I was so bummed that I missed the weekend Gamehouse sale, I had a 75% off coupon I could have  used.  Then I got wondering if it was expired yet.  I checked the site andit didn't seem available so I wrote to CS about it and they sent me a coupon for a free game instead of 75% off.... and it works on a PE!!!!.  I've been thinking about Witches' Pranks, people at BFG seemed to like it but were upset that they didn't get to rescue all the frogs.  Then I noticed a game called Evil Pumpkin, but the only review I could find wasn't great.  Has anyone played either, or have another recommendation from GH? 

WendyDarling wrote:

I was so bummed that I missed the weekend Gamehouse sale, I had a 75% off coupon I could have  used.  Then I got wondering if it was expired yet.  I checked the site andit didn't seem available so I wrote to CS about it and they sent me a coupon for a free game instead of 75% off.... and it works on a PE!!!!.  I've been thinking about Witches' Pranks, people at BFG seemed to like it but were upset that they didn't get to rescue all the frogs.  Then I noticed a game called Evil Pumpkin, but the only review I could find wasn't great.  Has anyone played either, or have another recommendation from GH? 

Wendy,  the GameHouse sale is still on.  If you check out each game it's already discounted 50%.  I've used my 25% discount coupons and got them even cheaper still. 

I've played Evil Pumpkin but can't remember much about it and haven't posted a review here.  I may have posted something in this thread, though.  However, I got the PE with a coupon on 19 June so I must have really liked it as I got it after having already played it with my FunPass!  I'll check it out later when I find some time.  However, I did post a review here of Witch's Pranks.  You can check that out in my game review thread - I only recommended it if you liked the demo, as I wasn't overly impressed with it.

I much preferred Evil Pumpkin PE to Witch's Pranks - Frog's Fortune PE (which I didn't really like but everyone else seems to have loved it). 

However, if you're interested in PEs, I can recommend 2 I've just played and which I'll be getting with some coupons - Queen's Quest - Tower of Darkness PE (not yet at BFG) and Lost Souls - Timeless Fables PE (I didn't like the BFG demo as the only way to get around is to use the map, which I didn't like, and so didn't get it but played it when it just arrived at GameHouse and really liked it - long bonus with collectibles and achievements) but you may already have that one.  GameHouse has also just released Living Legends - Frozen Beauty PE, which was out ages ago on BFG but which you might not yet have (I got the CE at BFG).

And every single coupon at GameHouse is valid for SEs AND PEs ... either monthly FunPass codes,  PCCs or CS coupons!  I think that's great.  However, even though there's no expiry date on CS coupons, they all expire.  I found out the hard way and now always ask for an expiry date when I get one, like this morning.
 

I've started playing Fantasy Mosaics 4: Art of Color.  It's a little bit like the World Mosaics free to play game.  You solve each color separately.  So far each board has only 3 colors.  Music isn't bad, I find it rather soothing.

sunshinej wrote:

stusue wrote:

oscar66 wrote:

Well the new Nevertales is out, but from the reviews it appears that it is much easier.

Oscar, if you want a nice challenging game, why don't you try Evil Pumpkin - The Lost Halloween.  It's a Point and Click Adventure game with very challenging gameplay and puzzles - no HOSs.  And no SG, no walkthrough, with only hints in the form of poetry to tell you what you need to do in the little puzzles.  Nothing is obvious. 

There're also collectibles - tiny, eensy, weensy, minute candy (RL size) that you find in scenes as well as zoom-in scenes.  You use them to buy Halloween decorations for your garden.  However, once you've bought them in the store - you need different numbers of different candy to purchase each one - you go to the garden and work out where they all go.  You have to make note of what each one's name is so that you can find it in the garden.  That's definitely new! 

It's also weird, weird, weird ... did I say weird?  From the reviews I found on other sites it's also apparently long and challenging.

It's really hard to describe this game as it's different from anything else I've played.  The closest I can think of is Haunted.  But it's fun! 

GameHouse has the CE but I imagine BFG will only have it as an SE as, as far as I can see, there's no bonus chapter and, as I've already said, there's no SG.  But the extras that they do have - apart from the collectibles - are also weird.

If anyone wants to try it, you can either download the BFG survey ...

http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/27016/evil-pumpkin-survey/index.html

or the GameHouse demo ...

http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/evil-pumpkin#l=102&p=280000207

Follow the young Van Hallows down the rabbit hole into an exploration of the mystery of Halloween in Evil Pumpkin – Platinum Edition, a very weird and curiously exciting adventure game.

Gourds unite to rise up against children's laughter and carving knives. They intend to crush the candy and blow out all the candles. They want their freedom and they are willing to fight for it. Can you assist the young adventurer Van Hallows in getting to the bottom of this mysterious uprising?

Beware of the emergence of parallel realities when you play the free trial version of Evil Pumpkin – Platinum Edition today!

    *    Choose from two modes: Adventure and Casual.
    *    Participate in the unfolding of 6 chapters of riveting adventure.
    *    Interact with everyday objects, objects that can be modified, and upgradable tools.
    *    Play challenging puzzles and mini-games. 

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I got it this morning. 
 

With a little bit of detective work I found stusue's review of Evil Pumpkin. Thanks stusue...Looks like a good one to me. 

So I want to maybe end up getting both games Witch's Pranks and Evil Pumpkin)  for Halloween.  One PE from GH with the coupon and the other SE from BFG.  Which one should I get SE and which one PE?
 

Thanks for the info, StuSue.  It hasn't made it much easier to decide, though.  I think I'll probably end up with the PE of Witch's Pranks because I love Shaman Games and the BFG SE version only has 2 frogs, the PE has 3 plus a bonus about the witch, it sounds like, so a good bit of extra play.  Finding tiny candies doesn't seem like a lot of fun, but what you do with them sounds interesting.
Funny moment.  I just went and looked at the screenshots of the game you said had beautiful artwork but I wasn't at all impressed.  "She thinks that's great artwork"  Then I looked again and I was looking at Queen's Quest, not Runaway Geisha.  I looked up Geisha, and I do love the artwork and want the game based on that alone.  But I think the SE will be good enough.  Well, as long as the SE ending is decent.  It kinda sucks that I can't do any demos while I'm traveling, when I do buy something, I'm just guessing.  I was much better about not buying this summer, I only used free coupons at BFG and just a little bit of money on sale games at Gamehouse.  Does Gamehouse have that $70 deal very often?  For 70 I'd get 12 PE versions of games to keep plus a year of free gaming, and I'd only have to buy 4 sale games to get another free PE game?   I asked them if I could suspend a Funpass membership for the 6 months I'm traveling and couldn't use it, they said I could, but I'm not quite sure they understood the question.  But even if I could only use it 6 months a year I'd still get the 6 free games for those other 6 months.  Sounds like a no-brainer.