Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby

[h1] Information / Review English [/h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby is a point and click adventure game developed by N-Tri Studio Studio. [h1] Gameplay / Story [/h1] You start in an office and then find yourself in a prison cell, where the game really starts. There are a few things you have to do to get ahead. There are also hidden object scenes that are nicely done. Furthermore, in the game there is the possibility to switch from the different scenes, thanks to the existing compass. It is also nicely done that you don't just keep getting the game tips reloaded, but that you can always collect new tip points in the different scenes (which you have to look for well hidden). I think this is more thought-provoking than if the tips just always load up quickly by themselves. [h1] Pro [/h1] + atmospheric movie scenes + beautiful backgrounds + Puzzles and hidden objects have a suitable difficulty + good soundtrack + Achievements [h1] Contra [/h1] - short playing time of 2 hours [h1] Conclusion [/h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby offers you an interesting storyline with some puzzles, hidden objects and surprising twists. But I wouldn't buy it for full price and wait for a sale. [h1] Information / Review Deutsch [/h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby ist ein Point & Click Abenteuerspiel, welches von N-Tri Studio Studio entwickelt wurde. [h1] Gameplay / Geschichte [/h1] Man fängt in einem Büro an und findet sich dann in einer Gefängniszelle wieder, wo das Spiel dann richtig beginnt. Man hat einige Aufgaben zu erledigen, damit man weiter kommt. Es kommen auch Wimmelbildszenen vor, die schön gemacht sind. Weiterhin ist in dem Spiel die Möglichkeit von den verschiedenen Schauplätzen zu wechseln, Dank des vorhandenen Kompasses. Auch schön gemacht ist, dass man nicht immer wieder die Spieletipps einfach so aufgeladen bekommt, sondern das man immer wieder in den verschiedenen Szenen neue Tipppunkte sammeln kann (die man allerdings gut versteckt suche muss). Ich finde, das regt mehr zum Nachdenken an, als wenn die Tipps sich einfach immer von selber schnell aufladen. [h1] Pro [/h1] + atmosphärische Filmszenen + schöne Hintergründe + Puzzles und Wimmelbilder haben eine passende Schwierigkeit + guter Soundtrack + Errungenschaften [h1] Kontra [/h1] - kurze Spielzeit von 2 Stunden [h1] Fazit [/h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby bietet dir eine interessante Handlung mit einigen Rätseln, Wimmelbildern und überraschenden Wendungen. Ich würde es aber nicht für den vollen Preis kaufen und auf ein Sale warten.

Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby is a Hidden Object game which was released in 2013 and arrived to steam around Q3 of 2018, because of this its sadly a steam is learning about game which means currently it dont provide +1 to profile game count. Achievements earned in this game, just as perfection not count to profile numbers either. Lets hope it will leave that phase once. Nearly all Hidden Object game has female protagonists, this isnt an exception. You playing as a modern age detective who leading an investigation. She looking for a kidnapper. The only clue at the scene is a red ruby pendant. A few scenes later our protagonist investigating the ruby pendant and suddenly she ported to the jail of a middle age castle which is located in some another world. Yes, the story dont make any sense, the whole story/plot just bleeding. The kidnapping parts never ever explained either. The hidden object scenes ok, the minigames arent that hard, many of them pretty straightforward and looks a bit effortless. Comparing to other HOGs from 2013 it looks ok, but this wouldnt be a HOG i would recommend to someone who would play only a few in his/her life. +not sure why it is a + as its a must have nowadays for HoGs but it has a map so you can see where to go for next tasks +the game not partitioned to many small chapters with traveling, so you need to "work" on many scenes at the same time not just on 5-6 each time. ~minigames and hidden object scenes are ok, not exceptional, seen much worse -game not really support wide screen so the side of the screens are black for me, there is an option for wide screen but it just never adapted to 1920*1080. -exceptionally bleeding story I not wanted to give negative review for the game because i would recommend for HoG lovers whose want their daily/weekly game but even for them i recommend only when its on sale as Its a bit outdated HoG. I dont like that steam allow only recommending or not recommending, would be much better to give ratings, like a number from 1 to 100, so i would say this is a 55/100 in the genre. [b]Hey, iam an achievement hunter! [/b] The completion of the game takes about 5-6 hours, bit more if you not really good with hidden object scenes or puzzles. 1 walkthrough enough and it could be done on any difficulty. You can use hints (limited amount available, you cant use hints for everything) on hidden objects scenes and on main map but you cant skip minigames, achievements are rewarded only for completing minigames and there are a few more, those are story related. [b]This review was created for Average Achievement Hunter curator [/b] Follow my curator if you like to see achievement related informations (completion time, difficulty to get all achievements) on store page of the games. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30168383-Average-Achievement-Hunter/ The curator group dont mark any game as recommended so it shows useful information about achievements on the store page of the games without influencing the main store page of steam with recommendations + all games sorted to lists based on expected completion times. No point not to follow!:-)

[h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby [/h1] Adventures of 2013. Detective Ashley Clark faces a series of mysterious kidnappings. The only connection between this unusual disappearance is a ruby pendant. Could someone be using this sparkling ornament to send a secret message, or could it be the work of an underground cult? Follow the clues to uncover the ancient mysteries of the Ruby Pendant and uncover the truth behind the bizarre kidnappings! (Developer) You earn what I call a criminal case. One with a lot of fantasy and elements of shock. How do I find what I'm looking for? Pretty hard. Does it go anywhere? Yes, but also difficult. There are also a few hidden object inserts. Again, a high degree of difficulty. There are also mini-games. If you want to solve them yourself you have to be really experienced. Difficult. You can skip them. I skipped all of them, which I've never done in any game. For everything else there is the hint function. I don't think it's playable without it. You also use fast travel all the time. This is very well done. The focus is on searching, for pretty much anything, of course. Not suitable for beginners due to the high degree of difficulty, but professionals will enjoy it here. Clear recommendation, but only for professionals. My group and my archive with over 5,600 reviews here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/hoi4deu 👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Curators group in German / English 👑⠀⠀⠀[list][*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Follow Main group [/url][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40282064/] Follow Second group [/url][/list]and discover more reviews from me. [h1] Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby [/h1] Abenteuer von 2013. Detective Ashley Clark steht vor einer Reihe mysteriöser Entführungen. Der einzige Zusammenhang zwischen diesem ungewöhnlichen Verschwinden ist ein Rubinanhänger. Könnte jemand dieses funkelnde Ornament verwenden, um eine geheime Nachricht zu senden, oder könnte es sich um das Werk eines Untergrundkultes handeln? Folgen Sie den Hinweisen, um die alten Geheimnisse des Rubinanhängers zu entdecken und die Wahrheit über die bizarren Entführungen aufzudecken! (Entwickler) Du erspielst ein, ich nenne es mal, ein Kriminalfall. Einer mit viel Fantasie und Schockelementen. Wie finde ich was ich Suche? Ziemlich schwer. Geht es irgendwo weiter? Ja, aber auch schwer. Dazu kommen ein paar Wimmelbild Einlagen. Auch hier ein hoher Schwierigkeitsgrad. Minispiele sind auch dabei. Wer sie selbst Lösen will muß schon echt erfahren sein. Schwer. Du kannst sie Überspringen. Ich habe alle übersprungen, was ich bei noch keinem Spiel gemacht habe. Für alles andere gibt es die Tipp Funktion. Meiner Ansicht nach ist es ohne gar nicht Spielbar. Auch die Schnellreise nutzt du andauernd. Diese ist sehr gut gemacht. Schwerpunkt ist das Suchen, nach so ziemlich allem, natürlich. Wegen des hohen Schwierigkeitsgrades nicht für Anfänger geeignet, aber Profis werden hier ihre Freude daran haben. Klare Empfehlung, aber nur für Profis. Meine Gruppe und mein Archiv mit über 5.600 Reviews hier: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/hoi4deu 👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Curators group in German / English 👑⠀⠀⠀[list][*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Follow Main group [/url][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40282064/] Follow Second group [/url][/list]and discover more reviews from me.

Dans la même gamme que « Crossroad the Mysteries » on retrouve bien la difficulté des Scènes d’Objets Cachés et des Puzzles qui donne tout son attrait à ce jeu. Vous incarnez Ashley, enquêtrice, et vous devez résoudre une affaire curieuse de disparition. Sur la scène de crime vous trouvez un médaillon qui vous renvoie 200 ans en arrière. Il sera question de lever une malédiction, délivrer les âmes en peine du château en exhaussant leurs dernières volontés, trouver la corrélation entre ce qui s’est passé autrefois et résoudre votre enquête pour finalement repartir d’où vous êtes venue en reconstruisant un portail magique. Autant dire que vous avez de quoi vous occuper un moment. Les décors et l’ambiance moyenâgeux sont agréables et le jeu a beaucoup de charme. Le rythme est correct et à part des dialogues un peu longs, tout y est très bien. Le fait de devoir revenir sur nos pas pour satisfaire les « fantômes » et collecter des objets vus précédemment dans le décor mais figés si le moment n’était pas opportun, est bien amené. On se retrouve par exemple avec une statue portant un haut de forme tout à fait curieux qu’il faudra revenir chercher par la suite. Ca pousse l’observation et pique la curiosité. De très bonnes choses ici récompensées par des succès qui ont du sens et qui se déverrouillent si vous venez à bout des mini jeux. Encore une fois, accrochez-vous et passez un bon moment !

Negatives... - Buggy, missing or inaccurate voice acting and subtitles throughout. - Repetitive background music, that also happens to be missing in large portions of the game. - No map to navigate, lots of going back and forth. - Click on the left side of the screen to go to the room to the left, to go back you click on the bottom of the screen, not the right... even when the exit on the screen is to the right. Positives... + Some interesting puzzles. In short, it's an older title with little in the way of frill or fancy... uninspired, lazy or perhaps the budget was a little tight. I'd recommend for achievement hunters, but given the game was released 9 years ago and is still profile limited, as such I would only recommend when in a bundle or at a deep discount, even then know you are only playing the game for its puzzles. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2802478889

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Not a terrible HOG/HOPA, considering the age of the game. But I honestly cannot recommend it. The puzzles were unique, different than those in other similar games, but they were all either far too easy, or far too annoyingly fussy and felt dragged out. Hidden object scenes were not the best. Items were either far too obvious, or lacked enough contrast to pick tem out from the muddy artwork. The art itself was meh- either way to bright and overdone, or way too muddy and smudgy. Music was fine, if uninspired. The major issues were the text and voice overs- they often did not match up, and longer dialogues often had sound for the first sentence, and then silence- you saw the character's mouth moving, but there was no sound. Far too much needless back and forth between locations- often items you needed in the next scene were right there, staring you in the face, but you could not pick them up until you went to the next scene and then back again. Retracing my steps over and over and over was annoying as all get out, even with the fast ravel map. That fast travel map was the best part of the game, and it was often confusing, because you knew you needed to be in that room for something, but the notes and instructions gave either no clue or a very vague clue what you were supposed to be looking for. Full price? No way. Not worth it. Maybe on a really deep discount, if you really need something to kill some grey matter off with... Achievements are easy enough, though. Just don't skip any puzzles, and you can get them all- most of them unlock after you solve a puzzle minigame. If the game gave better instructions or direction and made you retrace steps for no good reason less, it might not be so bad, even with the missing voice overs.

If someone were interested in this game, I wouldn't tell them not to get it, but I certainly would not recommend it, either. There were just too many isses/problems. Pro: + The artwork was decent + The music was decent + The story was decent Con: - A lot of the HOS objects were 75+% hidden (either covered by other objects or off-screen), making it nearly impossible to find them - Quite a few of the HOS objects were just a shade of color different than the background, making it so they perfectly blended in and were not visible unless you knew where to look (for example, by using a hint) - Way too much back and forth (expect to go back and forth between the same locations dozens of times) - Some of the puzzles had either confusing or just plain wrong instructions - Two of the puzzles had pictures showing proportions of items to use in recipes, but those proportions were wrong, making it so you couldn't complete those puzzles without looking at a walkthrough - At many times, there was a complete lack of indication of what to do or where to go next - Virtually all of the voiceovers cut out mid-stream - Several of the voiceovers did not match the text - Many of the interactions had no voiceovers (text only) - The protagonist had no voiceover - Your current objective is told to you only once; if you forget it, too bad, you will not be told again. If you click a character because you forgot what they said, they reply simply with "Yes?" instead of repeating the instructions (for example, if they want you to find a list of items). - Some HOS items were unknowable, resulting in the need to click on everthing in the scene in the hope that you click on those required items (items with names such as "Stranger" and "Chemical Reagents" when nothing is labeled) - Puzzle instructions disappear before you're done reading them. Fortunately, you can click "?" to display them for another brief period. - In one of the puzzles (the third part of the DNA puzzle), one of the pieces you are required to match is actually hidden behind the left side of the HUD (behind the journal section), making it impossible to know what you need to match - Objects which will clearly be needed cannot be picked up until they are needed (resulting in you passing them dozens of times) - "Full-screen" 4:3 aspect ratio Additionally, in the throne room, the cursor changes to the hand icon (indicating you can pick something up) when you hover over the upper-left part of the curtain. No matter how much you click there, however, it has no effect -- there is nothing to pick up. I also had to abort my first playthrough and start over because the game wouldn't let me proceed. When I first spoke with the gardener and he said a rat ate all of his seeds, I clicked on the gardener again to speak to him again. Well, that resulted in him acting as if I had already caught the rat (which I had not). Because of that, the game never let me set the trap to actually catch the rat, which meant I couldn't proceed and I had to delete the profile and start over. Overall, this game was infuriating for me for much of the time spent playing it. I was very thankful when it ended.

Excellent game. *Lots* of gameplay in terms of puzzles and HO scenes. An interesting and consistent story. Good music. Decent voice acting (more European or British or softer American accents would be nice). The map functions well. There's nothing wrong and a lot right. Highly recommended.

Hmm, this is a hard game to review. It is pretty decent and even not that short, but playing it without a map that indicates where to go next is painful. That only half of the dialogue lines are voiced is another 'interesting' choice. Otherwise the game is solid and quite fun to play. The ending is a bit week (actually the whole 'story' of the game), but it doesn't take away from the game itself. Wouldn't recommend it for the full price, but get the bundle with all games in a sale.