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★★★★★
LOTS of PLAY...so far so good.
This is a quirkier game than others by Big Fish that I have played. I am about 4 hours into it and there has been A TON OF PLAY!!! And it has run flawlessly on my Kindle Fire HD 8.9" with great zooms, saves my place reliably when I leave, no freezes and the only thing I will say about the ho scenes is that some are really HARD, which I love, because they are chocked full of stuff and some are very well camouflaged with the background...you really do have to look on the zoom, but I have found all of the objects so far. There aren't any below the bottom inventory bar. The graphics are just amazingly rendered and beautiful! Even if they are gross!!!! Each scene is just gorgeous like all Big Fish I have played and that's why I love them so much! And the story is really good, too. I REALLY, REALLY dislike the sarcastic remarks that ensue when you try the wrong tool for the job...they are derisive and really detract from the game's great atmosphere of dread and fear. Interjecting these remarks takes you out of the moment. The puzzles are difficult and I do wish there was a walkthrough within the story. There is a journal that is really useful with locations, secret numbers and signs and hints, but not for the puzzles; BUT you can skip them...whew! I just could NOT figure one of them out. There are a few humorous little clues that enchant! And some very cute animal animations. Just darling! I give this 5 because it is very long and intricate and has worked fine for me. It's difficult, but not impossible to solve the puzzles and I just love the look of it and the way it works. It has a strong story and MANY LOCATIONS, each beautifully rendered. The ho's are just incredibly lovely and complicated. It has a LOT OF PLAY. Take away the sarcastic remarks and it is perfect for me so far...will update this at the end. I want to add a plea for more of these games...I just love this mystery ho genre and hope that BF will give us Kindle folks some more! ADDENDUM: Just finished...have about 20hours in it but I love to linger over puzzles and take in all the GORGEOUS graphics...it's just visually stunning! It was just a work of art. The ho's are amazingly crafted and chocked-full and zoomable and get harder as the search goes on. There is only one CON: There is no help and the "Crime Computer" inventory hint system does not work 90% of the time and in any event, it only shows you a tiny "photo" of what the item you try to drop on it from your Inventory is used for. So, I got stuck and I mean really stuck about a third of the way in. I missed a pivotal clue and I just could not find where I'd gone wrong no matter how many times I went back and forth. I had to resort to the very excellent online walkthrough on Gamezebo to figure out what I'd done wrong. All was then GREAT! I just LOVE this game! But if there weren't help online, I couldn't have finished it. So, I wish there were a in-story hint system like on most of the other wonderful Big Fish Games.
January 2013 · Software · verified purchase
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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst (Full)
3.8★ · 830 ratings, as of 2023
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