints. The penalty for excessive clicking is you lose several seconds from the time clock. I normally turn the music completely off in most games, but I didn't find the music or sound effects annoying at all, so I left both of them on. The quality of the graphics is poor compared to games today, but they were probably excellent back in the day! ;-) Actually, I honestly do not know exactly when this game came out, it just appears to be extremely outdated. Of course, everything seems to progress and improve so rapidly these days, it could've come out 6 months ago! #HA HA!# All in all, if you're a gamer that likes timed hidden object games, and you don't mind the graphics being somewhat grainy and blurry, this is definitely the game for you. HAPPY GAMING!
December 23, 2011
This Mystery Shall Remain Unsolved
The Mystery Case Files series has always been a mixture of good and bad; this was one of the bad ones.
Good Parts:
Great graphics
Nice sound effects/music.
2 modes; normal and relaxed.
OK Parts:
Limited hints; but 6 were available, doubling the last game.
Bad Parts:
HOS were too hard, had to use my hints on all of them.
The door puzzles; they were way too hard, even when I used the clues and calling for back-up took away all my hints.
Storyline is nothing special. It's not one that kept me going like Huntsville or Prime Suspects.
I was looking forward to playing a game that was pure Hidden Object, but I will be going back to my other games. This is a no go.
November 6, 2012
The boring HOG...
I'm a fan of MCFgames. They are awesome. But this game, got my hopes down. It was just full of HO tasks and no puzzles except for those door unlocking puzzles.
May 30, 2012
Not my favorite!!
I found this game very irritating. Too repetitive. I didn't bother to finish it. The big challenge seemed to be putting together puzzle pieces to form a page of a diary. This is just a basic hidden object game.
May 26, 2012
Absolutely awful.
I thought the storyline was quite interesting and was quite curious about what had happened to Emma, however, being the type of game it was ruined the whole experience. Obviously the point of a Hidden Object games is to find things amongst a clutter, but this game simply dumped millions of items in a heap. Would not recommend.
May 6, 2012
It was OK I guess.
I didnt really like the time limit thing, and the way that you dont explore as much as other games. Its just a big game of finding rubbish to help you find a missing girl. Well to be honest it is free! Just use freeraven as a code :D
March 21, 2012
Not as good as other MCF games
I love the MCF series of games, but the 3 (I think there are 3) Ravenhurst games don't hold my attention like other MCF games. The plot is good, though predictable, but it gets beaten to death by the third game, in my opinion. I would much rather play Dire Grove, 13th Skull, or Madame Fate. Still, it is a good, Gothic game with mostly challenging HO scenes.
Try the free version before buying. If you get sucked into the plot, know that you will have to buy all the games before your obsession is finished. That is a lot of money for a series that you may not find interesting enough to play a 2nd or 3rd time. Worth the free trial, though.
January 12, 2012
Challenging hidden-object scenes, but disappointing jigsaw puzzles
This 2006 game was made in the early days of BF, when their games were all mainly composed of one hidden-object scene after another. Typical of BF, Ravenhearst has hidden-object scenes are challenging, fun, and also memorable. Also great are the "door puzzles", which are wacky locking mechanisms that you have to unlock. However, every location ends with a generic, monochrome-colored, pencil-drawn jigzaw puzzle that is boring every time you play it. Unfortunately, those jigsaws are essential to the story-telling so you just go through it. Thankfully, they are not used in the later Ravenhearst games.
December 5, 2011
Spooky, Nice Graphics
I down loaded the game did not enjoy it not into so many hidden objects not enough mystery and story line. I wish I could get my money back. made me sleepy. not into all those puzzles to many. If you're into a lot of hidden objects for most of the games you will enjoy it.
December 2, 2011