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Mystery Case Files®: Shadow Lake Collector's Edition 
$ 13.99 USD or 2 credits
Uncover the evil legend that haunts a forgotten town in Mystery Case Files®: Shadow Lake! In 1973, something wicked took over the town of Bitterford, Maine, after an unsuspecting inmate unearthed a mysterious object from beneath the prison floor.
Years later, Bitterford lies in ruin. You must join forces with psychic Cassandra Williams, played by award-winning actress Lea Thompson, to investigate the events that led to the town's destruction.
Only you can expose the evil that lurks in the depths of Shadow Lake. But beware... What you discover may haunt you forever.
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!
The Collector's Edition includes:
- Exclusive bonus gameplay
- Unlockable Morphing Objects
- Beautiful screensavers & wallpapers
- Exclusive behind-the-scenes video
- Dynamic casebook and integrated Strategy Guide
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7
- CPU: 1.8 GHz
- RAM: 1024 MB
- DirectX: 9.2
- Hard Drive: 1597 MB
Game Manager System Requirements:
- Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later
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What Happened?
I am a huge MCF fan have, been waiting for weeks to get my teeth into this. I have to say I'm not impressed, it's not up to the usual standard, the puzzles were too easy and it took me less than a day to play the whole thing.
Previous MCF games have taken me a few days to complete, the strategy guide and the hints when I had to use them kept glitching and were of no help. Thankfully this wasn't too much of a problem.
I'm hoping next year MCF return to form as all their previous games are fantastic - off to play 13th Skull and Dire Grove again.
November 21, 2012
Disappointing
After playing all other MCF games, this was indeed a disappointment. The puzzles were not challenging enough, storyline was not new. I really did not like the puzzles you had to put together at every "reading" with Cassandra Williams. The HO scenes were too small to see the objects and some scenes were just a little too dark. I had to ramdomly click around. I did unlock the secret morphing objects but could not find them all as they were just too small and not obvious enough. This game could have been way better. Not worth buying the Collector's Edition.
November 21, 2012
Really? This is what we have been waiting for?
Better than the last one at least. Too many cut scenes and not enough play time for me (only did the demo, which was cut short and still have 19 min. left of play). Enough live actors already. MCF, I used to wait for you, now I will wait for PVZ2. Like I said before I will toss a coin to see if I buy it.
November 20, 2012
MCF without fun factor
Used to eagerly look forward to the next MCF game once. Played this game for 15 minutes and quit. Don't like the characters. Not a fan of Lea Thompson--too much of her presence in this game. Wish MCF would look back to their first three games to note what made them successful in the first place. Miss the old-fashioned quaintness of prior games. Sorry, wouldn't buy this game if it became a Daily Deal.
November 21, 2012
Long Wait For This
What were the producers of this game thinking.I am an all time fan of MCF, have all the games and played then over and over. This one didn't keep me in my seat for 30 minutes.As gamer to the extreme you expect a series of a game to progress along with a few changes in story, graphics,voice overs, background music,etc.,but holy cow, this is positvely cheesy.Sorry to say, but I wouldn't recommend this to a rookie player.The SG, now that was a real treat---would someone please explain it to me. No not never, will I purchase this one. . This was a real Bomb.
November 21, 2012
Don't waste your money
This game was so bad that I decided to finally submit my own review. The only thing this game had going for it was the acting talent, and maybe that's where all the design money went for the game because it sure wasn't spent on scenery, games or the strategy guide (which is quite possibly the worst strategy guide available). The bonus play - also non-existent. The color scheme is green and brown and if you get stuck on a hidden object scene - too bad - because you may not ever find the elusive object - even changing monitor resolution and lighting doesn't help. The games consist of hidden object, picture rotation and picture spotting over and over again. I am very disappointed because I like the acting very much (especially the Ghost Patrol team) - but you only really see them at the beginning and if you find the hidden tapes (2). Boo - hiss, I expected much much more.
November 21, 2012
Total Let Down !!!
This game had alot going for it but fell way short of the mark !!Not near enough game play. The HO scenes were different but by no means better than before !!! I guess to sum the game as a whole I found it very DULL . I really expected much more from Big Fish and the Big Fish developers did not deliver. Totaly disappointing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 20, 2012
Paranormal phenomenons....
I usually need 20 minutes of a demo to get a fair idea of a game, I played 45 minutes of this one (casual) and still find it extremely difficult to describe it and sum it up....
- 2 modes, casual, expert
- Note book
- Map, you can jump from one place to the other, locations are added as you progress in the game
- Integrated SG which shows you very little, you're definitely not held by the hand
- Voice overs
- Living actors (not my cup of tea)
- A lot of cut scenes
- H0 are entirely different from our regular ones, objects can be located in two different scenes, you sometimes need one to carry on finding others. Objects are sometimes tiny.
- In some you have to put back objects you've found
- Mini games are quite...puzzling !, you get moving pieces with living/moving characters that you've got to assemble. Not too easy as they float around, a lot of dragging and pulling.
- Music is real good
- Excellent graphics
After a prisoner finds a strange item he is confronted with paranormal phenomenons and so are you trying to solve the case. A buy for me as I just can't miss one MCF but definitely not keen on too many actors and cut scenes.
November 20, 2012
Let's be fair
Truly this is a CE game but its CE aspects (extra bonus game, wallpapers, etc) aren't worth the name, BUT the game itself was released as part of a promotion giving you the chance to buy any CE at half price. Played well, this promotion can make the real price you end up paying for this game more close to an SE's.
In addition the game itself is a really interesting experiment towards what I could name Interactive TV. Really good quality spots of real actors acting, a new way of hidden objects chasing across several scenes and areas, spotting areas to match across several locations and most importantly fitting logically with what is going on with the story. The story itself ties in very well with the game. All the elements work together and provide a new level of immersion that sets new standards in the HOG genre. Because of its immersion I found that the fact that it didn't have achievements to chase was actually good.
The whole game took me more than eight hours to complete so I found its length very satisfying too.
In my opinion the game is worth the CE price despite not having the CE additions of other games and a lot of the criticism it receives is because of the attempt to fit it in what is usual for other games with which however it does not belong to the same category.
I recommend that you try it and see for yourselves.
November 21, 2012
Poor game design makes gameplay tedious...
Not a worthy MCF game IMHO. It lacks creativity, is very formulaic: get instructions & map pieces from psychic, go do some hos, find a few items, fit map pieces into the scenes, return to psychic, watch cutscene... repeat. Hardly any real puzzles either (though I liked the unique block puzzle btwn chapters).
Too much handholding even on hard mode. Cutscenes & psychic's comments provide unwanted help. Story does not have vibrant ending. In short, despite excellent graphics, seamless integration of live actors, & great voiceovers, the game becomes boring--nowhere near the fun & challenge of previous MCF entires for me.
Worse, Bonus Content is poor/unworthy. A 15-minute play section (seriously!) & the 50 morphs to find. Since no counter to show "x/50" morphs found, nor any per-scene indicator to let us know a morph is there, finding them is tedious.
I'm retiring my MCF Detective badge after this game... at least per CEs... wish I did not buy this CE.
November 20, 2012
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