Another ghost needs our help to release him from evil that is following him in the afterlife. This time we will learn more about the life of Mark Twain and his family.
Standard hidden object game with a nice graphic, good scary moments, decent story full of conspiracy theories and rather good puzzles (yay for ships / nonograms). They are still using those advanced description in the HOG scenes, but they are not so clouded anymore. Achievements can be a little bit grindy if you hunt for every clover and raven. The story isn’t that confusing as Salem witch trials, but still can be a little bit overwhelming when there is a lot of characters.

And again another ghost needs your help. This time we will learn the truth about the death of famous illusionist Houdini! But it’s not Houdini who asks for our help, his wife can’t meet him in the afterlife and we have to reconnect those two lovebirds.
I think I enjoyed this one the most from the whole series. Story wasn’t confusing and I have oriented in it rather nicely. The magician setting was pretty and I have enjoyed the puzzles. Confusing description in HOG scenes still remains though, seems like their trademark. XD

This is an old point and click adventure which is very specific with its design and dialogs (monologues), also all of the characters are dubbed by only one actor (perfect Jiří Lábus). Soundtrack is very good. Sadly, the game is showing its age in many aspects. My first problem was getting right screen resolution to be able to play at all, luckily AltTab have corrected it. Another problem was with an opening intro, graphic freezed so you had only sound to enjoy. Strange thing was that after few restarts and AltTabs it worked nicely, at least for one time. :)
Story is following monk Severin on a run from monastery… and that’s probably all I am sure about. XD I think it’s all about meaning of life, time, death, destiny… but don’t count on me on this one. Truth is, I was pretty confused at the end, I am not certain, but the developers have smoked some good stuff for sure. Also the game is rather full of nonsensical solutions and that was driving me mad, I had rage quitted few times.

After saving our father and secret order of guardians, we have to help them again. Ancient artifacts are being awakened and threatens safety of the world, we have to destroy them. To do that, we need to travel in time and find their creator who can destroy them.
Very nice visuals and good puzzles, some of them are very innovative, but the story continues in the silliness, also it’s a little bit copying prequel… siblings… fire and ice... X) Oh but you have cute little helper, gryphon baby! :)

We are stranded in an ancient kingdom after successfully destroying powerful artifacts. Now we have to find way back to our future, but we must not forget our ultimate enemy Dragon clan that wants us gone.
So yet again, nice graphic and enjoyable puzzles. There’s a lot of characters this time and slightly different plot from previous games. This time your helper is young Anubis with some godly powers! ;)

So it’s done. We have finally completed it! :D
This is such a great funny game! We have enjoyed so much playing it in co-op! We even remember some of the recipes, especially for the salad - Manhattan! Can’t imagine playing it alone, my brain would have just blown off. X) I hope that even the second one can be played in co-op... The visuals are simplistic but strangely appealing, also I love how the customers have the same expression all the time, they are so thrilled on the party. XD Special events were fun to do, could have been more of them. ;) We have laughed so much, great game.
Serving 15.000 customers was real pain in the back though!

So, in this case works the saying: Nomen omen, as it was truly Weird. XD

Weird Park: Broken Tune - your first visit in an old amusement park which is said to be haunted by tragically deceased clown (he is ugly). You play detective on search for lost journalist. You will also find little Joker who sabotage you on your way. In the end you send Joker with ugly clown to abyss.
This one is weakest from them, not so good graphic, huge backtracking. One good point for “scary moments”, some of them were rather nice. When I thought that I got to the end, second half just started… it seemed to last forever.

Weird Park: Scary Tales - this time I am not sure if we are playing as man or woman. o.O Young girl ghost causes us to crush near an old abandoned house, where apparently lived the deceased ugly clown. So Joker and ugly Clown are back on scene. So after we many many many times thoroughly search the crashed car, house, hut, under lake, flooded library we enter the mysterious fantasy realm in which we have to save nine children. They are turned into dolls based on 7 different fairy tales (Cinderella, Aladin etc.). All in all, this was a nice idea and I would have liked it, if I we didn’t spent so much time in the real world. Again, I have just wanted it to end and it was still going on and on and on.
This one has better graphic and also some voice overs. Real world has a lot of undesired backtracking. It crashed on me and corrupted my profile, luckily when I was done with it.

Weird Park: The Final Show Collector's Edition - the big finale. Another missing child another work for detective. This time we spent a little time in real world and jump right away into fantasy realm. Big ugly clown is back yet again with his fellow Joker. But! Twist! Big ugly clown needs our help as he is just victim. Okay… Young boy is slowly turning into doll and thus giving his humanity to devious Joker who wants to rule the world. Humanish Joker was even uglier than our clown and that’s really something.
Graphic is nice in this one, but sadly all cutscenes were weirdly blurred, all of the characters are voiced. One of the hidden object scene has a bug, where you are supposed to find two exactly same things. You will find it only once as the other thing is completely different thing. So, I wanted to get the in game achievement for not using hint or skipping mini game, I had to click on everything to find my right item. And then I find out that I have not obtained these two achievements! Gah!

This was really weird experience. If they made just the first game it would have served the purpose. With both closed eyes we could call it mildly scary. But with those sequels, you know, our big ugly clown is getting some sort of truly disturbing inclination… glad it’s over me.

This one was definitely better than the Weird Park! Better graphic, puzzles, story.

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town - young couple gets on boat ride and on their way back they are washed away. Mark (can’t really remember if it’s right) after he wakes up realise that his girlfriend is missing, more likely she was abducted. You have to search this mysterious island, which looks very abandoned for clues as to find what have exactly happened. You will also uncover many secrets about this place and its inhabitants.
It has good atmosphere, but little bit silly cutscenes. Puzzles were good, not too hard not too easy. No map though, so there is a lot of backtracking. Extra chapter. Very informative diary.

Twisted Lands: Insomniac - we are continuing the previous story on the same island, Angel is hospitalized for suspicion of mental disorder as she talks about green ugly creatures killing Mark and chasing her. This time it’s a little bit twisted as there are at least two time planes. You are in the hospital trying to escape and then you are in the abandoned city full of ghosts. As Angel keeps running away she gets closer to uncovering the truth about the events that happened are happening.
Again lot of backtracking, some places are revisited. Improvement in graphic, still good puzzles, extra chapter included. The diary our main hero writes is very comprehensive and contains almost every bit of information.

Twisted Lands: Origin! - story is coming to its end… or beginning? ;) This time we are on the trail of uncovering the events that turned this island into a scary place. We stumble upon crazy scientist, his experiments and its upon us to save the remaining inhabitants.
I didn’t like the cutscenes and some of the characters. Diary is again filled with every bit of information. No extra chapter as the story gets concluded.

When most of my friends started to pop this up in activity feed I have wondered why is that. And as it looked interesting I thought that I could try it as well. But you know, I am so silly (or stupid - add this if more appropriate) that I actually play my games even if some giveaway is happening (and yes, I have really played it for almost 8 hours before I got truly at the end). And as the righteous are always punished I have not received my Moons.
But never mind that, I got The Black Watchmen in the end.

In Cyrano story you are uncovering the backstory of the crew nearing the Moons of Madness. This is done through personal audio logs of Dr. Olivia Mason, but to get them you have to offer right answers to Void, Dark Entity, Higher being… it has many names.
All in all, there are six moons to be opened. Each obtain set of clues, be it writing, image, cypher, destination… anything. You have to analyse it, connect it and then find the answer.

The beginning of the game is perfect! I love how they are communicating with you. When you write something completely off they remain silent, if you are getting near they tempt you - “Yes, you are thinking out of the box.” ; “The seal is almost broken.” and so. If your answer is one of the clues, they agree with you and describe it some more, so you know that you are truly on the right trail.

First moon was a quick solution for me and I think it worked the best way. Second moon, there came the first hardship as to find what exactly they wanted to hear. Because as the final answer I have offered parent term of the term they wanted to hear... I believe they should have reacted on both terms. Third moon on the other hand went yet again smoothly, maybe the clues were more clear and didn’t offered many possible solutions. Fourth moon, here I started going in circles a little and a lot of time got wasted until I found the right trail, I am still not sure if it should have been like that... Fifth moon is truly terrible. This one made me quit and come back the other day. Its first clues are splendid, was real fun cracking them. But the final got ridiculous. You know, their responses, their help is mandatory for your advance, so usually when you get an idea of the clue and you get the close enough word they react. Surprise, not anymore. Or I am not sure what should I think. SPOILER! You can fairly quickly uncover one of the words - life. It’s part of phrase they want, but they react even on that one word. One of the clues is duality, so you try the second one and that is death. Nothing. Okay, you try dead. Nothing. Okay, you forget this and move on for search of another word. Wrong! You have the right one even though they don’t react on it. Question is, how can they react on one word of phrase and not on the other word of phrase? Mystery. SPOILER END! This poor design made me rage quit. Sixth moon was the most confusing one. At first you don’t have any clues, they ask you questions instead, that’s fine, you can work with this. There are two routes you can take, one takes you to an end, other uncover clues. Here the real fun begins as they don’t react even on the name of the person that is a clue. Very helpful.
I have first ended with the route without clues, but I wanted to open them, to see the connection. In the end I got it, although I am not satisfied with it as I still feel that something is lacking there.

There is a guide, on Steam it’s just the ending words as you can skip the moon completely with it, other on wiki is a step by step so you can see the connection, but last moon is not complete, it doesn’t contain the part with clues. By just giving the last words you are missing the meaning, connection, I think you miss a lot when you skip through it.

It’s simple looking game, but the fun begins when they talk back to you. I have enjoyed that, it could be pretty scary in dark room all alone. ;) Voice acting of our dear Doctor is really amazing, so many emotions in her voice.

I have enjoyed it, the puzzles were hard and required you to think out of the box, but the lacking guidance in the latter moons was disappointing, I understand it’s supposed to be a challenge, but if they truly wanted that they wouldn’t have made those final words able to skip it whole, as you can with a pure luck walk through it without any sense of what’s happening.

I have decided to complete it while it’s still fresh on my mind. Good thing is, that you can see what items you are missing and select that particular mission. Some items proved very hard to find. To my surprise I have managed to get the achievement for no mistake in the drive mini game on my first try. Hardest one is to get the healing without any tiny mistake. Something like Pikuniku and dancing battle.

I love jigsaw puzzles, but I don't play them much on PC as they don't offer me much of excitement. I liked how this one have a story that you uncover through the puzzles, so you have motivation to keep going, because you want to know more. :)

The art is truly beautiful and I am happy that you can download the pictures afterwards! Music was pleasant and set the right mood well.

You can play on challenge mood (you get rewarded by trophy upon your time) or just on casual without any pressure. There are three modes of puzzles you can select from - Traditional jigsaw, mosaic or arrow. And I have to say that I loved the arrow the most! I have done most of the puzzles in it. :) You can choose 5 different sizes from 28 to 220 pieces, so I think it offers nice variety. Also some of the pictures, especially later on, very truly challenging.

You can adjust many setting to your liking. Developer is very responsive and listening to our feedback and I would say he works very hard on his games! :)
Very nice game for casual calm playing, can only recommend.

Our heroine, who was orphaned 25 years ago, gets on quest to save her mother (and with it even father) in seemingly idealistic under sea facility. In the process she uncovers mysterious artifact and its devil plans on ruling the world (yep, everyone wants to do this). The story is little bit stupid… there is even guy turning slowly into crab without any background story about it. It’s something between Bioshock and Pirates of Caribbean with a touch of Dreamatorium of Dr. Magnus... and I thought that I will not see it again. XD On the other side the extra story was even more stupider than the main game.
Graphic is nice, puzzles were rather good as well the hidden object scenes. You have to your aid little robot, which was a nice addition. And there are lost kittens, so hurry up and save them!

Cute little clicker game where you take care of your ever growing garden. You have at your disposal many kinds of plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you harvest more and more you and your garden gains level and that means more money for you. You have to protect your garden from pests, so you can buy cute little dogs or scarecrows.
You won't be alone for harvesting as you have blue fellows who are helping you with that. Good thing is, that they are collecting your crop even when the game is shut down, so when you start it next time you gain your money (counted by level).
Nice peaceful game for calm playing.

I was missing only four achievements, so I decided (random number generator) to finally complete it - not sure why haven’t I done it sooner? o.O Took me about 20 minutes to get the missing shots, I could have been even quicker if I wouldn’t be sightseeing.

This is amazing game. I love the looks of it, very beautiful almost eerie. Another strong element is the soundtrack, it complements the game, the whole story very much! I have found the story interesting, twisting, surprising. Characters were likeable and I wanted to know more about them.

Only one letdown for me was one of the aspects of endings. In the end none of our decisions really mattered… and I was so hardworking for them. Still, I recommend this game very very much! I share birthday with one of the characters and I also think that the Final Fantasy: Spirits Within is underrated! :D

Okay, this isn’t my cup of tea apparently. I thought that I will enjoy it… I didn’t much. I think I got bothered by the characters, then by the story and in the end by the outcome. I will probably keep my eyes on the sequel, as I can at least know how it will end one day, no?
I liked the music thought.

This was one of the worst games I have ever played. XD
Well, the hidden object scenes and puzzles weren’t so bad and offered some variations, but the story was stupid and the voice acting was plain and in case of our heroine simply horrible! I don’t know the first game and I am glad that I don’t. Luckily it was quickly behind us. ;)

I decided to complete this game and during it I started to hate it. I was completely fine with doing second run as I enjoy seeing other possible outcomes, but what I wasn’t fine with anymore was when I got hunting for one possible little difference in one stupid ending that I ended with my playtime almost 3 times higher!!!! I like visual novels and enjoy hunting for different pictures, endings and so… but this games offered me stupid 8 saving spots, for like more than 50 choices! Even if I would made a backup I would go insane by the switching all the time and get lost. So when the saves I made were clearly not enough I had to make the complete clear run, even with the skip it took more than half hour and I just couldn’t find the right route. Gah, I got so frustrated.
Also I got pretty dissapointed, as one thing have not changed in any of the runs even though I think it should have been in the true route. In the end the outcomes were not so different and that made me angry again for wasting my time so much. XP

Have I told you already how much I am enjoying this game? Much much! :D So much that it's currently holding me from playing Hollow Knight actually and that means something. ;)
One run is pretty quick, but if you want to see all the endings and fight the true boss you have to invest some time in it. I have made my own sheet of endings to see which decision leads you where and I am getting pretty near, currently I sit on 89%! That means, yes, I am still playing it. ;)

Cute little game about monster from the cave and his adventures. :)
We have made two runs, because of two missing achievements, but even for the second time it was a great fun! Graphic is simple, but appealing and makes you chuckle all the time. Nothing can compare to it when you play in co-op. That’s sadly possible only in extra levels. But we had so much fun, that we couldn’t stop laughing at some points. :D

Perfect point and click adventure game wrapped in nice pixel graphics!
You play as a Detective Francis McQueen who is, with the help of his trusty sidekick Officer Dooley, solving the most unbelievable and mysterious cases that nobody wants to do as nobody believes in them in the first place. :D Truth is that our Detective has a hard time to convince Dooley about supernatural occurrences too. X)
Whole game is build upon great interaction between main characters, they are just adorable! Also it’s filled with a lot of references on famous books and movies. The bonus case Buy Hard just killed it. XD
As the whole story ends with a HUGE cliffhanger we need sequel! Just now I have noticed that they have made a successful kickstarter for it, so this year we should be able to play it, probably. ;)

Last month was a great opportunity to complete this great adventure game. I had to make another complete run as I missed one achievement that required it, but I was glad. It’s still nice as I remember it, even if Rachel was a bit too much cynic for me sometimes. The story is interesting, mysterious and captivating even for second time. Of course, it has been five years already. ;)
I have now played even the Stories Untold which are shedding some light on the event before main game. You have to restore memory cores, by circuit board assembly minigame. Just that. They have different difficulty levels and some of them really baked my brain. ;) Sooo, that was a bit of let down, I was expecting something more like the main game even if a bit shorter. Assembling so many circuits proved tiresome. X)

The story follows young prince Enzo Kori-Odan who is to become king of a peaceful little country Zama, although he is doubting his skills in the first place. On his coronation day he is also marrying his beloved Erine. Future looks bright and full of happiness, what could go wrong? Everything.
Zama founds itself under attack in an attempt of coup d'état and despite great effort from Enzo in defending his people he is defeated. Nama, teacher and master of Enzo, saves the newlywed young couple from the worst case scenario. The king and his queen who stood by his side are then exiled. Both of them are for the first time away from Zama and are confronted with harsh unforgiving reality. The difference between Zama and other countries surprise them. World and people around them are full of misery, cruelty, hate and so on. They have to become more powerful to be able to come back home victorious. Their travels across the land will test them, put them on the edge of their strength, to see if they can become truthful King and Queen of Zama.

This game is truly a gem! It has beautiful graphics and very good soundtrack. There are no voices, just few words, screams and so voiced, but that works well and the characters can capture you even without it! They are all well written and especially our main characters undergo deep development. This game isn’t just about taking back your throne and beating everyone on your way to it. It’s about desilusion, crushing weight of responsibility, trust in yourself and the others, the meaning of life… The lore of the world is very interesting and complex, apparently based upon African (also bit of native American) culture and mythology! You have access to journal so you can check it whenever you need to (it also offers insights about enemies and allies).
Important part of the game is relationship between Enzo and Erine. It’s so perfect! As they are both confronted with unexpected reality they are also confronting each other. Their dreams, desires, expectations, it all collide and they have to find the compromise and strength to support the other one in the time of needs.
Fight is mandatory here and it’s really fun! At your disposal is martial art combined with “magic” skill. This all evolve with you, so you are offered vast variety of possibilities. It’s fun to open combos and ultimate skills. Boss fights prove to be a challenge, but luckily you have Erine by your side. ;)

My biggest problem was with controls. I understand that controller is suggested for this game, but keyboard is also supported, so one would expect tutorial screen to offer keyboard settings. No, every time something new to learn showed up there was controller setting. That confused me, as I really didn’t know what LB+X mean on my keyboard. I had to remember controller settings and be able to assign them to what I was pushing of keyboard. How to revive I have learned during my penultimate battle… not that I needed it so often though. X)
Also there were problems with intro sometimes. I didn’t even know that I missed some of them, as screen went simply black for a moment and then I was back in game. But! You have your intro in your journal, so you can view them afterwards! If your intro don’t work and you want to see them, game will crush. But after that restart you are safe to go, the intro works again even in game! :)
Other thing was, that sometimes the movement is bit of clunky, especially when you try to open little tiny chest and you just can’t strike the right pose. But after some struggling I was able to persuade it. ;)

I have enjoyed Aurion so much! Developer mentioned trilogy, so I hope that we will get sequels one day, as there is room for that. ;) I can’t recommend this game enough!

I think that time management games shouldn’t have such story as this one. Really, when you cry you can’t concentrate on stitching, serving the right pills or physiotherapy. No really, the severity of the story surprised me… one wouldn’t have expected this.
As for the gameplay. It’s great! Long time ago I have played Emily (Tea Garden series), which is from the same developers, and I have loved it! So I have decided to try this one and wow, it’s great! So many innovative things there (for me at least). The minigames are really fun to do, but few were sooooo frustrating, luckily even with some mistakes you can get full set of stars!! X)

I don’t know why, but I have not enjoyed this one as much as the first two games. The levels were very long and slow, I felt like I was still in one place. Before the levels had great pace, but now it felt like you are in the last stage right from the beginning and that was tiresome. Also there were no special boss levels… I always waited for them, so that was a little let down. But the puzzles were very cute at least.
It’s an okay time management game, but I should have probably taken longer pause between them or next time I shouldn’t play it with something like Heart’s medicine as that was superb!

Great conclusion to our Journey with Bwana, Kito and Lina!
Story is briskly heading to its grandioze end, old and new characters are making their appearance, funny moments are waiting for you behind almost every corner… third Journey offers great humorous experience, the same as those two before it.
I have really enjoyed Journey Down! Second game is still the best for me though, as the Noir setting was very well done. ;) Also the soundtrack for the whole series is great and catchy!

This trick or treating was fun! Beside the graphic design, which suited the game very well, I liked our witty characters and fighting system, which offered nice variety of possibilities for your tactic and play style. Also it was nice to look at. ;)
I will probably pick up the sequel, as I had fun although they say that some aspects I enjoyed got changed… we will see.

Almost an artistic game with beautiful graphics and soundtrack. One could just stand still, watch the screen and be content.
Great fun in co-op! Although getting the hardcore achievement in Tower of Sarek without any deaths was pretty challenging, as I have in the heat of an action almost eaten my soulmate alive. XD

Very very cute little hidden object game! No words or text lines are needed, just shapes.
You follow animals in their natural environment, as they show you what they wish for. You then hunt it through few screens and in some cases it was a challenge. ;) To proceed you have to go back to the animal, then you can admire the change in nature. The graphic design is very beautiful!
The game is accompanied with ambient music and sound of the nature, it almost felt like being with them outside. Calming experience.

Another ghost needs your help in uncovering the mystery behind his death. Nothing changes much from the first game, just in hidden object scenes are sometimes used different description for items, some were really clear, other proved to be very challenging. As I am not native English speaker I got often confused, like when searching for "toast". Spent eternity in searching for toast or toaster or something similar and it was a glass! Also I have realized that every time I get stuck in such scene and don't want to use hint because of achievement there is NO guide or walkthrough that would have same items in that scene!!
The story was pretty confusing and most of the time I was lost on what's going on. After completing the game I learned that it was collection of three different stories. At least their description were nicely done.

Secret order of guardians is in danger, when on of his own turn against them. You are playing as a daughter of its leader and you are their only chance! Sounds exciting? Well, the story is little bit silly, but at least it can keep brisk pace. ;)
This is second game in Secret order series and sadly the first one isn't on Steam. Before playing this one I tried to get its prequel. I managed to find only trial version so I only scratched the story, but it's still pretty clear how it will end. ;) Also the first game looks visually rather different, not so typical.

Very nice time management game.
Jill with the help of her friend Mike must work hard to save her grandparents from losing their house to Cliff Gold who will do everything to stop them. Story will guide you through Sunnydale town and its different districts, in each you have to re-cultivate neglected gardens. For that you control many helpers and special workers as policeman, ghost hunter or pest control. For the money you earn you can rebuild your house and there is a lot of upgrades! Great addition are design challenges in each gardening level, you are given hint on how is the garden supposed to look and when you do it right you receive ribbon and more money!
Graphic is very cute and pleasant to look at, also I like the art of the characters in intro parts. Story is predictable, but that's not a problem here. I have still enjoyed how serious the characters were. :) There are in-game achievements, majority of them is opened at the end of game. Few needed some grinding, some huge grinding. I counted that few wouldn't open even if you played the whole game for the second time, such crazy numbers they required. It took my over 6-7 hours (I believe that almost 10, but I lost count after brief coma) to get all of the achievements. After that I wanted to give only 1 star as I was really fed up with it. So, don't hunt for every one of them, they are not on Steam, so why care. :P

Still very nice time management game.
This time you have to help Jill and Mike to win gardening competition. Story is straight continuation of the first game with an addition of new characters, some of them really funny. You are facing some new challenges as for example keeping your workers properly hydrated or safe from scorpions! This time you will visit Chicago, Las Vegas and few other states. There you have to prove your gardening skills and uncover the truth behind mysterious Rose Thief! Could it be Cliff Gold? ;)
Graphic design still the same, still nice. But there is some big change! In the first game when Mike said that he is working, he actually wasn't. It was just generic helper. But now, he has his won little sprite! So you have Jill and Mike running over your map and that made me really happy as it's nice addition! :) Now you don't renovate your house, but instead your headquarters! Some of the things are choosable, so you can make it to your liking. ;) And again in-game achievements, majority of them is opened at the end of game. To my happiness they lowered the crazy numbers from the first game, but they added some new and they are maybe even worse. There is no guide, no discussion, so I don't have any tips on how to do it... I have decided that I will not anger myself with it, but I still have it installed that I will try it again, but I don't want to spent another 10 hours at opening some crazy in-game achievements... gah, again, it's very nice game but not for completing achievements. ;)

Wow, I liked this game! When I started playing I felt like I have seen it somewhere already. After some time in game I have realized that it resembles Layers of Fear to me. And I was right! It was made by the same developers. :D That was a good sign as I have really enjoyed the Layers. ;)
The story is following dark futuristic dystopian world full of drugs, nanotechnology, despair and insanity. You play as detective Dan Lazarski (voiced and modeled by the late Rutger Hauer, he suited our hero very well and added some nostalgic feeling to the game) who is tracking down his long lost son. Once you enter the place where his last signal got detected you are pushed on the edge of your sanity.
The game is taking place in just one apartment complex. Through your interaction with its inhabitants you uncover their secrets, desires and even some disturbing things about yourself. As you go through the building you have to search for clues that would lead to your son, with that helps your enhanced vision system to see biological and technical tracks. Also as an Observer, neural detective, you have power to invade the mind of your suspects... in some cases even of those deceased... and it was a ride, I must say. Almost forgot to mention to watch after your sanity health, as Dan is rather tender kind of man. ;) You can find pills that helps with that all over the building, you just have to look right.
You can go after the main story or you can search around and find some "side quests", I liked that. There is also some stealth action, creepy but doable. ;) When you are hacking into minds the game gets pretty linear, but that's fine, because it serves the story well and most of the time I was like "oh god, what was that... oh my... damn!" anyway. :D In addition there is a cute little mini game that you can find on some computers, Fire and Sword: Spiders. You have to save princess from spiders and each level gets harder, have to say that some of them were real challenge.
Observer offers really disturbing dystopian atmosphere. Through my playtime I had this feeling of anxiety. I think that I was less afraid than when playing Layers of fear (comparing whole playing experiences of both), but I don't think that "fear" was the main purpose of this game... more like the feeling of uncertainty, distress and discomfort. The scary parts worked for me well nevertheless. ;)
I would recommend it to anyone who is fan of sci-fi, dystopian worlds, horror movies, games or books. I think that Observer offer solid experience. But I would certainly NOT RECOMMEND it to anyone who is sensitive to motion sickness or flashing lights, there is a lot of that, sometimes maybe even more than was needed.

Very nice little Otome game. The story, art and characters are enjoyable. Nice addition is that after your first play through you gain access to secret diary which uncover some parts of the story! There are sometimes mistakes in translation, even few complete Russian sentences, but it did not disturbed me much. ;) Would love to pursue one more character though. X)
Some of the achievements are a bit wonky, but they works if the game is switched to Russian and then you just skip through the ending. ;)

Classic point and click adventure game with very nice graphic. Voice acting is decent, at least some of them.
You play as Feodor Morales, young inventor, who wishes to surpass even Leonardo da Vinci! :) Just when you are about to build a flying machine your brother is taken by the Inquisition, so it's up to you to follow his trail through seas and sky and rescue him. On your travel you will start to uncover truth about your origin, which will lead you to mysterious place called Zerzua. But you are not the only one searching for this city, so be prepared for some confrontation!
The game is good... but it didn't really captured me, most of the time I was slightly bored. There were some nice parts I have enjoyed, but I would say that overall it is rather slow paced game. I liked the interaction between Feodor and this pirate girl who wants to use us as slave though. ;) Puzzles were alright, some of them a bit confusing.
When I was playing it I had the feeling of Déjà vu - Zerzua was made by the same studio who made sequels to one of my favorite adventure games, you probably know it as Black Mirror. I don't like its sequels, at all and that's putted really softly. So Zerzua is good, better then Black Mirror 2 and 3, but there is something missing, some emotions... I was rather apathetic to the story and the characters and even wished for some of them to disappear...

Sadly in this one you can't rotate the board as with the second game, I really needed that sometimes. ;)

This game is little gem and don't get yourself fooled by it's main picture. I did and if it wouldn't be for my soulmate I would have ignored it otherwise. By the look of it's representative image you would say that it's one of the many shallow hentai games, but it isn't. I was surprised. The story is very mature and heavy, characters are very much likable, I cared for all of them.
I liked the interaction between the characters, nice addition are hidden talks that you can activate when you see the sign or you will miss them. The game is small, you won't find hundreds pieces of equipment, you don't craft either (but you will cook!), you have just 5 - 6 location to explore and they are short, but it's okay. It's enough for the story. Next to the main quest you can do some side quests too. Few of them are even time limited. You will fight only with demons and they will appear one by one. Every time new one appeared I had to level up as he was rather strong. Fight proved to be a challenge till the end.
I have enjoyed it so much! Would love to see some more games from its creator!

Anyone feel the Rapture inspiration? ;)
Nice HOG with few scary and some silly moments. I liked the domino part, but because of that I had to play it two times to open all of the achievements. :P

Mighty Hercules continues in his story. Still good for killing some free time. ;)

It's a little bit morbid to say so, but I have enjoyed it so much! I have played it after few years I completed the first one and to my surprise I still remembered the important things from it.
The story is miserable as always and few moments took me by surprise when some decision caused something completely else then I anticipated - and don't get me wrong, because that is a good thing! I enjoy very much when game or movie can surprise me! Also I cried few times.
I do really hope that the third one will come back on Steam someday, as I would love to complete Clems story. Will play it whole again then.

You are supposed to investigate strange suicide on an isolated island, but with question asked the case starts to get more and more complicated.
The art is very nice and the talking animations are very well made, they don't look so silly as usually. ;) Your partner is pretty useless really, he sent you somewhere and when you come back to him, he is hysteric where have you been! XD But I liked how you are actually investigating and interrogating your suspects.
And achievement for completing hidden object scene under 20 seconds is crazy, no fun in that. There is no way you can do it in normal play, you have to learn it first and do it after that, silly.

I enjoy trading games!
So in this one, you find yourself stripped of your honor, status, money and have to earn all of it back from scratch. Oh and also avenge death of your father when you are on it. You travel through big cities or small villages and sell your stuff for the most cash you can get. There are many things that can help you to get your wealth back. You can rebuild ruins into working winery, reconstruct old mines so they earn you money on regular basis. First you have to clear those dungeons from monsters, with that may help you mercenaries you can hire, but beware you pay them daily wage. You can also hire specialist and level them up. They are helpful in many ways - they can run your mine or winery, help you with navigation, fight or so. With your wealth growing up you will need bigger wagons to carry more of the merchandise, but be careful the more you have the more you will pay for taxes or won't you? ;)
You have to be careful on your way. You can stumble upon dragon or bear, you can get robbed or some of your stuff can deteriorate. Against that can help artifacts you buy or find all around the world. Also, pay good attention to your luck, as it cause many things that will happen to you and you want good things to happen, right? ;) There is main story to follow and many many side quests for you to complete. Story moves forward only after you rise through society ranks with the help of merchant guild. There are other means to earn cash and you can use every one of them or just some. As you rise up you open new possibilities as traveling with ship to distant islands or with an airship for very quick transportation. Later on you can even forge collaboration with two more merchants and you will take control of them too. That means issuing three orders a day, which can get tiresome at some point when you don't have anything to do with the other one as you can skip movements only once.
Back to dungeons. They are nice addition, but could have been a little more complex. You take band of mercenaries to mine, safely lead them through and then kill the monster. Simple as that. It had a lot of potential, at least there are... ehm, two kind of traps. XD Never mind that, it still was fun. ;) Shame is, that when you clear ruins there is just an automated fight.
I liked the music and art, there are even season changes which looked very nice. Other good function was that you can see the price of your goods up to 7 days back, really better then doing your own database of prices. XD You can save whenever you want so you are pretty well protected from serious losses, if you care about that. ;)
I have enjoyed playing Merchants of Kaidan. There are some parts that could have been more elaborated, but even in this state it is quite enjoyable. :)

In this short HOG you have to uncover the truth behind the death of the famous writer Edgar Allan Poe. The search for clues will lead you through some of his stories. Hidden object scenes were little bit harder than normal, but you have the lamp which gives you the shape of thing you are searching for, so it's okay. ;)

My first ever game on Steam... oh well, dusted and completed.
I like stealth games very much, so Velvet was a truly joy for me to play. I enjoyed different ways and methods you could use through the levels to eliminate your enemies. Apart from normal skills you can use Morphine to slow time and gain some advantage. I have used it only in situations where there was no other way around it though. What bothered me was that I didn't see enemies on the map, you know those red dots to indicate where they are now and so... oh well seems like I am spoiled now. ;) I quickly get accustomed to it, but still found myself checking the map time to time. ;D You don't have classic save, just an automated one, but it saves pretty regularly, mostly when you go through some area. Only level where I got problem with it was in the last one and in the complete end. I did that sequence like 15 times and it was really really frustrating. And here I come to the point which caused the one star loss... the ultimate end is very hard. That wouldn't be a problem, I like challenge, but this was completely insane. Forget stealth and move to head-on action, in just your underwear... yeah, against guys with submachine guns, flamethrowers etc. and you have to survive few waves of them... yeah no. It was very tedious to do it again and again... you know, you are right before the end, the story will close and you are doing the same sequence for almost hour now. I was so out of the story that moment, I just wanted it to end... so when it actually ended I was somehow incomplete. Also I believe that I managed to survive it just thanks to a pure luck and not my skill... Other than that I think that Velvet Assassin aged very well as the graphic looked really beautiful and even the gameplay was smooth without any problems.
The ending isn't very much what you would expect, be warned.

I remember how I played Luxor on my college.... apparently I have forgot how I hated it. XD The first levels are easy and great, you feel awesome for being able to complete the stage without losing any of your lives, but then it gets more serious and very hard. Graphics are nice, I even enjoyed the music, but I like simple Match-3 games more. Glad that it's behind me, but still have one more to do. ;)

I enjoyed this casual and relaxing Match-3 game. The music was very good too. I liked the principle of rotating the game board, it added new touch to it. ;)

This game really surprised me! There was a lot of action which you don't really anticipate in hidden object games, it felt more like some adventure game. Also lot of puzzles and mini-games through the game, even the hidden object ones were done slightly differently than I am accustomed. Voice acting was very good and story was rather interesting. You play as supernatural detective Adam Wolfe who is searching for his lost sister. In the meantime you solve cases which are nicely connected to each other and slowly uncover the truth behind his sister disappearance. The game is divided into chapters, each one is set on different case. They are really well done and I wanted to know more - what is happening, who is behind it and so on!
Shame is, that the ending is clearly leading to a sequel, but it doesn't seem like it will ever get done. It would be nice to continue in the story, but other than that it's very good game, one of the best HOGs I played, can only recommend. :)

Mission completed, all friends saved. :)
More to read in my July post, nothing changed from then. ;)

So it's done. Earth was saved, all villians got captured, all heroes were collected and everything in our way was SMASHED!!! Right Hulk? ;)
Great experience! Best in coop. Now we are sad that it ended, so I urgently need the second game. ;D Luckily I have few other Lego games in my library. :)

Simple Match-3 game, where you follow young Ricky and his grandpa on an adventure in Egypt (who would have guessed? XD). There are six different kinds of matching, some of them were really challenging. Graphic design is pleasant, music too - reminded me very much of Pharaon, damn it, I want to play it now...

Rather dramatic hidden object game. XD The story would be interesting if it wasn't somewhat predictible. Also it gets pushed to ridiculous moments. Voice acting is terrible. XD But I must agree with some reviews, that it felt like watching B rated movie, it's horrible but you enjoy it. ;) At least I had good laugh. :)

I got chapter Three from Monthly and after few days I have won chapter One and Two on SG! Lucky me. :)
Short adventure game about two friends Bwana and Kito who are "forced" to help young lady Lina in her search for mythical Underland. Principles of the game are pretty same as you would expect from any point and click adventure. What makes this game really good are the characters, graphic and music design, setting of the world. It's really silly, but so nice and it will make you laugh. Also, after the end you can see the birth of the game and that was very nostalgic. I have enjoyed it very much!

Cute little puzzle / platformer game, where you have to change the shapes of your plastiballs to save as many as you can!
Some of the stages were really challenging. Also the controls were somewhat clunky, but you are able to pause the game and give precise orders so that have compensated it! It reminded me so much of old Lemmings! :3

Nice hidden object game, with little twist in the end, where you have two different endings! To see the other one you have to play it again though or watch some video walkthrough. :P

For completing it I needed two more playthroughts as I missed the illusions - that was really a pain in the ... back. I liked how the game was interactive. The voice acting could have been better, but there are also worse so I think it's allright. Some animations were pretty silly, running Beatrice gave me a chuckle even for the third playthrough. :)

On this one I liked the detective work when searching for clues, nice addition!

This was my first game I played from Daedalic many years ago. I cherish it very much.
We follow little sad clown Sadwick on his adventure to destroy the world... or was it to save it? On his travel he is accompanied by his faithfull friend Spot the caterpillar! And he is not just a stand by companion, he will be helpfull in many ways and shapes. Also he is unbearably cute! :3
I remember that the story had a huge impact on me the first time, but it still have the power even when I know how it will end. The game was a little bit buggy for me, especially the cutscenes - sound was quicker and ended before the video. Also during the Spring cleaning event I have decided to complete my achievements, but when I loaded up it was totally broken. I had different layers accross themselves so it created big fuzz. I am not sure what caused that, as I had not any problems before with it.
Even though there are some mistakes and bugs, it's still very beautiful game and I would recommend it anytime.

Beautiful game! So calm and relaxing, I could do this all day!
During Summer sale I have bought all DLCs so I can play some more! I take it as completed as no new achievements were added, but my playtime will grow some more. I suppose that I will buy the second one during the Winter sale. ;)

The story and adventure of Bwana and his friends continues in new surroundings and with a cast of new characters. I would say that I have liked Second chapter maybe even more as the Noir setting was really great with very good soundtrack supporting the story!