Comments on: Oh, There You Are: Escape Rosecliff Island

By: AdrianWerner

AdrianWerner — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:58:49 +0000

@Alan Au
They’re kind of like Mirrors Edge, ME took the most hated element of FPSes: jumping puzzles and built the whole fun game around it, while hidden object did the same with most hated adventure games element: pixel hunting :)

By: Alan Au

Alan Au — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:02:04 +0000

I remember the “hidden object” games from the old days when pixel-hunt type gameplay was common in the old Sierra adventure games, and where you would get stuck because you forgot to click on one particular pixel 2 hours ago.

By: pilouuuu

pilouuuu — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:25:10 +0000

Is Fleur-de-lis a reference to Le Fleur from Lost considering the game is on an island? Maybe I’m just watching too much Lost.

By: Helm

Helm — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:07:17 +0000

I want a find the hidden object game only you’re a doctor looking at x-rays trying to find the tumors. I want wonderful happy jingle when you click and pretty green gfx smiling star particles flow henceforth the pointer: BENIGN!

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:02:50 +0000

Said it before, but the Women’s Murder Club games are very interesting in this regard. The first is a hidden object game with adventure and puzzle elements tacked on. But the second eliminates the hidden-object finding completely, while keeping the interface typical to these sort of games, and using it to present a very basic point-and-click adventure.
Jane Jenson is basically trying to expand the adventure game market by dressing them up as something else. It’s all very interesting. They’re not brilliant games though for err ‘non-casual gamers’

By: dingo

dingo — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:49:10 +0000

Best ones are hands down the “Ravenhearst” games from the BigFish website. “Return” is the best, closely followed by the original one. “Madame Fate” is only loosely based on the main story but it’s still very good.

By: pillsxthrills

pillsxthrills — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:06:01 +0000

All those words in the picture make awesome band names…
just sayin’.
Can’t tell if it’s an I or a 1 but “I Shoot Bullets” is the best, followed by “Sword Fleur-de-lis”.

By: bansama

bansama — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:08:05 +0000

I keep hearing good things about Return to Ravenhearst, perhaps I really should play the demo.

By: AdrianWerner

AdrianWerner — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:48:55 +0000

I also love hidden object games. Especially lately. They’ve been injecting more and more adventure games elements into those games. I mean heck…Return to Ravenhearst is bassicaly a simple adventure game with some hidden object gameplay put into the mix, not the other way around.

By: BooleanBob

BooleanBob — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:12:50 +0000

For my own part I’d say my life is more akin to ‘hidden objective gaming’.

By: CG

CG — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:51:49 +0000

Hidden object gaming. Sounds like my life.

By: bansama

bansama — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:34:15 +0000

I didn’t even know there was such a genre as “hidden object games”.

it’s probably the most widespread “casual” genre now. Although I’ve grown increasingly annoyed with the overall reduction in length of recent titles. When it’s possible to finish 90% of an H.O. during the hour trial, it’s a bad sign.

The last one I played and enjoyed a lot was Coyote’s Tale (by way of BigFish), longer than most recent ones with a fairly humorous storyline running through it. Some good mini games too — although it also has it’s fair share of bog standard ones too. It’s only downside was the hint system.

As for the match 3 mini games, I first saw one of those within a H.O. game in Mystery P.I., The New York Fortune.

Well off to try this one out once it finishes downloading…