Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings Collector’s Edition Review
Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings Collector’s Edition is a Mac hidden object adventure game. Like so many other games of this genre it begins with an eerie story of abduction. It is full of puzzles, hidden object games and different scenes to search.
Bella and her son receive a mysterious package on their front doorstep. It turns out to be a painting and her son wants to hang it in his room. In the middle of the night Bella hears her son call out and she rushes to find him gone from his bed and the painting changed to her son’s image. Spooky, right? Months go by with no 
clues or leads from the police or FBI to the whereabouts of her son. In desperation Bella consults a fortuneteller to help her. This leads her in wild searches in another dimension where she sees her son’s painting break into many pieces and the pieces are spread out in different worlds. She discovers strange and enchanting lands where she is commissioned to help the residents of the area. You start in Chapter 1, Frozen World where everything is covered with ice and snow from a blizzard created by the wicked wizard, Ethiel. According to an old gentleman, their land gets colder and colder each passing day. If she can help revive the magic flame, they will help Bella look for her son. Along her journey Bella will be helping others with different tasks.
Move your cursor across the scenes and when your cursor changes to a hand, pick up the item. A magnifying glass will bring you a larger view and stars will open a hidden object game. There are puzzles where you must get inventory items in order to complete like finding keys in order for you to enter locked areas or things. This game is a little different from other games because it does not have navigation arrows to lead you to other areas. You must go to the map and click on other places to travel. This game will tell you when you need to go to the map and go to a different site. The map will also show you with a green checkmark when that area is completed and you do not have to go back there.
Even though the thought about having your only son abducted in a mystical and unusual way, this tale is not spooky, the mother is not frantic and the search through the lands is not scary. So in each land you will need to complete a main task like stop the blizzard or get water, and within the land you may need to help others with minor tasks like finding someone’s heirloom watch. The puzzles are not difficult but are fun to do like mixing paint and painting objects, weighing gems with an old fashion scale. The HOGs are in 2 forms: list of items written at the bottom of the screen or a row of pictures to find in the scene.
The search for Bella’s son is more light-hearted than scary. There are beautifully drawn scenes and quirky characters to enjoy. The scenes are not the dark and gloomy areas difficult to see and search, but they are bright and almost cheery like the snowman scene or the room with the telescope. The HOGs and puzzles are easy
to do and not very challenging. More than likely you will not need to use the hint, skip or in-game strategy guide but they are there if you need them. The game is entertaining if not challenging. It will be good for kids and those new to this type of game. Expert mode is not timed or hard, but experienced gamers might enjoy the game play as well. I give this game a 3.0 out of 5 for a solid, pleasant game. Find all the gold coins.
Features of Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings Collector’s Edition:
-Interesting Tale
-Adventure, Hidden Object and Mini Puzzles
- Collector’s Edition: In-game Strategy Guide, wallpapers, Screen Savers, Bonus Game
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Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer Review
What could be worse than being female, young and African American starting your first day on the job on the New York Police Department in 1974? Probably not much but Jane Smith is feisty enough to make a go of it in Mac Hidden Object Adventure Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer.
Her first day is not a great success when she finds out that her fellow workers are not happy she is there and her grumpy trainer (she is replacing him) wants nothing to go wrong before he retires. After cleaning up the office, her first case involves a grisly murder of a homeless man. The hidden object game has the items you need to find at the bottom of the screen. Once you find and click on an object, it will scroll to the left and supply you with more things to find. Sometimes you will look for multiple of items designated by how many and an X. Remember to expand the scene (left and right or up and down) for more items hidden from your view. Most of the objects are easily found but if you need help, use the clue button at the bottom left of the screen. On the button will be the number of clues left for you to use. However, don’t worry about running out of clues because right after you use a clue, there will be a star in the scene for you to get another clue in the standard 
game. If you are playing the timed version, then you’ll get extra time for finding the star. There are only 2 modes of play to this game: Standard (untimed) or Timed for more of a challenge. The tabs to the left will help you remember your tasks for the level, zoom in on a scene, pause and the inventory case at the top. After finishing the standard HOGs (including some outlined items), you’ll be asked the cause of death.
In between the HOGs you find puzzles to solve like jigsaws, match 3s, Rush Hour, and more of your familiar mini games. The jigsaw has tabs on the right side to maneuver the pieces in different directions. You can skip any game by waiting for the button to recharge.
Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer is a retro game set in the 70’s. Going from one murder to another you find a pattern and Jane discovers there’s more to it than meets
the eye. The game is your standard HOGs filled with puzzles for answers and clues to the murders, but it really didn’t spark my interest in the stories or the characters. The game actually suggests you brighten your screen all the way to be able to find objects. The scenes are dark and some items are hard to find due to that fact. The constant sound effects get annoying after a while but the music when present is eerie and appropriate. Jane, although smarter than her predeccesor, could have been a lot more sassy but is content to follow meekly an almost comical Deck to solve cases. Donuts anyone?
Features of Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer:
-1974 Story of a Serial Killer
-Hidden Object and Mini Games
-Dark, Grisly Scenes, Sound Effects and Eerie Music
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Call of Atlantis Review
The mystical land of Atlantis was a blissful, idyllic place where Poseidon created for his people, but as time past they neglected the god and darkness fell throughout the kingdom. The altar of Poseidon was separated and 7 crystals were sent to 7 countries and 7 cities to be sealed forever.
The hero will be the one to remove the spells and bring the crystals back together to resurrect and bring the power back to Atlantis. The hero is you, and you need to swap 3 or more like items in a row to conquer and win back the jeweled encrusted altar. In the match game there is an amulet of Poseidon power-up which must be used in the level. There are bombs once brought to the bottom of the game board can be used in a hard to destroy area.
This game is very similar to Around the World in 80 Days with a different story line, but somehow Call of Atlantis is not as an engaging of a tale. The play although is a match game like many match games, it was not as exciting to play. I thought it was good but not enticing enough to play it again. Maybe it is because I didn’t play the previous Atlantis games, but I think other match plays are more interesting. However, the artwork is excellent. If you are into Poseidon and Atlantis, this may be the game for you.
Features of Call of Atlantis:
-Part of the Atlantis Series
-66 Levels
-7 Lands to Explore
-7 Crystals to Recover
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Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition Review
I remember years ago I saw the musical version of The Phantom of the Opera with my beautiful sister. It began with a huge chandelier swooping over the audience’s heads and crashing loudly onto the stage. It was some opening. Mac hidden object/seek and find game
Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition is not as head spinning but it gradually sets the stage for a dramatic and sometimes shocking story.
Evelina the daughter of a retired stage actress is trapped in the once grand but disheveled abandoned opera house and held against her will by a mad man who thinks she destroyed his love for her by running away with another man. In reality she is the image of her mother and 
her father is the other man. You find yourself in the lobby of this once majestic and magnificent theater. You have objectives and tasks to complete while playing hidden object games. You search for areas to zoom in on and for HOGs. You’ll see sparkling stars where you need to investigate further. The HOGs will have the list of items at the bottom of the screen. You search mostly dreary, dark spaces for 12 
objects. Once you click on a found item, it will be crossed out. If you need help, you can click on the mirror on the lower left. It will crack and slowly restores itself. The journal and the map can also be helpful. You will also hear the voices of the phantom and Evelina assisting you and written messages across the top. If you click too many times on wrong objects, the screen will crack abruptly. If you get stuck or do not know what to do, you may need to go back and search areas you have been before. In some instances there will be more interactive puzzles or HOGs to discover. Sometimes you will be back at a scene you already have completed but must look for more items. The Phantom wants you to find the black rose. Keep looking.
Even though you are stuck in the theater, there are many locations to search from the ballroom to the caretaker’s cottage outside in the 
snow. The objects you search for can be ordinary to something you may need later. The mini puzzles can be skipped after a while 
but stick with it and you’ll be able to figure it out.
I think Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera is well done with exquisite artwork. The colors help create the mood and the era of this 
story. The music also helped create the eerie atmosphere of the opera house, but I kept waiting for the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s soundtrack from the musical that is so ingrained in everyone’s heads. The game is not that difficult, but may not be appropriate for young children. It is not shockingly scary, but puppets hanging in the ballroom are a bit creepy. So try it out and listen to the music of the night.
Features of Mystery Legends: The Phantom of the Opera Collector’s Edition:
-Dramatic Story
-Many Scenes In and Around the Opera House
-Many Objectives and Tasks to Fulfill
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A Gypsy’s Tale: The Tower of Secrets Review
This time this Hidden Object Adventure begins with eerie music (appropriate for the story) and a ghost trying to kill you. Whew! You make it through and now you are asked by a monk to save a girl in a tower. This is the start of your wanderings through an enchanted land full of ghosts, gnomes, fairies and humans. You are Reylin of Winderalth a gypsy minding her own business until this happened.
A Gypsy’s Tale: The Tower of Secrets is not your standard adventure full of hidden object games with sparkles and a list of items to search. No, this one has hidden objects to search when you click on an item and a wheel with other things pop up. You must search for, say, a cardinal, click on it and take it back to the wheel to place it. After finding all the bubble items, you get the main item in the center. It may have nothing to do with a bird but you may need this main item later 
on. There are other places where you can zoom in when your cursor changes into a magnifying glass to either collect hidden items or solve a puzzle. You’ll have many varied puzzles to solve from jigsaws, match, untangle the lines and slide puzzles.
There are many different (beautifully drawn) environments to explore and search from mystical forests full of fairies and gnomes to a high tech tree house. In most areas there will be crystals to collect. Some places will have 0 crystals but at the upper left side of the screen, it will let you know exactly how many are in that scene and how many you have collected. When you collect all the crystals in 1 location, you will get a piece of the map for you to use. This map is extremely helpful since it will let you jump to different places directly avoiding having to retrace your steps. Eventually you will be using these crystals as money to buy different things from the store (once you find the shop).
Even though there is only 1 mode of play, the hint and skip (for puzzles) buttons are fast charging, and you will not have to wait long to use it again. Most of the time the hint is explicit, but there are other times when it will only make obvious observations like the monk is creepy. Let’s hope he’s not the same monk you are helping.
There are many things to do in this game and most of the puzzles are easy to do. It may not be much of a challenge for some of you who are really good at this type of game, but for the rest of us, it is a fun game to conquer. For traditional HOG fans this may not meet your needs, but you are still searching for hidden items in a different format with the same types of puzzles to solve.
The only problem I faced with this game is when I was in the garden and trying to plant the seeds, nothing happened even though I could see the pile of seeds but 
couldn’t click on it. I restarted the game and even though I had to start the garden sequence again, it worked the second time. I found the music good but some parts didn’t seem appropriate for the scene (the tree house for one). The wheel search also seemed at times disconnected. When you figure out how to get a key down from high on the wall, you cannot collect the key immediately. The wheel opens and you have to find 3 different kinds of flowers before you can click on the key. In Treasure Seekers the wheel opens and you look for parts of the piece you need. That game made more sense to me.
Other than those minor quirks, the game is good, the story interesting and the search fun. I recommend casual gamers try this game. I give it a 3.5 out of 5 for an entertaining time.
Features of A Gypsy’s Tale: The Tower of Secrets:
-30 Different Environments
-Interesting Tale
-Puzzles and Hidden Objects
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