Shaban
3.8
5
75
75
Dislike!
After 35 minutes of trying this game and getting nowhere, I uninstalled! I love a challenge, but this was ridiculous. After finding 3 objects in the first ten minutes and walking back and forth 14 billion times ( I exaggerate here) I became so frustrated...hints are almost non-existent. I could not figure out how to use my three objects, except for the magnet which needed something with it, that I never found.
Pros:
Graphics are great, I loved the simplicity!
The music was nice and calm, but not annoying in anyway.
Stroyline is cute, too bad I couldn't find out more of it
Cons:
Too hard, I love challenges but this was not fun!
July 18, 2012
You are definitely not going to speed through this one
What beautiful graphics! What exquisite drawings! What gorgeous colours! Absolutely great cartoon work. And I absolutely adore that Balkan music.
Shaban is the eighth month in the islamic calendar and it means "seperation". So, the main character, a shepherd, gets seperated from his flock and does everything he can to get his sheep back.
You have to figure it out for yourself, and I can understand that people who don't want to use their brains - or who don't have any brains for that matter - get totally frustrated over this game. My advice to them is: stick to easy HOG and abstain from bashing on a perfectly good game that is beyond your mental possibilities.
This said, I have to admit that Shaban is not an easy game. The HOS are hard, definitely hard, espicially because you have to move the screen in four directions which hides or exposes bits and pieces of the objects that you are looking for.
Puzzles are few and easy... same for the matching games... interactive scenes can be tough to figure out... arcade games require the use of a mouse, also because the cursor movements can be a bit jerky.
Anyway, after all is said and done, I am glad to have spent my time with this delicious game. I can only regret that it is finished.
Dev's, more of these, please.
August 15, 2012
BEAUTIFUL
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I LOVE IT
July 21, 2012
Not a well made game
I like the graphics, music and storyline.
In HOS you can move around and sometimes have to find the items which you can't see depending on the angle, it's good.
It's also fun to find characters or animals hiding and moving in the scene.
But I can't say it has good quality as a game.
The types of mini-games are rather few, so you have to play same kind of mini-games many times.
And some of them are arcade-type games, which I especially didn't like. Besides I'm not good at playing action games, they aren't puzzles, are they?
I hope the developer's next game will be better because I really like the graphics.
July 9, 2012
Thought the graphics were interesting so sorry I purchased this
The gameplay is very awkard and not very user friendly. I do not know the technical term for moving through the game but I would call it choppy. I am bummed I spent money on this.
June 29, 2012
This game was highly enjoyable
Love, love ,love this game. New and different game style. I loved saving the sheep, loved the relationship between the sheep and the shepherd.
Because I loved it so much, hated the length. Way to short for such a great game. Please make another.
June 24, 2012
Beautiful
Beautiful, fun, different, and great... Don't miss it!
June 24, 2012
Wonderful!
I enjoyed this game very much. It was fun and relaxing, made me think but not stress me out. I thought the characters were a riot and very well done. Fingers crossed that more of these types of games will be available soon.
June 23, 2012
A new good adventure game
This game is very cute, I love this game , this game is not very easy or very hard , you can complete the game with a good idea !!!
June 22, 2012
Don't Miss It!!
As one of the best Puzzle-Adventure games, Shaban is made by pure creative minds. Excellent Puzzles and hidden object gameplay combined with beautiful hand-drawn environments and lovely sound design make this game A must!
February 21, 2013