The Mirror Mysteries is a hidden object game that takes you to many exciting worlds. A mother finds her kids trapped in a magical mirror after they damaged it. She must then use the mirrors to enter different worlds and collect mirror pieces in order to repair the damage and rescue her children.
The story of The Mirror Mysteries begins with a mother and her young children driving through the countryside when they decided to stop, game review, and rest near an abandoned house (not a wise decision).
The mother took, game review, a nap while the children played around the house (another unwise decision), and was awakened by the sound of smashing glass. Fearing for the safety of her children, she rushed into, game review, the house to find them trapped in a magical mirror!
The sentient mirror reveals that the children had smashed some mirrors while they were in the house, and she would have, game review, to help, game review, repair the damage if she wanted their safe return. The mirror requires her to find the smashed mirror pieces that have been scattered throughout, game review, the magical mirror realms, which include a cuckoo clock, a frozen castle, a fiery dungeon and many more.
Your task is to help her acquire the mirror pieces from the, game review, denizens of these realms.
The first thing you'll notice when playing The Mirror Mysteries is how polished the game is, game review, . Every item in the game just seems to fit perfectly in the scene. There are no random objects such as trucks or baseball, game review, bats littering the scenes that are typical of standard hidden object games. If the current world is a cuckoo clock, every object in the related scenes have a direct relation to clocks such as gears, screws and planks.
The game style of the hidden object scenes are also different here. No longer are you asked to look in each scene for a dozen random objects that are not related to each other. Instead, the objects you need to find come in "sets" that combine into a larger object when all the components are found. For example, a few pots and pans with random markings on them, game review, can be combined into a set that contains an encoded message.
The completed sets are then used in the game's second style of puzzles.
The combined items are usually required to be placed back in the scene in a spot that is most logical for them. For example, a jar filled with water should be placed next to a thirsty orc. This isn't too difficult though: the locations where completed items are supposed to be placed will sparkle a bit from time, game review, to time. To make things more complicated though, some, game review, combined items are meant to be used in other scenes. Some logical thinking and guesswork will guide you to the right scene pretty easily.
There are also other puzzles and mini-games scattered throughout, and are, game review, generally, game review, not very difficult. Some of these are also pretty, game review, subtle and blend in very nicely with the overall look-and-feel of the game. Sometimes you won't even know that you need to solve a puzzle until you realize that you're stuck and there are no longer any objects to be found in plain sight.
The production values in The Mirror Mysteries are awesome. The art is crisp and gorgeous and the accompanying soundtrack blends in beautifully with the game, game review, .
You also get to visit a series of different environments: from the lush green forests to a castle in the midst of a freezing winter. The characters you interact with are pretty interesting too: from the magic mirror to, game review, the engineer mouse who is trying to fix the cuckoo clock. The voice-acting in the game is pretty decent as well.
As has been said before, The Mirror Mysteries has a really polished feel with great production values, and is bound to entertain you for hours, game review, .
Come dive in and explore the many worlds hidden within these magical mirrors.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
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2010/01/04
2009/12/06
Murder, She Wrote Game Review
The hit TV series from the 80's and 90's is back with the new hidden object game Murder, She Wrote! Join amateur detective Jessica Fletcher, Dr. Seth Hazlitt, officer Mort Metzger, game review, and all the other favorite, game review, characters from the hit show as they solve mysterious murders in the cozy town of Cabot Cove.Jessica Fletcher - made famous on the TV series by Angela Lansbury - is a mystery writer who somehow always gets involved in murder cases in the quiet town of Cabot Cove (and there seems to be a lot of murders in such a "quiet" town!).
, game review, In this hidden object game, you get to follow Miss Fletcher as she searches for clues and interviews suspects in a series of murders, each one more mysterious, game review, and intriguing than the last. And it all begins with her wanting to buy some lobsters and stumbling upon the dead body of a lobster boat captain...The gameplay in Murder, She Wrote unfolds very much like an episode of the TV series, with many elements being faithful to the show. Each case begins with a story and dialogue which nicely set the scene, including the seemingly-coincidental, game review, incidents that lead to Miss Fletcher being the one to discover a dead body.
(Thankfully these intro scenes do not end with cheesy CSI-style oneliners).After conversing with the ever-present Dr. Hazlitt and officer Metzger, you quickly get down to searching for clues at the murder scene. This is where the hidden object puzzle bit of the game comes in. You get to search for clues relating to the crime, and hopefully discover items that might lead to the identity of the murderer or the motive for the crime.As expected in advanced hidden, game review, object games, not everything is a straight-forward point-and-click to find a hidden object.
In this puzzle, you might be tasked to find a tape recorder,, game review, which is in a secret compartment covered by, game review, planks, which needs to be opened with a hammer or crowbar. To make things more tricky, some of the objects in the hidden object scenes animate and move when you highlight them. Unfortunately, most of these are red herrings that are not related to your actual task.The hidden object scenes also have a Murder, She Wrote feel to them. Ever-present is Miss Fletcher's trusty typewriter.
Unfortunately, it looks like the typewriter isn't doing too well. All the names of the hidden objects appear to be missing the vowels! You could just guess what the object names are, or you could search the scene for the missing letters that will make your hidden object list easier, game review, to read, game review, .Every so often, you, game review, will find an object that will trigger a cutscene. For example, finding a box of toothpicks might lead to a cutscene between Jessica and Mort where Jessica says "Oh, a box of toothpicks! Mr.
X was chewing on a toothpick when we spoke to him earlier. We need to go talk to him again!"Some objects that you find will also trigger additional mini-puzzle games that will need to be solved to progress through the story. As befitting a murder mystery game, most of these puzzles involve riddles and logic games that will test your mental agility.One possible gripe about the game is that you sometimes have, game review, to visit the, game review, same hidden object, game review, scene more than once.
, game review, This might be boring to some players, but the developers have handled it, game review, quite cleverly. The first time you visit a scene, it might be to discover the murder weapon or some motive for the murder. The second time, it might be to discover whether anyone has come back to tamper with the evidence. After all, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime!The look and feel of the game is pretty good quality as well. The drawing and animation project the right mood and atmosphere for a murder mystery.
In addition, the voice-acting in the game has gone way beyond expectations. Every intro scene, cutscene, dialogue and event in the, game review, game is, game review, accompanied by full voice-acting, game review, (and the voices are pretty believable too).So if you want to be an amateur detective and help the town of Cabot Cove solve its many murders, then come be a part of Murder, She Wrote!Rating: 4, game review, .0/5.0You can read more about Murder, She Wrote at http://www.hidden-puzzles.
com/murder-she-wrote.html
, game review, In this hidden object game, you get to follow Miss Fletcher as she searches for clues and interviews suspects in a series of murders, each one more mysterious, game review, and intriguing than the last. And it all begins with her wanting to buy some lobsters and stumbling upon the dead body of a lobster boat captain...The gameplay in Murder, She Wrote unfolds very much like an episode of the TV series, with many elements being faithful to the show. Each case begins with a story and dialogue which nicely set the scene, including the seemingly-coincidental, game review, incidents that lead to Miss Fletcher being the one to discover a dead body.
(Thankfully these intro scenes do not end with cheesy CSI-style oneliners).After conversing with the ever-present Dr. Hazlitt and officer Metzger, you quickly get down to searching for clues at the murder scene. This is where the hidden object puzzle bit of the game comes in. You get to search for clues relating to the crime, and hopefully discover items that might lead to the identity of the murderer or the motive for the crime.As expected in advanced hidden, game review, object games, not everything is a straight-forward point-and-click to find a hidden object.
In this puzzle, you might be tasked to find a tape recorder,, game review, which is in a secret compartment covered by, game review, planks, which needs to be opened with a hammer or crowbar. To make things more tricky, some of the objects in the hidden object scenes animate and move when you highlight them. Unfortunately, most of these are red herrings that are not related to your actual task.The hidden object scenes also have a Murder, She Wrote feel to them. Ever-present is Miss Fletcher's trusty typewriter.
Unfortunately, it looks like the typewriter isn't doing too well. All the names of the hidden objects appear to be missing the vowels! You could just guess what the object names are, or you could search the scene for the missing letters that will make your hidden object list easier, game review, to read, game review, .Every so often, you, game review, will find an object that will trigger a cutscene. For example, finding a box of toothpicks might lead to a cutscene between Jessica and Mort where Jessica says "Oh, a box of toothpicks! Mr.
X was chewing on a toothpick when we spoke to him earlier. We need to go talk to him again!"Some objects that you find will also trigger additional mini-puzzle games that will need to be solved to progress through the story. As befitting a murder mystery game, most of these puzzles involve riddles and logic games that will test your mental agility.One possible gripe about the game is that you sometimes have, game review, to visit the, game review, same hidden object, game review, scene more than once.
, game review, This might be boring to some players, but the developers have handled it, game review, quite cleverly. The first time you visit a scene, it might be to discover the murder weapon or some motive for the murder. The second time, it might be to discover whether anyone has come back to tamper with the evidence. After all, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime!The look and feel of the game is pretty good quality as well. The drawing and animation project the right mood and atmosphere for a murder mystery.
In addition, the voice-acting in the game has gone way beyond expectations. Every intro scene, cutscene, dialogue and event in the, game review, game is, game review, accompanied by full voice-acting, game review, (and the voices are pretty believable too).So if you want to be an amateur detective and help the town of Cabot Cove solve its many murders, then come be a part of Murder, She Wrote!Rating: 4, game review, .0/5.0You can read more about Murder, She Wrote at http://www.hidden-puzzles.
com/murder-she-wrote.html
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