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Maestro: Notes of Life is rated
4.4 out of
5 by
64.
Rated 5 out of
5 by
gamesrgreatfun from
One of the Better Games Out ThereI liked the first game of this series and was hoping this one would be as good. In my opinion, it was better!
Graphics: 5 stars
Music and Sound: 5 stars
Hidden Object Games: 5 stars
The right amount of them and ideal difficulty level
Easy to see graphics to be able to spot items
Storyline: 5 stars
Continues from the first game
Mini-games: 5 stars
This is where I used the walk-through blog. The
games were challenging--and I don't like to
skip them. I'd rather have them somewhat
challenging than too easy!
Length-of-game: 5 stars
Journal: 5 stars
The journal is helpful to use for some of the
mini-games. It also added to the storyline
of the game.
Map: There isn't any map. I didn't miss it as there is
a logical path through the areas. As I said
before, you do not have to backtrack
through most of the areas. The ones that do
require backtracking do not make you travel
through all of the areas--just a few.
There were so many new areas that kept opening to explore that I didn't get bored. Most of the time you use the objects you find fairly quickly. There were only a few areas that you had to backtrack to quite often--the rest of them were finished quickly and you could backtrack if you wanted but it was not necessary.
I loved the game and I am looking forward to playing the next game in the series: "Maestro: Music from the Void." I bought the C.E. edition of that one so I could have the in game strategy guide.
Date published: 2013-02-03
Rated 5 out of
5 by
denniann2 from
another great game in this series.the HO scenes were dark and hard to see objects and i have been playing games with lighter HO scenes so i had a little trouble there. played casual. hint/skip took a while to charge. it wasn't unusually long, though. a lot of back and forth with no map. there is a journal. it does record things that are important. you really have to think about what to do sometimes. the hints don't tell you necessarily what to do, just where to do it. the music, what little i heard was expected for this type of game the ending is a set-up for another one.
Date published: 2013-01-20
Rated 5 out of
5 by
sabinesa from
What a wonderful gameThere was just so much right with this game. Most of the little details fit and the bulk of it was totally enjoyable.
Let me try to count up a few of the things the developers got absolutely right.
- The HO scenes were challenging without being tedious
- The music was borderline too much but always with the theme and the background sounds were totally fitting
- Game length was good, specifically compared to some of the other 3 hour jobbies we are made to pay money for
- Graphics were very well done, even in scenes that didn't have much action or didn't get re-visited much. Overall it was a bit on the grey side, but that suited the story.
- The adventure part was challenging enough without having to run too much back and forth. Sometimes one really had to ponder what item might go where, but it was all kept sensical. At the same time it wasn't so self-solving that each item fitted somewhere right away or was totally obvious either.
- One mini gripe for me, though it didn't distract from how great this game was to play, was items in HO scenes that didn't fit the time the game played in, like a fancy camera or other tech gadgets having found their way amidst the more early 19hundreds carriages and candlesticks.
What fun I had. I played the SE and didn't find anything amiss and the ending wasn't abrupt or feeling "unfinished" like with a good number of other SEs.
If you want a relaxing weekend treat and don't mind a slightly darkish athmosphere - you just found it!
Date published: 2012-09-22
Rated 5 out of
5 by
game_happy from
MAGNIFICENT!!!Just like the first Maestro game, this one is equally great. All my favorites - animation, VOs, HOs, puzzles and wonderful storyline. The hint button does take a while to recharge and tells you there is nothing to do here. No map and the journal tells you what you already know. Be prepared to jump from scene to scene. HOs were interactive and fairly clear with some objects harder to find than others. Strange as it sounds, didn't pay too much attention to the music, which was eerie, even though the story was about music. LOL My main objective was saving Alice. Give it a try.
Date published: 2012-08-08
Rated 5 out of
5 by
centauri272 from
Even better than the first one!This is the sequel to "Maestro: Music of Death". You're still trying to save children from a baad woman.
I played in hard mode, so you get no clues to what to do next. I really liked the challenge!
- The music is again wonderful, so adequate to the story!
- The graphics are crisp, the objects in the HOS easy to find.
- The puzzles are easy.
- There is a helpful journal, needed to solve the puzzles.
- There is no map and a lot of going back and forth.
In this mode, it took me about 4 hours to finish. In view of the ending, I hope there will be a 3rd part!
Date published: 2012-07-10
Rated 5 out of
5 by
aleta59 from
Excellent sequelBeautiful graphics. Great characters and VOS. The little boy and girl were adorable. HOS interactive and mostly clear, altho a few scenes needed a magnifying glass. Great story, nice music. Puzzles not too hard. My time: casual 6.5 hours.
Date published: 2012-04-27
Rated 5 out of
5 by
WinterCellist345 from
Musical Masterpiece!After buying the first game in the Maestro series, I was desperate to finally play the sequel. After a long wait, I can tell you, I was not disappointed! What I most enjoyed about the last game was its brilliant score and I was thrilled that the new one used the same style and even used some of my favourite themes from the previous adventure. The fabulous music greatly added to my playing experience and enhanced the complex storyline. The Hidden Object Scenes were nicely interactive, although some actions seemed a bit unrealistic, and the stationary objects were at a good level of finding difficulty. The story itself followed on nicely from Maestro: Music of Death, and was complicated enough to hold my interest while not being impossibly to solve. When at times I found myself struggling, the hint icon was as good as a map for telling where to go and discover things I had missed.
Overall I felt that this was a very enjoyable game which held my interest and occupied me for a good few hours on a rainy day so I greatly recommend this game to anyone looking for awesome music mixed with a interesting storyline.
Date published: 2012-04-20
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BethAnne1969 from
As good if not better than the original!Just like the first Maestro, this game was a lot of fun to play! Great graphics, interesting and easy to follow storyline, mini games were easy enough to play without skipping (although you can skip them if you wish). Decent length game too...probably took me 4-5 hours to play. I hope there's a third installment on it's way.
Date published: 2012-04-04
Rated 5 out of
5 by
VENICELOVER from
Fabulous fun - Endless play!I love ERS games! This ones delivers like all the rest. I played the hardest challenge level, and boy did it give me a run for my money. Almost drove me crazy at times, but I love that kind of fun challenge. This game has it all. Great graphics, sound, characters. Good storyline that keeps you moving from one area to another. No time to get bored. I wish I'd have gotten the CE so I could have played the bonus level!
Date published: 2012-04-02
Rated 5 out of
5 by
driain from
Very enjoyable adventureThis is the successor to the first "Maestro" game - not too sure if it'll be the sequel or just the second episode!
It has the usual polished finish from the ERS devs. There are three skill levels available and the "Hard Mode" which we played makes for a real challenge since no information is given about objects etc - the magnifier icon only identifying a relevancy.
The minigames are neither very taxing nor particularly original but do fit pleasantly into the overall gaming experience. The same is true of the HO scenes - not too many and not eye straining.