May’s Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville

The game often poorly explains itself, which makes some puzzles very hard to solve. As well as this, bugs make this game hard to play, as i wasn't even able to see what i was typing at one point. I would not recommend this

Basically a knock off of professor Layton. Has a lot of bugs, and was working at first but then after launch would just black screen and I couldn't alt-tab, change desktop screens, exit, nothing and always have to reboot my laptop and can't even play the game.

Don't buy it unless it's on sale. The puzzles got only one answer and don't allow alternative answers so you have to search for the walkthrough. The puzzles are repetitive, so I can't say it's fun nor challenging.

The game seems geared for elementary school students, both in theme and difficulty. Except the rhythm puzzles. Those were arbitrarily difficult and not fun.

It's a copy of the Professor Layton games, that have better riddles and story, I've paid this game 3.99 $ and for me it'sthe correct price, It's fun and a good game, but not an exellent one.

I found this game to be quite fun. It is a puzzle solving game that is EXTREMELY similar to the Professor Layton series. Don't be deceived by the game's childish art style, the puzzles can be quite challenging for adults. I believe there are over 250 puzzles in this game, including optional ones. Only about 80 of them are required to beat the game. Most of the puzzles can be solved with critical thinking, but there were a few that I admit I had to use a walkthrough to solve. I really liked the hidden objects and written answer puzzles, just because I could usually solve them myself. The rhythm puzzles were a bit tedious, and the sliding and the hidden picture puzzles were just really boring and difficult for me. Luckily there is only 1 required hidden picture puzzle, and only 2-3 sliding puzzles that weren't that bad. The rhythm puzzles are commonly used, with 3-4 in each chapter, all of them required. If you find them difficult or, like me, too tedious, you can always use hints that you gain from solving bonus puzzles. I'm really glad they put this in, as the hints saved me so much time and effort, and got me out of many tight spots. The story is quite simple. You are May, a girl who got into a balloon accident and has landed in a strange town. To top it off, your brother is missing. Sucks to be you. You must go out into Dragonville and try to find your brother and what is up with the citizens of Dragonville. One of the main problems I have with this game is its use of characters. Most of the characters in the game only serve to be used for 1 or 2 puzzle, and then they are never seen again. In fact, only about 5 characters are in more than one of the four acts. The ending contained a plot twist that I pretty much saw coming from a mile away. I'm really just glad they bothered with a coherent story. Overall, I would suggest this game if you are interested in a puzzle solving game, or if you just want to think a little. While it is worth the full price of $10, I would suggest waiting until it is on sale, mainly since the steam summer sale is just around the corner.

[b]Intro[/b] May's Mysteries is a point & click puzzle game somewhat similar to HOGs. You travel between static screens solving puzzles and talking to people. [b]The Good[/b] - Some decent puzzles. - Lots and lots of puzzles. - Hint & skip buttons. [b]The Bad[/b] - Some bad puzzles that make no sense. - In Hidden Object Puzzles the items you've found stay on the screen (wtf). - Hints & skips have to be earned by doing bonus puzzles. - No map travel or indicated available actions. - Terrible, repetitive music. [b]The Ugly[/b] This game only runs in 4K using Borderless Gaming. Even then the text stays the same microscopic size, making the game a pain to play. Some objects like checklists and speech bulbs misalign as well. [b]Conclusion[/b] This game has a "Mostly Negative" rating on here with people complaining it's a cheap copy of "Professor Layton" (some console game for kids?). I'd say that is undeserved and this might get a recommendation if it wasn't for the problems with the resolution. PS: This game is unlisted on Steam but it was in a HumbleBundle once so you might still own it.