Moontrain Reviews

At painter in money train, the game is tuck. you can't even click on help or the 'pause' buttom... I want my money back :(

While the game was fun I was able to finish in about 2 hours. Way too short of a game for the price charged.

Very clever takeoff on the hoary tradition of hidden-object games, with a catchy story and interesting scenes and puzzles. It took me a while to figure out some twists on the usual method of finding and obtaining these "hidden objects," but fortunately good hints were offered from time to time that made the journey easier. The game went quite fast after I finally understood how things worked. A lot more engaging than some games in this genre that seem to go on forever. Got only about 60% of achievements, so as I finished the game, I guess a lot of them were superfluous and shouldn't have been offered in the first place. In other words these "achievements" were not exactly central to the game or to gameplay. Maybe Steam should try harder to create "achievements" that fit the world of the game. Or maybe omit altogether?

I was really enjoying this mind bending game until I reach the car race bit.....! I wanted point and click not an arcade game!! Such a shame.

[h1] WHAT AN ADVENTURE![/h1] Sam the Magician was the star of his cousin Max's Circus, drawing enor"mouse" crowds in every city. Ironically, the infamous Magician mysteriously disappeared without a trace and the Circus eventually crumbled without their missing link. Thirty-three detectives later, Max Vigor seeks the help of Detective Paw, a struggling agent facing eviction. The one and only lead they have is from a distant memory of an odd symbol adorning the cane of a stranger...and so the Moontrain adventure begins! As many of you know, our beloved Kris Djokic from Dragonseye Studio passed away shortly after the release of Tearstone: Thieves of the Heart :( Thankfully, he was here to witness the success of Tearstone 2 but unfortunately, Moontrain was still in development. As a tribute, the Dragonseye team worked feverishly to complete the game to honor their beloved mentor...and they have exceeded everyone's expectations! Moontrain is a point & click adventure ride you don't want to miss! It's a thinking kind of game with adorable characters and whimsically animated cartoon graphics. The storyline will amuse and delight players of all ages as you search for clues and follow leads to find Sam and reunite him with his cousin Max. Although this game has aspects of hidden object scenes, they aren't typical HOs. Sometimes you will search for needed items by rummaging and moving things out of the way but those objects aren't listed at the bottom as they are in typical HO scenes, and you may have to return to those areas on other occasions to find another item. There are also Black & White scenes that require you to find & replace 3 objects in 3 different scenes to fill in parts of the story or fill in the backstory, but again, they don't tell you what to do or what to look for, you have to figure out the requirements as you do in most adventures. In most HOPA games, the developer throws in random mini-games and puzzles that have nothing to do with the story, they are just fillers. The mini-games in Moontrain ARE part of the adventure's progression, in other words, you need to solve puzzles to progress, and although they can be skipped you probably won't want to! You may need to play an arcade game to get a part needed to fix broken items or find codes to solve the puzzles. The mini-games and puzzles are easy to solve, but they don't come with a set of instructions, they rely on you to tinker with them to find the solution...and you'll feel a sense of pride when you finally do figure out how to fix or solve something! As in most adventure games, you will come across areas that require items, and usually in multiples of the same item, such as 10 Nails. Once you click on an area of interest, an Icon will appear on the top right, showing a picture and the quantity of the items required. Once you find the required parts, you drag that icon of inventory to the correct location to use them. Icons that have a magnifying glass require further inspection, and items with a + sign require combining two or more inventory items. Bonus Chapter: The Moontrain is flooding and it's up to you to fix the leak and help various characters during your newfound adventure! This CE Version has 44 Collectible Gems (some may be hidden) that allow you to purchase Detective Items, 5 Screensavers (after answering questions about the game) 20 Music Soundtracks, Concept Art Pictures, a Notebook with Character Bios, and a built-in Strategy Guide. PS: We have a memorial dedication thread for Kris at thewoodsforum.boards.net

Disliked playing this game with the various errors. Still stuck on the seesaw puzzle in the train. After moving the seesaw to open the doors to the grid, the games freezes up and the metallic squares do not move. Restarted this game now 3 times and not wasting any more time on it. These bugs should have been fixed before being published.