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The Tarot’s Misfortune Review

A stranger, late one night, is at the doorway of Rosalie’s humble abode and there’s also mystic music sounding all around. The mysterious man demands a tarot reading before he would leave so she consents to do it. The tarot cards never lie and hold bad news and danger for him, but he turns it around and says that she is the one in danger in Mac hidden object/seek and find game Tarot’s Misfortune.

Before she knows what is happening, she blacks out and finds herself in jail without her precious tarot cards. She must find some way out of the prison and find out what happened. This begins your adventure into the hidden object and puzzle plays. The game play is the usual hidden objects search in various scenes where there are a lot of scattered items. The difference in this game is the scrolling scene where you go either to the right or left and the scene will move to reveal more of the screen. It’s like the Mac game Xplorer. The listed items to look for are at the bottom of the screen, and the names in blue can be found readily sprawled in the scenes. However, the gray items in italic letters cannot be found yet. You must do something to them before you get to your final object. The objects you will need to perform another act will be placed in inventory for later use. Also when you see a blue glow, you know there’s more to do. Keep your eyes on the globes on either side of the list, it will indicate how many objects are in that scene. If you scroll away from any area, you’ll see that the stars will either decrease or disappear. This is a great help for finding the objects, even though most of the time, you will not need help. The hint button recharges quickly and you get as many as you need. On top of finding the objects listed, you must also find Rosalie’s tarot cards. There are a few in each scene.

The mini games are also the usual puzzles where you must figure out combinations to either enter a location or get into a storage area. In addition you will encounter 2 tarot cards where you must find the difference in order to move on in the game.

The story continues after Rosalie escapes the prison across the countryside, in the town center and many locations. She finds the village people are enslaved by the wicked magician, and only she can save them. That’s about the extent of the story line. The artwork is exceptionally beautifully drawn, but the music is repetitious and got on my nerves a little. I turned it off. The HOG part of the play is easy except for the items blurred in the mist or sized differently. Luckily the developers are generous with their hints.

I heard some people had trouble starting this game, but I didn’t have any problems. Try the demo and see if you can help Rosalie save the town from the evil magician.

Features of The Tarot’s Misfortune:
-Many levels of Hidden Object Play
-Great Artwork
-Scrolling Scenes

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