Spirits of Mystery: Song of the Phoenix
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LOVED IT
This game is awesome, I just loved it. Love the interaction with the animals, BEAUTIFUL graphics, not too much talk, no phony self indulgent real video, the story evolved, made sense, not to much back and forth and just the perfect amount of HOGs and some were more interactive. This is one of my favorites! I love it, you won't be sorry if you purchase this game...only critical thing I could say, is it is the same rescue type story, but it's still just awesome!
May 19, 2012
Love it
I love this game. I have been getting tired of the same ol same ol. This one was fun and ite kept me interested. I would love to see more like this one. I only had to use the walk through once. Which I hate to do but I was stumpped and needed a little help. I have never left a review before but this game was worth the time to write it. I loved all the interactive play which kept me on my toes and thinking what next.
May 18, 2012
Spiritis of Mystery: Song of the Phoenix
This is a beautiful game. The art work is really fine.
Everything about it is fun and although I also like Spirits of Mystery: The Amber Maiden, this one is a step up as far as being more sophisticated.
I really like the beautiful creatures and fantasy and the fact that it is not all dark, dingy or diabolical.
May 17, 2012
Best Game Ever!!!
Even though I am an avid gamer - this is only my second review ! I usually am not moved to write one---however this game was an exception !!!! This is a HOG but it doesn't overdo the HOSs-plenty of adventuring in between. Also , the graphics are fantastic as usual from this developer---music is great and fitting for each scene ---really sets the mood. I hope there is another Spirits of Mystery coming soon---Please---- make a sequel !!!!!!!
November 6, 2012
One of the few ERS games I like...
Im happy to report that this is one of the only ERS games recently that I like and it actually has an ending in the SE version. WHAT A CONCEPT!
Likes:
*Widescreen on my mac
*beautiful graphics/scenery (not that foggy stuff they have recently)
*music that fit the game and has not been way overdone like in their other games
*A change up of hidden object scenes. Some silhouette, some regular list and some new puzzles I've not previously seen ERS do.
*An engaging plot that actually was logical and made sense!
*An ending in the SE version
*magic wand that eliminated evil
Dislikes:
*Even in Hardcore mode, there were blackbar tips, even though the game said there wouldn't be AND highlight hidden object scenes. I would assume Hardcore would turn those off. Apparently not.
*Skip button in mini games took ages to fill. So long that I could go in the other room, make tea, come back and it would still be filling. problem? I think so. I don't choose to skip many puzzles but its a nice option to have and that doesn't take 20 minutes.
*Even though I liked it, it did get sluggish in some parts...
*sticky cursor at times.
All in all, this is an ERS game I really enjoyed which is quite rare for me. I haven't purchased a game from ERS since their FIRST curse of the werewolf game. Its been the same ol, same ol for me BUT this game shows what ERS can do if they want to...which is really sad in my opinion because if this is what ERS is capable of...what the heck is up with their other offerings that are subpar and churned out quickly? They are sooo not the same quality of this game and thats sad. Its like being an A student but you start only do mediocre work and end up a C or D student just because. IF you have the talent to be great, DO IT EVERY TIME.
More like this ERS, more like this!!!
October 25, 2012
impressed
i played the demo, but for sure it will be the next game i`ll purchase, i had fun playing it. what impressed me at this game....everything! weren`t many games which had this effect on me
October 12, 2012
Solid casual game. :)
First game purchase at Big Fish. I got the regular edition. Definately worth the $3 special. ;). The story was slightly generic but plausible and worked in well enough that the cutscenes didn't bend your ear for too long. I found the voice acting somewhat irritating for certain characters but I could deal. I chose to play on advanced mode to start because I've played these sorts of games before.
The challenges were a good assortment and the few that were repeated weren't done so much they got too repetative. I did have to use a hint to find at least one object in the HO scenes most of the time. That was usually due to me not recognizing a particular word, or looking for something entirely different from what I thought the game was referring to. The difficulty varied which was nice, so some puzzles were easy while others I sorely wanted to skip.
The journal was useful for looking back at things but the pages only go forward and backward with no looping (zipping from back to front) so flipping through the thing could get annoying. There's no map or teleport feature but I didn't find it hard to navigate and the walking wasn't excessive.
The hints appear to guide to whatever in a room need interacting with. The hints either show the player where their attention needs to be in a room or tells them that there's nothing to do in that area, so you would need to check each individual are itself. Handily, you don't need to wait for a hint to recharge if it says there's nothing to be found.
As I said, good game, I'll play it again in the future when it's not so fresh in my mind.
September 30, 2012
Beautiful!
Game was engaging, enchanting and fun. Superb graphics and pleasant soundtrack. I liked that the soundtrack wasn't always the same four notes replayed.
My only dislike was I finished it the same day I bought it. Wish it went on longer!! I bought the CE version & was glad of it as the bonus game added just a bit more to the already fantastic story.
I would rate myself an experience HOG'er so I'm forever looking for HOG's that last at least for a few days OR alternatively ones that always have a different ending, example MCF Prime Suspects.
Great game overall.
September 24, 2012
A Must Have!
This is a very fun game. I was hooked in the first 20 min and bought the Collector's Edition. It was well worth buying and is better than the standard edition. The puzzles were different and fun and some pretty darn challenging. Not much backtracking (that?s always a plus) the hidden objects were interactive and no junk piles to look through. As a matter of fact the hidden objects were far and few and not one after another like in some games. It took me 4 hours to complete.
I would have wanted it to be longer, as the saying goes all good things must come to an end. The only thing I did not like and felt it was a waste of time/pointless, was the use of the amulet to remove dark magic.
September 12, 2012
Long play, worth the money
This game was on my "Games you may like" list. I forgot that it was the sequel to ERS' Amber Maiden. This game is longer and, in my opinion, better. ERS always has beautiful scenery and haunting music. This game just elevates what they've been known for. One of the best games for length of play, challenge, staying interesting and beauty. Will play this one again.
August 29, 2012