I always liked this series, but this game fell way short of the mark. Although Rick finally returned, his acerbic wit and sense of humor did not. It seems as though Elephant is a totally different developer than they used to be, and the changes are not for the better. The storyline was banal (stealing souls? Don’t we see that enough from Domini? Elephant used to be quite creative!) The game was a mess. Firstly, the gameplay interface did not fill the entire screen of my tablet. Dialogue ran off the page. The graphics were extremely dark and lacked visual acuity, so it was extremely difficult to acquire collectibles. The strategy guide showed the collectibles out of turn, so it was useless. They should be in order by which scene is unlocked first, then second, and so on and so forth, not jumbled together. Touchscreen sensitivity issues made it impossible to manipulate all of the mini-games, so I had to skip a couple. Then there was the map. Don’t put exclamation points on a location if there’s NO available action! An objective doesn’t count. It makes for too much running around, looking for something to accomplish. In addition, the marks were so tiny you could barely see them anyway on the teleport map. Most of the mini-games were boring and rotational. I am also sick of HO scenes consisting of runes, which were also extremely difficult to see. I never play with hints and this game was so glitchy that I had to use them. Also, in an HO scene, you should be able to enlarge the scene, but Elephant took that feature away from us, making it way harder to search. For what we are paying for a very short game, we should have as many bells and whistles as possible! The only thing that kept this from being a one star game was the interesting use of inventory and generally addictive gameplay. I used to love your games, but this was a mess from a quality assurance standpoint, as well as being very hard on the eyes. So my review will remain at two stars. If you don’t fix your problems, you will continue to lose both players and revenue. I would suggest you take my advice!
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