Romance with Chocolate - Hidden Object in Paris. HOPA

If you like "cookie-cutter" HOG's, this one isn't for you. If you like scenes that look like paintings with a wonderfully appropriate soundtrack and an engaging story, you'll like this game. The HO's are found by pairs, by names or by silhouettes, and yes, they can be down right difficult to see or even look different from what you'd expect. The hint system is unlimited so I don't stress when I am stuck on the last 1 or 2 items. You are able to zoom in and you can pull the scenes up/down and side to side to find all the items. There are puzzles too, like spot the difference or rotate tiles to finish a scene. For the price you can overlook the quirks of this game and just enjoy the art and the music! I've played many of the games by this studio and this is one of my favorites.

Though listed as a hidden objects "puzzle adventure", this is more like a visual novel with some hog sprinkled in as window dressing. Supposedly you can go back and replay it making different choices, but honestly, I'm pretty sure even the Completionist would find it unrewarding to bother with. There are only five achievements with the fifth one being going back and fiddling around replaying it. Hardly noteworthy. It took me less than an hour to run through. And though I'm of intermediate skill level as far as HOGs go, this would still be extremely easy for a beginner... Should they even decide to play it. That's all on the gameplay front. On the story, art and sound... Meh. The story was barely existant. The art was okay at best. The music wasn't bad but it Was forgettable.