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| 13 AUG 2011 at 10:41pm |
karlaAdministrator
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Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | I actually like HOGs in that they offer a short diversion when I need one and don't have a lot of time.
However, I do suggest avoiding HOGs made by HdO (a subsidiary of Anuman, the company that took over Microids). I think their games are dreadful.
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| 16 SEP 2011 at 9:44pm |
colpetSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I'm playing The Witches Prison now. It's a really good puzzle game. Thanks for the recommendation, Jenny100.
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| 17 SEP 2011 at 8:30am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Glad you're enjoying it, Colpet. It really is more of a puzzle game than a HOG, isn't it?
We should really try to keep that "puzzle-game" thead of mine updated, I enjoy these puzzle games too.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 17 SEP 2011 at 5:04pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | You're welcome, Colpet.
I just wish companies like Big Fish would call puzzle games puzzle games, and not call puzzle games something else while they call something else puzzle games.
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| 17 SEP 2011 at 9:31pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1632
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Once a month or so,, Adventure Gamers reviews the latest Casual games. I use their comments to demo games that appear to have good puzzles. Here's the link to the current reviews.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1365
I tried Grim Tales The Bride and will likely get it with my next credit.
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| 18 SEP 2011 at 7:42am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (17 SEP 2011 9:30pm)
Once a month or so,, Adventure Gamers reviews the latest Casual games. I use their comments to demo games that appear to have good puzzles. Here's the link to the current reviews.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1365
I tried Grim Tales The Bride and will likely get it with my next credit.
Thanks for the link & info, Colpet! Hey, I was looking at that exact same game but got put off by descriptions that it is a HOG. It will be appreciated if you let us know how the game turns out to be.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 SEP 2011 at 12:09pm |
colpetSchattenjger
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Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | I'm playing Urban Legends The Maze. This was a game I beta'd and really liked it. Lots of puzzles, and places to check out. I like the 'fantasy' environments.
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| 21 SEP 2011 at 3:11pm |
Poppy_DadaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 57
Joined: 16 NOV 2005
Status : Online | I love HOG's(hidden object games)! Especially the Dream Day Wedding series, Mystery Case Files series,Hidden Expedition series. HOGs are great casual games and now most of them weave in a real plot line to make them more interesting.
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| 22 SEP 2011 at 2:11pm |
terleyIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 22 SEP 2011
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Status : Offline | hi all
i do need to agree with what i've read here. i just purchased three new games, art of murder etc that have always been my favorites because you have to think and solve problems for the character. i really don't think looking through a pile of garbage( which aften includes a pizza (really?)),is fasinating.
anyway, these three games turned out to be the seach and find games... i cannot even begin to express how dissapointed i am. there was ABSOLUTLY no indication, that the game fomat had been changed from serious to absurd.
thanks for allowing me to vent a little bit.
terley
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| 12 OCT 2011 at 2:47am |
TinklePitIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 74
Joined: 31 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | There is one HOG which I seriously love. I have to pace myself not to keep playing so often that it gets old. And that is Mystery in London.
The creator (Big Fish Games. No, really. They directly commissioned this. No other credits.) went around to many of the famous spots in London with a panoramic camera. So every scene is 360 degrees of the shop, church, park, etc. Everything photographed and fairly reasonable. (I especially enjoyed the cigar store where I tried to see how many brands I could identify.)
There is a cheesy story between scenes about solving the Jack the Ripper mystery, but it doesn't get in the way. (I still say Leather Apron did it.)
The end result is a very nice tour of London without a lot of repetition.
Other than that, Escape Rosecliff Island is a pleasant break from Solitaire, but not much more. Most HOGs have such ridiculous stories that I can't get through them.
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