lilyr wrote:

stusue -- SPIRIT OF REVENGE sounds like it's right up my alley.  Easy, good graphics, good story. 

Lily, I think you'll like it.  As I said, it may be easy but it was fun, in a creepy way, which I love.    And the little girl's so cute I want to help the poor wee thing.    I think the story's pretty much been there done that but I still want to investigate more of the cursed castle! 
 

Yes Stuesue, that´s my plan. I had to promise hubby that this will be cheaper in the long end.
Hope he doesn´t have a long memory  (Actually he didn´t even mention Zylom !)


I don´t know why it became cheaper, I was gladly surprised and hit the pay button fast 

Last edited by Anki (April 10, 2014 3:13 pm)

Anki wrote:

Yes Stuesue, that´s my plan. I had to promise hubby that this will be cheaper in the long end.
Hope he doesn´t have a long memory  (Actually he didn´t even mention Zylom !)


I don´t know why it became cheaper, I was gladly surprised and hit the pay button fast 

ROFLMAO! 
 

I played the bonus chapter of European Mystery: The Face of Envy CE this morning and really enjoyed it.    Unlike Oscar, however, I thought it was quite long, and it was a nice addition.  I'll do a proper review tomorrow as I just don't feel like doing one today.  I just have to try and remember what I thought about the game. 

This afternoon I started playing Lost Lands: Dark Overlord CE ... and I it!  It's much meatier than The Face of Envy.  And I had to stop before I finished the main game!    I'll be continuing as soon as I wake up in the morning!  One of the achievements is to finish the main game in under 3 hours.  The only way I'd see that being possible is to play it on casual, skip every puzzle, use the jump map every single time you had to go somewhere, and make full ... and constant ... use of the Hint button! 

Before I started playing The Face of Envy I checked the achievements to see what I had to do or not do to get all the achievements (I always check) and didn't see one for not using the Hint button in the game, just for not using it in the HOSs.  Then, once I'd finished, I'd missed out on 2 achievements ... 1 for not using the Hint button at all !!!! (I used it to move around when I couldn't remember where something was) and obviously the one for getting all the achievements!    The Hint button achievement was right up the top and I missed it when I moved my cursor around to see what they were.  So, I started playing Lost Lands and didn't use the Hint button; instead I used the map to see where I needed to be then ran as fast as I could to that location (I never use the jump map as I'd rather walk around the amazing scenes).  And guess what ... in this game there's an achievement for not using the map more than 5 times but none for not using the Hint button outside the HOSs.    I'm just hoping it only registers if you use the map as a jump map and not just to have a look. 

I was looking at the forum for Lost Lands as one of the achievements didn't register and came across the following posts ... it's hysterical!  I don't know if it would be that funny if you haven't played the game but I think it would still be funny.

This is the initial post by MissAbby, commenting on the opening scene ...

MissAbby wrote:

I'm sorry, but the opening cut scene made me laugh out loud! With all the warnings about inappropriate use of cell phones...this has got to be one they should include:

Never park on a rocky cliff by a thick forest in the middle of the night, let your little boy sit on the ground outside the car and play with his teddy while you're standing on the other side of the car talking on your cellphone!

And this amazing response by Tauret ...

Tauret wrote:

Well, I’m the odd fishie out again as it made perfect sense to me that Mom didn’t call anyone for help.

I can just imagine how it would sound...

There are game references here, though in a twisted disjointed way, so if you don’t want to risk possible spoilers you should not read the rest of this.

911: What’s your emergency?

Mom: I (sobs) I had just parked in a dark rather spooky looking forested area and was trying to explain to my dead-beat ex-husband that my son had a dentist appointment tomorrow so Jimmy couldn’t mow his lawn when he (my son not my dead-beat ex) wandered off with his teddy bear and was eaten by an old oak tree that did a rather weak impersonation of Gandalf.

Then I did a few HOS and puzzles and I saved a cute little owl from evil nasty crows then met a dwarf or maybe he was a gnome and he told me I had to make a potion to wake the spirit of the lake and she told me to bring her jewelry before she would help and then the dwarf/gnome’s evil brother sailed off with my son while little Jimmy just sat there on the raft, looking just like Jimmy senior crashed out on the sofa on game day. I tell you, that kid has no spunk, no sense of self preservation, no gumption. Oh and the evil dwarf/gnome keeps sending this flying smoky guy with horns and red eyes after me and he is kinda hot, but he disappears when I try to give him my phone number and now I have to gather some fireflies and figure out how to use a crossbow.

911: You did HOS? What exactly did you do with the HOS and was this before or after you paid them. How may HOS were there?

Mom: Not HOS, HOS and I don’t remember how many there were, but there were a few and I finished them without even one Hint. And then the mini’s I did a few mini’s too. I don’t skip the mini’s, not ever.

911: Mini’s? Ms. just exactly what color were the mini’s you did?

Mom: Huh?

911: Let’s move on to the crossbow. Do you have the crossbow with you now? Is the crossbow loaded?

Mom: No, the crossbow disappeared when I lowered the plank on the boat so I could get the pearl.

911: The pearl?

Mom: (getting frustrated) Yes, the pearl! The pearl for the talking statue chick from the lake. She’s immortal but unable to fetch her own pearl from an abandoned ship. The pearl was in a HOS.

911: I see.

Mom: I had to give her the pearl so she would help me find Jimmy.

911: And did this lake woman help you?

Mom: Uh, I can’t remember. I know I gave her the pearl, but then it’s all kind of hazy. I can’t remember if I did another mini or maybe there was another HOS or gosh, I don’t know. All I know is that my pants are skin tight, I ate too much pizza for supper and my dear child is sailing around with a mad dwarf/gnome and I think my owl is getting restless.

911: OK, we want you to remain calm until one of our officers can get to your location. Please be certain to have the owl restrained according to state raptor codes and have a copy of your owl ownership permit available for viewing, including the owls vaccination record.

All crossbows and other weapons should have the ammunition removed and be securely holstered.

Please refrain from taking any more mini’s and stop playing with HOS. Do not, I repeat, do not interact with any flying demon like entities and we will be with you as soon as possible.

Mom: Well, OK, guess I’ll play some F2P games while I wait.

Sneaks into the room slowly - eh hey everybody. Long time no see.
I know, I've been absent from the forum for a while. Though I'm not sure if everyone remembers me or not. But anyway, things have been pretty crazy there for a while. Earlier this year, we had a huge snow and ice storm in SC. We had a large enclosed screened porch that covered our pool area. Well, all the ice and snow caused the entire thing to collapse. Even 2 or so months later and we are still waiting for them to start builidng the new one. Luckily insurance will cover it but it's super slow going.
Also, I had to go in to get a root canal done. That same day we had to take our boxer in to get an xray because she hurt her leg and we thought she may have broken it. Well, they did the xray and the vet found a mass on her bone and it appeared that there was also bone missing. The vet said it was probably bone cancer. They did a biopsy and that came back inconclusive. Well, my dad finally got them to send all the information to a specialized radiologist, and he said that no, it was a bone cyst. Thank goodness. My dad made an appointment to take her to a bone specialist to find out what the options are for removing the cyst. Get this, just for a consultation with teh radiologist, it was $150. Crazy. Granted, it was well spent but still it's crazy. So, yeah, we are relieved but still waiting to find out the best way to make her better.
Even though I work from home, work has been running me ragged lately and I haven't had as much time to play games. Though I have had a chance to play a few. Just yesterday I finished Dark Strokes: Legend of the Snow Kingdom. It was pretty good. Though I thought that the ending for the bonus chapter was a bit lackluster and anticlimatic. I thought it would be better than it was. Good game though. Enjoyed it. The game was rather long, which I liked.

I'm going to see about getting the new Surface game, Reel Life this weekend if the sale is good. It looks promising. I'm also interested in the new game Violett that came up the other day. It looks promising. I'm going to download the demo and hopefully play it tonight or sometime this weekend. I was also able to get Vacation Adventures Park Ranger 2 the other day. Haven't had a chance to play it yet though. Has anyone played either of these two games? Any thoughts?