The Book of Desires

Despite the high percentage of negative reviews for the game, The Book of Desires is a totally fine hidden object game. Right off the bat, it's totally playable. Yes, there are two bugged puzzles (one of which is actually still solvable, it's just irritating to do so), but with the use of the skip puzzle feature it won't end your play through or anything. Moving on from that though, this game definitely carries with it the low budget feel of the other games in it's genre. It's story is, just, so dumb. It's terrible. And I love how terrible it is. In terms of the actual game play though, it's what one would expect, a blend of puzzles, point and click, and hidden object game play. It's all solid, nothing groundbreaking nor difficult, but also not boring or insultingly easy. Outside of that.. well, honestly this game is quite hard to describe in a meaningful way, it really doesn't stand out from all the other hidden object games. Which, I think sums everything up pretty well. If you enjoy the cheap, chill, comfort food feeling of hidden object games, you'll probably like this. And if you're looking for something that breaks the status quo and innovates on the genre (or at least tries to of some higher quality), then you're most certainly looking in the wrong place. And if you haven't played a hidden object game, well, I probably wouldn't recommend starting with this one, but it's similar enough to all the others, and relatively functional, so it's not like playing this would ruin your perception of what was otherwise an *amazing* genre. It's a game. In the hidden object genre. And that's pretty much it's entire identity/existence. Nothing more, nothing less.

for a hidden and find game this shouldnt exist

<기록용: 5/12일> 여러번 시도했지만 아예 열리지 않아서 빡종 했었는데 실행 안되는것까진 돈 버렸다 친다. 컴터 자체가 멈춰서 강종 재부팅 두번이나 하고 포기 비추

https://youtu.be/R1oSzoSZigA A lack of motivation and consistency in the world generates far too much friction for the player to keep invested in progressing through the game.

Иногда хочется потрогать игры Point & click Но так как они кусаются в цене как полноценные ААА и состоят из неизвестного качества, приходится трогать от меньшего к большему. И так эта игра нищего качества по ряду причин: 0) заглючила в одном месте (пропал инвентарь в квартире) 1) не логичность действий. (Простительно ещё) 2) хаотичность глупых экспериментов игры над игроком, то дай флаг скелету, то ищи в земле свёрток 3) неудобное управление, постоянно выходит назад, когда жмёшь неудачно инвентарь, на сенсоре делаешь это постоянно! 4) аналогичные загадки, между очень-очень легко и очень-очень глупо 5) в итоге очень короткая игра 6) однообразие поиска предметов, которые можно просто рандомно и безнаказанно натыкать в куче мелких вещей. И везде надо обязательно найти Щётку, Паука, Карты и Два Карандаша Плюсы: 1) визуальная сторона 2) попытка в сюжет за 100-300₽

Played this years ago and was going through my owned games and decided to replay it. Plot summary (like it matters) - child given an opportunity making a wish, makes a nice one, and ends up in an adventure. Might have had one bug with stones disappearing in a mini-game and not being able to complete it and ended up skipping it. Some of the hidden object parts were actually rather clever - but there were occasional non-standard names. On the whole an OK HOG.

It is extremely short, has many bugs and the story is boring.

I found the story to be rather lacking, the art a bit murky (at times it was hard to distingush the items that needed to be found) and I had some bugs here and there (the pillars puzzle i had to skip completely because of it). I would have liked a voiceover for the naration and perhaps even the dialogues but that's just a personal preference. The game is not the worst but I think there could have been more depth to the character, more twists, even at the end when you have to make a choice, it would have been nice to have a hint somehwere about the choice. It felt like the story itself had been written by a child but I've played quite a few of these games over the years so maybe this is why I have high expectations.

Perfectly fine HOG. Not sure what all the complaints are about.

Sympas