Archive for November 2009
Today I’ve downloaded casual game Antique Shop from RobinGames.
And that’s why I’m going to tell about it.
First of all, when I started playing the game, I thought it was simple click management. But as the number of objects increased, it was more and more interesting to play this game.
The main goal of the game is to collect enough money to go to the expedition. We make money by selling antiques to people. And we spend them when we want to buy bonuses and new objects for sale.
But the most interesting things – are expeditions . Actually we make money for them. But nobody will let you simply go to the expedition. At first you need to make some preparations – buy some objects for travelling. (more…)
A hidden object game from Playrix Entertainment caught my interest and never let go. I really like to play this game with its magnificent art and design, first-rate structure and a well-made scenario. I played one riddle, then another…. When I caught up to the reality the day was well spent.
What will you do once you inherit the manor with a magnificent but run-down garden at the back? Restore it of course! As a bonus you will get a butler, Austin, who will help you in your quest to restore your back yard. You could buy an assortment plants and garden elements such as bush or marquee, birdcage or plant.
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Certain lack of money is the main thing that makes this hidden object game difficult but interesting. To save your oasis of green you will be able to sell piles of junk that you have in 15 rooms of your manor. Jumble sale? Yeah! Each sale is held in a single room where you must find what your customer wants to buy. People will come looking for things like kitchenware or even chess pieces. Those are of course out of sight, and it’s up to you to locate those hidden objects the quicker the better. First rule of successful business – the customer must not wait too long. (more…)
The Mystery of the Crystal Portal – one of the products of Real Arcade and Alawar Entertainment – is one of the best casual games you can stumble upon nowadays.
An adventurous journalist Nicole Rankwist receives a letter from her father Robert, who in his archaeology dig came across an amazing artifact. Said discovery is not only exciting but dangerous – it could change the human race. And guess what? Right after sending the note Robert went missing. Following his trail Nicole searches for the pieces of the key, hidden objects spread around the world.
Your mission goes all the way through Africa, Russia, the Swiss Alps, Japan, and dangerous Mayan ruins. Each location includes two or more scenes as you hunt to reveal a hidden part of the Crystal Portal. This casual game contains both usual for this class of hidden object games locating of “normal” items and search of “story” items which help to reveal new scenes, “puzzle” items that unlock the final stage of each round and “container” items. Container items allow you to expose another array of hidden objects you must put into the container. From time to time you have to find hidden object which will be used in other scenes.
As usual in hidden object games finding the containers turn out to be a tricky business. Only when your cursor transforms into a magnifying glass you will discover one. Once you fill the container with items found it will vanish, uncovering hidden treasures under it.
Today I was playing a new casual game from Meridian93. Now, it’s a story of day-to-day activities of young lady, who always wanted to become an artist. But her dream came true in a pretty unexpected way. She became a restorer.
This Hidden Object game pleased me not only with its classical variants of levels, but also with some innovations. First of all we need to find objects not in the littery rooms or not less littery places on the fresh air, but on the masterpieces of world art. Yes, guys, you did not mishear me, I mean paintings, the paintings of art masters of XV-XIX centuries. Not of the whole XIX century but it’s beginning. I guess it’s for not having problems with the copyrights. 
But let’s get back to Hidden World of Art. After the game loads, you can see game menu and an easel. Why do you need an easel? (more…)
Magic Farm game is a casual game of Farm game genre.
Besides, it’s a sequel of popular game Magic Farm about a girl Iris, who had to earn money to find her lost parents. Magic Farm: Ultimate Flower is more then just add-on to Magic Farm but it can’t be called full sequel as well.
What is an add-on to the game? Add-on is a game on old engine with old graphics bit with new story line. Guys from RobinGmaes did quite the contrary. They made over everything except the plot. Although, no! They’ve changed the plot too. But let’s review in order.
So. Graphics. All graphical constituent was worked over.. Improved interface, all graphics is remade, all prints and background compositions were newly drawn. New plants, bonuses and pests are added.
Scenario. The beginning is the same but the ways of reaching your goal are different now. Now there are several additional quests added. Besides, one more Farm is added at the end of Magic Farm Game. Accordingly one more turn of plot line is added to it. Now everything is coming to an end not like it was in Magic Farm.
Gameplay. Except new bonuses, plants and pests, which I was talking about before, guys from RobinGames added additional features for the farms. So you can get a wisdom totem – Wooden Owl, on the very first farm. If you click on it, when it’s eyes are shining, you will get several experience points. When you get the experience maximum, you can upgrade on of your 6 skills, which help you through the game. Besides if you see a water drop after you killed some pest, don’t be afraid. It’s just a drop of dew, which will enrich your water resource in your barrels for +1 litre. And the number of such drops is high. Some of them even influence the additional quests.
From all described above, I can say only about 1 minus. Those who already have Farm Game Magic Farm, will find many new and interesting things in the new version of the same Farm Game Magic Farm Ultimate Flower. But those who downloaded Magic Farm: Ultimate Flower first, won’t find interest in downloading and especially buying the first Magic Farm.
P.S.: For those who will ask how do I know so much – I’ve played Magic Farm Game and never downloaded the demo of Farm Game Magic Farm: Ultimate Flower, I bought this game at once and played it till the end. I’ve spent the whole evening and a part of night. Just couldn’t stop playing it.
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Magic Farm – is a new Farm genre game from RobinGames .
The plot of this story tells about a girl Iris, who had to grow flowers on her Farm in order to make enough money to start a quest and go searching for her suddenly disappeared parents. At the beginning of the game, our inventory is very casual – barrel of water, which needs to be refilled for money, box for flowers to gather; flowers themselves and ordinary garden spade.
The Farm itself looks like small piece of land, before parents’ house in the village. But, very soon Iris will get a real fairytale helpmate – small dragon Robin, who was left for Iris’ care by her gone neighbor. Bad news is that your plants are attacked by different pests, such as snails, boars and bees. Not a single Farm Game goes without them. Pests can be destroyed by series of spade hits. And as time goes your spade turns in to magical sword. You also get help from your dragon the helpmate who has it’s own intellect. It also can manage the farming works. But it’s intentions don’t always correspond with player’s plans.
As time goes by, the number of pests becomes so high that sometimes the whole battles take place on the farm. Fortunately, our heroes are getting upgrades, because they have definite skills which are updated as their experience grows. But let’s get back to the main action of our casual game – growing plants. You can plant flowers which you need to buy first, then water in time and gather flowers.
As time goes by, your plants grow bigger and give more flowers. And if you have a plant for pretty long time, then it gets a level up, and starts giving new kinds of flowers. You can also buy new farming equipment, for example, bigger barrel and even your own well. You also need to play definite quests. It’s kind of a Quest Game, you know.
Chronologically, “Magic Farm” consists of usual levels according to such genre of the game – days. The Map of this fairy world is colorful and vast. And not everybody can finish this Quest , but I think it’s worth of starting. Especially for those who love flowers and Farm games.
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