Island: The Lost Medallion
3.2
5
14
14
GREAT TEAMWORK
In most of the games offered, the women always seem to be the heroines and the guys are basically treated as numbskulls; however in this game, the guy is the hero BUT once he finds the girl (early in the game play), she is NOT treated as a damsel in distress and the two together act as a team to work out the solutions to puzzles and in coming up with strategies to find the treasure and to escape the island. I feel that this is why I enjoyed this game so much.
Beware, however, of FRAGMENTED, color-on-color (most of the time) itty-bitty objects to find with some easy to moderate to complicated puzzles to solve. Personally, I skipped 2 of the puzzles (1 had to do with mathematics and despite the instructions I still could not make heads or tails as to what I needed to do and other 1, I just got impatient) but all-in-all the puzzles are solvable.
I found it interesting as well that you didn't have arrows to provide you with directions of travel but rather with something that kind of looked like an eye in which action of some sort was necessary in order to proceed.
I found it important to read the hero's comments as it provided a "heads up" as to what the tasks were going to entail.
After the credits ran, there was 1 more cut scene which indicated a possible sequel to which I look forward.
February 14, 2012
Not worth $2.99
Sorry, I found it very disappointing. Wish I would have tried the download first, live and learn. Glad it was only $2.99! The HOG are frequent and VERY VERY small!! Playing turned into a pixel hunt....not the type of hunt I was looking for. The cut scenes were cartoonish, the HOG scenes, other than small objects were very well done, with clarity. After 30 minutes I gave up, found very boring, you lose the storyline when every other scene is a HOG. If you LOVE LOVE LOVE HOG, then this is a great game for you, as there is not much more involvement. I prefer minigames which I found to be few, there were 2 in 30 minutes.
March 2, 2012
A KEEPER! DEFINITELY UNIQUE - 1ST CLASS GAMING!
Thank you ME for recommending this game! I absolutely love that gamers take time and post their favorite game! A team of brilliance in HOS that fit together and connect smoothly into an interesting plot. The sound effects are great as well! Have read many reviews of other games stating "this is unique"! Well, this game IS unique and I enjoyed it immediately. Some of the objects are small, yet, they ARE fun and solvable and this is a hidden object game after all. Enjoy! -Mama Mia-
February 15, 2012
Indiana James and Indiana Pam are going to an Island...
Review based upon completion of the game.
You are reunited with Pam, your significant other, only to have her abducted the following night. You are stuck with a medallion that she brought along from her trip, and that's the only clue you have. Find Pam, and uncover the mystery of some island where she supposedly is now...
The Good:
+ FROG scenes
+ quite good story, told in comic style in cut scenes
+ adequate game length
The Neutral:
o some mini games are not explained well, but you are able to figure it out quickly
o quite fast hint recharge (you will need it!)
o sometimes you are stuck with completed objects and no clue what to do with them
The Bad:
- VERY TINY objects
- sound (this marks the first time that I voluntarily turned up the music volume to drown out the blings)
Bottom Line: Good game that apparently aged quite well. There are broad black bars on the side in full screen mode, making visible screen smaller and some objects tiny. The story - while a bit clichd (your standard Indy Jones one) - held my interest for the 3 hours it took me to complete.
April 12, 2012
Enjoyable, but short - A guy's review
*review based on completing the full game*
Although short I found it quite enjoyable to play through this game with a mix of hidden object scenes and fragmented object scenes (HOG's and FROGs). There were also a few challenging puzzles. The one thing one needs to be aware of though is that the items can be quite small and fragments well hidden in similar colored background. If one has bad sight it might be tough to get through.
The graphics are ok. They are drawn which adds to the difficulty in the HO and FRO scenes as some items are hard to distinct at times. The style of the "cut scenes" is of comic book type storytelling and even though the story in itself is quite catching it fails to fully engage the player. IMO comic book style is not the way to go in games like these. I did also notice a few graphical glitches in some scenes, but not enough to make it annoying.
The music is of tribal folk type standard, and though ok at first it tends to get annoying after a short while. The sound effects are almost worse, and with the lack of voice-overs this game leaves a lot to be desired.
Game mechanics felt smooth all the way and cursor seemed perfectly on target. Items seemed to have a small aura so you didn't need to be spot on with the clicking. Hint function recharges quickly, though sometimes it wasn't helpful at all. It functioned well in the HO/FRO scenes but for inventory use it failed miserably. Wanting to know what a key did, I was told that the key probably opens something.... helpful indeed. Also, there is only one level of difficulty, but as the game is pretty straight forward going from one scene to the next, I guess there is no need for several.
The game comes to a conclusion but it leaves itself with an opening to create a sequel. I hope they do. With a little more experience and some more thought into the creation there is a chance for an improved game experience from this developer.
The game's rating would honestly be in the vicinity of 3.5, but bumped up to 4 because of the enjoyment I had while playing. I'd recommend this game to HOG and FROG fans with good eyes, especially if you catch it on a daily deal. You might want to try it out before buying it though, as it is not for everybody.
For the guys:
Strangely enough in a scene that is highly targeted towards the ladies you actually get to play a male character in this one. In the later stages you kinda play both. It should suit both genders fine to play.
TJ
June 14, 2012
Lacked Something For Me!
This isn't a bad game - but I wouldn't classify it as a stellar game, either.
The story line started out interesting, but the last few *chapters* or areas to be explored just didn't work for me. There was a lot of back and forth to collect things without a great deal of logic to them.
The HOS's were not overly difficult. You mostly collected individual pieces to make up a particular piece that you would then use in the scene, rather than looking for whole objects. Some of the HOS's were very nicely done, or very different (like collecting multiples of the same jungle animals)
Just not what I was looking for, though it was a decent game.
February 25, 2012
A matter of taste
Some may like this game as the story seemed to be interesting but I have to tell you, it bored me to death. While I like the occasional HOS in the course of the story, this one gives you no more than a very brief breather between them then gives you the next scene in the story rather than let you move through the story as a participant.
As I said, some may like it, especially if they like many, many hidden object scenes, but it is not my cup of tea. Can't finish it!
May 16, 2012
Exploration fun
This game offers a mix of different types of hidden object scenes (parts of items; list; find similar items, etc.) and a variety of fun minigames. Only negative: It was a little on the short side.
March 30, 2012
Good quick game
This game wasn't one of my highest ranked games. The hidden objects were extremely well hidden! I found myself looking harder for some items that ever before. I'm not complaining, because I really do enjoy the challenge that it presented.
Where I found issue with the game, it was the cutscenes. I found these to not be exciting. They didn't capture my interest at all. I ended up skipping through them.
The puzzles, I really enjoyed. I was capable of working through them without of any use of hints.
I would say that this would be a great game for a beginner.
February 5, 2013
Not a challange, optical nightmare
I have played over 100 Hidden Object games. I have seen most types of camouflage, blending or other methods to hide objects. These are a challenge. In this game, the objects are not just hidden but tiny. On some challenges, the pieces you need to put together objects are so small that I could not even see them when using the hint. I just clicked inside the circle and got the pieces. They were so tiny and set into a similar background that they were impossible to see at all.
December 31, 2012