Hotel Ever After - Ella's Wish

A cute little time management game, I especially loved the fairytale aesthetic. I play a lot of time management games and didn't find this one much of a challenge but it was still worth the buy in my opinion. It is rather short as I beat it in about 5 hours but I was playing nonstop. I only wish it was a little longer.

An sich wars ja ganz nett, aber: - Performanceproblem, es ruckelt - Texte werden abgeschnitten - Nicht/schwer/kaum klickbare Objekte - teils nervige Minispiele Die Story kann man sich schenken. Allein dass man Handy- und online Likesucht verherrlicht, macht es schon schlimm genug. Der Rest leider sehr mau und besonders nervig die vielen belanglosen Chatnachrichten. Balancing wurde hier auch nicht so wirklich gemacht, teils immer dieselben Auffüllprozesse und einige Minispiele sind einfach nur doof. Boni freischalten auch eigentlich unnötig. Und was richtig genervt hat waren die vielen Tutorials. Fazitz: Leider eines der schlechteren Gamehousespiele. Aber noch besser, als die Heart-Reihe und Parker&Lane.

The story is good, if there's maybe a little too much of it, but this game is not up to the quality I would have expected from GameHouse. The game play shifts from much too easy (most of the time), to much too difficult in a few of the mini games they spring on you. There are glitches sometimes, where you click on something and it doesn't register. The animation is a little rough. I got bored and didn't finish the game. I don't normally leave reviews, but I have purchased every Delicious Emily game on PC, and a few of them multiple times for Mac and on mobile, and I wanted to make other people aware that this game is not in the same league as Delicious Emily or Fabulous Angela. For me it's usually a no-brainer to spend money on a GameHouse game, but I wont be doing that again before looking through reviews. I would love a new Delicious Emily game for PC, but I've read that Emily's story is only going to continue in a mobile "match 3" game. That's very disappointing because those games are my favorite time management games of all time.

[i] My Experience [/i] I have to agree with the other reviewers here. Ella's Wish does not meet the quality standard of GameHouse's usual fare. First off, things just seem a bit buggy. On one occasion, the level challenge (create a special cocktail in the bar) bugged out because I stopped mixing the drink when I was too close to finishing. On another occasion, I wasn't able to click on the cat in the office to take a picture. In addition, there were multiple times when I would click a guest (especially one of the "influencer" guests) and the click wouldn't "take." Secondly, I just couldn't get into the story. The "curse," the irredeemably evil step-mother, the mysterious Prince Charming... I don't know, maybe I'm just dead inside. Perhaps I should've expected these aspects going in, but the story was just very simple. Also, [spoiler] who doesn't insure their property?[/spoiler] Lastly, the game has no achievements. This isn't that big of a deal, but I have come to expect them from these GameHouse time management jams. I would recommend most of the other GameHouse games before this one - Heart's Medicine, Unsung Heroes, Amber's Airline, even Dr. Cares. I like the way that Ella's Wish integrates social media into it's mechanics, but this isn't enough to redeem the game.

Este juego nos cuenta la historia de Ella y su deseo de lograr la última voluntad de su padre: el auge de su hotel familiar. La historia es sencillita pero bonita y tiene un plot twist final que nos hace pensar que habrá una segunda parte. Con eso me tienen ganado, ya que a mi me ganan con cualquier culebrón. La jugabilidad es parecida a la de todos los juegos de esta compañia (Game House) por lo que apenas sorprende pero a los que somos fieles a ella sabemos que nos disgusta. Para quienes no sepa que tipo de jugabilidad tiene este juego, es la de planificar el tiempo en varios niveles mientras que vas conociendo más de la trama.

Unfortunately, this game missed the mark for me. GameHouse usually delivers quality, but this game was unpolished and buggy. A shame, because the story, while incredibly predictable, is kind of fun.