# Cadenza: The Eternal Dance — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Cadenza by Big Fish Premium, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 1,487 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadenza-the-eternal-dance/id1336578434/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadenza-the-eternal-dance/id1336578434.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,036 · 4★ 283 · 3★ 106 · 2★ 31 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of Cadenza? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Good story - 💡 Innovative puzzles - 🎨 Lovely graphics **Cons** - 🔍 Text too small to read - ⏱️ Game too short - 🤔 Lacking in depth **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio issues - Unresponsive controls **Most requested features** - Increase text size - Extend game length - More engaging storyline ## Newest reviews (18 of 50) ### 3/5 — Good but hard to read *2024-01-08, version 1.0.0* The font in this game is WAY too small. You have to strain to read it and sometimes the text is gone before you can finish reading it. ### 3/5 — Eternal dance *2023-07-25* The writing is very small not enjoying this game ### 3/5 — Very Short *2023-03-29, version 1.0.0* The graphics were lovely and an easy storyline but it was very short game for what you pay for ### 3/5 — Worth a go! *2023-01-09, version 1.0.0* This game is OK. I had to skip most of the puzzles as I found the instructions lacking. The story line isn’t all that interesting but I still enjoyed the play. ### 3/5 — Good not great *2023-01-04, version 1.0.0* I find some of the items are not very responsive. Otherwise it’s a good game. ### 4/5 — Good game in every way but text size *2021-07-14, version 1.0.0* All the Cadenza games are good: clever, artistic, and they try to make good use of music a person can actually listen to and enjoy. This is not the best Cadenza, but it's a long shot better than most others of the HOP ilk. Mini games are fun. If the text were large enough to be readable, I would have given this game a 5th star. ### 3/5 — No SOUND on iPad 14.0.1 *2020-11-27, version 1.0.0* This game is all about music and there’s no sound coming out at all on my on iPad 14.0.1 ! Please tell me what it could be. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2020-03-15, version 1.0.0* I actually liked this game. Mainly for the innovative puzzles and hos. Many of the likes, in both categories, I have never seen before. I didn’t feel it was any shorter than any other game nowadays, but I don’t skip puzzles so that may be why. Storyline was okay, but made no sense as to why if one person signed the contract, why did the sister get taken? No real depth to the story or characters, but there never is any more. Morphing objects in the hos, and collectible dancing figures in each scene. If you like creative puzzles and hos, give it a try! ### 4/5 — Très bien *2020-01-11, version 1.0.0* Jeu intéressant pas trop difficile avec indice. Les messages sont écrit beaucoup trop petit. Le prix quand à moi est trop cher. ### 4/5 — Not my favourite from the series *2019-09-12, version 1.0.0* But amazing graphics. Storyline wasn’t my cup of tea and felt it was shorter than the others in the series so not worth full price. ### 2/5 — Nothing like Cadenza Used to Be! *2019-01-24, version 1.0.0* All of the great music, compelling storylines, and diverse characters that I loved about Cadenza are gone! This is just like any other game now — focused in the supernatural, bland voice acting, and boring music. I’m so disappointed! ### 4/5 — Good game, but mini games *2018-12-30, version 1.0.0* Are too straight forward and easy. ### 3/5 — LOOK HERE For HOAG & Adventure Game Developers *2018-12-28, version 1.0.0* 12/28/18 ADVENTURE GAMING COMPENDIUM: Gamers may want to try the following game developers & publishers in light of Big Fish selling out for casino money.😣 Artifex Mundi: started with Big Fish and now publishes its own HOAGs as well as HOAGs from game developers Brave Giant, Cordelia, House of Fables, Moonlight Interactive, Sunward Games, One More Level, So Digital, Two Desperadoes, and World-Loom Games. G5 Entertainment: similar to Big Fish. Publishes HOAGs from Artifex Mundi, Fenimen and Shaman Games, among others. Haiku Games: excellent free point and click adventure games, which include tons of minigames but not necessarily hidden object puzzles. Rumpus Animation: they publish the Bertram Fiddle series, which is very witty. Discover and use items as part of gameplay. Five-BN UK: terrific series such as Darkness and Flame, Lost Lands, The Legacy and my favorite, New York Mysteries. Absolutist: publishes its own HOAGs as well as HOAGs and adventure games from AZ-Art Studios, Lazy Turtle and Shaman Games, among others. I recommend the amusing Witch’s Pranks: Frog’s Fortune, although it is a little short. Pendulo Studios: known for the Journey Down, Runaway, Hollywood Monster and Yesterday adventure game series. Not aware of any HOAGs. Beware that one of the Runaway Games has a game-ending glitch (everyone comments on it so you will know before you purchase). Alawar: like Artifex Mundi, Alawar started with Big Fish then branched out on its own. Publishes its own HOAGs as well as adventure games from Tiki’s Lab and Wellore. I recommend the Dark Angels, House of 1000 Doors, Lake House, Paranormal Pursuit, Stray Souls and Weird Park HOAG series (note that Big Fish has some bf not all of the related games). Animation Arts Creative GmbH: develops the Lost Horizon and Secret Files adventure game series. Application Systems Heidelberg Software: developed the lengthy adventure game Nelly Cootalot and The Fowl Fleet. Microids: develops and publishes HOAGs and adventure games, including the Syberia adventure game series, Red Johnson’s Chronicles adventure game series (may not be publicly available any longer), and one of my favorite, Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders. (This isn’t a HOAG, it’s the quintessential detective game.) Microids also publishes HOAGs and adventure games for Anuman Interactive and Pendulo Studios, among others. If you love quirky hidden gems, try the Tova point and click series as well as “Freda and the sequel,” all developed by Biscuit Placebo and published by Jens Staaf; and Kelvin and the Infamous Machine, written and published by Blyts. ORIGINAL GAME REVIEW: My first criticism is, unfortunately, one that applies throughout the game. The text is SO small that I can't read some of the instructions, and I have 20/20 vision. The same is true for some of the details in the scenery. It seems like they failed to account for size when they converted the PC game to one for the iPhone and iPad. Overall this "new" game feels like I've played it before. The plot, minigames, settings, even the sound effects, have been recycled to the point that you know when the dog is going to bark. The controls are also a disappointment. The game is particular about where you place the cursor, especially in HOPs. The "you are here" icon on the map hovers north of where you actually are. The map doesn't indicate when there are collectibles to find. Difficulty can be customized, but only so far (e.g., you can't opt for more challenging puzzles, and the ones you get are pretty easy). IMHO, The Eternal Dance is the weakest in the otherwise solid Cadenza series. (Try "Fame, Theft & Murder" to see what I mean.) I bought this at the sale price and I'd probably do so again, but I definitely wouldn't pay $6.99. ### 4/5 — Good game *2018-10-26, version 1.0.0* I enjoyed this game but the only bugbear was some of the mini puzzles. I found that linking one item to another took a while before it would click into place. Unlike most games taking one item to another would be acceptable but in this game I needed to scroll around the screen before it would click into place. This is very annoying, it may be part of the game but it can also be very off putting and at one stage I got quite fed up with playing. The aim of a game is to be able to play it without becoming frustrated at the non smooth running of it. But apart from that it wasn’t bad for £3.99. But I wonder how long it will be before it comes back as a sale game. So far with the iOS platform instead of two games a week we are down to one with another that had only been released a few months back to being offered for sale at a reduced price. ### 4/5 — Attractive except for small print *2018-10-21, version 1.0.0* Very nice visuals except for the tiny print. Puzzles were fairly basic. Nothing creative done with HOPs. Length of play including bonus game ok. ### 3/5 — Easy games *2018-10-16, version 1.0.0* Mostly a good game, but so far all the mini games seem way too easy. ### 3/5 — Very short game *2018-10-13, version 1.0.0* This was a lovely game to play with beautiful graphics but not worth it fo $10.99! I was expecting it to go for much longer. ### 3/5 — 😀 *2018-10-09, version 1.0.0* Love mad head games but found this rather dull compared to the others . There was no spark to it rather underwhelming. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 🤨 *2022-05-08, version 1.0.0* I was enjoying this game until it said I have to pay £6 to play the rest of it. Although it is a good game definitely not worth the price. ### 1/5 — Eternal Squint *2020-04-15, version 1.0.0* Don’t purchase unless you were looking for the Eternal Squint version. The writing is so small you need a magnifier to see the dialogue. I must say I’m playing on an iPad. The style of writing makes it worse and the print size must be set on 2. If you don’t have bad eyes 👀 you will. Had my glasses 🤓 too. Yikes! ### 1/5 — Wired game *2020-01-09, version 1.0.0* The print is so tiny you can’t even see it. You basically have no direction on what to do or what’s needed because you can’t read anything. ### 1/5 — Goodbye, Big Fish? *2018-11-27, version 1.0.0* My rating is for Big Fish, not this game. It has been 13 years since BF released Huntsville, the first HOG. It was a pioneering game, leading the way to the HOGs of today. Now that BF is no longer supporting these games for the iPad, I don’t know if I want to support BF. Is it only a matter of time before all of their games, even for the PC, are pay-to-play? I know that sometimes HOGs get monotonous with tired storylines and worn out puzzles. But how much fun is it to pay real money to bet with fake money in a “casino?” To get amazing jackpots worth trillions of dollars in play money? Or to pay for those power-ups that are necessary to beat otherwise impossible levels in many of the other BF games? The new powers that be at BF may think that they are moving forward, but their greed is leaving many of us behind. I will not pay for their shortsightedness. And bedtime, which I used to look forward to as a time to escape and de-stress, is now just time to go to sleep. Goodnight, Big Fish. ### 1/5 — Unfinished *2018-10-22, version 1.0.0* While I love the other entries in the Cadenza series, this is the worst. The audio is glitchy, the plot is terrible, the story ends abruptly and the whole experience is a disappointment. It is all too obvious the programmers gave up towards the end. Save your money. ### 1/5 — Too small to read *2018-10-07, version 1.0.0* I love all the other cadenza, but this one is almost impossible to read. Not going to unlock it until they update it. ### 1/5 — distracting flashing lights *2018-10-06, version 1.0.0* Toward the end a giant metronome shows up in the sky and it flashes the screen white at every stroke. It's so annoying it's almost punitive. It made the game unplayable for me. ### 1/5 — Deleting after playing 10 minutes! *2018-10-06, version 1.0.0* I can hardly read the font! Too annoying to try. Do better, BF! ### 1/5 — Too short *2018-10-05, version 1.0.0* Only 4 chapters in this game, Plus a bonus game but the majority of these games on here lately have been five and six chapters long it doesn’t seem like they’ve done anything to update these cadenza games they seem like they’re all the same. ### 1/5 — 😡😡😡 *2018-10-05, version 1.0.0* The writing/captions are so small and flashes on the the screen so fast it cannot be read, or comprehended! Sorry I won’t be purchasing this game at all if I don’t even know what’s going on! Sad too I’m sure it’s a great game? PLEASE MAKE THE PRINT SO IT CAN BE READ!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I like it *2022-06-24, version 1.0.0* Good story engaging good puzzles not too demonic ### 5/5 — Cadenza and other *2020-07-31, version 1.0.0* Absolutely amazing cannot stop playing Just hope that like Cadenza a one point to go on have to pay !! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2020-07-08, version 1.0.0* Excellent ### 5/5 — Excellent *2020-06-26, version 1.0.0* I love this game. Hidden objects are excellent. Puzzles are hard to do. ### 5/5 — Good game *2019-02-24, version 1.0.0* Enjoyed it. Nice music, too. ### 5/5 — Excellently Rendered, Short but Sweet! *2018-10-06, version 1.0.0* Edited after first review. I went into the Extras section to locate the Bonus game. That is why I ended up playing the Match 3 game forever. You need to go back to the main menu screen to select the Bonus game! Collectible dancing couples, morphing objects within the HOPs, beautiful graphics. At the conclusion of the Bonus game, you can backtrack to locate missed collectibles and replay the HOPs. There is also a treasure hunt game. Finally, no elves, fairies with annoying voices, etc. Nothing innovated, but I really enjoyed playing this game! ### 5/5 — Dance *2018-10-04, version 1.0.0* Buy👍. A lot of time and talent went into producing this game. Lots of new puzzles that are a challenge. I’m enjoying and hope you do too. Key West Jessa ### 5/5 — At last a decent game *2018-10-04, version 1.0.0* It’s been too long since a game from Mad games. You can’t beat them for storyline and art and perfection. ### 4/5 — Actually like this one! *2022-01-20, version 1.0.0* I've been on a hidden object kick for a few weeks now and so far of the 10 or so I've played this is my favorite. The clues make sense, mostly. They actually have HOP's in this game! It seems that so many of the ones I've been playing have just tossed them in so they can call themselves HOG's......they're only fooling themselves and those of us stupid enough to have believed them! Why not 5 stars? Yeah, well here's the thing. There are times that it's incredibly hard to place an object on the thing it's supposed to interact with!!! That's more frustrating than trying to baptize a cat! Otherwise I'm enjoying this a whole lot. ### 4/5 — Fun but some quirks *2021-09-22, version 1.0.0* Test is WAY too small. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-11.*