Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring
3.6
5
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Average game and free trial has only half hour!
Your friend Mark was taken by a vampire and you find him in a cage inside a castle.
Cutscenes with no continuous images - frame by frame, and no VO. Sound is ok. Graphics are crisp and colorful.
Two levels of difficulty.
You have to collect 20 lions to access bonus puzzle.
It has a map and a journal (with contents and achievements).
Game is not challenging and has a lot of going up and down by elevator.
HOS are not exactly interactive - just open boxes or move away objects from the front of others.
Mini games well known (in half an hour had two "connect pipes") and really easy.
Not a really bad game but this half an hour not encouraged me to buy... it does not seemed to be attractive and good enough to worth buying.
September 2, 2012
Best fun I have had in a long time !!
Well, what a nice surprise (beware: there are biters and suckers about, oh my...).
There are 2 gameplay modes. In Easy mode you don't get a click penalty, but in Hard mode you do.
There is a choice between custom and system cursor.
There is no voice-over, there is no widescreen (for those who are interested#.
The HOS #hidden object scenes# are interactive. In Easy mode, when you move your cursor over one of the words in the list, it will show you a silhouette of this object.
The HINT button only takes 30 seconds to refill in Easy mode.
When clicking on the HINT button outside of the iHOS, you are told exactly what to do next.
Your DIARY is at the left. Inside you will also find your ACHIEVEMENTS: find 20 LIONS #there are more, so if you missed one in one scene there will be others somewhere else) throughout the game to play the MINI GAME, which you can find on the MAIN MENU page: The Lion at the bottom left.
The HINT button is at the right.
Also at the right is your MAP, which you can use to jump. Just click on another destination that has footprints showing, and a picture of this destination comes up. Point to this picture, and you get a "Forward" cursor. Click and you are transported to this place.
Puzzles can be skipped. The SKIP button takes about 40 seconds to fill in Easy mode.
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I haven't had this much fun playing an iHOG in a long time. Lots of witty comments, lots of humour, and I love that my name comes up in many of the comments, which makes it more "my" story. LOL
Graphics are well done as well, and gameplay is interesting and, did I mention... fun!!
September 2, 2012
A fun adventure game
Let's be honest, I never base a review on a half hour or an hour trial, and this game deserves to be played at full length.
I liked the storyline... it is a quite funny variation on the vampire theme. I don't want to spoil the fun for you by divulging the whole story... It's a pity there are no voiceovers; I would have liked those. The comments appear in type and they are cool, funny and detached.
The graphics are a bit fuzzy; they lack the abundancy and exuberance of colour and detail of a lot of games that we got used to off late, but I don't resent this, as they are really decent enough not to spoil the fun....
... also the HOS are slightly blurry, but this does not render them more difficult to finish. Once in a while I used the hint button to find one item in a HOS. The hint button itself recharges fairly quickly, even in hard mode, which I played the game in.
The soundtrack is quite good and never gets on your nerves.
Puzzles are on the easy side, especially if you are somewhat of an experienced player.
On the other hand, there are a lot of interactive things to do with the objects that you find everywhere and some of these actions really require a bit of out-of-the-box thinking. Be creative.
The game itself gives you a lot of help, without really spoiling it for you... a hint is a hint, albeit sometimes a very clear and straightforward one.
You have an interactive map which allows you to see where you are, on which locations you have to do something, and to jump to other locations so you don't have to click on endlessly in order to reach a certain destination.
The journal/notebook helps to remind you of things that are left to do.
Watch out for the active zones... some hotspots are really tiny and difficult to find, but with some patience, you will get there.
And don't forget to look for the lions... when you collect of them, you get access to some bonus gameplay.
All in all, I find this to be a quite decent, relaxing and distracting game.
September 2, 2012
I LOVED IT!!!!
I found this a lot of fun! There are no voice overs but a good amount of humor throughout.
It's just a fun take on a vampire story. Drac drinks synthetic blood for instance.
It incorporates your name into the story which does seem to keep you involved more than usual.
The games moves very quick, the mini games are just enough challenge that there is no frustration. HOS are interactive and not to difficult. I found that there was a great balance with minis and hos in the game.
It's not the most difficult game I've ever played but does offer some new stuff:)
Just a light, fun, fast paced game.
Now, I have a friend to rescue from a ghost so thats all for now:) Off to play!
September 2, 2012
Synthetic blood for a vampire !!!!
Played 30 minutes, casual.
- 2 modes : casual, expert
- Notebook where you can see your achievements and progress
- Map, you can jump from one place to another
- You collect lions through the game, which allows you to access more mini games
- Hint button useful outside H0
- Skip button
- Reset button in puzzles
- You interact in H0, objects are sometimes small and not easy to spot
- Good graphics
This looks like a nice SE, different vampire story, a vampire drinking synthetic blood is a good fun idea
September 2, 2012
Vampire Fun! I Loved This Game! This Rocks!
This review is for the whole game playing in the hard mode and this is a HOPA game (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure)
5 chapters and I was just starting chapter 2 when demo time was up. There's also a bonus mini-game if you find all the lions as there are 20 you have to find to be able to play this. Don't worry if you miss some as there will be more as I located as many as 25.
The story: You have to explore the Romanian castle to help save your friend Mark from an evil spirit.
2 play modes: Casual/Expert - Expert says no glints or sparkles and while there are no sparkles there are some glints. It also states a click penalty but I never encountered it. For areas of interest/active zones a magnify glass will come up.
No voice overs.
There is a diary that keeps track of notes/story and will also state how many of the lions you have located.
There is also a map that will show you where you are with green little feet, orange exclamation points those are areas where there are things to do and the map will also show a circles with "arrows" and those are the locations you can go to as you just click on the map and it brings up a magnify glass to travel back/forth locations.
The HOS (hidden object scenes): I counted 16 scenes for the whole game and 15 items to be found in each scene. All found by word list. Some items you do have to move something to get to them and they are not obvious as to which items cause this game doesn't use a different color text for the word list like most games. While a couple of the scenes I found to be a little on the Sanford & Son junkyard pile side and some really small items however not too bad as most I still located and only used a couple of hints here.
The hint: Charges up pretty quick for being the harder mode and if you aren't sure where to go/what to do next it will tell you where you need to go and what to do.
Puzzles: There's just as many puzzles to this game as there are HOS. Most of the usual that are in other games such as the rotate pipes/rings/circles, repeat the sequence just to name a few and also some that I haven't seen in the games I've played. The skip is also pretty quick for the puzzles. I'm not a fan of these but did them all but three and to my surprise found a few enjoyable and kinda fun.
My overall impression of this game:
While this game has no voice overs and I do think it would of really added to the game however being a standard edition this is not a deal breaker for me. I absolutely loved this game and was hooked right from the get go.
The graphics I found to be really great along with the characters with their witty comments and humor.
I really enjoyed exploring the castle as I found there to be lots to do and different places to go and some weren't so obvious the actives zones. Very tiny and on the difficult side to find as I'll admit I got hung up a couple of times but the hint was very helpful.
Where this game really stood out for me is how this developer made me feel as I was really a part of the game as I liked seeing my name in the comments/the dialogue. What a nice personal touch here.
As for game length: I got about 5 hours out of this game. I did have to use the hint to find a couple of the items and, did get hung up a couple times where to go/do next and skipped 3 of the puzzles as I mentioned but definitely a long enough game for me.
Overall I give this 5 stars, I loved this game. This rocks! Thanks Big Fish and developer for a great great here.
As always give it a whirl and decide for yourself.
September 2, 2012
Vampire story with a twist
This is a quiet game. There was music but no voices and I liked that.
The HO scenes are painterly but not too difficult. And they are interactive.
The hint button is very informative when you need it and there is a map. You can use the map to move between scenes. It also shows if actions are pending.
In the trial, you get just enough story to let you know that things may not be as you first thought. You may have put the "bad" label on the wrong guy! Very cool.
September 2, 2012
Good game with a nice story
I actually liked this game. The storyline is interesting, good vs bad vampire. I played in expert mode, so no sparkles.
- The graphics are clear, the objects in the HOS easy to find.
- The puzzles are interesting, not the kind you get all the time. They are quite easy.
- The journal is good, not overloaded.
- There is a partially interactive map; you can jump only to some locations. But it's nevertheless useful. It shows you where there are tasks.
- The hint system is very good, since it tells you what to do next.
I needed about 3 1/2 hours to finish, so it's not too short.
All in all, a nice game with some funny twists.
September 2, 2012
You'll VAAANT to buy this gaamme.
At first when I saw this game offered as the TGT, I rolled my eyes and thought ek, 'another' wanna be copy cat, dark game, yuck.... yet giving it a chance, I installed and played the demo. Woah was I surprised.
This is a truly creative and fun to play game with pleasant graphics, great interactive personalization and very witty dialog throughout... along with that, it does not miss a beat on a bit of a creepy side as well.
Check it out; you'll probably be as pleasantly surprised as I was.
Enjoy!!
~Fortunatus
September 2, 2012
It's A GOOD One! (And Valdy says so!)
Has there been a more fun, more personal SE/H0PA to recently come down the BFG pike than this one? I think not!
This game (from a new developer?) has it all--gameplay modes, cursor choice, sound & music sliders (both features are really good), player name inclusion (that's a great thing#, classy graphics, meaningful H0 scenes, an "achievements" goal #Lions#, and most of all, a really engaging story with loads of dialogue humor #without being overbearing#! No voiceovers? Who needs that with writing/scripting like this?
I somehow thought that this would be just another "vampire hunter" saga; in a way, it is, but with humorous twists and turns here and there #e.g., "fake blood"?#. It's a fun departure from the broody, gloomy games #although I like those#.
We can only hope that there are more offerings on the horizon from this developer, and that BFG releases them ASAP!
Regards, elldee
September 3, 2012