Haunted Reviews

I voted this for the "Strangest Team Ever" Award 2016. Your team has a pirate, a kilt-wearing Scot, the Pope, a wolf and a goldfish. And they all talk behind your back... This game is full of eveything I love about a funny adventure game. Banter between the characters, unexpected humourous scenes, that cutscene that just cracks you up. Better than Monkey Island 3... Original Review: This game is delightful! One of the best point and click adventures I've played in a long time.

What a great game! I expected a lot less than it was. Such a fun story and great ghosts. Not overly hard puzzles, very logical which I love. Also, loved the calls to other movies and games through out (especially the lord of the rings nod) It took me about 3 hours of game play (and i left it on while I went out for the day) and I still have the additional "quests". Thanks creators!

[h1]Summary: 5/10[/h1] If you are a fan of adventure games, you should pick Haunted up when it's on sale. It's a straightforward linear adventure game with an interesting (if somewhat predictable) story, though it suffers from the "combine random objects to solve random puzzles" style of puzzle solving that is common to older adventure games. [h1]Detailed review:[/h1] Haunted is a light-hearted and fun adventure game, good for a casual day of playing. It was originally released in 2012, so the graphics and gameplay are somewhat dated but I think the art style has aged well. However, while the idea of using ghosts with particular talents to help solve puzzles is an interesting one, the puzzles themselves are generally best solved not through critical thinking, but rather gathering up everything in the area, seeing what can be combined, then trying everything until it works. The "puzzle hints" were supposed to help with this, but the few times I tried them they were so basic ("you need to use what's around you"; "you need to use the window as a ladder" type of things) that I ended up turing them off because I kept accidentally clicking them when trying to move around. Speaking of accidental clicking, the camera angles are fixed and so movement is incredibly frustrating in some areas. I was surpised that movement was forced through the mouse instead of being able to be manually controlled through the keyboard, as static 3D camera games don't really lend themselves to click-based movement. If the devs are going to add any future patches (I believe someone else wanted controller support, which I think would work well with the game), I really do think they should add keyboard movement. I was also disappointed that a game that featured a female protagonist trying to save her sister and a female villain lacked any other female characters in significant supporting roles. ALL of the ghosts, except for one you meet at the very end, were men and only two out of the about seven supporting human cast were women. I was also disappointed, though not surprised, that while the male ghosts got a bunch of different body shapes the one female ghost was a Jessica Rabbit-style exaggerated sexy cartoon character. It felt to me like a huge missed opportunity, to be honest. In any case, overall I think that Haunted is a game worth playing for people who enjoy adventure games. My general rule for games is that $1 (or, in my case, 100 yen) should be around 1 hour of gameplay, so I found the non-sale pricetag to be a bit steep for a game that--from start to finish, including the bonus chapter at the end--is not going to yield more than 7 hours of gameplay. However, I would definitely recommend picking this up when it's on sale.

Haunted is a funny point&click game with easy puzzles and funny references to the Lucasarts era. It is relatively short, but it has a bonus chapter which is unique among p&c games. In chapter 5 there is a bug which does not allow you to continue the game, so save often in chapter 5!

Utterly Delightful! Good story, excellent lumnious graphics, very good voice acting, not too difficelt, but challenging puzzles!.....a fun romp in the style of Monkey Island! Highly reccomended!

Nice adventure game with good quests and story line. Lovely artwork and voice acting. Game play is smooth. Definitely recommend this game if you are a fan of the genre.

This game is old, dated, and hasn't really aged that well. However, in spite of its (many many many) flaws, I still liked it well enough to recommend (at a very steep discount). The inventory of ghosts is a really cool idea which I haven't seen elsewhere, and that along with some nice characters, and the outline of a cool story (although, truth be told, not that well written or executed) drives me to recommend it. There are still way better point and click games out there, so if you are new to the genre, I wouldn't advice starting out here, but it's still worth a try at some point.

Disappointing. It had such potential. The puzzles are unintuitive, the voice acting is strained and/or amateurish, and the writing needs work. The only pleasing character is the shopkeeper in the Chinese shop, but he's only got a few lines, unfortunately. The plot is okay, but the way the characters bicker stopped being entertaining after about the first hour of play. For some reason there is mutual animosity between nearly every character you come across, as if the game's author can't write any emotion other than irritation. The worst offenders are a part of your party and cannot be avoided. I kept playing it because I wanted to get my money's worth, but at this point I'm actively not enjoying myself, so I'm quitting. I already figured out what the villains are most likely up to, anyway, and that was the only interesting thing in the whole mess.

This point and click adventure is cute. It is a little flawed but enjoyable. I would give it a 6.5/10 and say it is worth its price for about 6 hours of light hearted gameplay. You should play this game if you are a point and click fan who is looking for a light hearted story with lots of object based puzzles and amusing dialogue. The production is excellent. The visuals and voice acting are really high quality. The puzzle design is good at first: it is logically sound and the basic interface means you won't get stuck for long. However the puzzle quality diminishes through the game. You still are not likely to get very stuck but by the last two chapters you'll find yourself resorting to trial and error. You should avoid if you are expecting a difficult puzzle game or any kind of involved plot. It is a children's cartoon made into an adventure game and does well as that. It will keep grown ups amused with the amusing dialogue and mostly well designed puzzles but its really best for kids.

I am really enjoying this game! I would suggest it to any point and click adventure game fan. I've played a ton of this genre and this one has great humor, great voice acting, it's beautiful, interesting, it's challenging, but not too challenging. Really cool what they did with the ghosts in the inventory. Before buying I saw reviews about it not working, so I was hesitant, but I havent had any problems with the game functioning. I'm loving it!