I finished Kronville: Stolen Dreams.  Well worth the 2.99 I paid for it.   The game alternated from the present  to the dream world and back again, so that kept it from getting boring. 

I absolutely LOVED Kronville, Sun

GH put up 2 games today. One was Grim Facade The Artist and the Pretender, Oscar, which I'll start tomorrow and the other was Danse Macabre: Crimson Cabaret PE, which In played, finished and enjoyed today!

I finally finished SLIDERS!  That's the abbreviated title of the most recent CLUTTER gasme.  I started it in May and played on and off.  3 puzzles wouldn't work for me (some sort of glitch) but I'm happy having completed 557/560 puzzles.  Definitely good value for the money. 

Good to know FudgeChi.  Especially about the GRIM FACADE game.

Sable Maze: Sinister Knowledge CE   

PROs:

  +  Really creative, fun and challenging HOPs
  +  No contextual icon changes
  +  No plus item indicators ... nothing!  Yippee!
  +  LOVED the stunning graphics, which were crystal clear
        -  the animation was as crystal clear as the static scenes!
        -  the barely spinning wheels as a plane comes in to land in BG were amazing!
  +  LOVED the music and ambient sounds
  +  Collectibles - morphing puzzle pieces (6 puzzles = wallpapers) + coins (to buy statues)
  +  Morphs not all that easy:
        -  you must be looking right at the morphs when they change to notice them
        -  they're not obvious objects, as in normal HOPAs
        -  they may just be one brick in a wall, or one small part of a vine, etc.
  +  I got so involved in the game and the story that I forgot to look for collectibles (also CON)
  +  Fairly long ... MG = nearly 5 hours ... BG = nearly 1 hour

CONs:

  -  BG too short - good but too short for a CE
  -  BBTs give TMI, eg. "I have to find some twine."
  -  You can't go back to find any collectibles you missed
       -  I missed some puzzle pieces and tough, I couldn't finish the puzzles
       -  the statues you buy are just that - statues with no extra info, etc.

  Recommendation  -  SE  -  but I'm not sorry I got the CE and it's a game I will definitely play again!

  +  Really fun game
  +  Absolutely amazing, stunning graphics
  +  Collectibles not too easy
  +  Challenging HOPs (and a couple of MGs) and fun!

  -  BG a prequel and, although good, too short for a CE at under an hour
  -  Can't go back to get any missing collectibles
  -  BBTs - TMI (but not super bad)
  -  Not v. challenging, especially some really easy MGs
  -  No replay of HOPs and MGs, and they're great!
  -  Tome mazes in extras okay but only 6 and too easy

NB: 

  -  you have to have HOP penalty to get 2 of the achievements
  -  you have to set Skip to max to get 1 achievement

HOPs:

  -  some were HARD!
  -  all were very creative and fun!
  -  variety
       -  telling you what to do (like a step-by-step inventory puzzle but with highlighted words)
       -  FRAGs
       -  progressive silhouettes
  -  some were repeated but with a different type of HOP
       -  sometimes you only stumble across the second play, which I hate in HOPs
  -  even just an interactive list - each item has to be used somewhere to achieve something
  -  they're all like inventory puzzles

MGs:

  -  some are super easy, some are challenging (eg. all the many different slider puzzles)
  -  some very creative - others frustrating (slider puzzles)
  -  all are fun, even the easy and slider ones!

I loved the creativity and it's so much fun!  


ETA:  Oops, I got the name mixed up with another game!  But it's really late.  So that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!


 

Last edited by stusue (September 18, 2016 5:14 pm)