Adera

I really enjoyed playing this game, though it did take me a couple of tries to finally get into it. The storyline was very interesting and I enjoyed how they released the game in chapters instead of having everything be a single game. Some of the chapters were long, others were short, but they were interesting and it told the story really well without having to sacrifice game length. It was a very unique story that told of a hidden civilization, and I loved all the hidden stuff in it. The puzzles were all different and kept the game interesting. The collectibles were also really nice to find, though it was harder to find all of them in the final chapter. The music was also fitting for the moments. I am also impressed with the animations for the cutscenes. Other hidden object games struggle a bit with that, but everything was fluid, especially when everyone was speaking. The movements around the scenery was also incredible and made use of the space! I was very impressed with this game. There are a few cons with this game, though most of them are with the final chapter of the game. The final kaleidoscope puzzle never worked for me and I would get the puzzle SO INCREDIBLY CLOSE to what it needed to be and the game would never take that solution. I tried it a couple different times, and I had to skip the puzzle to finally move on. I also couldn't find some of the Adera Symbols, which was really frustrating. The achievements for this final chapter were really hard to get, especially with the glitches I was experiencing, so I wasn't able to get some of the achievements either because they never triggered or I had no way of completing them all (with the adera symbols especially). As an achievement hunter this really bothered me, especially when I spent a good couple hours trying to search for things that weren't even there. Even with this, I thought the game was pretty great! Sure there are some things that need to be fixed, but for the most part it introduced a lot of different perspectives and game mechanics I've never seen in hidden object games before. It's a shame this isn't playable through Steam anymore, but it definitely deserves a playthrough!