Schoolmates: The Mystery of the Magical Bracelet
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Too Boring ! Could not bear 20 minutes !
Cute animation, colorful and well drawn, but the game itself is very boring!
Both the easy and the hard mode can not skip the tutorial, have excess of dialogues, and hint explains exactly what you have to do.
Eve, the "computer genius" is too slow, .... and you have to wait for her to go walking, very very slowly, to where you want to interact.
Challenging is to see: the objects you have to find are tiny tiny ! Even seeing an object, you can only pick up when asked ... no inventory of things to be used later.
Mini game easy and very well known - place gears to activate something (!!)
Total waste of time !
March 28, 2012
Way too slow
Nice graphics, but stiff action. Very, Very slow movement. There was no voices and clicking is required for each comment by the characters. Got boring fast.
March 28, 2012
The laziest game in the world !
"Slow" is too weak a term to describe how the game behaves. "Sluggish" would be more appropriate. You have plenty of time to brew yourself a cup of tea between the moment a character leaves the left edge of the screen and the moment she reaches the right edge !
Needless to say that nearly 15 minutes of this ordeal was more than enough for me.
I could have been more patient had this game offered plenty of great features such as sumptuous graphics, challenging puzzles, innovative minigames, unusual tasks, a gripping storyline, in short everything we expect from a good casual game but, unfortunately, obtain far too seldom.
So, don't expect any of these great features here, everything is simply common place.
The three characters [ the girls ] are really weird-looking, drawn in false 3D in the Barbie style but without harmonious proportions.
Their animation in the intro is equally weird, and even ridiculous when one of them [slowly !] practises Kung Fu... well, sort of !
The HOs I saw were given as silhouettes and were easy to find...even for me who is no great HO hunter.
The sole puzzle I saw was a mix of gears and slider, which I solved in less than 20 seconds.
And on that fantastic brain-storming exploit, I just quit.
This Bracelet has one superb magical power though: lull you into deep sleep in no time.
March 28, 2012
Snoozeville
sry but this game was sooooooooo slow....weren't able to make characters walk faster or run instead and objects were difficult to find
March 28, 2012
"Very slow and boring hidden object game"
The characters are cute but very slow and the images are very pretty, but I couldn't even finish the demo it was so boring.
March 28, 2012
frustrating
I really liked the graphics but everything else was bad, I couldn't see hidden objects at all.
March 28, 2012
Recommended for the Young @ Heart
I will start off by saying that this game is probably best for young folks. Why you might be asking? First, the graphics are very much of a cartoon nature and something that young people grow up with, less so for us older folks. Secondly, both the storyline and actions are slow. Again, it seems that the speed would be perfect for young people but not for others who are use to moving through a game at the speed of light. But, even for young people, they might get frustrated with the teeny-tiny hidden objects, which lack sharpness in shape and visual location. Is it challenging? Hard to say. I venture to say no regardless of your age. Storyline, not much of one. Fun, not really. I would only recommend this game as a "try it for young people" and go from there. Otherwise, skip trying this game and save your time for something more exciting.
March 28, 2012
Too slow
I lasted 7 minutes of the demo and had to stop playing. I simply cannot abide any game where you have to wait for a character to walk somewhere - especially a one as slow as this. I just wanted to kick her up the backside.
I will recommend the game simply because, who am I to say do not try it based on my personal grievance?
March 28, 2012
Schoolmates - Patience Needed
ZZZ. Sorry fell asleep. Tried the demo on this game and have to agree with so many others that the slowness in movement hindered the gameplay. Game looks like it would be fun. Very different than most. I was unsure what genre of game it was until I looked at some of the posts. Positives are the music was lovely and relaxing. The scenes are colorful, bright, characters adorable, instructions on tasks were easy to follow. The few min-puzzles I encountered were enjoyable.
Won't comment on recommeding this game however it will be a no buy for me.
March 28, 2012
There's a game here?
I get that it's for kids (very little kids). But, story is lacking & game play is mostly walking. Back and forth. Characters don't seem to interact. Don't want to settle problems. Instead of asking friend why she's mad, she goes to study telepathy. Is that what we want to teach our kids?
What adventure?
March 28, 2012