White Haven Mysteries

Meh. Game play was average. Ending was a big let down. :(

6/10

Excellent storyline and very fun to play!

This is an older HOG and it shows it's age but I kinda liked that about it. This game doesn't have the QoL features a lot of the new games have i.e. fast travel, map, etc but it's designed in a way where you don't find yourself missing it. The back traveling is minimal and there aren't a huge amount of different areas anyways. There aren't that many puzzles and they are pretty simple. The HO scenes are actually pretty well done and there are a lot of them. The story is ok but good enough to keep your attention through the game. If you are experienced with hidden object games you'll be able to finish the game within 1.5-2.5 hrs. Pick this game up if your looking for one more HOG that you haven't played before. I got it for about .50 and it was more than worth it. If you see this game on a very good discount you might want to grab it.

Tags: Adventure - WC - Hidden Object Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Run of the mill, uninspired casualized spooky manor exploration walk clicker with minigames. Resolution feels uncomfortable. Interactivity feels distant. My hope when I bought a bunch of hidden object games, would be that it would skip the moon logic and tediousness of traditional point&click while focusing on higher paced gameplay and story exposition. Lets just say White Haven Mysteries and other such games have made me reconsider my interest in the genre as a whole. The games I describe still exist but they are an exception. The game opens up with a rather unattractive initial hook. Where you chase a strange girl into a manor for undisclosed reasons. You pick up axes and rope along the way. There is a poster about a mystery happening at the town. There might be a twist somewhere along the way but I am not on board to find out what that is, and I doubt the literary quality on display here would really warrant the effort of focing myself through.

very good game

Do not purchase. Unless you play this game in one sitting (and it's one of the longer HO games), you will not be able to finish. At some point in the playthrough, the save file gets corrupted, and you cannot finish. What a waste, because this game had great potential.