lilyr wrote:

I'm confused.  In your review of SURFACE: GAME OF GODS you keep talking about FEAR FOR SALE games.  Are these by the same DEV?  Did you mis-label the review?

Dang.  I have WHISPA FOREST. 

Absolutely, positively a definite possibility.  I'm on drugs (for my back - not "on" drugs) and haven't slept in 3 days.    Plus, it was in the middle of the night (whatever THAT has to do with anything).   I'll go back and fix it. 

Thank you sooooo very much for pointing that stupid "oops" out to me.  Dang.  Here I thought I NEVER made mistakes.

Actually, wendydarling and lilyr, just trying to keep you on your toes.   Nah.  THAT excuse won't work now that I've admitted my mistake. 

But, you ARE reading them!!!  YAY!

Last edited by freyasmom (November 22, 2014 11:57 pm)

This game is a featured "Tomorrow's Game Today" at BFG.


The Far Kingdoms:  Elements

While the Princess is away, the rats will play.   Morgana is back and wreaking havoc on Princess Ariana's kingdom, turning everything and everyone into ..... stone.  Now, it's up to you to help the Princess restore her kingdom and deal with the evil Morgana ..... again.


The graphics are good.  There are no voice overs so everything has to be read.  Really?  In this day and age?  Tsk tsk tsk.  


There are 3 levels of difficulty.  I chose "casual" so I can get an idea of what's offered for beginners.  There is an optional tutorial, which is very nicely done and a journal which contains useful story line and game play information. Our friend, "frog" the hint button is back as is Corvus, the white dove, who has delivered the Princess' magic amulet.  The magic amulet can be used to make fire and burn things.  YAY! 


This is a combination match 3 and HOG (hidden object game).  The match 3 part of the game is fun and fairly standard in game play.  My level of difficult was not timed.  That's NOT saying it was easy either - because some of the levels, even early on, were difficult to pass.  The HOGs are fun, itemized list types.  Sometimes, the items can be difficult to find. Sometimes, you are offered an alternative game to play - but only sometimes.  Hmmmm. 


I love the characters you meet along the way.  I love the continuing story line.  I love the balance of story, match 3s and HOGs.  Well, I guess I LOVE this latest in the Far Kingdom series.   This is a great game for beginners and experts alike.  Not for the difficulty challenge but for the story and fun game play.  It has true entertainment value and is a definite purchase for me. 

Come along and join me in helping "frog", Corvus and Princess Ariana restore the Kingdom. 

ENJOY!
 

Veronica and the Book of Dreams


I'm not really sure where the story line was going. Maybe if I had purchased the game and seen it through to the end, I would have "gotten" it. Oh well.


The graphics were ok ... definitely not amazing. The music was odd. The sound effects were ghostly "aahhs" and what seemed like the sound of "pops" or "punches". Definitely disconcerting to me.


You earn coins by successfully passing levels, which you STOP doing by level 8. Trust me on this. Up through level 5, things are pretty simple. You use the coins in the "shop" to purchase bonuses of every kind and description.Veronica's story continues page by page in her "Book of Dreams" or "Nightmares". I don't know what the difference between the two is but when I chose not to replay a level in "Dreams" I went straight to level 77 in "Nightmares". Nope. Didn't pass it so back to Level 8 in Dreams I went.


The very worst part of this game and why it's not a purchase for me, is there really is NO instruction after the initial tiny bit.   You start a level and don't really know if you're bringing gems to the bottom and are you supposed to continue destroying monsters and zombies at the same time???   And other levels you don't pass, but you don't know why because all the tiles are broken, every gem gone through the bottom of the game board and every monster killed.   Fingers fairly ached from the effort. But, no dice, you still don't pass the level ... and no idea why not.


This is a fast paced, great Halloween-themed game not recommended for beginners. If you are "in the know" about match 3 games you MIGHT "get" this one. I sure didn't.


Give it a try...but for me it isn't a buy.

 ENJOY!
 

Sprill:  The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

The story line is kind of "hokey", but this IS Sprill, after all. Sprill was relaxing on his boat when, suddenly, he became dizzy and woke up at the bottom of the ocean, able to breathe. Aliens informed him, among the miasma of planes, boats and ships, that they have been looking forever and a day for the Great Pearl. THEY were the ones responsible for all the Bermuda Triangle disappearances. If someone helped them, they were sent back to the top. If not, well, they were stuck at the bottom of the ocean forever. OH NO!

The graphics are ok. There are a LOT of items in each location which are somewhat tiny. The music was fine. The sound effects ok. The noise made each time you found something or clicked on the wrong item was annoying.

There were no bonus levels that I could tell. If you found a ? in the location, you got an extra hint. You could have anywhere from 1 - 5 hints in each location. I hadn't figured out how that was calculated when the demo ended.

This is an HOG game (hidden object game) and nothing more. You go to locations (repeatedly and even more repeatedly) and look for a list of 10 items. Can't find something? Use one of those elusive hints. I kept going among 3 locations for the entire hour of the demo and there were plenty of other places to go.


I've played one other Sprill game on BFG (in fact, I own it) and it was entertaining, delightful and extremely LONG. I would venture to guess this also has some length but is not as much fun. I like a good HOG, but I want mine to be broken up with a mini game or something periodically.The story line never went anywhere.

This would be good for any level of expertise. Be patient. The items can be difficult to find. And, if you're not about strictly finding objects, this game won't be fun for you.

 So, do your best and find that great pearl so Sprill can get back to the surface!

 ENJOY!
 

I remembering liking THE FAR KINGDOMS a lot.  I'll definitely be demo'ing ELEMENTS.  I was surprised to see the review of THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.  It's quite an old game.  I got stuck at one place , CS couldn't get me out and I got a coupon for it.