Great until it failed on the revolving bookshelf.
I was enjoying playing game on my MAC until the revolving bookshelf puzzle. It will not work when I click on the books. Nothing happens when I click them. I know I have the correct clue, but it just won’t accept the answer. I have closed out the game and restarted it. It is updated. This happened with another similar game. It is upsetting to get this far into a game only to find it will not work to allow you to continue to play, especially when you paid for the game. I am giving it one star b/c I can’t finish it. I was planning to buy the games that follow this one, but wuklk
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5 Stars
This game absolutely does not deserve the rating that it has. I understand that the controls are opposite of what we’re normally used to in games like these, and that can be annoying in the beginning until you get used to it, but if you look past the controls, this game is absolutely beautiful. The puzzles are great, the storyline isn’t over-complicated, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. It’s a shame that the rating does not reflect the game-play, but the controls.
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A joyless slog
Everything in this short game takes way too long. All dialogue scrolls out so slow i thought at first it was a joke. And I was ready to just quit the game when I had to scroll through ALL the letters of the alphabet multiple times.
Too short
Good game but far too short for the money
So glitchy
Game kept glitching and not storing the items needed to continue. Once the item was not added it was gone and there was no way to get it back. Had to restart the game several times before just giving up. The motion of the game and how you control movement is horrible.
Great Games
I think this is a great series. I saw the 3.6 review & that seemed extremely harsh. I love games like “The Room” & “House of Da Vinci”; this series definitely falls in that category. My only complaint is that the visual ascetic of the game is dark, which I like, but some of the puzzles can be hard to solve. There isn't enough of a contrasting color to be able to see them well. The only way I could solve the puzzles was to take a screen shot & zoom in to be able to tell what was going on. But that aside, I still like these games! & I really hope they’re going to add more to the series.
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Fun!
Nice point and click escape mystery game. Took me 2 nights to finish, a few hours of playtime. The puzzles made me think but were all logical and with the clue button, nothing is difficult enough that I needed to use a walkthru.
Not fun and hard to control
The controls are backwards and while you can swap the horizontal, you can’t swap the vertical, which makes them worse!
There are no puzzles just random things you have to find or guess. These are the types of games made by people who think they’re being clever but really aren’t that good because you have to figure out what they were thinking rather than solving a problem. Definitely deleting.
There are no puzzles just random things you have to find or guess. These are the types of games made by people who think they’re being clever but really aren’t that good because you have to figure out what they were thinking rather than solving a problem. Definitely deleting.
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Okay
It’s a decent puzzle game. I wasn’t a huge fan of not being able to jump between rooms which would have made the navigation much easier. And awfully short for the price. I see that episode 2 is a larger game so is hopefully longer if I chose to buy it. Wanted to love it more!
Disappointed
I love MC games played them all I thought until I came upon this game was so excited just brought 1 & 2. Soon as started to play I was highly disappointed it’s like not even by the Same developers the moving around I hate it why we didn’t have the option to play the real point and click version? This moving around ugh 🥹like motion sickness after awhile have to use the arrow to exit instead of zoom out all the unnecessary spinning around where is the map? The item box on the side not the bottom like the previous games it’s just totally different and not in a good way. I won’t even bother to play this just paid cause it’s media city just wish you guys would of kept it the same the new look and navigation is a no for me.
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Not intuitive
The puzzles seem fun, but the game controls (how you look around the room, how you use objects) are clunky. I find myself pointing in the wrong direction, and unable to go where I want to go.
Glitch
The toolbox puzzle has the 2nd slider bar far to the left basically off screen. The slider is outside of the puzzle and to far to even slide it. So I can’t complete the puzzle and can’t continue on.
I had to restart the game in order to be able to finally finish the game.
I had to restart the game in order to be able to finally finish the game.
Controls are terrible
Started to play this again as there’s a new edition out and I noticed that I had this one filed at the back. Remembered why. Even a walkthrough of the latest one complains about the controls so I’ll save my pennies for something else.
Good game let down by someone's decision to have almost unplayable controls.
Good game let down by someone's decision to have almost unplayable controls.
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sound issues
The sound cuts in and out, and makes it impossible to know if youve solved something. in particular, the globe. sometimes the sound of the moving globe is presnt, then its silent. got bored after not being able to play without sound. good puzzles when the game didnt glitch.
Best Navigation EVER!
Why all these sub-par reviews?
In so very many games the navigation — besides being a labyrinth, having one going back-and-forth so much, that without a cheat sheet one gets dizzy — it’s impossible to remember just where one saw what…. even taking screenshots.
This game has the most realistic navigation of getting around ever. It’s like you’re really there, and just walking. One can remember. And it’s simple. There are but two rooms. You turn left or right, walk down the hall, and enter, looking around rooms as if you’re right there! A pure delight. Congrats to the developers.
The clue book is handy, too, meaning less screenshots, and one can view and interact at the same time. But some clues didn’t get copied, because I’d needed first to actually touch them? And sometimes a single tap might have been preferable, vs. having to do two.
All-in-all, a really fun and interesting time. And thank you for playing for free! So, must review! However, for $3 I won’t purchase the sequel — assuming there’ll be more, too — because $6 or $7, overall, out-of-pocket prices, total, are reserved for purchasing interactive board games I can repeatedly play with friends, or for truly, incredibly superb games, like Myst, where ones gets lost for days on end…
Again, the most enjoyable navigation I’ve ever had. While I would pay $.99 for the next puzzle, just for fun, I’m so sorry, as fun as I had, I won’t be continuing onto episode 2.
Thanks so very much!
Linda
PS. The ending scene was my least favorite…
In so very many games the navigation — besides being a labyrinth, having one going back-and-forth so much, that without a cheat sheet one gets dizzy — it’s impossible to remember just where one saw what…. even taking screenshots.
This game has the most realistic navigation of getting around ever. It’s like you’re really there, and just walking. One can remember. And it’s simple. There are but two rooms. You turn left or right, walk down the hall, and enter, looking around rooms as if you’re right there! A pure delight. Congrats to the developers.
The clue book is handy, too, meaning less screenshots, and one can view and interact at the same time. But some clues didn’t get copied, because I’d needed first to actually touch them? And sometimes a single tap might have been preferable, vs. having to do two.
All-in-all, a really fun and interesting time. And thank you for playing for free! So, must review! However, for $3 I won’t purchase the sequel — assuming there’ll be more, too — because $6 or $7, overall, out-of-pocket prices, total, are reserved for purchasing interactive board games I can repeatedly play with friends, or for truly, incredibly superb games, like Myst, where ones gets lost for days on end…
Again, the most enjoyable navigation I’ve ever had. While I would pay $.99 for the next puzzle, just for fun, I’m so sorry, as fun as I had, I won’t be continuing onto episode 2.
Thanks so very much!
Linda
PS. The ending scene was my least favorite…
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Glitchy and dizzy
It’s very glitchy. Have gone through a wall. It’s very sensitive. It’s hard to control where I’m going. A good plot.
Very good, but those controls…
Enjoyed the games and the puzzles, along with the whole presentation of the game. The only thing I didn’t like were the controls.
Please add additional configurables in the form of reverse vertical movements and also pan sensitivity. Almost deleted the game out of frustration, but with a couple of small changes you could have it bang on!
Please add additional configurables in the form of reverse vertical movements and also pan sensitivity. Almost deleted the game out of frustration, but with a couple of small changes you could have it bang on!
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Irritating to play!!!
I am a very easy person to please when it comes to playing, and enjoying, an intriguing game. But “enjoy” is the key word!!!
The premise and concept are engaging. But the gameplay is buggy and very irritating. My first time playing I had to restart because I got locked into a scene and couldn’t back out. Graphics seem to blend into each other occasionally. Maneuvering the 360 screen is way too sensitive. On the flip side, things like changing letters on the cryptic are painfully slow. And if you miss a letter I can’t reverse it. I must go all thru the alphabet.
As for ease of play, the game is overly complex, even for an escape game. And the hints are really too cryptic to make playing more enjoyable. I don’t want to be stressed by a game. $1.99 is not much for a game. But it’s a lot when I just want the game to end so I get my money’s worth!!!
I respect the efforts of a small development team and want to support them. And I have enjoyed their other static graphic P.A.C games. So I know they can do better.
The premise and concept are engaging. But the gameplay is buggy and very irritating. My first time playing I had to restart because I got locked into a scene and couldn’t back out. Graphics seem to blend into each other occasionally. Maneuvering the 360 screen is way too sensitive. On the flip side, things like changing letters on the cryptic are painfully slow. And if you miss a letter I can’t reverse it. I must go all thru the alphabet.
As for ease of play, the game is overly complex, even for an escape game. And the hints are really too cryptic to make playing more enjoyable. I don’t want to be stressed by a game. $1.99 is not much for a game. But it’s a lot when I just want the game to end so I get my money’s worth!!!
I respect the efforts of a small development team and want to support them. And I have enjoyed their other static graphic P.A.C games. So I know they can do better.
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Excellent Game!
Beautifully done. Fun, challenging puzzles. Helpful hint system….when needed. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed.
Excellent
I have just completed this game without any hints and found it to be an excellent game. Just love this type of infectious ‘what is round the corner’ type of game. I did not find any glitches but what did disappoint me was the end when the guy sitting in the chair was talking about life and the game suddenly ended without any idea of where it was going next. Going, going,………gone. Still worth 5 stars though.
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