# Mystery of the Ancients: Mud Water Creek (Full) — user reviews > 98 indexed App Store user reviews of Mystery of the Ancients by Big Fish Games, Inc, rated 4.38/5 from 104 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-of-the-ancients-mud-water-creek-full/id1124143528/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mystery-of-the-ancients-mud-water-creek-full/id1124143528.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 66 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Mystery of the Ancients? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎨 Stunning graphics and visual details - 👍 Engaging and immersive storyline - 🧩 Varied and creative puzzle designs - 🎮 Unique hidden object scenes with interactive elements - 🎵 Atmospheric music and sound design - 📍 Clear and helpful map system - ⚙️ Customizable difficulty settings - 🎯 Good game length and replay value - 🚀 Smooth gameplay with minimal loading - 💰 Good value for money at sale prices - 🎤 Quality voice acting - 🏆 Consistent quality across series - 📱 iPhone-friendly interface with zoom capability - 🎁 Collectible items (bats, figures) add engagement - ✨ No in-app purchases required **Cons** - 🐛 White screen glitches in certain areas - ⏱️ Game too short for the price - 🔒 Game locks up and requires restart - 📖 Excessive story dialogue and cutscenes - 🎨 Dark color scheme becomes monotonous - 😨 Inappropriate content for younger audiences - 🔄 Repetitive horror/paranormal theme - 💾 Large file size due to video cutscenes - 🎯 Puzzles sometimes too easy - 🐭 Occasional rat/scary imagery too intense - 🔧 Technical issues persist across platforms - ⚠️ Rating prompt appears too frequently - 🎮 Some mini-games don't function properly **Commonly reported bugs** - White/blank screen in specific locations (graveyard, crypt, sawmill, farm areas) - Game freezes and requires restart - Bottom menu bar (hints, inventory, guide) disappears - Game locks up after maze escape - Match 3 mini-game glitches - Sound and visual sync issues - Scene navigation glitches (third island issue) - Graphics rendering problems in certain areas - Crashes during gameplay progression - In-app purchase billing errors - Download/installation failures for some users - Game not launching after purchase **Most requested features** - Longer gameplay duration - Journal or story log feature - Access to puzzles after completing story - More varied color schemes beyond purple-blue tones - Greater variety in game themes beyond horror/paranormal - More frequent game releases for PC platform - Ability to replay specific scenes or puzzles - Less intrusive rating prompts ## Newest reviews (14 of 98) ### 3/5 — Eh... *2018-10-29* It was good and creepy, but it was also short. I was done in less than a day, and pretty easy compared to some of big fish’s others. ### 4/5 — Interesting and great graphics *2017-08-09* This game was interesting and fun. The graphics were wonderful, I only wished the game was longer. I will however, play it over and over! ### 5/5 — 4 thumbs up!! *2017-03-03, version 1.0.2* The music, the quality of the graphics (some of the scenes really scared me while I was playing it in the middle of the night, lights off too lol) I also love the puzzles and the mini games and the reminder of the morphed items and collectibles! Thank you for such awesome game!! ### 5/5 — Mud Water Creek *2017-01-28, version 1.0.2* Good game! Worth the money! ### 4/5 — Mud water creek *2017-01-12, version 1.0.2* Very enjoyable could not put it down till end. ### 5/5 — Fun Game *2016-12-14, version 1.0.2* Very fun to play! Loved it!! ### 5/5 — Mystery of the ancients. Mud water creek. *2016-12-03, version 1.0.2* Just finished the main game. Have enjoyed it although the puzzles are not all that difficult. Interesting storyline and good graphics. H O games are not just find the object, you interact with the items. Enjoy. ### 5/5 — A really great game *2016-11-05, version 1.0.2* I loved this game even though I had problems in the abandoned farm section, 2 of the areas went completely white and I thought I would be unable to finish the game, but by using the hint button it showed up that area only, so was a bit of guesswork to complete this section, but luckily I did. The map was very clear and helpful, the puzzles were not impossible and the variety of hos were brilliant. The main game was a good length, but the bonus was quite short. It is possible to get the missing bats and figures when you finish the game, which is good. The jigsaw pieces are not to find but depend on your achievements, I had 3 missing. I paid £2.99 for this game which was a great price for this standard of game. ### 5/5 — Such a good game *2016-11-02, version 1.0.2* It's one of the best ### 5/5 — Mystery at mud water creek *2016-10-29, version 1.0.2* Loving this game so far, the graphics are great and the story is good as well, I love playing this at night in the dark, you seem to enjoy it better. 👍🏻👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2016-10-24* So often I get bored with games, which are formulaic and repetitive, but not with those developed by Mariaglorum. They are consistently entertaining, and it is obvious that a lot of time and ingenuity has gone into each game. The puzzles in this game were clever, and the art beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed it. ### 5/5 — Mud water *2016-10-24, version 1.0.2* Great game,lovely graphics,puzzles were good and lengthy game play,looking forward to the next one ### 5/5 — EXCELLENT ‼️👍👍 *2016-10-21, version 1.0.2* Mystery of the Ancients series #5 (and I've enjoyed them all...😆) This one is the best so far. The characters we meet are actually cool. I especially like the physic 😉. Game play is fun and moves along well. Some of the HOS are things that are very new and impressive. Of course the graphics are spectacular the voice overs are top notch and its all put together flawlessly. Im finding this game totally enjoyable 🤓 "Hey CRUSH I REALLY think you'd enjoy this one. With all my ❤️ my dear friend. THIS is one for U‼️ 🇨🇦❤️👵🏻 ❌⭕️🙏🏻". ### 5/5 — Myeyes *2016-10-17, version 1.0.2* Loved this game didn't get bored like some games brilliant. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hints, Inventory/bottom area disappears *2018-04-16* Good game until later stages (room where the refrigerator is) then the bottom area (menu, guide, inventory, hints - all of them) just disappears so you can no longer do anything. ### 1/5 — Mud Water *2016-11-15, version 1.0.2* I paid this much opening it in the app. Would you please reimbursed me for the extra $2.00 I was charged. Mystery of the Ancients: Mud Water Creek, Full Game Unlock + Bonus Content Report a Problem In-App Purchase $6.99 $6.99 $3.99 $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 ### 1/5 — Locks up *2016-10-29* Really good game with good graphics until it wouldn't work. Opened it up to find the map, hint, everything else gone as well. Can't do anything. Would advise to wait until this is fixed to puchase it, although other don't seem to have the same problem. ### 1/5 — Broken game *2016-10-05* Latest update has broken this game. When I go to the crypt area all that can be seen is a bright white background. Perfectly fine yesterday. ### 1/5 — Total fail *2016-10-05, version 1.0.2* Total malfunction in game including so call update to fix. ### 1/5 — Blanked out *2016-09-30, version 1.0.0* Two thirds of the way in - the sawmill - the screen went blank although the breakout scenes remained. Very poor. Story was okay and puzzles ok, although not very challenging before then. Until the blanks are fixed, save your money. ### 2/5 — Not that good *2019-03-30* Game did not have the hidden object patches as the older one did - only 4 and the rest were games, half of which did not work. big fish was a regular mothly fee and they still have over A$300 worth of credit from me and can’t seem to get it so can use it or have it returned to me. This crashed twice before I got through the main game so I would not recommend unless you like going back an beginning again a lot. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2017-10-15, version 1.0.2* Probably would be a great game, despite the graphics just not working. Unfortunately, as soon as I reach the graveyard, the main screen just goes white. One scene I could handle, when the next one went as well - just not enjoyable to play. ### 2/5 — Hope there is more *2016-12-01, version 1.0.2* I hope there is more to this game besides the basic game and bonus. Took 2 days of playing to finish. I haven't gone back to complete getting the sets. I'll be disappointed if I play again to have nothing at paying $11 for this game. ### 2/5 — Good game until it stopped functioning *2016-10-07* I wish Big Fish had better quality control. This game had the same problem on the PC platform months ago where it locks up after escaping the maze. Exact same problem on iOS now...two thirds of the way through and it's unusable. Their solution to delete and re-download means starting over. Not really an option. This seems to happen with about 20% of BF games lately. Very disappointed. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Review *2022-05-18* Good game, fun, inappropriate for youngish audiences ### 5/5 — Not at all muddy!!!😁 *2021-02-25, version 1.0.2* Excellent game, lovely graphics, good story and length, good different HOs from the normal ones, ( thank goodness) puzzles varied, and a great price...missed a few bats and figures as I was so engrossed in the game, but I'll get them all next time I play it, which I surely will, yes it was that 😊 good!!! Highly recommended 👍👍🌟🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ### 5/5 — Mud Water *2020-05-20* Enjoyable game. Beautiful graphics, pleasant music & an interesting story. Have encountered no glitches & there are NO IN-AP PURCHASES! ### 5/5 — Fantastic Game! *2019-10-04* Great game in a great series! I’ve enjoyed every Mystery of the Ancients game and this one did not disappoint! Can’t wait for the next one!!!! ### 5/5 — Excellent Game *2018-12-29, version 1.0.2* Great revenge love ghost story with wicked looking spectre that likes to creep you out unexpectedly (so watch out!) Game gets along nicely with some good mini games that are not mind bending but the usual. This is one I will want to play again. ### 5/5 — Best game I have played in a while! *2018-02-14* I love this game. I play a lot of different games, this by far my favorite. ### 5/5 — Great game *2018-02-13, version 1.0.2* Loved all the puzzles and found it very addictive. The graphics were also very good. The only pity was it ended too quickly but well worth a few quid. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2017-07-03* Loved playing this game! ### 5/5 — Great fun *2017-06-13* Good story. The game you use to defeat the bad guys was so much fun I might go back and play it again. My only complaint is that they didn't give you access to the in-game puzzles after completing the story. ### 5/5 — Good One! *2017-03-08, version 1.0.2* Enjoyed this one alot. --- *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 2026-06-10.*