If you want to go absolutely insane, please be my guest and play this game. I know many of you don't really care what I have to say, but I am doing you a favor here!
BigFish and Elefun, I will not buy any more games from this developer! The graphics are sub-par, the lag time is horrendous, and the lack of originality makes for an incredibly tedious game. It's a pity, because if Elefun sharpened up the graphics, removed the lag time and gave us some puzzles that weren't only rotational, the gameplay would have been enjoyable. How is it that the lag time in the trial was only 3 seconds and by the time you reached the bonus adventure it turned into about 10 seconds? That is annoying and misleading.
This developer does give you some bells and whistles: customization of settings, a teleport map which indicated when you had found collectibles, complex items to assemble and some variation in the HO scenes. If you didn't want to complete those there was a jigsaw puzzle option. Tasks were regularly updated and there was a back button. The game ran smoothly except for the untenable lag time. It is very hard to say whether the game was lengthy because the lag time made it monotonous.
My final review will stand at 2 stars and I feel I am being quite generous. Lynxie sends 💋😘❤️🤙🏻to all the gamers who finished this tedious mess of a game!
Locks up for no reason. What a waste of money. Of course it didn't lock up until I paid to continue. Crooks!! Don't waste your money
Good storyline, with lots of interesting hidden object scenes & puzzles. There are a lot of unique & creative aspects to this game, which is very refreshing for this series. I personally, did not experience any lag times or glitches in this game. I can honestly say, that I have enjoyed this one and it I felt that the developers really improved on this one. Morphing & collectibles to collect, along with a teleporting map that indicates if more collectibles need to be found. After reading other reviews, I am confused as to why some experience lag times and others not? Total mystery, unless it has to do with the updating of operating system. Therefore, I recommend this game and hope fellow gamers can experience this Good game!
Thanks to the developers for the effort that they put in creating this - Improvements definitely were noticed.
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I did not have problems other reviewers experienced. I,also, have not installed the most recent update for my IPad, if in fact that makes a difference. I rated a 4 just because the story line was "so so". Did enjoy the game play, puzzles and HOS. Only experienced loading delays in the last chapter. Have not completed the bonus chapter yet. Recommend this game for the times when BF offers several duds in a row and we are in need of entertainment.
Downloaded but couldn't get it to run. Second game to do this. Sometimes I think the rush to get the games out. I must have 50 of their games. Running issues with new games I've only seen in the last two months. Something in their release process has changed.
I didn't hate or love this game. It was just ok. I wish the demo had been longer. Although, if it had been longer, I may not have purchased. I didn't have any issues with lag time, I just found the game a bit dated. If you are going to purchase, do so at the lower price.
The graphics, HOPs, and mini-games were great. The only things I found very frustrating were that many times when I tapped an inventory item it booted me out of the scene. Also, I was kicked out to the strategy guide when trying to move forward or tap on an area of interest.
At first I was afraid to even do the free trial but I am glad I did. I experienced no issues with it. So give it a try! You may enjoy yourself.
Yes it lags and I think developer and bf need to make this right after these updates. Other then the lag that makes me crazy, the game isn't all that bad. I like the idea of choosing between hops and puzzles. Graphics could be a little more crisp but I enjoyed it after I set my mind to finish it.
NEW UPDATE: after finishing the main game, I'm sorry to say that the lag increased up to 8-9 seconds (started at 3 seconds during the trial). Adding in the fact that you have to re-play HOGs (and there are quite a few HOGs), I'm dropping my review to 2 stars. Without the lag, this would have been a solid 3 stars. If you're patient, you might have a go at this. Otherwise, hold off for better games ...
Here's another entry from Elefun, notorious for having increasingly long lags between scene transitions. Unfortunately the trials don't give you a good sense for how bad it will get - I've been fooled many a time before with reasonable lags during the trial, only to have up to 10s+ lags by the end of the game. It's unfortunate because their games are usually quite good from a story, gameplay mechanics and character point of view. Custom mode of play, transportable map, collectibles (the items vary), morphing objects in each scene. The map also shows where collectibles and morphing objects still need to be found, which is always helpful if you're trying to find everything. HOGs offer an alternative puzzle game. I'm giving this developer one last try and will update my review if the lags get seriously annoying :)
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