Adventure Chronicles: The Search For Lost Treasure

I'm not much for hidden objects games. This is similar to a lot of the Big Fish games. I bought it hoping there would be some puzzles to work with, but there are very few puzzles, if they can be called that. I finished the first of 5 treasures within an hour, so I imagine the whole game will only take a few hours. Some of the things that make the objects difficult are the scenes/colors of the object and knowing what their definition of the object is. The trailer shows two of the "puzzles," so if you do not want to get the answers spoiled, don't watch it!! Hopefully you read the comment before watching the video. The voice acting could be much better. Unfortunately, there are weird pauses and it seems like the voice actors were just reading off the page and not so much acting. If you like the hidden object genre and don't care too much for the puzzles, this is a pretty good buy currently at $1.25. Note: I was playing on a touch screen, I didn't realize that if you hover the mouse around the scene, some objects will show a cog that you need to interact with and make this a lot easier.

I remember enjoying Escape The Museum, the previous game, where the heroin was stuck in her museum with her daughter after a violent earthquake. Here, Susan is contacted by a mysterious man that will trigger a trip all around the world. Adventure Chronicles is belonging to what I call the early era of hidden objects games, in other words, where you're cleaning scenes by finding items on a list. So don't expect a game where you're roaming around and solving puzzles. However, the game adds some elements like items you need to dust/find in broken containers/behind burnable stuff. In other words, you'll have a lighter, an hammer and a brush to help you. Other items will need specific ones that will be used only in the scene. There is also a "geocache" object to discover, with a riddle describing it. While the game can be finished quickly, if you want a 100%, you're free to come back a second time in the scenes to find another list. It's a nice way to invite you to play it completely. However, keep in mind that some objects are little in size or so well hidden that you can't see them without a proper orientation of your screen. This is the main problem with these games from the first era and Adventure Chronicles doesn't escape from that. The backgrounds are correct and the soundtrack is also nice. That said, Adventure Chronicles, while I love it as I've played a retail version of it years ago, right now, in 2015, should mainly enjoy the hardcore fans - as the genre headed towards an adventure oriented mechanics and that new fans will be probably disappointed and be bored quickly.

This is a generally fun adventure game, where you have to find hidden objects in various scenes to progress through the story. It's about a treasure hunt for five different treasures, and each has about 5 or 6 locations you visit. The game doesn't involve much more than finding the hidden objects, but often some objects requiring additional actions to be performed before you can locate them. This can mean brushing away dust, breaking things open, or lighting things on fire to clear them. There are also at least a few puzzles to solve along the way, and a special unnamed geocahce item in each location. If you get stuck, there's more of a cheat system than a hint system -- an object finder will locate things for you (with a cool-down period after each use) as long as they're visible and don't require additional actions before you can access them, and I don't think it works on geocaches. I would have liked a hint system I could use first, that would, for example, show an outline of the object so I knew what I was looking for, because some objects are ambiguous (e.g., "fan" -- is that a folding paper one or an electric one?). The overall difficulty of finding the hidden objects isn't too high, so you shouldn't get stuck for too long, and there's always the item finder. In terms of replay value, there is some but not a lot. After initially clearing each scene, they game will hide another set of objects in it for you to find. So you can go back to clear the locations 100%, either as a second run from start to finish or in each scene as you go along. But once you finish the story, there isn't much left. The geocaches you find are all put into a room where you can see them, like a trophy case. Unfortunately, that's all it is. I was hoping for more information about the items or history or something once the geocaches were found and stored, but that's not the case. The story is nice and develops as you find each treasure, so it helps keep the game moving along. Overall, it was an enjoyable way to spend ~5 hours (and I did all locations twice, to 100% clear them), and I'd recommend the game to those who like these types of point-and-click find-the-hidden-object games.

An old game going back to 2008 and it shows in its graphics and execution. HO scenes are pixel hunting and there is no hint system except an item finder which needs to reload. No hand holding here but the puzzles are fairly easy. HO scenes have a list of things you have to find I find it amusing that as an archaelogist you are happy to smash things with a hammer! A lighter and special brush are your only tools. A very basic story and limited cutscenes and voiceovers. This was probably good in its heyday, but very old-fashioned and boring compared to today's light adventure HO games. Very mediocre. 5/10

[h1]Keep it buried! Nothing to see.[/h1] TL;DR: Ancient HOG that aged like milk: pixel soup, crunchy meh-audio, clickfest gameplay, paper-thin story, zero extras. Even at €4.99: skip. Graphics (— —): Pixelation galore; fullscreen = crime scene. Sound (0): Crunchy, kinda fitting, still undercooked. Playability (0): Works, but it’s just a click-orgy. No real puzzles. Story (0): Flat, anticlimactic, told like a grocery list. Tech (–): Fossilized resolution; windowed is barely tolerable; no modern touch-ups. Extras (— —): None. Zip. Nada. Value: LOW @ €4.99. Plenty of better, cheaper HOGs around. Verdict: Not Recommended. I love old games (7th Guest, Phantasmagoria still slap), but this one drags HOGs through the muck. Avoid.

This is one of those games that's good enough to make me wish it was better. I like the overall concept -- an Indiana Jones style trek across the globe in search of historic lost treasures. The music is nice, and the nerdy middle-aged female protaganist is an interesting character. Unfortunately there isn't much to the gameplay besides the hidden object scenes, and they are poorly done. Many of the scenes are low-res, dark, and muddy, and I could not see half of the hidden objects even when the item finder was hovering right on top of them. In fact without frequent use of the finder I would not have been able to complete the game at all, and to me it is a mark of a bad game when its core mechanic (in this case finding hidden objects) is broken. So although I appreciate what this game was trying to do, I must regretfully give it thumbs down.

There's several good hidden object games out there, but I wouldn't say this is one of them. pro's: * plenty of objects * scenes sometimes require interaction * geocache (described object not in the list) * has a story (although minor) * possibility to go back to scenes to find additional items and geocaches you missed con's: * the quality of the graphics makes it very hard to spot some of the objects. * the blending of shadows of objects you need to find into backgrounds makes it extremely hard to find them * there's some objects only 25% of is visible in the screen. Basicaly I would not recommend this game, sale or no sale. The interaction has potential, but graphics are an essential part of a Hidden Object game, especialy if you're only showing partial objects or trying to blend them in with the background.

I played for a while. I loved that it was exclusively HO only, no adventuring or other puzzles. However, the images are barely clear enough to make out what you're looking for. I got annoyed rather quickly. Avoid unless at steep discount and only for hardcore HO fans. I will say I got my money's worth as I only paid about $1.

HIdden Object Game without any additional adventuring, screens contain some additional object-based puzzles and although game has plot, it is not even that interesting. Greatest grief about this game is that locatable objects are quite often camouflaged in darkness or behind other static object and being quite old game with low resolution graphics doesn't make things any easier.

Got for the nostalgia, plus I never got to see the ending as a little kid. Made me happy to complete a little part of my childhood. For anyone who wants to buy this though, I would wait for it to go on sale like I did. If you have the time, the game could take maybe an hour and a half (My gameplay took multiple days because I wanted the experience to last longer)? If you like simple hidden objects games, check this one out on sale, otherwise, it's not worth it. Tldr: Only buy this on sale if you like quick hidden object games.