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Anki · December 8, 2015 5:08 am

I have finished:
Sea of Lies: Burning Coast CE. Rather fun but CE worthy??? The usual Eipix replayables...
Dark Realm: Princess of Ice CE. I liked it very much but not as good as the first one. I loved the music!
Dark Parables: Goldilocks and the Fallen Star CE. When I demoed I was certain that I wouldn´t like it as I didn´t like the last three ones, but I wanted to continue playing! The FROGs were sometimes rather hard and the Puzzles were fun. And also lovely music
Off the Record:Art of Deception CE. I liked it at first, but then... Maybe because I played it in bits and pieces. For me the Extras were the most fun.

I was prepared to love Puss in Boots, but I´m hesitating. Maybe like Oscar suggested the SE. I may do as you others: replay the old ones for the Christmas feeling...

I will buy the both last MCF:s, which Christmas games

TiramaSue · December 9, 2015 10:09 am

There's a half price sale today. You need to use cash not game club credits. Not sure what to do. I only have 1 credit, so if there's a BOGO later on in the month, I'd have to use cash anyway. The fly in the ointment is the 1 lonely pcc I have. It expires on Jan 2, so I've got to use it this month.

Last year there was a CE BOGO on Christmas Eve. There was also a BOGO for both CE's and SE's on New Year's Day. What I really need is a weekend or Monday BOGO. IT's so much easier for me to figure out my punch card when there are those bonus punches.

I finished Off the Record: The Final Interview Collector's Edition. Those teapots were hard to find. Forgot to look for the letters in the bonus chapter. When I remembered, it was too late. Couldn't go back to the first couple of scenes. Still need to do the souvenir room and decide whether to replay the hidden object scenes.

Halfway through Fill And Cross Christmas Riddles. I've been trying t do them without marking the unused boxes.

lilyr · December 9, 2015 8:10 pm

Not good enough Tirama. It's 1/2 off retail. I've gotten so jaded that I only buy when it's 1/2 off Gameclub Member's price.

Anki -- As always you are awesome at finishing games!

TiramaSue · December 9, 2015 9:14 pm

lilyr wrote:
Not good enough Tirama. It's 1/2 off retail. I've gotten so jaded that I only buy when it's 1/2 off Gameclub Member's price.

Anki -- As always you are awesome at finishing games!

Well, that makes it easy for me. I buy nothing. But I could swear that last night it was indicating that game club members paid half off the game club price and non-members paid half off retail.

lilyr · December 9, 2015 11:32 pm

Tirama -- The small print said 1/2 off retail. I just tried it and an SE came up at $4.99 before tax.

TiramaSue · December 10, 2015 12:41 am

lilyr wrote:
Tirama -- The small print said 1/2 off retail. I just tried it and an SE came up at $4.99 before tax.

Yeah, it said that today, but I could swear when it first appeared at midnight Big Fish Time it was different. Anyway, I'm glad it's only retail. I'd prefer to wait for a weekend sale. Or maybe there will be a midweek super sale, where you pay full price for a CE and can buy other for 4.99. I'll sacrifice bonus punches for savings.

sunshinej · December 10, 2015 10:06 am

I finished Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots. One thing I like about this game is that it had a Christmas-y feeling throughout the game and bonus. In the Nutcracker it only felt like the front half was Christmas-y, and the other half was just a regular game. Nutcracker was harder and I enjoyed the music more in the Nutcracker.
Puss in Boots was cute and they carried the cat theme throughout the game. The main game had a good ending so no need to get the CE unless you want to. The bonus content includes finding puzzle pieces to use for your screensavers. 12 morphs + achievements. A cat room which included your 3 helper cats. You replayed certain puzzles and HO scenes 3 times each with each cat and once done they tell you about a New Years tradition in other parts of the world.
One thing I didn't like about Puss in Boots was that your helper cat didn't just sit still, but moved about like 1 of them kept adjusting his hat every 5 seconds. Drove me nuts because I kept seeing it at the corner of my eye.

This is for wendy...There is some back and forth in this game, but not as bad as The Nutcracker. Now that game had some serious back & forth.

Going to play Christmas Carol next.

Last edited by sunshinej (December 10, 2015 11:17 am)

teeitup46ok · December 10, 2015 8:20 pm

I also just finished Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots CE. I read some of the comments in the forum about it being too childish and more geared for kids. Some of the puzzles were extremely easy and a child could do them but others were harder, esp. the maze one that had the columns that went up and down and you had to move the four cats over to the other side (that took a while but I did it). I loved the music and the different types of HOS scenes which were few and far between, lots more puzzles. I'm not really a cat person but I did find some of them kinda cute with their voices and actions. All in all, a decent game for Xmas.

teeitup46ok · December 10, 2015 8:55 pm

Games I've finished since November 1 posting:

Doors of the Mind: Inner Mysteries (11/4) Very short, nothing special (C)
Cassandra's Journey 2: The Fifth Sun of Nostradamus (11/6) OK at first, then repetitious/boring (C)
Sarah Maribu and the Lost World (11/6) Became repetitious/boring, short-finished in one day (B-)
A Gypsy's Tale: The Tower of Secrets (11/8) Good game, transport map, lots of B/F (B)
Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal (11/13) Loved it, fun game w/unique graphics & lots to look at (B+)
Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera (11/15) VGG/graphics/story. Glitch previously. (B+)
Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy (11/17) Loved it, prequel to 1st game, fills in story (A-)
Snark Busters: Welcome to the Club! (11/21) OK game, innovative for back then. FROG style. (B-)
Shaolin Mystery: Tale of the Jade Dragon Staff (11/23) Nice game/story-colorful, FROG style (B)
Echoes of the Past: The Castle of Shadows (11/25) Nice game, lots to do, revisit HOS (B)
Robin's Quest: A Legend Born (11/30) Fun, quest game - lots of things to do/find. (B)
Redemption Cemetery: Curse of the Raven (12/04) Enjoyed game, 3 novellas, help lost souls (B+)
Redemption Cemetery: Children's Plight (12/07) Decided to play 2nd, same game premise (B)
Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots CE (12/10) Nice Xmas game, puzzles fun, good transport map (A-)

oscar66 · December 10, 2015 9:07 pm

Tee - that puzzle you talked about was a stand out for me I quite enjoyed that one. I thought it was geared to a younger audience too, but not childish. I'm not a cat person but I love these kitties. They are so well rendered.

I started the Nutcracker one again. There are a couple of games I'm itching to play but they all seem a little dark for this time of year.

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