Robin's Quest Reviews

[h1]A fun, easy, high-quality HOG & AG, if you're willing to play windowed[/h1] This is one of the best AG/HOG (point & click Adventure Game / Hidden Object Game) hybrids I've played. [b]What I enjoyed[/b] [list] [*]The HO scenes are well laid out, with no cheap tricks or obstructions. A bit on the easy side, but at least not frustrating. [*]As a female take on Robin Hood, you recruit the famous members of the Merry Men gang by helping them win pardons, in return for their skills as contextual abilities. [*]Great voice acting, especially on the main character Robin. [*]Art is pretty good, and the UI is polished with excellent user experience. [*]Side objectives like collectibles. [*]Optional side games (archery competition) to offer a break from the quests. Because there's quests. [*]The game helpfully marks a scene as "area clear" when you've solved all puzzles and found all secrets in it. If it hasn't, you're missing something. [/list] [b]What I didn't like[/b] [list] [*]Low resolution (garbled, blurry if played fullscreen). [*]4:3 screen. Making it fullscreen on a widescreen monitor will stretch the game horizontally rather than add black bars, distorting everything. [*]I didn't find much difference between Casual and Advanced modes of difficulty. [*]The archery side game is just one stage that's repeated in all the "competitions". [*]Having to play it windowed makes the objects in HO scenes harder to find. [/list] All in all an excellent little HOG/adventure mix. About 4.5 hours worth of play. For the asking price, definitely recommended.

pros - good looking and colorful graphics - many different and interesting cast of characters - easy puzzles (if you don't want to challenge) - intriguing story - good voice overs - good background musics - hidden object elements are fun. - hint system very helpful - there is auto save cons - game could have been longer. - there are no Steam achievements - game doesn't drop cards overall, this is an better than average adventure game. i quite enjoyed and recommended!

Easy even by casual adventure game standards, and the hidden object scenes are pretty short and basic. But it has some nice features compared to other hidden object games, like party members with special abilities and optional side quests. Plus you get more than one useful item from hidden object scene, instead of being sent back to the same scenes multiple times to needlessly pad the game. The voice acting and BGM aren't bad, either.

Cute game, with children as target audience. It's colourful, easy and has a happy-go-lucky feel to it. The first person is Robin Hood, a young woman who was imprisoned with her husband. She has to escape the prison, help the town citizens with their problems (mostly getting their gold/items back from mean leaders), gather up her merry men by collecting their pardons so they are free to roam the town, free her husband and confront the evil Prince John. There is a lot of backtracking as you unlock companions with abilities as you progress and so have to go back to use them. There is a map, but it's completely useless and does not tell which areas are completed nor can it be used for teleporting. The areas themselves have an Area Cleared sign when it has been cleared. The game mostly has a Robin Hood-era feel to it with items and music, but some wtf-things stood out. Yin yang and statue of Vishnu? Really? Both the hidden object games and the other mini-games are really simple, the archery contest adds a little to the game, though this also is fairly easy. You have 5 hints available, in the form of a jar of fireflies, and should you use all of them, you can wander around collecting more fireflies to get more hints. Hints can be used both in puzzles and to figure out in which direction you need to go next. Good game for children as a sort of introduction to both Robin Hood and HOGs. Might be worth its full price for children, but adults will want this on sale as it gets too easy.

This was... Actually pretty good. It's not just H.O.G. scenes either, as there are also point n put it here elements here too! If you need more variety, there are things to find in each scene (posters/pardon letters) and hidden caches... That and several Archery Tournaments. Some of which I had questions as to how the hell I won first place...? Especially since it says "10 Bullseyes" and I had... Four... Maybe if you don't miss? :s The only problem here is that the game is kinda short for the amount of fun it offers. By the time you get the hang of it and get the awards/trophy... You are already at the end. I mean... Your husband awaits and fun has to end, but did it have to end there? :< Oh and there are funny scenes too. The dialogue between the guards at first and the way the "key to the cell answer" was "obtained". Hahah. XD Otherwise... All the "Merry" character don't get much use out of them. If this was like an open world, (like say... Assassin's Creed series?) I am pretty certain people would get enjoyment out of it. And still... It was fun and worth it. Thank ya! <3 :) :>

As many nice touches as this game has - and there are quite a few enhancements over the typical adventure game formula - I can't quite recommend this at any but a rock-bottom price. It's just a little too short, there are too many segments in which the next step is utterly obscure (with little or no help from the hints), and the kid-friendly setting and story, while nice enough, are lacking in atmosphere and suspense. There are also very few actual puzzles, so progression and hidden object are the main challenges. Still, the gameplay has plenty of welcome flourishes for those craving something a little fresher.

Very straight forward in the first few mins. This is a 'hunt the object' game rather than the point and click adventure I was hoping for. Linear and full of hints. Its cheap enough but some older titles which have been reduced will have much more gameplay than this one.

This game is a Hidden Object game along with a few puzzles. The game is done well, the graphics match the story and are pleasent to the eye. The gameplay and interface seem to work pretty well no real complaints there either. However, once I got going into the game it's clear that the game is designed for children 12 and under. The HOG were pretty simple and short and the puzzles were all very easy, probably except one and that was more time consuming then hard. If you have children under 12 it is highly recommended. It's a fun diversion for adults without much pressure involved if you really need to play a Robin Hood game. My time in the game is five hours but had quite a bit of AFK time there. This is probably finishable in 2 hours, 3 tops. Give it a total thumbs up for children though and give it a rating of 7 for them.

This is a great hidden objects game FOR CHILDREN. If you are an adult who enjoys hidden objects games, you will find no challenge in either the puzzles or the archery mini game. That aside, for children of ages 7 to 13, this is a pretty cute game. The protagonist is a female and the story is set in the Middle Ages and draws on some of the Robin Hood lore, so it has appeal for both boys and girls.

This is actually a very fun game. It has above average voice acting throughout. Story is cute - Robin is actually a GIRL so she can get away with more because all the guards are searching for a man. Though there are wanted adds all over for her (guess the guards are oblivious to those) so, in addition to the HO scenes, you're looking around for those wanted posters and ripping them up. :D As she recruits her merry men, she gains skills from them. Is that boulder too heavy to lift? Ask Little John to help. Need something pick pocketed? Call on Will Scarlet. And, of course, she has her own arrow abilities! There are also archery tournaments that test your mouse aiming skills. I normally dislike those kinds of things but, in this case, I found myself enjoying them and entering every competition I could. Regardless of all my good words, wait for a sale if you're interested in a purchase. It's a fairly short game, with no achievements or cards. And it's not "connected" to steam so no chatting with friends or pic taking while playing. I also found that every time I exited the game, steam would show it was still running so that was kind of a pain. But considering all the stinker HOs out there, I was pleasantly surprised by this gem. Hidden Object and Robin Hood fans should give this a try!