Posted on: January 5, 2025
NeverwinterKnight
Verified ownerGames: 128 Reviews: 10
Hidden Object Game With Boss Battles
It is rare to see one of these games where the protagonist is capable of casting magic without the use of alchemy, though she also brews potions and such. This is important to keep in mind for certain puzzles as you might be thinking that you "missing" an item. Meredith gets 3 spells during this adventure. The game is rather forgiving as far as hidden object games go. So during scenes where you are looking for items you don't get penalized for misclicking and there are no timers that lead to a game over. There are also no achievements tied to beating puzzles within X minutes/seconds. This means that with the exception of the "boss battles" it is mostly a relaxing experience. The puzzles were not too hard, in my opinion, with the exception of the crate puzzle. This is the first time I bothered with the "Help" button. The puzzle says that you need to build a stairs. I understand that much, however since the protagonist is supposed to directly interact with this stairs it would help if I knew how high the stairs is supposed to be for her to reach where she needs to go. Given that she even mentions that "she's 1 crate short" she must have this knowledge and it would be nice if this information could be communicated to the player. Meredith tells you where to find silver at some point so I don't think that this would be unreasonable. There are simply too many variables, otherwise, and I can stack as many as 12 crates on top of one another. Yes, I know that the solution can be seen if you skip the puzzle but you should design the game so players can figure out what is expected of them without spoiling it. Given that every puzzle can be skipped I am only deducting 0.5 points for a 9.5/10. I'd say that it is a solid addition to GOG's catalogue and may cause other publishers to put their Hidden Object Games on here with achievements which, based on my personal observation, the people who are into these types of games tend to like.
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