Hidden Expedition: Dawn of Prosperity Collector's Edition

Sneak your way into a strange research facility and discover the origin of mysterious tremors. Uncover a plot to send humanity back to the Stone Age. Find a missing girl. As an agent of HELP (I still question this choice of acronym), you can do anything and everything with the help - er, assistance - of your courage and ingenuity. As long as you don't mind a "retro" sci-fi / secret agent plot that feels more like the 60s than the 90s, this is a fun HOPA game with lots to do in the way of HO scenes and puzzles. Not the best out there, but entertaining nonetheless. Pros: - variety of HO scenes - ability to return for missing collectibles and achievements via Extras - most of the voice acting is quite good (if I were a girl in a car about to be squished, I'd be more scared, but that's me...) - variety of puzzles (mostly on easier side, but some challenges) - fully interactive map - customizable difficulty Cons: - no particular cons, but I didn't love the game (although some of the toys provided a real trip down memory lane!) - why are so many genius scientists embittered megalomaniacs? Overall: It's a moderately good game in a moderately good series. I prefer other Eipix games, but probably because they're prettier visually and have more memorable characters. Note: The bundle includes three older-style HO games that are not HOPA games.

Loved this game... took me back to the 90s when I was obsessed with these games . Id go to the library and spend hours on these CD rom games, they are the absolute Best! I enjoyed having a new story, Though I feel they rushed the story a bit. I liked the idea near the end of him not letting you escape and I was disapointed I had to shoot him instead of being abducted. Lol. It could have been fun , thankyou, keep making My games

Okay, so some unusual earthquakes have been happening in Montana. Someone has sent a coded message to H.E.L.P. headquarters asking for assistance in the area… so you are sent. And you have stumbled into some kind of conspiracy… And based on the opening area looking mountainous… whoever is triggering these quakes is playing with fire… literally. (I mean would you want to be starting earthquakes near Yellowstone?) Plot is decent, HO scenes fun, and minigames challenging. Suggest getting in the bundle.

Overall I enjoyed it, interesting storyline and nice artwork. I'd prefer more HOPs and some of the puzzles were quite difficult (and one of them just wouldn't work for me, the bit with the drone and trying to hook the gate pins).

[h1]A solid package but search scenes are a mixed bag[/h1] Continuing my little stint chipping away at my backlog, the random difficulty I chose here was casual. It turns out this was a good choice as even though it is a decent game packed with the usual story, bonus story and various extras, it can seem like it is trying too hard to give you every feature and type of search game that was ever invented. I'm pretty sure at least one mini-puzzle has an interruption game... Inception anyone? I'm not going to mention the story, but it's a standard 'go and do this' at a 'site' and 'save the day' plot. This one sees us go to a groovy underground village, that has trees and parks even though its all rocks up above. Amazing how a game can just gloss over the details of 'how' like that. Thankfully there is only one annoying animal in this one, and it isn't a main feature (except for a load screen maybe). The art is pretty good - nice variety of scenes, colours, angles and depth perception mostly ok... but it does have a touch of facepalm too - swinging objects you can click to make them swing a bit more, clock faces you can click on to mess with the time of day, that sort of thing. Even on casual I ended up having to click on the map to see where to go a few times because items either didn't make sense, or I completely missed an item. Yes, you can still completely miss items on casual. I don't know whether to be embarrassed or proud. (Stupid coat hangar) As for additional items to look for, it's an odd one. Globe statuettes are a one-per-screen collectable, but [i]morphing objects[/i] are actually hidden inside specific search screens and are not on area screens. This caught me out to begin with as I didn't start out looking for them that way - also, there are only 10 of them, which gave it away once I got one. There is another collectable as well but I'm not sure about that one. Even with the in-game achievements, I never bothered to restart to get my missing ones. That isn't all that is odd. Search scenes are often mixed up between looking for picture silhouettes, typed out words, similarity pictures (eg a train might be the picture, but it'll be a different type of train in the scene), revealing an item before finding it as well as exposed items, and even morphing items as a scene (unrelated to the morphing item collectable). To top this off, sometimes a scene is FOUR different separate lists, and when you finish off these separate tabs you are rewarded with an item that is used to unlock the other two tabs so you can search for those. I know. It is needlessly complicated. I think if I had have done it on Hard, I might have needed to reinstall Quake or something so I can vent. Even after all that, I still liked it. Maybe the setting helped play into my feeling for this one, or it could be that final battle with a robot in the bonus chapter. Either way it's a firm positive for this one.

Dawn of Prosperity is part of the Hidden Expedition series, HO Adventure Games. Well written, engaging story, clear graphics, & likable characters. The game includes enough but not too many HO scenes, as well as puzzles, & mini games. It has an interactive map and hint/skip button. It has a unique-to-this-series gadget you interact with to receive & review messages and collected info cards.

Great game any of the H.E.L.P game themes ones are great in my opinion !

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5* Thoroughly enjoyed this game. As is usual from Eipix, highly creative, if not as jokesy as some. , with loads of extras. Good story-line with appropriate music throughout. Perfect balance between interesting HOPs and challenging but doable puzzles. Pleased to say I got all the achievements. Don't worry if you miss a collectable, (the guide is out of order) you can get that at the end along with morphing objects in the HOPs. Thoroughly recommend