Riddles Of The Past Reviews

The first and the most important aspect in games for me is the story. And this one is soooooo dumb! [spoiler]It's a story about evil genius, who was in love with a cheerleader, who dated football team captain, so genius gave amnesia to all town inhabitants.[/spoiler] Gameplay is OK, graphics too, but story ruined it all. So, if you a story fan as myself, I can't recommend you this game.

The Graphics are good and there are many different locations. But the story and the voice-acting are mediocre. And the puzzles are so simple that it is no fun solving them. Most of the items you need to solve the puzzle are in the same location. I'm sorry to say that I don't recommend this game to people who like fun Hidden Object Games.

This game takes about three hours to complete. The main story is a bit silly but it gives you a reason to wander around a semi-abandoned town and solve puzzles. In the translations they seem to have confused North American football with soccer. Aside from that, I did enjoy playing this game - the art work is well executed and the music is pleasant. There are about sixty locations and a few hundred objects to interact with. I bought this game on sale for about two dollars - I definitely got my moneys worth from it. The puzzles were challenging but not impossible - I did not need to use any hints to finish the story. I did see other reviews that complained about the hint dog twitching and flashing in the bottom right corner of the screen. I didn't really notice this issue on my PC but I did play on the higher difficulty level with a large monitor. I give this game 7/10.

Recommended if it's cheap and/or in a bundle. Well made and drawn, but way too simple, especially the HO scenes. Be good for beginner HOG players - veterans look elsewhere. A 60/100 effort. [b]The good[/b] Good artwork and animation Reasonable soundtrack Despite being very easy overall, some of the puzzles are challenging Engaging once it gets going [b]The bad[/b] Far too easy, especially the HO scenes Ludicrous story (but aren't they all?) Minimal replay value Some of the puzzles are annoying A few translation issues

Fun hidden object game, with an interesting story. Puzzles are not too hard, but offer some challenge. Took me about two hours to finish it without using any hints. If you are in to these type of games, it will be worth a buy. Especially when it's on sale. (And if you like collection achievements, this is an easy 100% game)

Okay I know HOGs generally have pretty cheesy stories but this is the worst I've encountered so far. It's not even worth spending energy to comment on the story beyond the fact that it's extremely juvenile and cringe-worthy. This isn't even really a HOG, it's more like a point-and-click adventure game, but even then, it's extremely simple to solve the puzzles. The mini games are either obnoxiously tedious or painfully easy. The voice acting is weak; the narrator sounds like she's reading a book to young children. The writing is poorly done and some things seem to have been missed in translation (e.g. a character is constantly referred to as a soccer star, except he plays American football in the game). Not worth spending money on, in my opinion. There are better HOGs out there.

Another older game that I played years ago. I really enjoyed this all over again... Good story, fun puzzles(actually very easy puzzles or maybe I am getting smarter...lol) The objects to be found are easily found and I got all the achievements for basically playing the game , no extra effort needed; lol I simply HATE the hint pup though. UGH. I covered it with a post it note and that worked pretty well. Cannot imagine why a game developer would think such an addition to be a good one.... Look past that and you can enjoy the game though.

Riddles of the past is a hidden object game but it dont has the usual hidden object scenes other HoGs have. Instead, you need collect much more items on the regular scenes and add multiple items to unlock some devices which allow the progression. This might be an old method for HoGs but for me it was a bit refreshing compared to other games from this genre. The game itself is entertaining, the fact that the game is in a modern, but abandoned city which was taken over by robots granted the promised post apocalytptic atmosphere and i really liked it. The puzzles arent hard, i would call this as a very casual HoG, dont expect much challenge. This game usually very cheap during sales so if you like puzzle games or HoGs i highly recommend to pick this one. [b]Hey, iam an achievement hunter! [/b] Riddles of the past has only storyline achievements so upon completion all achievements are earned. This means you can use skip or hints if you got stuck. Completion time: 2-3h [b]This review was created for Average Achievement Hunter curator [/b] Follow my curator if you like to see achievement related informations (completion time, difficulty to get all achievements) on store page of the games. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30168383-Average-Achievement-Hunter/ The curator group dont mark any game as recommended so it shows useful information about achievements on the store page of the games without influencing the main store page of steam with recommendations + all games sorted to lists based on expected completion times. No point not to follow!:-)

Honestly, I actually liked the gameplay, although I think it was more of a point and click than a hidden object game. The art style was okay, the music was simple and after a while a bit annoying but I can deal with that. The voice acting was not so good but not too bad either. The story itself was silly and a bit cringy. Beacuse of this, I would say its an okay game to pass the time if you don't have anything else to do, but if you are looking for a good story, then you need to look elsewhere. However... that dog... just why? Who thought that this will be a good idea?! Why does the hint button have to be a continuously moving object with annoying sounds which cannot be muted?! This made an otherwise okay game to kill time into one of the most irritating gaming experience I ever had (well at least in HOG). I'm sorry I just can't recommend it.

Riddles of the past is a very short game with multiple twists. This game is the definition of casual point and click, you just sit there and enjoy the comic style cutscenes and extra easy puzzles. The story is average, music is ok, voice over was not bad. The graphics and characters design is really good except for the poor little puppy who they used for the hint button, he is out of the place. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1168494193 The hidden objects scenes are different from the usual. When you interact with a spot in an area, five to six objects needed appears in a circle which you have to collect from the same area then you can proceed. Pros: +Fast travel map. +OK music (a little bit repetitive) +Good graphics. +Good journal. +So many locations to visit. +Steam achievements. Cons: -Short game. -No bonus chapter. -Orange hint button puppy. -Not so good ending. It isn't a completely bad game, give it a go if you find it with a good discount or in a bundle because you'll at least enjoy the visuals! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1168561713 [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote]