misscatlady2453 wrote:

stusue wrote:

If I ever have problems with the cursor - eg. if it's sluggish or wanders all over the screen - I just choose the system cursor and that always seems to fix the problem.  

Okay feeling pretty dumb right now. What do you mean by choose system cursor?

Misscat, you simply go to Options or Settings in any game and there's normally something called "Custom Cursor" or "Custom Icon" or something like that, and you click on the little box to turn it off and go back to the normal Windows cursor or, in some games, the system cursor is just a smaller version of the custom cursor. 

Sometimes there might be "System Cursor" instead of "Custom Cursor" and in this case you'll have to click to turn on "System Cursor" rather than turn off "Custom Cursor". 

Is that as clear as mud or have I now totally confused you? 

I'm glad Lexi's had a good day. 
 

BTW had anyone recieved the coupon for Awakening ?
I haven´t got one 

Legacy Games  has  Panopticon: Path of Reflections  on sale for  $2.95  until  27 June.

http://www.legacygames.com/download-games/452/PC/Panopticon%3A+Path+of+Reflections#prettyPhoto

This game was released by BFG last Wednesday.

The following is what I posted after playing the game with my FunPass at GameHouse last Thursday :

On 19 June 2014 stusue wrote:

Sunshine, yesterday I managed to finish Panopticon - Path of Reflections by Alawar and Cyber Cradle.  The only thing I could find out about Cyber Cradle is that it's located in Belarus - that's the only thing on their website and I assume that's the correct company - so I don't know if this is their first game or not.  If so, it's a fantastic first attempt!    I really liked the graphics and loved the animations.  I found them really smooth, whereas one BFG reviewer found them jerky.    You go to 5 different worlds through a machine and each one is different, which was interesting.   However, it's very straightforward, linear and easy.

My rating is - I liked it but it's nothing special.  The reason why I thought it was nothing special is that I didn't find it very exciting and the HOSs and puzzles were mostly very easy.  The HOSs are all straight lists, but most have a couple of very easy interactions.  The puzzles were all very easy except a few at the end, which required a bit more thought.  The instructions for the puzzles, however, left a lot to be desired and some of the puzzles were trial and error, working out what on earth you were supposed to do!    I ended up skipping 3 - one because it was simply taking too long - one because no matter what I did it wouldn't work and, when I skipped it, I'm sure that the answer was one I'd tried - and one because I simply couldn't work out what you had to do and nothing seemed to work.  None of the puzzles have a Reset button so that made it harder.  But, apart from those 3, the puzzles are super easy, like placing gears in the correct place, but there were only 3 gears !!!! and they went in an almost straight line. 

This is one of those games that make me really glad I have a FunPass - games I want to play but don't want to buy, even with a PCC.  It's not bad for a straight SE but I'd only recommend it if you like the demo, because it is a good game, just not - in my sick state - very exciting, and it is very easy.  It would also be a good choice if you have an expiring PCC and no other games.  Try the demo and, if you like it, then use a PCC, as my impression of the game might have been coloured by the fact that I felt like crap when I played it.    I'll see if I can find my magic wand to wave around and have a review magically appear later today.   

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I haven't as yet typed up my review but, if anyone's interested in this game, please let me know and I'll move it up the list, no problem. 
 

Last edited by stusue (June 21, 2014 7:55 am)

For anyone who's interested, I've just posted a demo review of today's TGT in my demo review thread.  This is the recommendation that I posted:

Reflections of Life: Tree of Dreams CE

My Recommendation:    SE if you like the demo 
 
I liked what I played of the demo.  I liked the graphics, even though they weren't the best, the gameplay, the mechanics of the way the owl helps you, and I liked the story, even though it's nothing new.  However, the HOSs were easy and the puzzles were super easy peasy and took no time at all.  The collectibles started out quite difficult to find but, by the third scene once I'd noticed the sparkling and glowing and I'd gotten used to where they were, they became quite easy to find, and thus a chore rather than fun finding collectibles when they're all in different forms, like in League of Light: Dark Omens CE.  I also don't know if the jigsaw puzzle you get once you've collected them all is the Hidden Chapter or if there's a Hidden Chapter as well.

Thus, because of the lack of challenge and not knowing how long the bonus chapter is or anything about the Hidden Chapter, at this stage I'm only recommending the SE, and only if you like the demo. 

Unless I read that everything gets more challenging, that the bonus chapter is really interesting and long, and that the Hidden Chapter is fantastic, I'm putting the SE on my PCC list.  The game didn't wow me and collecting some leaves isn't enough for me to get the CE. 

I've just added the review I posted here of Panopticon: Path of Reflections SE to my review thread.  I haven't added anything to my own review, other than adding my recommendation and rating, and I haven't done my usual full review, with all the options, etc.  

However, I have added the BFG stats - 93% recommendation from 14 reviewers!!!! - and some of the things some BFG reviewers posted in their reviews, mostly of the completed game.