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Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst 
You lived through their side of the story—now live through his!
Return once more to the haunted grounds of Ravenhearst Manor to uncover new details about this poignant saga. What you find could very well be the final chapter of this riveting story—if you escape.
This is an intense
psychological thriller that may reveal deep-seated fears. Not for the young or
faint of heart. Consider yourself warned.
Please note: This is the biggest and most intense offering from the Big Fish Games Studios to date. If you are not sure if your computer will be able to handle the game, please try it before you buy it!
- Experience Charles' story
- Escape from Ravenhearst!
- For a more in-depth experience, check out the Collector's Edition!
- Get the Strategy Guide!
- Check out our Blog Walkthrough
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win7/8
- CPU: 1.8 GHz
- RAM: 1024 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 1245 MB
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Very Unsettling
The subject matter of the game was most disturbing. I'm not a prude, but this game was just simply distasteful. I didn't finish it - it was aburden to play it. Not only was the subject matter in the poorest taste, but the game jumped around way too many places. I spent more time searching for the next piece to the puzzle than following the game.
December 23, 2011
Don't fix what isn't broken
The change to the hidden object is boring at best. Hard to find and hard to follow. What a disappointment.
December 21, 2011
AMAZING morphing object adventure game!
Okay! Let me start off by saying that I think I am the ONLY Big Fish Gamer that has NOT played the Ravenhearst MCF games! I've played all the other MCF games, but not sure why I haven't played the Ravenhearst games?!? That being said, I can't compare this game with the first installments .... yet! I played only the demo of this game, but I'm going to give my review of the little bit that I played, go back and play the first Ravenhearst MCF games and then purchase this one! I will say that I will probably purchase the CE though! I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, but there were times during this demo that I got stuck and found myself wishing that the hint button worked in more than just the morphing object scenes in this game, so I'm guessing I will probably need the stategy guide! I try not to use the strategy guides at all when I purchase CE games, but after running around for 20 minutes I get rather impatient and end up peeking at the strategy guide from time to time! This tells you that there is no assistance or guidance on "what to do next" or "how to progress in the game", because the hint button does not work at all, unless you're in the morphing object scenes, which leads me to the next important detail I think fellow gamers will want to know. There are no hidden object scenes in this game! #judging ONLY from the demo alone that is!# There may be some further into the game, but for the first hour of gameplay I didn't come across any, ONLY MOS. I really am a fan of the morphing objects, I love this different approach in recent games, however, I wasn't a huge fan of that being the only way to get the object needed to progress in the game. I do like finding the "bonus" morphing objects, like were in Stray Souls, but that's not how the morphing objects work in this game. I have great eyesight, but some of the MOs were very hard for me to see/find. Although they are "morphing", they did not "catch my eye" like changing items in scenes normally do, but that's just me. There are other things moving in the scenes, such as leaves, and that kind of distracted me from the MOs. They may be easily spotted by others, this was just my experience. The clicking penalty in this game is you lose some of the MOs that you've already found. They go "back into the game". If there are no HOS throughout this game I will find that to be rather disappointing. I don't like a ton of HOS during gameplay, but based on this game and the MOS, I'm not a fan of only having MOS during gameplay. I would like for it to be mixed up a little, some MOS and some HOS. The graphics and voice-overs in this game are absolutey AMAZING! I just can't say enough good things about the beautiful, dark and eery details! WOW! I normally turn off the music in all the games that I play, but this one I didn't even notice the music, which means it was not at all annoying to me, like I find it to be in so many games. There are 2 modes of gameplay in this game. I almost always just play the casual mode, so I did in this demo as well. I didn't get to all the "gore" and "disgust" and "indecency" that so many reviewers have talked about in the many reviews that I read. Having grown up in a family of law enforcement officers, federal agents, and district attorneys and, having followed in my family's footsteps in my final career choice, I have seen SO MANY real life horrors that absolutey NOTHING in a game, or anywhere else for that matter, could disgust, disturb or horrify me. I have read several reviews discussing the "horrorific" and "gross" and "disturbing" elements/scenes in this game, so anyone reading this review should refer to other reviews regarding any disturbing or disgusting elements and/or scenes in this game, because I just don't find anything disturbing anymore. This game is VERY large, so be sure to take the recommendation given in the game description and try the demo first to make sure your computer can handle this size file. The hint button recharges fairly quickly #casual mode# and there is a "diary" that will help you keep up with the storyline and the items found. There was quite a bit of backtracking in the demo, so I can only assume that there will be backtracking throughout the entire game. This doesn't bother me, but I know some people do not like a lot of backtracking so I thought I'd throw that in. Oh yes, some of the morphing objects were on the lower part of the screen so you have to pay attention to the arrow and cursor, because there were a few times while clicking on a MO that I ended up backing out of the scene entirely. I hope this covers about anything a gamer might want to know regarding this game. I think I should also add that this game/demo was somewhat hard for me to follow. This has also been noted by other reviewers and is certainly worth noting again. I will certainly leave a more detailed review #if that's possible! Ha ha!# when I finish the other Ravenhearst games and finally play this one in it's entirety. ENJOY! HAPPY GAMING BIG FISHERS!!
December 23, 2011
some sick pups at MCF ( in a good way )
MCF: EFR is unique if nothing else. Let's resolve the morphing VS. hiddens from the getgo. Most players are not pleased with just morphs and I'm squarely in that group. I hope the devs at BFG keep this in mind when they create in the future. Other than that, Escape is a gem. I don't mind how creepy and gross the game is, what with toenail clippings and pimplepus etc. I thought these were all a hoot.
Keep in mind all the gross things came from mannequins and not real people. Remember too that Charles' elevator does not reach the top floor. I have yet to finish the game having just released 3 of the four females from their watery prison. A lot of us veteran HOGgers relish a challenge and this game most certainly offers challenges in spades. The puzzles reminiscent of those in Ravenhearst and Madame Fate could use a hint system like in the previous two. This is because a lot of us hate skips. I never buy CE's simply because there is nothing " collectible " about them. I make do just fine with my " collection " of SEs. For those complaining about the need to refer to the Walkthru too often, I ask where would you be without the WT?? All in all EFR is to me a welcome addition to the genre and I can't wait to see how MCF will strive to outdo itself in 2012.
December 24, 2011
Uniquely Awesome Game!
MCF does it again! It was uniquely refreshing to find morphing objects instead of the usual hidden object items. Some of the things needed to do be done in the game were kind of gross, and some things were funny. To fully appreciate the story line I recommend playing Ravenhearst & Return to Ravenhearst. Also, if you have a computer w/HD capability, it makes the scenes more vivid.
December 22, 2011
a chore
the sparkle is gone. the fun factor disappeared. I love MCF games and own them all. Even the Wii ones. But this one was dark, depressing and downright disgusting. You are led through screaming pregnant women, a morgue, and two run down hospitals. You do the "pschologically thrilling"..not.. task of popping zits. OMG. and get an inside look at child abuse. fun fun fun. All to flip a switch at the end. The ending was ridiculous and after the chore it took to get there, was not at all fullfilling. This one was beautifully drawn and you could see that it held some good ideas but the content made it hard to appreciate this. It started out great but quickly deteriorated. I absolutely agreed with the statement at the end when Emma says "hopefully this is the end." Yes if we must R2R could we do it without the overly grim content? Keeping in mind that we play games for fun? Love the MCF games but didn't love this one.
December 30, 2011
Colossal Disappointment
*Return* to Ravenhearst is my all-time favorite game, and I greatly enjoyed the other MCF games. "Escape", however, breaks the previous mold, and not in a good way. On a positive note, I eventually did get used to the morphing objects and even enjoyed them, but would have preferred some HOS scenes mixed in. The game was so dark that it was hard to see anything, much less anything morphing. I thought the sound track was horrid. Who wants to hear insane people shrieking? Highly unpleasant. The movement between scenes was convoluted. I never did figure out what I was doing in any one place or why I needed to go back somewhere. It would have helped to have a hint button to suggest the next place I needed to go or do. I finally had to have the walkthrough open on my second monitor and had to follow it every step of the way. Most of the puzzles are incomprehensible. You don't know what you are supposed to do nor how to do it. Or, when you do know what to do, it is way too hard. Worse, there is no "revert" button, so if you've botched your attempt, too bad. You are stuck. I think I simply skipped most of the puzzles. Even worse, the solutions given in the walkthrough were not accepted. Huh?? I felt the subject matter was way too unpleasant, i.e. gross, as well as some of the things that we are required to do. Abigail for one and the maternity ward for another. Who needs it? I want to play games to enjoy them, not wish I never played them. I did see the disclaimer, but I had nothing to reference it to. "It's a game! How bad could it be?" Bad.
Big Fish, bring back the good old days! This game is a giant step in the wrong direction.
January 9, 2012
MCF have lost the plot (a real shame)
Loved the rest - hated this.
Morphing - nah, just annoying
Over-the-top teen horror - nope, adds nothing
Not fun, not clever.
Relieved I tried first will NOT buy!
January 8, 2012
Okay, BELIEVE the lowest reviews!
I thought I could handle it. Sound effects were very well done, very realistic and very creepy, chilling, depressing and yes scary. The hospital was probably the most nerve frazzling in regard to the sound effects. At first they didn?t bother me toooo much until I worked on a puzzle, it was quite difficult and it took me awhile. That?s when the sound effects really started to bother me (the moaning & screaming). I had to turn off the sound. Visually, don?t let any child see what?s on your screen?.SERIOUSLY! Everything here is a mannequin, but it is still upsetting. There is child abuse, not that you see directly afflicted, but you hear a lot of verbal and see the remnants of emotional abuse.
Now to game play; I have played in expert, adventure, even hard core mode for years. I love adventure games; they never give you clues or tell you how to do a puzzle your left on your own to figure things out, but here, OMG forget it!! I honestly have never had so much trouble trying to figure out what to do next! There is a lot of to and fro. The sequence of tasks does not flow very well. You get an item in area F, go back to area A to use it, then go back to area F, and it just doesn?t relate to what you were doing in the first place. If you decide to try the game anyway after all the warnings get a walkthrough! I had the walkthrough open the whole time I played. Game play is not fluid you don?t do what you would expect to do when you expect to do it. Make sense? Well neither did the game play!
No map. Lots of back and forth. And take notes! You have a journal but it does not record any numbers that you see or are given and you will need them down the road. There are no HO scenes per se, there are ?morphing? scenes (MOS). At first I thought that was refreshing, not so much later. You have to see something morph, or catch it out of the corner of your eye. I used the hint button often. In hard core mode the only time hints were available was in MOS. Again, get the walkthrough.
While this game may have gotten high reviews by some gamers, I will not be one of them. Yes you are given a disclaimer, but how seriously do we take that when it comes to a pc game? It?s like the disclaimer on a cup of hot coffee, ?caution: contents MAY be hot?, of course we know hot coffee is hot. We have become desensitized to warnings because they are given for the most obvious things. HEED THESE WARNINGS!!!!
To BFG I say, what were you thinking? You could have done so much better, and you have. I hope they learned from the reviews. Yes, we like scary and spooky but this was just morbid and distasteful. I love to watch Sci-Fi, ghost movies and thrillers, I DO NOT enjoy slasher, violence against women and children types of movies. I just got done playing one of the most beautiful, relaxing and pleasurable games (Otherworld: Spring of Shadows CE), check out my review. It was jarring to me the difference in the subject matter?..what waaaassss I thinking!!!
May 1, 2012
Very Disapointed
It doesn't come anywhere near the first two games. I was extremely disappointed in the entire concept. Some of the material was upsetting even bordering or cruelty. I felt that the game was developed simply to give in to the demands of those of us waiting for the next episode. It would have been better if they had continued with the format used in the second edition. I don't even consider it a hidden object game and the morphing aspect is nothing less than boring as are the games interspersed.
January 18, 2012
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