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I enjoyed this game very much. The puzzles are so varied and I LIKED that there was no explanation. They had just the right amount of challenge without being excruciatingly frustrating. Understanding the text is not necessary so the idiomatic and grammatical errors are irrelevant and the prose is understandable nonetheless, so who cares? I'd like to see how the complainers would fare if they developed anything in a second language. Oh, you don't intend to learn a second language?This developer did. The single complaint I have is that I acquired a set of objects and had no idea what to do with them. They were intended to be used in a completely different area on the map; I had to use a hint (I had a sizable cache of free hints which I never used - i don't know why another reviewer had to pay for his hints) to figure that out. At any rate it provided me weeks of enjoyment and it's fantastic that it saves your progress 100% so when you return you do not have to repeat any tasks as you have to in other games. I'm off to play another game by this developer!

I thought that this was one of the escape the room to get to the next level. Wrong! It is an interconnected series of rooms, dungeons, sewers and scenarios seeded with difficult puzzles and item searches. It caught me by surprise and kept me intrigued. It took hours and a couple of weeks to get to the end. Whether I was on it for a couple of hours or just a few minutes when I would get back to it it would remember my place and all the items that I accumulated. I did not have to “start over” each time. I collected hints that I could use when I got stuck on a puzzle and I got stuck a few times. When I finished I was sorry because I was really into it. I’m looking for another one to play. Kudos to the coders that made this adventure, it was fun.

I enjoyed the graphics and the puzzles were challenging but not to the point of madness. I did have to have help on three of them, as there was no explanation, but even so - it was an enjoyable game. English is my first language, and I VERY much enjoyed the verbiage of the text which indicates that is not the case for the creator of the game. The "lost in translation" aspect of it made me happy, as I love the differences in languages across the globe! Thank you to the creator for a job very well done!

The game is really good especially for a free game. It’s more or less common sense. I really enjoyed playing it. Sometimes it was hard finding a puzzle because it blended in with the scenery so I accidentally clicked on it. The only thing I can recommend is letting us use a hint to get a clue on how to solve a puzzle instead of using 3 hints to pass it. Then after 3 hints we can pass on it. I had to pass on 2 puzzles because I couldn’t figure out what I was suppose to do but I would have liked to try to solve it. I would recommend this game.

Yes, there are obvious problems. The translation borders on incomprehensible. I didn’t really follow the story. Not even sure who the bad guy was in the end. And it’s a little tougher on the phone where the smaller screen is less forgiving. But I like the variety of puzzles and they are all pretty logical from what I remember, even without instructions. Plus, there are a lot of them. This game is long but still casual enough that you can pop in and out without having to remember where you came from.

The game would be a lot better if you could actually get some free hints. And asking for a review 2 minutes into the game and every 30 seconds after is not very good marketing. The game is good at keeping your attention, but when u need a little help and the only thing you can get from “spinning the wheel” is a whole lot of time spent watching ads. There are a few things that could be better, but this is just my opinion. Take it with a grain of salt.

This was pretty good. It had a lot of puzzles and a lot of gameplay. A little story too. This is a good game if you like lots of puzzles, literally. Every couple of moves or so you'd have some new puzzle to solve, some were hard and some were easy. I liked it, but I liked Castle of Horrors better, which for some reason isn't available anymore. I'm going to see if their other games are enjoyable too, since they are free (unless you pay for hints).

This is an amazing game! I love the puzzles and the storyline. It really makes you think and challenges you. My only issue is no clear instructions, some of the puzzles are clear in what is needed to solve them others not so much. Also where you are supposed to go next is also very unclear. I like that you feel like a real detective putting the pieces together but a bit more direction would be helpful.

Just started playing, but it wants my review after five minutes of play. So... In this game, you play a masochistic and self-defeating “detective” nobody in their right mind would ever ask for help, let alone hire with money. You’re just the worst. It’s all you can do to find your way out of your own house! You were clearly born into wealth and have no professional success. You must suffer either from a memory disorder, or a psychological condition that causes lost time, multiple personalities—something to explain why you remove door handles, hide and bury your keys and other belongings. The one idiot who would ask you for help comes to you with the address of the place he urgently wants you to go to sealed inside an envelope with the strongest glue in the word that requires a knife to open, which of course you have concealed from yourself behind several, honestly impressively ingenious, devices. But at least he figured out how to enter and exit your front gate without the aid of a 2x4.

Ok to play but not really worth any money. Controls are annoying -- e.g. having somebody say something (unimportant) and you MUST acknowledge by clicking on bottom of screen before continuing. I dislike the inset scenes still popping up after you have taken the item/solve the puzzle. Makes it hard to explore when inset scenes keep popping up plus sometimes I forget I have already finished the scene. Most annoyingly, you MUST click on the corner to make the inset go away; you cannot just click elsewhere. Puzzles are either very easy or very hard, not much in the middle. Too much crap on the scene covering up info; there is always an ad half covering the +hint box and I couldn't see what was the last item I was supposed to find when searching the body. This is on a Mini if it makes a difference. Relentless about asking for a review. I frequently rate one star when that happens but I am feeling generous.

There's some hard puzzles in here that you just can't finish without the help of a hint it of course takes 3 of them and completes it. so far I've only gotten to 2 of them and couldn't use any on the second cuz the game made me use a hint that didn't even help just told me to exit that spot and was no more. The translation is iffy most you can think "ok they meant to say this..." But there was some that was like "wait what was that can you say that in a way I can follow?" Sometimes trying to tap on something doesn't work even when that is an item you need or know it's that item but it won't work till after you find them all The pop up for reviewing the game is annoying it should only pop up once in the game after you have started playing the game if you tap later then the next one should pop up the next time the app opens not in the next few taps of the frame you tapped to

UPDATE: Maybe some people will enjoy this game, but the ads bounce non-stop. It’s incredibly annoying. The game might be OK if I you don’t get seasick, but i don’t care for the graphics or gameplay enough to overcome all that jiggling. Time to delete. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Ten minutes into the game and I think I’ll delete it. First, an overly intrusive ad frequently blocks the bottom of the screen, which is where the dialogue is displayed. Second, it also covers the Hint button. Third, the Hint button, when visible, bounces up and down constantly. It is driving me crazy and is very distracting. Finally, the graphics are mediocre and the music is monotonous. I’ll take a break and give it one more chance, but unless there’s a way to stop the bouncing button and get rid of the invasive ads, I’m deleting.

This game is horrible on a phone. You have to tap furiously in the same spot, only to have it not read your command. You use a hint, thinking, surely it must be you, only to have this crappy hint system lead you back to exactly what you just did. The rate this game begging every 30 seconds is also annoying. The grammar is deplorable. The only thing that saves this game is some of the puzzles were decent. It maybe a free game but there are some things worth paying for. I would say skip this game on your phone but try it on your ipad and judge for yourself.

This game could have been great but they messed it up. First, the ad at the bottom is annoying. It takes away from the game and blocks your view. The pop ups for items and special areas get irritating because you have to click a little arrow at the bottom corner at the bottom ad to get rid of it. Some of the games you have to click and click and slide to TRY to get it to realize you’re pressing it. The chain kept getting stuck and it wouldn’t recognize I was moving it, or trying to. I just couldn’t “pick” the chain up. Some puzzles just made no sense and weren’t relevant at all. The conversation having to be clicked at the bottom on the ad is annoying. It’s useless chatter. Rooms are hard to change to on the map. Hints are useless. I don’t need a hint to tell me to exit the pop up. Just all around more work than fun. I deleted after about 8 minutes. It all just feels random and pointless.