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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 13.9 hrs on record
Posted: 26 Apr, 2018 @ 1:35am
Updated: 26 Apr, 2018 @ 1:36am

Definitely one of the better Hidden Object games on Steam.

Pros:

+ The artwork is lush, gorgeous, really well put together. It feels like I'm playing in a picture book.
+ The achievements are fair and achievable without much feeling of being utterly, unfairly lost.
+ The hidden object scenes aren't the usual "here's a list of 10-15 objects that may or may not match their names", but instead shapes to match against objects, that are then utilized to unlock further items within the scene. It's been done before in other games, but more of a minigame there, rather than as the main HO mechanic as it is in this game. I found it refreshing.
+ 2 sets of 35 bonus items (so 1 of each per scene) to find. I liked that, unlike some Artifex games which use a 4x9 split concurrently with 1/20, you always had a clear expectation of items to find per area and didn't spend a lot of time second guessing whether or not something was there.
+ You don't throw away your tools. Like ffs, in so many other games you're like "okay, I just survived a plane crash, have no food, but I found this sweetass knife, I'm gonna use it once and then throw it away". The knife and the hammer you find early on you keep for most of the game.
+ Protag that I didn't immediately dislike. Personal preference I guess.


Neutral:
= The "summoned to another world" isekai concept is a little overdone but whatever, it's just to get you going.
= The voice acting isn't great, like, super great but it's better than a lot of these that I've played. They all seem to have some aspect of like "B-movie" voice-acting.
= Fair amount of back tracking. I was never super frustrated with it, and I liked that all the objects weren't immediately / magically useful to the area they were discovered in, but it becomes a wee bit tedious near the end of the game when you have so many areas unlocked.

Cons:
- Obnoxious advertising plastered all over the title screen & when you resume a game.
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