#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND ONLINE FREE PLUS#

My only complaint about this game is a very minor one. The background music is fitting for the atmosphere of the game, and even though it repeats, it never gets annoying and the loop isn't really noticeable. At least for an American English-speaker like myself, the words used to describe the objects are accurate. The backgrounds, and items to find, are fairly clear and sharp. It's like solitaire, but with a cluttered room.Īmong the classic HOGs, Escape Rosecliff Island shines for me for these reasons: Most 'HOGs' today are really just point-and-click adventures with maybe a few hidden-object puzzles thrown in, which are fine, but sometimes I just want to mindlessly scan-and-click on a screen for a few hours. I prefer the old-school hidden-object games like this one-a bunch of scenes with lots of hidden items to find, with the bare minimum of story to tie them together. If you are, I definitely recommend this game. You need to be an HO fan and be in an HO mood. It's an extremely fun thing to do! No, this game is not for everyone. So afterwards, you're left with a thoroughly bare room. Just as in The Lost Tomb, you can clear each hidden object scene completely (when you find an item, the word is crossed off and another pops up in its place).

One is Unlimited Match 3 and the other is Unlimited Hidden Objects. Find 50 locks in those 25 areas and you open up 2 Bonus Games. There are 25 scenes that you repeatedly visit but there are so many items in each, you're always looking for something different. The game is just many HO scenes with puzzles here and there (jigsaw, memory tiles, match 3, and word search). There's no scare factor - you're just searching for items that will help you leave. There's no story other than 'escape the island'. I wouldn't say there's anything remarkable about the game. I didn't REALLY need to buy it on Steam but I wanted it with my 'steam HO set' and also wanted an excuse to play it again. Such is Escape Rosecliff Island but I prefer this game over all the rest. Actually, there are quite a few Popcap games that are pretty much just pure HO scenes with little to no story. This game has a lot in common with the other I just reviewed, Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb. I purchased this game in a bundle of Popcap games, which in my opinion is the only way you should get a hold of a copy of this game. Still, I wouldn't really recommend this game, unless you have great patience and tolerance for redundant gameplay and repetitive actions. With well over 2000 objects to find, it will definitely take some time - and I took this time to find all of them without taking hints. One small highlight, however, was the finding of all 50 locks, which would then permit to play the bonus games, as well as looking for all the objects in every of the 25 pictures. There's 25 levels, and on average, you'll have to go through 4 or 5 different places to look for objects. In my opinion, searching for 80 objects in one level (the highest amount you'll have to find) is just too much.

While I did finish the story mode of Escape Rosecliff Island completely, and did have a fair amount of fun with the concept of searching for objects hidden where you'd expect them least, the game very, very quickly became very redundant. If so, buy it if it is on sale for 90 percent off. Verdict: Don't spend 5 dollars for this game unless you happen to enjoy visiting the same hidden object scenes over and over.

#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND ONLINE FREE PLUS#

On the plus side, the artwork is nice, with the hidden object scenes not being overly cluttered, and the items were often cleverly hidden. As much as I enjoy hidden object games, even I found myself overwhelmed with mind-numbing boredom. As you progress along, you begin to see the same hidden object scenes again. Upon completion of the puzzle games, you are rewarded an item to assist in your escape, such as a bucket or a stack of wood. The gameplay consists of you bouncing from one hidden object scene to the next, and as you finish a 'level,' you complete a simple 'puzzle' game such as a word search or matching tiles. There is no dialogue with NPCs, no narration, nothing. There is no explanation as to who the previous resident(s) of the island were, or why the island is now deserted. Not even for the price of 5 dollars.Īpparently the plot states that you have been shipwrecked on Rosecliff Island, and your task is to collect items to help you escape. I wish I could recommend this game, but I can't.

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