Spirit of the Ancient Forest

I don't tend to write negative reviews, but this game felt like it actively wanted to disrespect my time and intelligence. The story proper had not yet begun by the time I gave up (level 26) - though I'm not sure I can really call it that. Don't buy, even on sale.

I'm a little surprised at the negativity towards this game. It does have it's issues, but for what it is (HOG), it does that in a suitable fashion. The graphics are fine, as is the sound. The story is a bit on the wonky side however... probably due to translation issues. You are competing against a timer as you find objects, so there can be times where things are a bit of a grind if you don't get the objects and have to do the whole puzzle over. It would have been nice to have some achievements, but all in all, I'd place it at a 6.5/10.

Extremely repetitive. Read review of someone who already pinpointed issues well, here: https://steamcommunity.com/id/emblemparade/recommended/657230/

Spirit of the Ancient Forest is a hidden object game (HOG) that follows Sarah and her adventure. I played this some time ago and forgot to review it when I completed it, but it was so long and dull that I really didn't feel like taking time out of my day to see exactly what this game was about again. As you can see, it took quite awhile to beat. This game features 91 levels that don't deviate from most of the types of HOGs that you'll come across in this. The majority of them are HOG levels, but there are some are slider puzzles and some jigsaw puzzles, but that's really about it. From what I was able to tell about the story, it looked very similar to one of the other games this developer made, which makes for a lack of originality. The visuals follow a very similar look to the rest of the games this developer makes, which look okay, but nothing fantastic. The music gets quite repetitive over the long course of the game you play. Do not bother with this game. From what I remember, it looks like they ripped one of their own games and made it into a level-by-level kind of HOG game that makes for very boring gameplay throughout its lengthy game.

It seems mostly like an object matching game. Not very fun.

Cannot recommend. The game is very boring and repetitive. Also broken in regards to the stacked puzzle as it will not allow you to move the items from on top of each other. Uninstalled.

I loved this game! ❤

Es un juego en el que salen un montón de objetos amontonados y tienes que hacer parejas o tríos. Los objetos son siempre los mismos y se hace muy repetitivo, entre pantallas hay una historia por la que no he sentido ningún tipo de interés.

This is the exact same game as his other one. It's garbage.

Look, I love hidden object games. But this one tested my patience! If you're wondering about a storyline, don't play this game. It's a scene to scene of random hidden object moments. There may be a sentence to 'advance' the story, but after an hour, nothing was resolved, and the timer is unforgiving - and also unexpected, there's nothing letting you know you have a few seconds left. Two and half minutes to find 40 pairs/triplets? All it reinforced was that I hate clutter - and there was NOTHING to show that I had done anything in the next scene. As others have said, it gets repetitive extremely quickly, and very frustrating as well. I feel sorry for the girl that is in the story, because very very few (if any) will get to the end. I played for an hour, and did not reach ANY of the story mentioned in the "About This Game". At all. Not bad enough to slog through it, though.