Maybe 3.5
The game is a lot of fun, but the intermittent lack of touchscreen sensitivity - especially in the bonus game - had me tapping my screen in frustration.
On the bright side, it’s a good story, but it is a little uneven at times.Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for sharing your opinion on our hidden object adventure game! We always work on the optimization of our puzzle games, and your opinion is valuable for our team. We'll share your comments with our development team, and they will take them into account in the future. We wish you an enjoyable time!Unsolved Cases: The Scarlet Hyacinth by Lyxnminx
Attention players! From now on, the format from Domini will be hybrid games. In other words, they will always be a bunch of episodes, or chapters, united under one title, with a strategy guide and collectibles, to comprise what Domini will call a CE game. Truthfully I could do without the distracting sales timer clocks. No other developer subjects us to being annoyed with this obnoxious ploy after you’ve payed to play this content. It’s ridiculous. Also the decision points are inane. Who would not pick the best possible outcome? Oleg needs to go back to his roots: true CE games, one version! For goodness sakes, he’s sitting on a gold mine (EIPIX) and he refuses to let us enjoy these wonderful adventures. Those games were better than his any day of the week. They had way better storylines, inventory usage and mini-games. We were promised them, and then Oleg reneged, after I literally put my health at risk to broker that deal for him! This was after BF left us in the lurch and Oleg begged me to help him. I did so, and once he was successful this was how he repaid me! Well, you know what they say about karma and it’s true. He is bleeding revenue and unless he listens and starts giving us true CE games and EIPIX, I do not know if Domini can continue at this rate. It would be a pity to lose them.
In any event, this was a good game, although we had played a couple of episodes in this series. There was enough new material to keep me interested, it was a lengthy game, we were treated to some innovative gameplay, mini-games and even HO puzzles, and the quality assurance was actually decent for a change. My rating is a solid 4 stars. I deducted a star because all of the content was not new, and certain mini-games were difficult to manipulate. I was pleased that it was crime and not fantasy. I prefer the subgenre of crime, intrigue and even horror to fantasy. Fantasy is very dull and all of the storylines are the same.
Happy gaming, everyone!Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback and detailed review! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the game overall, especially the length, innovative gameplay, and quality assurance improvements. We understand your concerns about the hybrid format and the sales timer clocks. We hope future releases will better meet your expectations. Happy gaming!Puzzle malfunction
After the crash, with the car upside down: I did the lock picking with bendy wire, but it comes back with the same thing but only a half frame and none of the buttons are active. As if out of register, but obviously can’t be. Asking for hint sends me back and forth with no buttons active and no mention of second part of puzzle in strategy guide. Have hose and canister ready, but puzzle won’t get out of way to go forward.Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for your review. We are sorry that you encountered this issue while playing our hidden object adventure game. Please share it with our specialists at support@dominigames.com and try to include as much detail as possible. We appreciate your help in making our mystery puzzle quest better.