House of 1000 Doors: The Palm of Zoroaster Collector's Edition
4.7
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Nice HO/Adventure
Graphics were great. Music was nice.
2 levels of play, I played expert, but didn't find it difficult
46 Morphing objects to find
Interactive map and HO
Most people will love this, it's a great game, a definite buy...but I will wait for SE.
IMO, based on the demo, it's not as good as 1000 Doors: Family Secrets CE, which I purchased after just a few minutes of demo and I was not disappointed.
April 5, 2012
Almost Perfect...
I almost gave this game 5 stars all around but I really hate when I have to redo the same HOG scene more than once. Nothing new or different there.
It is visually stunning and I was not even inclined to look for the skip button when animated cut scenes started to play. Even the music was pleasant enough for me to leave it on.
Excellent and entertaining. I purchased the CE version.
April 5, 2012
Awesome sequel
When I go House of a 1000 doors, I absolutely had to buy it before I even finished the demo. I feel the same way about House of a 1000 doors: The Palm of Zoroaster. The visual and sound quality are excellent and the music is very well done. The storyline continues on from where it left off, but it sounds as if there should have been more when she makes the comment about sometimes the house is eerie and sometimes it is cozy. The hint button fills quickly, the journal does very well to follow the story, the strategy guide is right there and easy to access and holds your place. The map lets you go where you want to go whether back or forward without having to do the running around yourself. The hidden object are your normal hos with the little extra steps, but all are easily found and not difficult. The hidden spooky objects are a little more difficult to locate but do stand out as being different and not quite belonging there. Overall it was thoroughly enjoyable and plan to purchase as soon as I finish this review.
April 5, 2012
What a let down
After the last House of 1000 doors, that was just incredible; the first one I played... this one took you to far away places with no interaction of the people in the house and very little reason why you are their except for a scroll you found down the well. And hey; lets throw in some meaningless morphing objects just to see if more people will buy it? For no better reasoon as I can tell; not like it unlocks all the great mini games if you were to get them all as so far, there are none! Wow. Nothing new, the HO's were junk piles and dark; I am super disappointed after the glowing review and play time of the 1st one. The first one had many fun and new of nature mini-games, I am half way through the CE and it has only say app. had like 10 ish? And they were classic, of the easiest nature, I actually just skipped them cause why? They didn't require any thought. I just waited till the time ran out so that I could skip them.
There weren't (so far) any twist and turns in the game; just a game, I did it cause of that by one CE get one CE free deal so I will just have to live with it. In extreme fits of boredom I will finish it maybe.
So what happened? Did they have a good thing on their hands and hastily whipped out something poorly made with little insight? Because it wasn't very long ago the 1st one came out. I suppose if you are a history buff, you may enjoy it or really like the middle east; but it has nothing to do with mediums and disappearing houses and or rooms, except in the beginning, I guess their attempt to tie it to the first game which was very long, this has only 4 chapters in the regular game. Now i wish less and wish I didn't buy it at all. Sorry! , very little has been mentioned so far, except these little fire ball deals about mediums and the mystery of it all; just sad little ghost's with very little tales to tell indeed that don't make me care very much what they are saying. ; like who cares? I just want to finish and go lick my $14.00 wound and hope the other most popular game is of any worth. I may not even finish this one. It makes me more bored by the minute. Couldn't wait to get to the 1/2 way point thinking they might change it up; but ; ahh.. na. If you are thinking that you are buying the same product as before, you are sorrily mistaken.
April 15, 2012
I'm hooked
This review is based on playing only the demo. That said, this was really fun which I think is the true measure of a game. Will probably buy it this weekend as well as the first.
I did play the free trial version of the first in the series and didn't get caught up in it for some reason. I suspect the main character Kate looked too robotic for me. But playing the demo of this game and seeing that the first game established some relationships and chemistry which get carried over, I will most likely go back and play the first game and then this one as it's fun. So far haven't seen many puzzles which I particularly like but as I said, I've only played the demo.
Good graphics. Love the "extra" challenge of finding "beyond objects." The hogs are the usual but not annoying. Music is not great but not annoying so no need to stop the sound. The map is very helpful and the finding of objects are not so "far out" that one can't make good use of them so there is a decent logic. The strategy guide is less needful unless one is really bent on finding those special objects as they are tricky!
Would recommend this game.
April 5, 2012
average
Truth is, these games are all pretty much similar, but for me it's the way it is all brought together that can make or break the game. I really liked the first 1000 doors, because it had intriguing characters/story and therefore fun gameplay. I found this one did not compare, characters/story not engaging, therefore the gameplay felt average and predictable - it didn't do anything new, just the same old same old.
From other reviews it sounds like others really liked it, so I thought I would mention that it may not be so great for everyone, depends on what makes a good game for you.
April 12, 2012
I'm Bored
This does not have any of the fun and unexpectedness of the first one. While the first one wasn't exactly original storywise, the gameplay so fun. The puzzles and HO were fun and integrated very well into the whole game.
I'm sorry but this round is absolutely boring. I wish I could be more specfic about why it's not as fun as the first one, I just don't even care if I get through this one.
I think you'll get a full picture if you play the demo because beyond the demo there is nothing different or new you'll be missing.
Too bad really looked forward to this.
April 7, 2012
Sequels are never as good!
I really looked forward to playing this, having loved the original. While this was a good game, I found it much easier with less challenging puzzzles and too short. This is my first
review, and sorry to say - I was disappointed with this sequel.
Kind of sorry I spent the money on the CE.
Perhaps if the original hadn't been fantastic, I wouldn't have expected so much!
Still - a good play, and would be worth it as a SE.
April 15, 2012
An Excellent Sequel Absolutely Loved It
This review is for the whole game playing in expert mode.
* There are 8 chapters + bonus chapter
* 2 play modes: Casual & Expert
* Expert mode no sparkles not even for HO scenes.
* Voice Overs
* Integrated strategy guide
* Journal
* Map
* H0 scenes all interactive.
* Hint button, refills quickly in expert mode, useful outside H0
* Skip button also refills quickly in expert mode.
* Mini games/puzzles
* There's also 46 "beyond morphing objects"
My overall impression of the game:
Well for playing in expert mode I found the game pretty easy but I definitely found this to be an excellent sequel. I was hooked to this right from the get go. It is a continuation but this time we know along with Kate why we are there. There is an underlying backstory, premise if you will, of a family with a gift to communicate with ghosts with dilema, and free them. This story just flowed very well and made sense to me.
The graphics, cut scenes, characters and voice overs I can sure tell there was some time spent on this by the developer. Very well done. Just excellent. Perfect. The music is also fitting and not intrusive.
I found this to have a nice balance of "adventure" the traveling back/'forth and HO scenes. I did appreciate that the HO scenes didn't sparkle in the expert mode. I also didn't have trouble locating much at all as I only used 2 hints. I also never got "lost" in the game but just used the hint once just to see how "helpful" it was and it is useful outside of the HO scenes as I mentioned.
The strategy guide: i didn't need it but did check it out and it stayed where I left so it does follow along as you play the game.
The journal mostly keeps track of story however gives some clues on how to solve some of the puzzles.
The map is also very helpful as it will show where you are currently and where there are things to do. Areas with things to do have green exclamation point(s). You can also use it to travel back/forth locations which I did use the map.
The mini games/puzzles: I found most to be easy however skipped the egg one repeat the sequence as that was too fast for me. My attention span for repeat the sequence is about the size of a flea. LOL!
Oh and those 46 beyond morphing objects well I'm never too good at finding those but to my surprise I located 40 out of 46 which is pretty good for me. Once you start the next chapter can't go back and try to find ones you missed.
As for game length: Obviously varies from player to player but for me was about 4 hours and definitely long enough for me. Honestly probably would of took me longer without the map. The bonus chapter I found very enjoyable and took me about 1 1/2 hours. You do visit some new locations however a few are same as the main game. Well worth the extra money for me.
I thank you Big Fish and developer for a wonderful game here. An excellent sequel. Very well done here.
April 7, 2012
Played the demo and it was really great
Lots of fun stuff here to do and find.
Interesting but not so hard that I can't find my way around which is good.
Well done graphics and sound.
April 6, 2012