Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time Collector's Edition Game Review and Download

 for only 13.99 USD!

Hello, my dear friends! Today we are reviewing new Big Fish Game - Echoes of the Past: The Citadels of Time Collector's Edition. It is the third part of Echoes of the Past game series, so you can call it Echoes of the Past 3. But first of all let's see what Big Fish is showing us in game video.

Time Traveling - intriguing! But don't be hasty - let's better examine Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time Collector's Edition deeper. First of all take a look on the game main menu.

Rather dark and mystical, isn't it? And so the game is. As I said before, Echoes of the Past: The Citadels of Time is the third part of Echoes of the Past game's series, so the storyline continues story of the first and second parts of the game - Echoes of the Past: Royal House of Stone and Echoes of the Past: The Castle of Shadows.

This time the witch that you defeated in the previous parts of the game is back and she is really angry on you. She is fast, strong, has been collected many magical powers and abilities - shortly she is a real pain in the butt. And she is not stupid, but a really inventive!

So Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time game is starts with her complete and absolute victory - Witch has captured you into time-traveling trap! Now all inhabitants of the Orion kingdom is in deadly danger and there is no one to stop the witch from kingdom's devastation. Endless night is going to fall onto heads of all honest people in your once happy kingdom. The fate of your kingdom, and so is your own fate is now lying in your hands.

You can't help your people - first you must save yourself and find a way to break the witch's spell and restore your way home. It wouldn't be easy - witch wasn't sent you elsewhere, you are still in your home castle, but you are lost in time! In Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time situation is changing dramatically: one moment you are in the middle ages, meeting knights with crossbows, next moment you are seeing 19th century cannon and after a while - standing before personal computer! It won't be easy to find your way back home!

As usual for hidden object/puzzle games, in Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time you are going to collect different hidden items and clues, featured of them will be added to your inventory to be used by you in some puzzles later. Puzzles by the way are interesting, many of them easy enough, but others are tricky. There are also lots of videos in game (created on the game engine, so you shouldn't see the difference with the gameplay) opening the story of the game and it's connections with events from the previous parts of Echoes of the Past to you.

As always, in Echoes of the Past: The Citadels of Time you can use hints and as always for Collector's edition, you can use Integrated strategy guide, but I doesn't recommend to use it regularly -  then the game will be too easy for you.

As you can easily understand, time, timers and clock are playing the great role in the game (especially those, who are going backward). So you will see them a lot - from electronic clock with alarm to the big mechanic clock, sun and moon clock, clepsydra and hourglass.

Restore defeated and captured inhabitants of Orion from the time ghosts to the normal state. Travel through different eras, use time as your ally, escape the time limbo, stop the ugly old witch!

Complectation of Echoes of the Past 3: The Citadels of Time Collector's Edition is usual for Big Fish Games Collector's Editions: step-by-step Integrated strategy guide (I mentioned about it before) with color pictures, about three hours of bonus gameplay, precious wallpapers, concept art and lot of funny minigames. So try this ravishing game and for a time you will forget this boring gray world!

Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor Collector's Edition Review & Download

 for only $ 13.99 USD!

Hi everyone. Today we are reviewing newest game from Big Fish Games - Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor Collector's Edition. This is another Hidden Object, Puzzle, Adventure game. As usual, Big Fish Games Inc released Collector's edition first to retrieve maximum funds from gamers all over the world - you won't see usual edition for $ 6.99 USD in the near future. So if you wanna play this game soon - pay $ 13.99 USD and be happy.

But enough talking about sad. Let's better see gameplay video.

What may I say? Graphics of the Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor game is adorable but a bit dark and gloomy (what is excusable, game story is about demons), gameplay is absolutely usual for games of the such kind, so if you play any Hidden object/Puzzle/Adventure game you will not be surprised.

You will explore old manor, collect hidden clues and objects, experience exciting and creepy adventures, solve various puzzles. Nothing special.
Lets now talk about Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor storyline.

Your best friend has been disappeared, so you start to looking him. Found clues and evidence led trace of his to the doors of the Lockwood Manor - old giant abandoned house with long story of crimes, killings and dark magic.

They say, from time to time some evil witches and wizards summoning demons in Lockwood Manor. So there is one more thing you are going to find out. Can you save Jenny and defeat the demon?

First everything goes good: you are coming to  Lockwood Manor and meeting no resistance starts to explore it, trying to find your missing friend. But the more you found less you hope not only to save your friend, but also to save yourself. Wizards are still here (at least one of them) and demons too.

So it's up to you to defeat the demons and stop the demonic mechanisms, working in this cursed manor. Will you be able to save your friend and yourself after revealing dark secret of the Lockwood Manor?

As about me, I liked the storyline. I didn't told you everything, it's only the beginning, so there are many surprises, that awaits you before you can reach finale of the Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor. Only one thing - game is not intended for the little children, it's too dark and scary for them.

Let's now talk about complectation of Collector's Edition - I think you really want to know why you should pay $13.99 for Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor Collector's Edition? Complectation is pretty usual for Big Fish Games:

1. Bonus gameplay. Another chapter of storyline, fully connected with the main plot and including unique puzzles, hidden objects scenes and bonus videos. It will entertain you for an hour or two, so it's completely worth some additional bucks.

2. Integrated Strategy guide. Can help in complicated situations, there is even no need to close the game to see guide recommendations. With step by step explanation and pictures strategy guide is pretty useful and convenient. Forgot to say - usual hints are also included in the game.

3. Concept art. Some of it is nice and delectable, other - just a pencil sketches. I rather wouldn't pay for this.

4. Wallpapers. They are real nice, some of them you can see on the screens. But should we really pay for them? Don't know.

5. Music soundtracks. There are only seven songs, about two minutes each. Melodies are really ravishing, but that too few for my taste.

Summing up all 5 items, they may worth 7 dollars Big Fish asks for them.

Now about system requirements. Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor Collector's Edition don't asking much, it only needs you to have Windows OS (preferable XP or 7), CPU: 1.0 GHz, 512 MB memory, 537 MB free on your HDD (or flash-memory, who knows) and of course DirectX 9.0. Nothing supernatural, right?

So summing up Mystery of the Ancients: Lockwood Manor is good Hidden Object/Adventure game isn't dedicated for children. It's dark and grim, but storyline is exciting and gameplay is almost perfect. I recommend this delightsome game to everyone. Be a real friend - defeat the demon!

 for only $ 13.99 USD!

Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast Collector's Edition - Game review and download

 for $13.99 USD only!

Hello again. Not often Big Fish Games releasing two new Hidden Object, Puzzle, Adventure games in every day. But in these two days it happened. So today I'm reviewing new high-quality Big Fish game (I never met any Big Fish Hidden Object game's failed, not all of them were brilliant, but none - completely boring) - Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast. Storyline of the game, as it is obvious from the game title is build on the basis of classical tale story about Beauty and the Beast. But scriptwriters doesn't went easy way - when the story of the tale ends, the story of the game just only begins.

Before we'll talk more specific about Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast game (as you mast notice, game continues game series of Mystery Legends) let's see the game video first. As usual, it was created by BigFish.

High-spirited, isn't it? Big Fish can do such videos, that you suddenly want to play this game. And that isn't strange, because Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast game is really beautiful.

All of you must remember original story of Beauty and the Beast tale: evil witch curses young prince for not a big mistake. He is doomed to have a face and body of hideous monster,staying the same kind young human inside. Moreover, in time he is going to die. Everyone scared to death and run away from him. And the only way to remove the spell of nasty witch - is to find true love of the Beast.

Only when some girl will be truly in love with him, ignoring his ugly appearance, and will give him a kiss of true love, only then the spell will be broken and young prince once again will become human.

It happened. True love has come and the Beast become human again. But that was only the beginning of your journey - happy life of Beauty and Prince (the Beast in the past) hadn't last long. Once again they are divided by magic and darkness. Lots of obstacles stands on their way to reunion. 

You must find help from your old friends, acquire some new ones and meet interesting magical creatures on your way to beloved one. Travel through locations of magical world, restore peace and order in your land, defeat the enchantress, free the prince!

I won't tell you all secrets and twists of the storyline, I might say only that you will be surprised.

Collector's Edition of the game, as usual for Big Fish, includes Integrated strategy guide (you can see it in the video and on the screens, strangely, strategy guide didn't includes any pictures, text only), nice wallpapers and concept art, bonus quests and puzzles and Beauty and the Beast complete novel (for those of us who still didn't read it).

IMHO, game is noble and ambrosian. Gameplay is classical - hidden object scenes, puzzles, again hidden objects with animated scenes, opening the story for you. There is nothing really new in this game, but all old and standart features of Hidden Object, Puzzle, Adventure genres are realized here on the highest level. And as far as game has moderate system requirements (1 GB RAM, 1 GB HDD, CPU 1.4 Ghz) you better play Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast - game is worth it.

Urban Legends: The Maze Game Review and Download

 for 6.99 USD only!

Hi there. Today we are reviewing a new Big Fish game - Urban Legends: The Maze. Review will be short, because I have not very much time. The Maze is continues traditions of  Urban Legends game series - game telling us about another creepy urban legend. Let's see game video to find out, what is all about.

As usual, we got to solve a big dark secret, finding something hideous and mystical. But game is realized good, graphics is top-class, so why not?

Surprisingly for Big Fish, it released usual edition of the game without a peep. Usually for Hidden Object, Puzzle, Adventure games Big Fish firstly releasing Collector's edition for double price (14 USD) and only after month or so releasing usual edition for 7 dollars. Not this time. Lucky for us!

System requirements of the game are moderate enough for 2011 - 2.0 GHz CPU, Windows (not 98 :)) or Mac OS (10.4 or more), 512 MB RAM and about 1 GB of HDD. Quite normal for nice modern game.

Now let's talk about storyline. Game is dedicated to the reality TV show "The Maze" - all participators moving through the special scaring maze to the exit, first one who will find a way out is the winner. Unfortunatelly, in the day of game finale electricity blinked and TV signal was lost.

When the power was restored, revealed, that all game participators has been missing. Their inconsolable families hiring you to find out what happened and to discover whereabouts of the missing men and women. It won't be easy - you will face vengeful ghosts and some dark force, trying to stop you. Your own fear will be the most dangerous foe in your mystical travel.

Gameplay is pretty usual - look for Hidden objects like moth, badge, bail, handcuffs, glove, pills, walkie-talkie, scroll and many others, in hard places use hints, solve puzzles like hacking the safe - nothing really new. But it realized on high-quality level, so if you are fun of Hidden Object games - Urban Legends: The Maze is for you. Th only thing: this game isn't really suited for little ones, they may be scared a bit. Eventually we are talking about urban legends, right?

 for 6.99 USD only!

Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign Collector's Edition Game Review and Download

 $13.99 USD

 Hi, my dear friends. Today, at September 15th, we will review new Big Fish game - Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign. It belongs to my most loved genre combination - Hidden Object, Adventure and Puzzle. The First Sign Game continues series of Voodoo Chronicles games about excellent private detective James Voodoo, who faces the most complicated and hopeless cases, including some strange cases with paranormal activity included.

 First of all, let's watch Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign game video from Big Fish games.

It shows main advantages and features of this lively game, complectation of Collector's edition, key elements of the game process. But the most important - video shows us perfect animation and unsurpassed graphics of Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign. Video Sequence is absolutely topnotch, all characters looks alive.

Let's now talk about Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign storyline. It dedicated to investigation of mysterious case by detective James Voodoo. Case starts with investigation of some strange attack, and will continues in tho form of adventures to various places on usual old ship and airship. Sometimes you will travel in sunny weather, other times you will face with furious storm.

It's hard to say, what's more frightening - travel through huge waves on the old creaking ship, when it is about to smash on the rocks or dangle in the sky as a toy of a storm, torn apart by lightning.

Find out, why the train has crashed, fell down from the broken bridge. Examine your office to find hidden clues, travel on dirigible to hidden islands, discover the mystery of train ghost and flying man.

Explore the forsaken hamlet of Ravenhill and uncover its mysteries. Find out, who was the man, that sent a scull to your office with dark magic. Then visit the Richtown, one of the most wealth cities in the world to find his dark monster, that bloodily dismembering the townsfolk.

Uncover the secret of the lost tribe, explore strange locations, defeat bunch of crazy wolves, use hideous laboratory to solve this mystical case! You will meet giant war robots, and dangerous monsters. Help out James Voodoo!

System requirements of the game isn't very big: 512 Mb of RAM, any modern Windows OS - XP, Vista, 7, 900 Mb of Hard drive space, DirectX 9.0 and 1.4 GHz processor. Not quite hard, isn't it?

Now I'm going to tell you about complectation of Collector's edition - surely you want to know, why should you pay  $14 for this. Complectation is standart: 

1. Wallpapers with game views, nice and beautiful.
2. Additional quests, tasks and a little storyline side branch, connected with the girl's kidnapping.
3. Integrated strategy guide - all quests and puzzles are solved, all hidden objects on hidden object scenes are enlighted. Shortly saying - helpful for those who's stuck.

4. Screensavers. Some of us still using this thing, so they may find screensavers useful.

5. Concept art. Mostly - black and white. Very good.

6. Musical soundtracks. Quite melodic and pleasant.

IMHO, this complect is worth additional 7 USD, but it's up to you to decide. As about the game - I liked it. Plot is interesting, quests are good, graphics is pleasant to the eye. What else do we need?

 $13.99 USD