Forgotten Places: Lost Circus

I really can't recommend it unless you get it for under a dollar and you want to kill some time. The story isn't really there -- it's like they had some ideas and just didn't fully follow through. Some of the clicking is fiddlly and it often doesn't explain what your supposed to click to work on a puzzle.

A horrifically terrible point and click game. It's partly condescending and babyish, and then at times, ridiculously difficult and unnecessarily hard. The "Horror" aspects of the damp, derelict circus are barely explored and you spend 90% of the game interacting only with the happy, fun circus memories - and that's IF you can get them to interact. UI is terrible and the click boxes for the game are next to useless and can be borderline unplayable if you don't click one specific pixel, whilst the game mockingly tells you to do a simple task that SHOULD be simple, yet is next to impossible. I finished it on expert mode in 2 hours, going slowly. Don't waste your money, there are better point and click games out there.

a boring HOG with a stupid story and even stupider ending. pros. ok graphics cons. very boring story with a mega stupid ending short (less than 2 hours for the main story) no bonus story boring puzzles pixel hunting HOs no cut scenes no animations no voice acting over all i do not recommend this game for no matter what price. i give it 3/10

Forgotten Places: Lost Circus во многом отличается от Forgotten Places: Regained Castle, вышедшей на пару месяцев раньше у той же команды разработчиков. В "Затерянном цирке" большее разнообразие в вариациях поиска предметов, вот только предметы очень часто слишком маленькие и приходится просто тыкать наугад во всё подряд, потому что сложно разглядеть очертания. Самым большим плюсом в сравнении с "Замком" стали мини-игры, которые здесь сложнее и интереснее и неплохо разбавляют игровой процесс. Прорисовка предметов и локаций абсолютно другая и выглядит, к сожалению, не так красиво и запоминающеся как в предыдущей игре. В целом, если бы не интересные мини-игры, я бы с натяжкой мог порекомендовать эту игру. Лично мне показалось, что она очень сильно уступает Regained Castle. Жаль, что у Sungift больше не выходило игр для ПК и они переключились на мобильные платформы. Думаю они могли бы нас порадовать интересными играми.

Got it on sale for under a buck. Short game but worth the discount price. Lots of hidden object searches. They're pretty good. Puzzle games are OK, most are generic, a few are different. Overall story arc is fun, you're trying to catch a tiger cub which leads you all around a circus from your dreams. Paw prints are collectable. Music is meh, artwork is nice. One thing that's unique about this game and not in a good way is that you play it on rails. You're led from scene to scene, no going back, no hunting around or traveling between scenes. So look carefully for the paw prints; you won't get a second chance to find them.

Completionists beware! TL;DR- For a casual single playthrough, it might be worth buying if on sale or part of a bundle with better games included. But for anyone who might want to hunt achievements or anyone looking for an actual challenge, skip this one. 2-3 hours playtime first run. Achievements are bugged. I played through a second time and never got the credit for three different achievements that I should've been given for that second playthrough. I was in the middle of trying a third run after deleting both my previous files to see if that works when I ragequit because I realized a milisecond too late that I'd missed a pawprint and would have to restart yet again. If you're the type who wants to have 100% of the steam achievements, you'll need to beat the hardest mode without skipping the puzzles or using hints AND get all of the pawprints in your FIRST run. Because there is NO going back to completed areas to get those last few paws. And there is NO replaying a puzzle to see what you skipped. And there are NO second chances. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR! Beyond that, several "mini-game" puzzle segments are just plain tedious and not actually challenging. The "put pieces back together" types are irritating because every single one has the pieces and the place you're putting them at slightly different perspectives. This makes shapes and color patterns both really difficult to use for no good reason. A lot of the UI is unresponsive. Picked up the wrong piece and want to set it down? No, you CAN'T just click the spot you picked it up from. Have fun clicking madly for a few seconds before the game finally realizes that you want to let it go. Trying to spin a plate? Logic says spinning the mouse faster should make the plate accelerate faster, right? WRONG, THE PLATES SPIN ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TO SPIN. It seems the majority of people struggle with two of the "mini-games" and yet the devs' response was basically "Well you must be doing it wrong." and nothing else. No tips, no troubleshooting, no links to actual game footage of the solution. And don't try looking up a playthrough on YouTube, because the solution that guy uses for the barbell puzzle is literally impossible in the game currently. And he's the only one with a full playthrough. You're better off just mucking around until you get it to work. Best advice for barbells: Try to get the plates of the same color together. Best advice for plates: Try setting your framerate down and/or using a windowed mode instead of fullscreen. And the best way I've found to beat the HO levels is to click madly around areas with a lot of items until the list is half gone. There's no penalty for misclicks, so you might as well abuse that, right? None of the objects are really that cleverly hidden, although a few are just plain unfair owing to things like the definition of what shape constitutes a "leaf" and the abysmal lighting level in basically 80% of the scenes or more (there's even one level where the light flickers slightly, and yes it is MADDENING when you're trying to see in the dark corners). Completionists, be prepared for frustration and anger. Casuals, you might like a single playthrough, but I foresee at least a couple skipped puzzles and a few HO hints used. Spend money here at your own risk.

Ich hatte mir etwas mehr erhofft. Nach Spielen wie True Fear, mag ich etwas verwöhnt sein. Ich habe das Spiel auf "Schwer" gespielt und war dann nach 2,9 Stunden durch. Es geht hauptsächlich um ein paar Sachen suchen und eine Geschichte mag angehaucht sein, ist aber unsinnig. Also ich habe nicht verstanden worum es denn nun wirklich ging und man hat nur kurze Szenen bzgl. der Geschichte. Ansonsten Puzzle-Suchen-blabla-Puzzle... Nicht wirklich empfehlenswert!

I don't really understand why there are some negative reviews for this game, because I don't have any remarks on it: beautiful and great game to play. A nice contrast between black & white, sad graphics & colorful happy one... The puzzles are easy, even with the hardest difficulty. The scenes where you have to search for objects are really nice, because you have to look at several screens to find them. For example, you can really open a locker and search which objects are in there... Also very nice atmospheric music for this kind of game. A perfect change with puzzles and search objects. Also great that this game is completely available in Dutch... It's short, but I'm sure you will not complain when 'Hidden Objects & puzzle' is your kind of game you want to play !!!