Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

A good Artifex Mundi hidden object game.

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Anyone wanted to play Prince of Persia or Aladdin in H.O.G. form? YES. Because this is what it is... Well you don't bounce off the walls like in POP and swing around the Daggertail... But uh... You get to visit the fantasy land of Persia and get to do some magic and mix potions! There is a map. You can't get lost in this one (yes, SUPER important) and those cute fuzzy creatures!!! Foxes mixed with peacocks...? They sure are! Usually in other H.O.G. one character does everything. Here... TWO! Not always, but hey, it's still an option! And these two act believable and I actually sensed romance. Normally people just come and go, but here... ALRIGHT! Anyway, it's a good H.O.G. Fun. THANK YOU!!! :3 :) :P

It's like Prince of Persia meets Aladdin and the genie was incompetent and not funny.

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Definitely one of the better Hidden Object Games. The story is halfway decent, the voice acting is leagues above the usual HOG quality (finally a main character with a nice voice), the art is good, puzzles are fine. Overall recommended (on a sale, cuz it's short, took me <2.5 hours to complete).

un grand grand oui pour une aventure épique en plein coeur d'une Perse phantasmagorique absolument merveilleuse! C'est l'un des jeux que je préfère d'Artifex et tout est sincèrement enchanteur

I know I shouldn't be over-critical of these types of games, as they are designed for a much younger age group, perhaps as a soft introduction to gaming, or a way of training young ones to develop problem solving skills, so I'll try to be fair. Sands of Wonders does pretty well to merge a couple of different gameplay elements into a solid story. While not as many as I would have liked, the game does have a few searching mess scenes, but it does tend to get overshadowed by other elements such as acrobatics, alchemy potion brewing, solving puzzles and creating useful items out of other items through inventory combining. Overall the game is colourful, the plot makes sense, and I'd definitely recommend it to younger kids just starting out. Obviously anyone that's older can play as well, but I played through on Advanced (the middle difficulty), and the game and achievements are all fully completed (including a lengthy spot of afk) in under 5 hours. The idea of having a duo to control may not have worked so well as there was hardly any distinction, and being told you have a shared inventory was kind of redundant - only Tara can mix potions anyway, so it might as well have just been her. One great feature of this game is the collectables - VERY well hidden, mostly taking on the form of a slightly different shadow hue than the surroundings, making it a lot more interesting than other games' hidden collectables. I almost missed the first one, but as long as you remember it's one per screen you can't go wrong. Do it as soon as you enter a new screen as there are several points of no return. Only ever truly worth it when it's on sale due to limited replayability and length to finish.