Myths Of Orion: Light From The North Reviews

I got a lot of games by this studio over the holiday, and this one contained all the things I dislike about said studio. Flashing light effects in the hidden object scenes, for example. I'm photosensitive so it gives me instant headaches and obscures the already murky graphics of the search area, though maybe that is why they did it. Said murky graphics and reusing items and even artwork from other games. It felt like they wanted a new title and just dug through stuff they hadn't used for a while. I'd noticed I wasn't playing it much and blamed my hectic schedule, but this one was a disappointment. I'm not going to suffer the literal headaches that light effect causes me to finish, so it's just sunk cost at this point. I don't think I'll be buying anything else from this studio again for that reason.

Very quick game. No bugs etc. Shame there are no Steam achievements.

I loved this game. Immersive, with a storyline that added just enough purpose without being intrusive (I hate games that have tons of dialogue). The animation is beautiful, a cross between cartoony and realistic. It was generally clear what to do with objects and how to progress. The mini-games were great, too -- it has the traditional mix of create-a-pathway, do a puzzle, follow the pattern, etc. but has some different twists. Just challenging enough to make me work, but not enough that I gave up or resorted to the walkthrough (okay, I did that once, but because I missed a hot spot...my only complaint is that the "hot spot" areas are very big, like an entire wall -- so if there are two close together, you might not find the second one because you're thinking, "that magnifiying glass will give me the same close-up I've gotten 10 times already, so what's the point?" but that's minor). I liked that you could customize your difficultly level. Unexpectedly, this HOG/Adventure game has four "boss" levels where you have to mix speed, accuracy, and problem-solving. Definitely got my heartrate up! Decent length, too. And the first thing I did when I finished it was to look for other games from Cateia!

Works on Win 11. Wonderful HOPA. Music, acting, artwork,story that ties together.One of the good ones.

This game looks beautiful and some work went into it. The majority of the puzzles were hard and I had to cheat for one of them. The hidden object games are challenging and this is actually worth a couple of bucks. Some of the games were actually weird for a hidden object game, like bejewelled and clicking on objects. It was definitely unique. Took me just over 4hrs.

Has trading cards but the store page doesn't mention it for some reason. Some parts are a bit funky with controls. Mobile port maybe? The game came out in 2014 for Steam and still has no achievements, so it's unlikely to ever get them. So feel free to use the skip and hint buttons willy-nilly. It's not worth $15. (IMO almost no HOG are worth $10+). Get it as a part of a bundle or on sale.

Fairly good hidden-object game, with relatively smooth gameplay, typical but intuitive puzzles (mostly), HO scenes of various modes (search by objects name or silhouette), nice graphics and music, and not a bad voiceover. Gameplay will likely last only an hour or two as the game is really not difficult, but newly added achievements may add to some replayability as you need to finish the game at least twice to get all of them. Good for avid HOG players to add to their collection.

Even though the story is generally interesting and the graphics, music, and voices are good, and most of the puzzles and hidden object scenes are fun, I can't recommend this game because some "twitch" parts of the game are extremely difficult to do with a mouse (which makes me think this was a phone game). For example, the sliding thorns puzzle is excruciatingly difficult with a mouse and the fight scenes with the thieves are very difficult. I also didn't like the hidden object puzzle that kept getting obscured with darkness every few seconds requiring me to click three times to clear it up before finding a couple of more objects before it obscured again. Plus, I didn't like the Simon-like follow the bells sequence where bells switched position after showing me the sequence. (I hate Simon-style games.) On top of all that, there are a few HO puzzle clues that are bad, such as "pitchfork" where you have to click on an ash shovel that is labeled as a "fire poker". The best thing about this game is that the map is really useful because you'll need it to figure out where to go next because a lot of the time it is non-obvious.

I was expecting the usual from a hidden-object point-and-click: baffling plot twists, bizarre game logic, and as much amusement in explaining what was going on to my friends as I got from playing it. What I got was an artistically pretty game with an excellent soundtrack compared to others in the genre and a tight, forward-moving plot. The areas were well done, it actually felt like something was at stake in the game. I had to skip some of the puzzles because the controls were a bit wonky, but it's a small quibble for something that was otherwise quite fun. ...is there some rule I don't know about that a casual HO game must contain two pieces of flint that start a fire? If all you needed was moving flint, mountain ranges would be spontaneously combusting death traps. Oh, well. Recommended.

A very good hidden object game with challenging puzzles, neat characters, good voice acting, and a clear and engaging central story line. Will be looking for more games from this Croatian developer. Looks like Artifex Mundi has some competition!