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Mystery Trackers: Black Isle 
Investigate a supposedly abandoned island in Mystery Trackers: Black Isle! After a journalist is kidnapped after beginning an investigation, its up to you to learn the truth behind Black Isle. Years ago an earthquake struck leaving the island deserted. None of the buildings seem to be damaged, however, and a hooded figure seems to be stopping people from discovering the truth. Find the missing journalist and learn a sinister secret in Mystery Trackers: Black Isle!
- Find the hooded figure
- Save the journalist
- 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/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
- CPU: 2.5 GHz
- RAM: 1024 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 560 MB
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The differences between CE & SE of this excellent HOPA!
Intro already holds you ... Sarah, a reporter, disappeared near the Black Isle Hotel, taken by a masked man.
Gorgeous graphics, appealing and exciting plot, immersive atmosphere, excellent sound, totally appropriate to the story.
Characters that create curiosity in this very well-developed game.
Highly interactive game, in all the places there is much to do and collect, including HOS, that despite being easy, are enjoyable - you need to use inventory items.
The amount of HOS is very well balanced and in different locations.
Several great mini games, some known but with something extra, and some new too.
3 difficulty levels - I played advanced - no sparkles, hint fills slowly.
Hint is very helpful - good assistance to the next step. It has a map too.
- The differences between CE & SE:
-SE does not have extra game play! In CE you have to collect 50 owls along the way - and is not always easy to find - to enter in a bonus game - another chapter with new locations, not too long but very enjoyable.
-SE does not have the Strategy Guide.
-SE does not have the achievements area - 21 frames come up as you progresses on the game.
Well, I liked to collect along the way (owls) and the bonus is worthwhile, so I decided to purchase the CE for being more complete - worth the price.
Although not very challenging, it is extremely entertaining and is already in my collection!
April 1, 2012
very enjoyable game
for differences and more detailed reviews about the bonus see my CE review but worth noting you can't collect the owls in SE
I am going to be slightly harder on this game purely because Elephant raised the bar with their last game ? surface - mystery of another world. Here they took a step down from that level, I can?t help being slightly disappointed in this game compared to surface.
BUT compared to raincliff I think it fares well, in some aspects it is better (map). All 3 of this series (the void, raincliff and now this) have gotten better and I have really enjoyed all of them. But I did prefer raincliff setting, the midnight blue - makes it look like every other good HOPA out there, although it does have colour in outdoor scenes throughout.
I enjoyed the live actors, and live animals it is one of the things that make it stand out from the crowd. Although in a couple of cut scenes, the opening being the worst, the lip synch is so way off it is annoying. But most cutscenes how they are done you don?t see their lips.
I love Elephants graphics in their games, crystal clear, no wash on them. But those like myself who hate sparkles will be disappointed. I played on hardcore and I still had sparkles on hidden object scenes (in surface no sparkles on middle setting!)
MAP AND LOCATIONS
The GOOD ?
- It has the transporter map, which makes a HUGE difference and raincliff didn?t so that?s a step up.
-It also has an exclamation mark in areas that things still need done in. If you hover over it, it will also tell you what it is.
The BAD
One of the major things that set ?surface? apart, was the variety of the look and feel of different locations as well as the sheer number of them. In ?surface? each chapter was completely different and you never revisited previous chapter scenes even at the end, it was all new.
Sadly here not so, like most other HOPAs out there (including raincliff) you do go back into old locations.
In black Isle, outside it was mostly raining and always dark. I like the rain it was soothing (apart from the thunder!) but maybe a chapter with the sun would be different.
HIDDEN OBJECT SCENES
The BAD - 99% junk pile and some bad junk pile.
The GOOD ?
-no random click penalty
- Non repeating scenes,
-well spaced out ? don?t have one every time you turn a corner!
-Use of inventory item is needed, although sometimes you literally put it in a scene only to lift it out again without interaction but most were well done
- I lOVED the mini puzzles in some, would love to see more and that was my favourite thing about them.
PUZZLES
The BAD - Sadly most/all were easy. I agree the time consuming one was the feathers and I didn't like the 'constellation' one.
The GOOD ? Even though most were non original it was a good face lift. I haven?t seen the bee puzzle in ages, loved that but would have liked to have seen it harder, and bigger.
I loved the unique take on ?spot the difference? took an old and boring (to me!) game to a new level. I did enjoy the puzzles but please make them harder!
And even though they were easy, some did take some time which was good.
RE plot I can?t say anything or it would be a spoiler. It?s not a person disappeared case, which you realise quite quickly but a spin on it. It could have been fleshed out more and those that love a lot of update re story during the game will be disappointed.
Vague *spoiler* for type of ending -
Ending for main game, I don?t like those kind of endings personally. Everything was 100% wrapped up and then.. It wasn?t a ?to be continued in the bonus' but very close. I personally would prefer they didn?t say anything if I was a SE player.
SE game time (not including bonus) is a hard one, as I normally don?t play hardcore (no hints, no skips, and only looked at walkthrough a couple of times) it was over 8hrs and I realised how much I must use hints! But my normal play mode (no sparkles, rare walkthrough, some hints) I?d guess 6 -7hrs. If you use sparkles and walkthrough well obviously it?s going to be under 5hrs I?d guess. Even though there isn?t that many locations, it does take a long time.
If they had no sparkles for Hidden object scenes, harder puzzles, different outdoor scenery no going back to old areas, I'd give it an A. But then I don't give "A"s out often!
April 1, 2012
No Walkthrough Needed!
Who needs a walkthrough when the hint system in this game serves just as well? I love this game! Click on the map and it will take you where you need to be. The graphics are wonderful, the music is appropriate for the game and you can even use things from your inventory during a HOS. Fantastic!
The puzzle games are original and interesting. You can skip the ones that you don't like or can't get through.
Why buy the CE when this regular edition will do nicely? All you get with the CE is a bit of extra game play, the guide, and wallpaper. I don't need that, all I want to do is play the game. Keep up the good work, developers.
April 1, 2012
Another fun hidden object game!
The Mystery Tracker series is my 2nd favorite behind MCF and this game is no exception.
Gorgeous graphics, challenging hidden object scenes and a fairly decent story line. I will say I'm glad I purchased the collector's edition as some of the puzzles were extremely challenging and somewhat illogical to my way of thinking. Overall a great game!
April 1, 2012
Loved the dog!
Elf, the dog, was most helpful and so cute. Storyline good. Great graphics; HOS clear and mostly interactive. VOS and characters good. Nice hint system if you are stuck, tells you what to do. Puzzles were hard, had to skip a few. Sort of a macabre love story. 7 hours casual.
April 9, 2012
Good game
I agree with gingergal. The designers outdid themselves with Mystery - Surface... However, having said that, this game balances for those who will find enough of a challenge within Black Isle and the graphics, sound, fun factor and length are still well done. Sparkles show up where it is stated that there are none for advanced (too bad). Map is great and most HO and HO/adventure designers should look to this game as an example of what to give the player.
April 1, 2012
Excellent Mystery/Adventure
This was a very well made game, almost as good as the Mystery Case Files series. The live actors integrated pretty well with the backgrounds so you couldn't really tell there was a green screen (like you can in the Ravenhearst series...just saying). The storyline was interesting and the puzzles were pretty unique. I loved Elf the dog!!!! So adorable and very clever idea. I assume you get to keep him after the game since he's still in your inventory at the end lol.
The map was definitely of help because the area is large and there's lots of places to go to. I didn't play the CE and I think maybe in that one you do something with all the owls you keep seeing, but in the SE (the one I played) you still see all the owls but I didn't get what the connection was. Oh well I still liked seeing them, I love owls :)
The only thing I wish we could have had was a journal to keep up with all the clues because there are quite a large number of tasks you need to complete and sometimes you wouldn't find the items you need until like an hour later. I had to keep pushing the hint button to remember where to go!
Also, I didn't really like the way the game ended. SPOILERS********** You spend the entire game trying to save Sarah from the man and it ends with her still with him. Made me feel like I wasted my time to be honest. But it was still great game and I had fun playing it. This was my first time playing a Mystery Trackers game I'll definitely play more in the future!
April 12, 2012
I felt like a beginner
I've consider myself an intermediate player, but with this game felt like a beginner.
Graphics and cut scenes were well done, but had more trouble than usual finding HO's. Used hint more than normal.
Story line was well done, but became lost on what to do next on many occasions.
Did like the little dog.
Would liked to have given this a 3 and 1/2.
April 4, 2012
Just not up to par...
Elephant Games are one of my favorite developers but this game is lackluster at best which is sad because Raincliff is one of my all time favorite games. The best way to describe this game is "Sloppy". I've never played an Elephant game that had sparkles in advanced mode for hidden object scenes. Usually Elephant Games gives a really stellar performance and its almost as if this game was tossed together using old scenes from raincliff and not putting much thought into it at all. I thought the game itself though was fun as it kept my attention and was just long enough to hook me but not too long like their game surface which bored me to death halfway through. So Im kind of torn reviewing this because although I do like it and think it had lots of potential, I think Elephant games fell short with this one. I've seen what they can do as a developer and this is a mediocre offering at best which is sad because the rest of the games in this series are amazing. This offering reminds me of something ERS would do which is throw together some junk, make the atmosphere pretty and call it a masterpiece but what companies like this don't realize is we as consumers KNOW what our favorite developers can do based on previous offerings and this Elephant Games is not a true reflection of who I value you to be and that is why I no longer buy ERS games so hopefully we will get some more awesome awe inspiring games from you that are not just beautiful but have great storylines and are not simply thrown together to make a profit. Cheers.
I recommend this game because its not a bad game, its just not where the 3rd installment of this game should be developmentally wise.
April 25, 2012
Enjoyed
Enjoyed this game and believe it is worth the download. If you like hidden object then you will enjoy this one. Not alot in the way of different but still good game to play. Happy gaming>>>>>>>>>>
April 3, 2012
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