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TiramaSue · July 9, 2016 3:20 pm

FudgeChi wrote:
I found the list here:
https://support.gamehouse.com/entries/24123863-Which-games-have-been-discontinued-Can-discontinued-games-still-be-redownloaded-

I do know what you're all saying. Mighty annoying if you'd bought one! No idea how far back it goes being relatively new to GH.

Thanks for the link. I bought the early Mystery Case Files from RA, they disappeared from my purchase history after the merger with GH. They are not currently being offered for sale, and they don't appear on either the discontinued or removed lists, so those lists must periodically be purged.

FudgeChi · July 9, 2016 3:44 pm

That doesn't surprise me, TiramaSue. Sounds like the merger created havoc! I'm hoping CS is better now at GH, I've not had the need to use it yet. For me, it's a problem to know what to use my credits on. All I know is that it's saving me a fortune. Before playing MC I used to really spend more than I could afford at BFG and I couldn't keep that up.

WendyDarling · July 9, 2016 5:45 pm

I prefer GH now and only go to BFG to check forums. I have hundreds of BFG games so I'm not worried about any of my games going 'poof', I'll just play a different one. Or get a replacement coupon for a shiny new game. I can't even keep up with the GH New Releases, lol. I'm saving a ton of money with GH. I get mostly M3s with my monthly coupon and then use the reward coupon for a TM CE. I've started Age of Heros The Beginning M3. It has relaxed and a limited moves options, I chose limited. I've had to replay a few boards. You have to fulfill several different goals to pass a level. Could be a certain amount of one or more tiles, break all chains, break all blocks, different goals every time. You also have to drop chests off the bottom of the board. You have power-ups off to the side, a hammer, a shuffle, etc. As you advance you get Heros to help, you can only choose one per board. When their bar fills you can use them for a short time. One puts acid bombs on the board, another makes your power-ups fill faster and gives you double points for your matches, one lets you make chain matches for awhile, another allows you to move pieces regardless of whether it makes a match or not. Different stuff that I've never seen before in a M3. The only real problem I have with it is if you fail a board it doesn't seem to allow you to switch your Hero to one who might help better in that situation.
I'm also trying to finish Dark Tales Masque of the Red Death but I had to quit playing it in mid June when I couldn't get internet for 2 weeks so none of the scenes are familiar anymore. At least I remember most of the story. It's the one where you place the spheres of guilt on the scales of justice. I still need to finish up Lost Lands 4 Horsemen, too. At least I finally quit playing Silver Tale.... I think.

TiramaSue · July 9, 2016 5:58 pm

Games bought on BF don't go 'poof'. Only games on RA/GH change from games a person thought they bought to be games they merely rented and the lease has now expired.

When I go to download a game I've bought, it's because I want to play that specific game. I don't want a coupon for a shiny new one, I want what I have already paid for. If I had wanted to merely rent games, I would have signed up for that type of membership.

Many of the games RA/GH stole, yes stole, from me, I paid full price for because RA only allowed you to receive 1 game club credit per month.

FudgeChi · July 10, 2016 1:36 pm

Nice to see you, Wendy Hope it's going well.

I finished Fall of the New Age today. I'd started it before I played Wolf's Stories like mad so I'd kind of lost the plot!

It's good we have the choice between BFG and GH. Some players like one way, some another and some both.

stusue · July 10, 2016 3:00 pm

Well, Boomzap's having major problems with its first ever game for GH!
And I can attest to that!
Cathy's Crafts PE was released last Thursday and there's already been an update!
Problem is, the update actually made things worse!
The goals for some levels are unattainable and you can't continue without them.

This is Cathy's (ie. Boomzap's) response on the Cathy's Facebook page:

I just want to let you all know how very sorry I am about the difficulties you're having with my new game! I have a feeling maybe Ming "helped" with the update my team made??... But I promise my team is working their butts off this weekend to fix everything that accidentally got broken by the last update! I hope this *correct* update will be out on Monday or Tuesday! Until then, I hope you will all bear with me... it takes a lot to make a game for the first time, and I hope you all stick around to enjoy its awesomeness once the problems have been solved! Thanks to all of you! Love, Cathy

NB: Ming is the cat in the game.

Not a great way to start a new relationship...

lilyr · July 10, 2016 4:03 pm

It may not be the best way to start a new relationship stusue, but it seems to be Boomzap's norm. Unfortunately. They used to be one of my favorite DEVs. Loved Dana Knightstone and Awakening Kingdoms. I was enjoying their two F2P games too. But then the updates caused more problems than they solved (if they were even supposed to solve any). Ah well.

stusue · July 10, 2016 4:50 pm

July's CEs:

Cursed Cases: Murder at the Maybard Estate Collector's Edition - HOG [Daily Magic Productions]
Dark Parables: Swan Princess and the Dire Tree Collector's Edition - HOG [Eipix]
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Metzengerstein Collector's Edition - HOG [ERS Game Studios]
Darkness and Flame: Born of Fire Collector's Edition - HOG [FIVE-BN Games]
Elven Legend 3: The New Menace Collector's Edition - Builder [Growing Grass Studio]
League of Light: The Gatherer Collector's Edition - HOG [Mariaglorum]
Moai IV: Terra Incognita Collector's Edition - Builder [Alawar/Toyman Interactive]

Cursed Cases - Demoed it today - really liked it (contrary to a lot of fishies in the forum) but not enough extras to warrant the CE - the usual plus - Developer Diary (some scenes from the game with one of the developers in each - not very interesting imho), 13 morphing collectible character bios (you'd have to be blind to miss them), 6 M3 levels, 26 achievements (mostly the usual earned and gameplay ones - but there are a couple of different ones) - but no replayable HOPs or MGs and nothing extra like a Souvenir Room.

Dark Parables - Demoed it, loved it, bought it, haven't played it yet.

Dark Tales - Betaed it, can't remember it.

Darkness and Flame - Bought it, played it, now downgraded my recommendation to definitely the SE but the CE only if you like all the collectibles, as the MGs got easier and easier with a lot of them in the bonus chapter getting my EP rating (easy peasy) and the bonus chapter was a bit of a let down. I'll give more details tomorrow as right now it's way past my bedtime and I'm blinketty blink.

Elven Legend 3 (TM) - Got the first 2 - played the first, think I've played the second, really interested to see why this one's a CE!

League of Light - Got the other 3, all as CEs, only played the first (one of the best collectibles - difficult owls in all different forms, but HATE that Mariaglorum doesn't support touch at all and I'm forced to use the mouse - one of only a few developers whose game engines don't support touch!

Moai IV - Demoed it, saw it was like all the others I already have, don't know that it's really CE worthy but got it in the BOGOF sale on BP Tuesday (for the extra punch) as who knows, one day I might actually play a Moai game in Timed Mode and the SG might come in handy!

But there are only 7 CEs listed and we've already had 4! So 3 to go and there are still 3 Thursdays and 3 Saturdays left in July! So what are we going to get on the other 3 CE days?

Tirama, do you know?

There's only 1 game listed so far for August:

Enigmatis: The Shadow of Karkhala Collector's Edition - HOG [Artifex Mundi]

It's been 3 years since the last Enigmatis!

Artifex Mundi released 2 games in June ... Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (the first is in my top 3 of all time) and Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily. However, both are just for Apple and Android (also at Steam) with in-app purchases. But I was sent the beta for both, as well as another one - Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery - so hopefully they'll all be released for PC by BFG one day.

ETA: I just thought to check the upcoming games on All About Casual Game that don't yet have a release date and found quite a few upcoming games from Artifex Mundi (but notice that of the 5 listed only 1 is actually by Artifex Mundi) :

Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily - HOG [Artifex Mundi] - beta August 2015
Eventide: Sorcerer's Mirror Collector's Edition - HOG [Artifex Mundi / The House of Fables]
Faces Of Illusion: The Twin Phantoms - HOG [Artifex Mundi / Moonlight Interactive]
Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom - HOG [Artifex Mundi / World-Loom]
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard Of Mystery - HOG [Artifex Mundi / World-Loom] - beta June 2016

However, no:

Grim Legends 3: The Dark City - beta March 2016

and that's already been released by Artifex Mundi as an app, and that's the one I'm really waiting for!

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FudgeChi · July 10, 2016 4:51 pm

It is a shame, I used to love Boomzap too and Awakening. I did look on the FB page after what you posted, stusue, and I do admire the pic above the post saying mea culpa. One can forgive a lot of things with an apology.

stusue · July 10, 2016 4:58 pm

lilyr wrote:
It may not be the best way to start a new relationship stusue, but it seems to be Boomzap's norm. Unfortunately. They used to be one of my favorite DEVs. Loved Dana Knightstone and Awakening Kingdoms. I was enjoying their two F2P games too. But then the updates caused more problems than they solved (if they were even supposed to solve any). Ah well.

Lily, I thought you guys had mentioned that there'd been probs with Boomzap's F2P games!

But how could they have had problems with GH's game engine that has already produced how many of these Delicious and its spinoff games? Because it's exactly the same as all the others, just different backgrounds and stories, but the engine's gotta be the same as it plays exactly the same as all the others.

And Boomzap also used to be one of my fav developers, too, but my fav series of theirs was Botanica.

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