Redrum: Time Lies Reviews

This was mostly fun, but the lack of variety in the puzzles made the game tedious towards the end. I prefer HO games with a variety of puzzle types, and actually ended up skipping the last few jigsaw puzzles. I liked the hint system where you collect magnifying glasses in the different scenes to get more hints available. Not that you need much of them in a game as easy as this, but they are useful in the HO scenes when you just cannot find the last item. The story is very typical for these games, with a mad scientist who must be stopped, but who buys HO games for the story anyway? I paid €1.54 for this as a bundle deal (had the previous game) and it's worth that as it gives you one night of gameplay.

I actually like this one. Its a HOG with a bit extra. Not the usual fair. Has actual puzzles. With puzzle pieces. A few varieties even. Its a sequel and looks like there will be another one following according to the story anyway. ends on bit of a cliff hanger. Interesting visuals. Only had to use the hint system once. If you liked the first one you'll like this. If you havn't played the first one then you'll be lost with the plot. If that doesnt matter to you then you should at least have fun with the game. My only real beef is that for the puzzles sometimes it feels like you have to brute force them. You don't get a good look at what they are supposed to be and theres no reference really when doing them. Still fun though. If you like HOGs you'll like this.

Visually incredible. Has a lot of bizzare stuff in it and the style is fire. Worth playing for that alone. The bad news is that there are a lot of bad jigsaw puzzles where you have to fish for puzzle pieces from (and place them back into) a soup of other puzzle pieces. It's a mess. There is a skip button but I'm stupid so I didn't use it. First time playthrough: 4 hours 6 minutes 6/10

Its a very unique and interesting old hidden object game from 2008. Loved the visuals, loved the concept, and enjoyed some aspects of it. It was repetitive, especially with the jigsaw puzzles, I really wish there were more hidden object games in this, but other than that a very creepy and beautiful game that reminds me a bit of American McGee's Alice combined with a very 2000s dark internet fairy tale style.

not a HOG gal, but i can say the gameplay is a step up from the first, with more types of puzzles, a simple navigable area typical of HOGs, and an item system. still the creme de la creme for me is the visuals and story. its a bit more gruesome than the first, in turn a lot of the victims are a hell of a lot less sympathetic though. the series ends here without the third game ever being released, so brace yourself for a downer ending cliffhanger combo + another interesting game for those who like the macabre ~ i imagine this would be pretty typical to a HOG fan, with its crowning feature being the themes - overpriced for 2-4 hours of content. wait for a sale or bundle

I estimate at least 1.5hr, if not more, of my 2hr 43 min playthrough were those BLOODY PUZZLES!!! Literally the last 30 minutes were big jigsaw/slide the bar to form the image/move the tiles puzzles...and that's with me waiting out the skip puzzle button for the last 2 of them. Having one in between HOS' was one thing but having the ending of the game be more than half hour of JUST puzzles is bull! Also it was trying too hard to be scary and fell short of the mark. Also, why was Rose locked up with the criminally insane in the first place? She was like 5-6 y.o in the first game, what the hell were her parents thinking?!

Absolutely loved this one. Not your typical HOG. It gave clues and you had to find the item in another scene. May picture puzzles each getting harder. So if you don't like picture puzzles don't gt this one. Surprise ending.

Speaking as an artist myself I can only say that the graphics are superb and second to none. The Hidden Object section are the most unusual and intriguing I have ever come across. You really need to be on your toes for this one.

Cartoonish, with a lot of words. Not an atmospheric/scenic HOG at all. More like a moving comic book with creepy music. Not represented accurately by the pictures in game description. Nothing like other Redrum and not even fullscreen.

It's ok, I'm enjoying it because the story is crazy and amusing. There are a bunch of rooms to unlock by doing HOGs and jigsaw puzzles, each room contains more HOGs and jigsaw puzzles which give you items needed to 'solve' rooms. It's all pretty easy. Borderline recommend at a sale price $4 or less. I did hit one bug which forced me to reload and skip the puzzle (sliding rows and columns pic of a guy with a gas mask on).