Comments on: Mystery P.I: The Acceptable Face Of The Pixel Hunt

By: Andrew Farrell

Andrew Farrell — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:37:37 +0000

(The bits where you get to go back to a location and remove all of the items, revealing the tranquil de-surrealised scene below are my favourite. I’m a bad man)

By: steve

steve — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:30:54 +0000

These games are weirdly appealing, but there’s another called Azada that mixes in some additional puzzle solving and object combining in addition to the pixel hunting. It gives it a slight 7th Guest feel, though given it’s “casual” nature, it’s pretty easy.

By: Taxman

Taxman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:04:54 +0000

I love these games, yeah they basically are where’s waldo. They can be “tear out your own eyeballs” frustrating but nothing beats the relief of finding that last item.

By: Demikaze

Demikaze — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:09:48 +0000

It reminds me of those internet sites that instruct you to do things like “TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP REALLY LOUD” and “FIND WALLY.”

Oh, he’s there alright, but not quite as I remember him…

By: Pod

Pod — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:17:40 +0000

Slappeh clearly has no soul.
Alonia:
By ‘revealing’ what genre these belong to, you’ve doomed my life. I’ve just found out that this site here has 800 demos, or so it claims, of these Seek and Find games. 800? 800! Eight-Hundred demos containing more than 800 screens filled with much-more than 800 objects.

and I’m going to find them all! Bwhahaha

By: Slappeh

Slappeh — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:01:56 +0000

This came free with my new acer laptop, played it for a couple seconds before getting bored and then uninstalled it.

By: H

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:49:37 +0000

Played the original of this and it was good fun for a while, but I couldn’t see myself buying it. I’ll give the sequel a go though, cheers.

By: Mal

Mal — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:47:47 +0000

It’s only $9.99 on steam

By: Alonia

Alonia — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:37:36 +0000

If you like these sorts of games Mortimer Beckett And The Secrets Of Spooky Manor is a bit short but superb. Some one mentioned the Agatha Christie games which are some of the best “seek and find” games I’ve played.

Its a shame that these are so popular because now every “casual” gaming site is churning them and “dash” games out like candy for the kiddies. Some of us want to see something new every once in awhile.

By: sluzzuls

sluzzuls — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:27:05 +0000

i played one of popcaps pixel hunters once. three hours went by and i asked myself ‘are you serious? get away from this game!’
where’s waldo was big too.
pixel hunting enjoyment is one of lifes great mysteries.

(hrm. btw, that stronghold crusader ad is a hog)

By: Pod

Pod — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:34:51 +0000

I just got kicked out of the demo. I thought it was pretty good actually. I should join the army as an intelligence offer – I’d be great at finding the enemy’s “thumb protectors” cleverly hidden amongst all the other oversized gubbins.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:29 +0000

John – might be worth checking out “James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet” (no link as the only review I could find was on JA+, it got an A: shock) Apparently it’s along these lines, but has a few trad adventure elements and some other sorts of puzzles, and Jane Jenson is involved. Not played it yet but the only ‘find the hidden object’ games I’ve played were her Agatha Christie ones.