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Mushroom Age Review

Mushrooms taking over the world? Sounds crazy, right? You’ll never know if that’s possible or not if you do not try Mac hidden object game Mushroom Age. Help Vera find her missing fiancé, Tom, before it’s too late. Their wedding is scheduled in 2 days.

You begin your journey at Tom’s office where you encounter a very strange Professor Einbock who looks uncannily like Einstein. The professor is hiding something, and Vera is bound and determined to find out what’s going on. In the excitement, the good doctor faints causing Vera to find items (need to combine) to revive him. She then finds that Tom traveled in time for reasons unknown. His cell phone is the time machine, and when you dial the date you want to travel to, you get there. Tom also conveniently placed important people on his contact list so Vera could travel through time to the appropriate location and era to help him. She finds all this out at a cemetery in the year 3008 AD where a broken down robot is the caretaker. After playing a few puzzles, you see Tom’s hologram speaking to Vera about his whereabouts.

Most of the play is Vera looking for objects to either use to get another item or using the collected things for tasks. There are the usual HOG scenes where you collect items on the list or outlined silhouettes. There are times when she must find 25 of the same type of items like astrological symbols. The scenes are larger than the screen so you either have to arrow to the right or left to see more. You may have to enter another room also. The annoying part of this is if you click on the hint button and the object is in the other room or scene, you have to wait until the hint button recharges to locate the item in the next room.

Vera travels to different time periods speaking to all her contacts. Did I mention Nostradamus gave Vera an elixir of understanding to be able to communicate in any language and to non-humans? Remember to stop the play in between the levels or you will have to play the exact same scenes with no changes again. Look for the sparkling lights to search further into the scene, move every bush and rock out of the way because there’s always more to the scene than meets the eye. Mini puzzles include undoing crossed lines, Wheel of Fortune type of hangman game and more. There’s a lot to do in Mushroom Age, not only in the future but also back in time. Jurassic period ring a bell?

Mushroom Age has a lot of expandable scenes, different time periods and contacts to discover and inspect for objects. The artwork is good and the music appropriate for each time period and not intrusive. A troubling aspect of this game is the quirky characters, they move their mouths and eyes, and only fall or pop up. The jerky movements are annoying. Another is the acting. Wouldn’t a fiancée seeing her beloved in a cemetery headstone hologram be a little hysterical? Vera is cool as a cucumber and goes searching for Tom as if nothing happened. Other than that, the story is so interesting you are compelled to keep going to find Tom and answers. And, you have to admit Dr. Einbock looks a lot like Einstein and is probably a lot funnier.

Features of Mushroom Age:
-Intriguing Tale
-Find the Fiance in Time for the Wedding
-Lots of HOGs and Mini Puzzles

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