Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul Collector's Edition

Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul is a typical game which tries to be great and fails in its execution. The theme is a common one of a meglomaniac wanting to rule the world and capturing your sister who is his assistant in his lab. He has stolen her soul and scattered it into different worlds. You do have to suspend belief, but it is well done. Graphics are gorgeous and high standard, music was good and fitted into the game well. The downside was the execution of the game. The cut scenes were clunky and blurry and at times went black. When anything went into your dossier, the notification stopped the game dead. Very clunky controls. In the bonus chapter, the map didn't tell you where action needed to be done. It is a pity because if these mechanics had been running smoothly, the game would have been very high quality. At this moment, it was very frustrating at times and ruined my enjoyment. 6.7/10

Jeu d'objets cachés qui tient la route, coloré, plaisant et assez linéaire dans son ensemble pour qu'on ne perde pas pieds. Nul besoin de se triturer l'esprit pour savoir qui va où ou encore de creuser ses méninges pour se rappeler où on pensait que ce petit bout de machin allait aller. Ce que l'on attend de nous est assez limpide. *Durée de vie : 3h30 + 1h de chapitre bonus *Trame scénaristique : Vous allez retrouver votre soeur qui, associée à un savant (fou ?), semble sur le point de faire une découverte renversante. Mais à votre arrivée, cette dernière a disparue ; éparpillée au sein de 4 mondes qui souffrent de l'avidité de l'Homme. En sauvant ces univers, des morceaux d'âmes de Margareth vous seront rendues. *Chapitre bonus : Tout ne se finit pas comme prévu, un cinquième monde vous attend ! *Graphismes et ambiances : colorés, chaque monde a son thème qui est agréable et bien dissocié. *SOC : avec interactions ; lisibles et claires mais qui demandent tout de même de bien se pencher dessus. *Puzzles : autant les premières heures étaient assez simples et décontractées autant la suite m'a fait perdre quelques cheveux. Les pièces rotatives et la projection logique à long terme n'étant pas mon fort, j'ai un peu regretté l’enchaînement de ce types de challenges. Mais une fois cette épreuve passée, je n'ai rencontré aucune autre adversité. *Succès steam : simples à obtenir, pas de bug à signaler. *Collections : 2 collections possibles à dépenser afin de redorer les mondes et le boudoir de notre petite partenaire de jeu. (ce n'est pas une obligation ni pénalisant si on ne complète pas ces collections). Dans son ensemble j'ai apprécié le récit, les décors et sa trame. Quelques puzzles ont eu raison de ma patience mais c'est anecdotique par rapport au plaisir que j'ai eu à parcourir le reste de l'aventure.

[b][i]Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul Collector's Edition[/i][/b] is a promising classic H.O.G. and it completely fullfilled its goal as I did enjoy both my playthroughs. Many aspects of the game were appreciated : its mini-games difficulty level (ranking from easy to average, with seldom tedious tries!), the H.O.Scenes (easy but quite beautiful), the whole art-style, the feeric world and the pace of the game. As well as there are beautiful HO Scenes, there definitely are interesting puzzles/mini-games. There is a bonus chapter. All in all the length of the game is quite fair. To conclude [b][i]Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul Collector's Edition[/i][/b] is a pleasant casual Hidden Objects Game with nice graphics and a relaxing music. Although I encountered a tiny problem with unlocking the achievements (due to my own bad), first leading me to a negative review, I now do recommend it to anyone looking for a classic & family-friendly H.O.G. with a magical atmosphere.

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul" Collector's Edition is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. The game was developed by Domini Games and published by Big Fish Games Studio. "Shattered Soul" is the first episode of "Labyrinths of the World." Since this is a collector's edition, it comes with extra features that are not available in its counterpart; the standard edition. [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention that the visuals in the game are nicely done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu. Game Audio I want to mention that the audio in the game is well done even if it is simplistic and somewhat repetitive. Gameplay There are four different difficulty game modes to choose from: Casual; Advanced; Hardcore and Custom. The notebook keeps track of progression in the game. Such as story events and clues. There is an interactive map in the game. It allows the player to fast travel between each location quickly. It also indicates that there are tasks that can be completed at certain locations. The interactive map is automatically given at the start of the game. There is a padlock feature that is available to lock the inventory panel in place to make it stationary. There are interactive items in the game. Some of these interactive items may require extra components before they can be interacted with. All interactive items are marked with a symbol in one of the corners. The hidden object scenes consist of the following: Fragmented items; Traditional word list and Find 'x' amount items. Some of these hidden object scenes may require little or no interactions. Most of the hidden object scenes can be replayed in the game's extra feature section. The puzzles are fairly easy to solve without having the need to skip any of them. Most of the puzzles can be replayed in the game's extra feature section as well. There are five different tools that are given to the player to use. These tools are unlocked when the player visits each of the four worlds. There is a puppet helper in the game. It can help the player with the tasks that they cannot do themselves. The miniature house is for the puppet helper. It can be decorated with various items that can be purchased with masks. The masks are scattered throughout the game for the player to find. There are four different museums in the game. These four museums are based on the four worlds in the game. All of these museums are automatically locked. To unlock them by visiting each of the worlds in the game. The museums can be upgraded/repaired with the use of coins. The coins are scattered throughout the game for the player to find as well. Since this is a collector's edition game, there is a bonus chapter, but it can be accessed only after the main story is completed. There are twenty-six different achievements to unlock from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. Miscellaneous There are extra features in the game: Bonus Chapter; Bonus Hidden Objects; Bonus Puzzles; Soundtracks; Wallpapers; Concept Art and the Game's Strategy Guide. Most of these extra features can be accessed only after the entire game is completed. There are six different trading cards to collect. Only three of those trading cards are given out by the game. There are several ways to get the rest of the trading cards: Purchased from the Steam's Community Market; Trade with friends; Booster Packs and its Booster Pack Creator. Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

Highly recommended for any hidden object / puzzle / adventure (HOPA) fan. Your sister is working for a genius scientist and has invited you to come visit at his laboratory/castle. Strangely, she is missing, and the scientist is most certainly not a nice guy. Find your way into four very different (and creative) worlds, and save them from his evil plotting. Pros: - lovely art - voice acting is generally good ** - puzzles are varied and of varying levels - good number of HO scenes - good pacing - Steam achievements! - nice bonus chapter ** I preferred that character mouths/lips didn't move; much better than poor lip synching once I was used to it Cons: - the villain is very villainous and says "you can't stop me" a lot (just go with it) - you really have to suspend your disbelief for using the flamethrower; trust me on this ;) - sometimes feels like a slightly older game in terms of overall interface and graphics - collectibles are used for "boudoir" (masks) and "museum" (coins); a *very* mild con, but I felt this could have worked better, especially with the "museums" for each world (still a neat idea) Overall: A very good game; I wish some of the newer games were as engaging and whimsical

Very silly story, but a nice mix of puzzles and HOPs. There's no achievement for doing all of them, so that's a relief, because some of the puzzles are actually pretty hard. There's also a strategy guide if you get really stuck. Buy it on sale.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this HOG. I thought that it was very well implemented with a lot of nice features like collectibles, a map that would take you to places you can do things, a bonus chapter and a strategy guide. The hidden object scenes were easy to view (so many HOGs have poorly rendered ones) plus there were lots of other puzzles to do. The graphics were fine and I liked the voice acting. I'm using windows 10 and had no issues with either game play or achievements getting awarded (I didn't get a few of the ones that require you to be speedy but I don't think I was speedy enough to, got everything else OK). The storyline is about travelling to a number of different fantasy words to save your sisters soul - typical HOG things to do. You develop a few powers (or gifts) along the way that let you levitate, fill with water, burn etc. Not a bad storyline at all. I completely enjoyed playing this - I wish they would add trading cards!

This is one of my favorite hidden object games (and I've played dozens and dozens of them). I can't even say why exactly. It was very fun.It has the standard flow and game play as the average hidden object (map, inventory, etc.)Pros: Many of the mini-games were not just the standard ones you see over and over (or some might have been, but a new twist was added). There was enough back and forth to make it interesting, but it was contained so you weren't hunting through dozens of areas. I really don't care that much about the story, but I liked this one and how they tied the crazy things of a hidden object game into it. A bug plus was that it wasn't merely 3 hours long! I give a thumbs down to any hidden object game that is less than 5 hours unless it's really cheap. This one was 7 hours (and that even though I skipped maybe 5 mini-games).Cons: Though I really loved this one, nothing is perfect. One annoying thing was that whenever you found a collection item, a popup would appear that would darken the screen and you couldn't dismiss it by clicking away. A minor but persistent annoyance. Another thing was some of the mini-games were too difficult for me. Not difficult from a logic perspective for the most part, but just drudgery of too many combos. And then some were way too easy. But overall, they were better than many of the modern games I've played where they re-use the same mini-games you've seen in many other games.

Very good game. Nice story and colorful graphics. The puzzles are entertaining. Recommended.

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