sunshinej wrote:

Queen's Quest: Tower of Darkness is a SE with extras.  4 different Collectibles, morphing in the HO scenes and achievements and a bonus chapter.  I d/l it and it looks to be a quality game.  The dev is Brave Giant Games and they had 1 game previously which is Demon Hunter: Chronicles From Beyond.  I guess it gets a little HOG heavy later in game according to reviews, but since the Dev (Boris) came to the forum yesterday which shows me that they care about their game, I'm going to get it on Monday.

If anyone's interested, I posted a full review of this game on 14 August in my review thread, after having played it 12-13 August.  I played the PE at GameHouse and then got it with an expiring PCC there.  It sounds like the SE at BFG is exactly the same as the PE at GameHouse.  It's review #26, on the last page.

I really liked it.  It wasn't brilliant as the story and gameplay were too simple and it just didn't have the WOW factor.  However, it has some challenging puzzles and morphs in the HOPs, as well as 4 sets of collectibles (one lot in each section in the game), and I thought it was fun enough to get the game with an expiring PCC.  I really liked the HOPs, all of which had several interactive objects and several morphing objects, and the minigames, most of which were original, some were easy and some were real head scratchers but all were doable with patience.  It's also a very long game.  I definitely recommend it as an SE. 
 

I had wanted to quote something really dumb the game said but couldn't remember anything.  When I just went back and started playing again, I found a vise.  As I zoomed into it, the black bar tip said, "A fountain pen would crack in a second".   I don't  have a fountain pen in my inventory and no reason yet to be cracking one even if I had one in my possession.  I just hate when games do that, but this one is really bad.

I finished the main game of Dark Canvas: Blood and Stone Collector's Edition.  Still need to play the bonus chapter.

You play as an investigative journalist and the story is very much a who done it. No supernatural stuff, no traveling through portal to battle witches, werewolfs, demented puppets, or what have you. 

It takes place in Greece and it's a pretty looking game, not dark and dreary.  There's two kind of hidden object scenes: the interactive junk piles, and some objects are very cleverly hidden, and the progressive silhouettes.  The hidden object scenes get reused, but that doesn't bother me as long as you don't have to do the same one again immediately after finishing it.

Puzzles were a mixed bag, some very easy, some very difficult.  Ther were a few too many of the move this and three other things move type of puzzles.  There's collectibles, achievemnts, and morphs.  They carry over to the bonus chapter, so I'm not sure how I'm doing in that regard. 

I'm just pleased that it's only the 8th and I have almost finished the second game for the month.

WendyDarling wrote:

There's another soft release today, Gizmos Riddle of the Universe.  It's a nanogram game, I read it starts with 10x10 boards but the screenshots showed a 25x25.

That's a 30x30 board!   Oh dear, oh dear.  I was hoping not to buy anything this month.  But I have a feeling this game will be calling to me on Monday.
 

My daughter and granddaughter are on a extended visit with me.  So we got into the habit of playing Puppetshow: Return to Joyville together at night.  So in the morning I have been doing demos.  Today's game League of Light: Wicked Harvest is fantastic after a 30 minute demo.  I absolutely love the little helper.  He is so super cute and adorable and I usually  don't gush over helpers, but he is a real must see.  The setting in Wicked Harvest is just perfect for this time of year.  I'm thinking the CE for this one and since I already spent my 2 credits this month, I hope that there is a sale this weekend.