I've just received yet another beta!  

This time it's the next Hidden Expedition game.  But I've only just played the latest one, which was only released 12 days ago!  I loved it!  Really, really challenging without BBTs or cursor changes and some really challenging MGs (I cheated with the SG with 2 of them), and both the MG and BG were long!  I just hope this latest one is just as good!

But now I've received 8 betas in 15 days, which is more than 1 every 2 days!  

But first, back to Strange Discoveries - Aurora Peak PE!  I remember agonising about this game when it was first released - to CE or not to CE.  I loved the demo but just couldn't justify the CE as I think, if I remember correctly, the BG was really short.  But, ever since GH started releasing BFG's CEs, I've been hoping that this one was released soon, and have been eagerly awaiting ever since it was listed on their Coming Soon list.  And it's everything I'd hoped and more!

But I'd also really been looking forward to 2 other games on GH's Coming Soon list, and both were also released today.  But what disappointments!  A Jewel game - Jewel Story - that didn't thrill me too much but, much more importantly, another Apothecarium game, Apothecarium World!  I've been watching out for that one for months as Apothecarium was on my fav games list.  But all it is is a straight HOS game, like the FTP games, with junkpiles in each scene from the original game, with 5 gold coins to get for each scene.  However, the age of the graphics really shows as they're only 2D and blurry, and the objects are all so small and blurry that I couldn't find half of them and kept on losing, and I never got past 1 gold coin in the very first scene!  Needless to say I won't be playing any more of that game, or of the Jewel game.


 

I finished Tesla's Tower: The Wardenclyffe Mystery.  You play Tesla's granddaughter and Tesla is a projection that talks to you and together you solve the mystery of what happened when Tesla's experiment went wrong back in the late 19th century and now the world you live in has no color or music.  I like this one better than I thought I would.  It does have a lot of dialogue between the two Tesla's especially in the beginning, but that dies out as you play along. 

I started on Black Swan.  So far no problems playing it and I hope I can finish it with no tech problems. 

I would love to get The ABC Murders game.  I have read the book many times.  Are Hastings & Japp in the game too?  That would make a big difference to me if they weren't included also. 
Stusue...I too think David Suchet makes the best Poirot.

Last edited by sunshinej (June 17, 2016 9:52 am)

I finished Dark Angles: Masquerade of Shadows today and REALLY enjoyed it.

I tried the Agatha Christie again but nope, so slow and jerky Took 15 minutes to get through the opening video. Maybe it's because I use Virtual Windows. After the opening, my cursor just wouldn't go to where i wanted it too. Shame Maybe it will come out for Mac and I will be able to run it there instead...though that is wishful thinking!

I've just finished Strange Discoveries - Aurora Peak PE and loved it!  
You can tell it's an older game but touch worked perfectly.   
And it had fun and challenging HOPs and MGs.  
It was also nice and long ... MG = 4:30-5:30 hours and BG = 1:30 hours.  
Now I'm kinda bummed that I didn't get the CE as it's got some great MGs to replay!  
But I had as much fun as I thought I would.  
I really liked the story, music, sounds, graphics... everything really.  
Except you can't replay all the great progressive silhouette HOPs in the extras!  
Only the interactive list ones that you play twice.  
But they're also challenging and fun so it's not so bad.  
But there are some great MGs!  
 

Thanks, stusue I had a look but it's pretty expensive and I need to be able to try it first in case it's as bad on my Mac part as on my Windows part.

Thanks for the heart icon tip on GH too, I hadn't even noticed it! It's really useful because I can add a couple of games so I know where I am up to in the alphabet.

Now finished Dark Lore Mysteries: The Hunt for Truth and Dark Sisterhood: The Initiation. Neither game was anything special but playable at least.