Masquerade Mysteries: The Case of the Copycat Curator
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Not a dark tale and you get to change outfits
Though this is not my all-time favorite game, it's still good entertainment. The searches are okay and assembling gadgets to advance the story is amusing. Changing disguise outfits is sort of silly, but it also works. There were amusing changes in tasks - fixing dinner then making a blowtorch, for example.There was snarky humor here and there, too. It's not a dark story full of gloomy searches, which is a nice change of pace sometimes.
December 4, 2011
It didn't work for me.
The hidden objects were hard to see and I never could find the screw driver. The hint button didn't help much. I gave up on the demo game.
January 20, 2012
Dull HOG
Not my cup of tea at all. The HO scenes were okay although there were more than the usual amount of items to find at any one time which grew boring. Certain items went into an inventory which when it came time to use them opened up into a junk pile. You had to move items out of the way to find the one you wanted. Not my idea of fun and I deleted after 10 mins into demo.
January 13, 2012
Subtle differences and a pleasant change of pace.
Just a bit different from the normal H.O. games, but a pleasant diversion. The graphics are very good and quite clear but perhaps a tad dark in some scenes. The dialogue is not excessive and just enough to explain the proceedings and helpful details of how to continue. The general background sounds and voices together with other movements in the scenes add to the reality. The plot seems to get a little lost between taking photos, dressing up and building gadgets but I don't think it takes too much away from the gist of the game. The puzzles and mini games, as I said above, involve taking pictures of items given cryptic clues, dressing up and constructing crazy gadgets with items gleaned from scenes and added to your inventory. A couple of the hints were a bit misleading, ie highlighting a door, and once entered, reaveled that you need to go to another location. With no walk through blog you will just have to move about from room to room until the task is highlighted. Some of the hidden objects are a bit difficult to find but overall an intriguing and interesting game - well worth the money.
January 11, 2012