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 | Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace - Secrets Of Kings And Queens |
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Product Description
12 acts with 48 levels. Hundreds of items in each location. Combine unique items to solve problems. Each act is completed with a unique puzzle. Based on a true story from Buckingham Palace. Unique credit-based hint system. Items found throughout the missions act as puzzle pieces at the end of each act.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #237 in Software
- Brand: Big Fish Games
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
- Format: CD-ROM
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Features
- Peel back the curtains on one of the grandest buildings
- Western world to look for treasure and uncover its deepest secrets
- Search for hidden objects and play ingenious mini-games
Customer Reviews
a lot of fun, and ideal for the hearing impaired. Probably suitable for some vision impairment.
Hidden Mysteries--Buckingham
Palace is a pretty, if short, little game. It's mostly a hidden object
game (HOG), with a few relatively easy puzzles thrown in. Many of the
puzzles may be solved for you if you wish, and the unique hint system
for the hidden objects is worth noting. While there are enough searching
locations to avoid boredom, in my opinion, only the crowns move, so
it's not the hardest HOG around. This is a plus to me because I was
looking for a relatively easy, non-brainbusting game. The informational
tidbits about the rooms were fun and weren't, to my recollection,
repeated even when the room itself was.
"Buckingham Palace" is
fine for the hearing impaired because there is no dialogue, and the
informational tidbits are fully captioned for all. I'm not even sure
whether I put the sound on at all, although I usually try to do so at
least once. It would probably be fine for a pretty large amount of
vision loss as well because the hint bubbles are nicely large, and the
objects tend to be so as well.
Morbid
music
Not a bad game, although they
could have hidden the items a lot better. The worst part was the morbid
music. Made me feel like I was at a funeral. Depressing. My advice -
keep the sound off.
Short but Fun
I enjoyed Hidden Mysteries:
Buckingham Palace, in spite of some negative aspects. Since we are all
different, with varied tastes and backgrounds, I'll list my negative
impressions, followed by the things I liked about the game...
1.
It was way too short. I finished it in less than three hours my first
time through, playing in Relaxed Mode.
2. The music was
repetitive and annoying, but I was able to turn it off in the Options
section. The sound effects in outside scenes consisted of repetitive car
honks and bird calls. The indoor scenes were silent.
3. There is
very little animation. Clouds move across one scene, and a bird flies a
short distance. Other than that, everything is fixed.
4. There
is no interaction with characters, though there are letters to read,
written by historical people long dead.
5. There is no
congratulations at the end of the game, making the ending feel
incomplete. There is also no ranking or points given, so you can't have
the challenge of trying to better your score.
6. There is no
extended game where you can remove all the items from the scenes and see
them "cleaned up."
Now for the positive...
1. The varied
puzzles at the end of each level are fun, different and challenging, but
not too hard. You solve the puzzels by using some of the items
collected at different sites. (There are no jigsaws or matching
puzzels--relief!) If you get stuck, there is a Solve button to push.
2.
The graphics are nice. The Buckingham Palace rooms are eye-popping,
even littered with objects. And close-ups of important objects that go
into inventory are really nicely done, as well as the beautiful
gemstones to be collected.
3. Each scene has two hidden crowns to
be found, that give extra hint points. You can also click around
without being penalized. The hints are three-fold: one point gives a
shadow shape, two points give a picture of the actual item, and five
points will find the item for you.
4. Interesting historical
facts about the palace and grounds are presented throughout the game,
and the storyline is compelling enough to keep one curious. The game is
based on historical facts...real political intrigue during the time of
Queen Anne.
Hope this helps!
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