Vacation Adventures: Park Ranger 16 Collectors Edition Reviews

I have played every Park Ranger game in the series, plus all the Cruise Ship and Vacation games. I have always loved these games because of their clever hidden objects and beautiful graphics, but, to me, this is my least favorite. It's all the same mechanics, same music, same mini-games, which is okay, but for some reason this one seems so much more "cluttered". Lately, the scenes have contained way more construction, planes, trucks, etc and have strayed from the serene park environment. There IS a story throughout the series and the park has grown so I understand the construction, etc...but it isn't peaceful (to me) anymore. I wish there was a "zoom" feature instead of just hints (if you use a hint you lose your eagle eye bonus) because the scenes look and feel very "busy". I have always loved finding the extra animals, trash and photo sign but even those are hard to spot now (for me) without a zoom. I have never cared for the mini games (jig saws, cross out words, spot the difference, etc) but suffered through a few of them because the skip feature was a minute, sometimes a minute and a half. I LOVE the fact the skip feature in this game is only 10 seconds!! Thank you for that! I will continue to play these of course, but shooting for 3 stars on each level isn't a goal for me anymore. Despite my personal gripes, these are the best Hidden Object games to play!