The Agency of Anomalies: Cinderstone Orphanage Collector's Edition Reviews

[h1]Hilarious game - the vase puzzle solution is wrong![/h1] I've long since stopped playing these hidden object games for their story, I'm only here for the fun puzzles and gameplay! Wee-hee! It's one of our favourite hidden object publishers, back with another game full of wonder and joy. Admittedly I was surprised with this one. Some of the puzzles were pretty entertaining. And then there were some puzzles that probably never should have seen the light of day (fireflies for the third time in the bonus chapter, I'm talking about you). I went into this one on Hard difficulty - mostly because I haven't HOG'ed for a while so I wanted to sit back and chill, and see how long it would take. There were a few moments I got caught on a snag but they were resolved after 10-15 minutes. One bad one (this is the one from my h1 header) was the nine pots on the shelf, arranging them in the right slots. The game gives you some ripped up photo segments to go by, and they are pinned to the side of the cabinet. My problem was with the thin white vase, which I was adamant had to be middle row on the right. It turns out this is not correct. BUT! In one of the photo fragments it clearly shows a segment of wall that could only belong to the middle right wall, as it has some paper residue on it. Thankfully the game has a 'strategy guide' button so it's a simple matter to look up the answer. Everything else was pretty smooth. Graphics are about usual for the genre - nothing groundbreaking, but thankfully no cardboard cutout facial animations. [h3]The featured features ;) of this game centre around some ghosts that give you their talents, such as changing an object's size (turn 1mg of gold dust into 1kg), making your drawings come to life (draw the planet cracking in half, or just draw yourself a castle made of diamonds and a stable full of unicorns), reassemble broken things (bring back Atlantis), telekinesis and xray vision (freak out your family surreptitiously from the next room by making all the kitchen knives dance in the air around the room).[/h3] ______________ Lots of hidden scenes, a good number of puzzles, and hard mode isn't very hard. Also, it may not have steam achievements but it has in-game achieves. As per the norm, there is an item to collect on the side (a one card per screen affair featuring teddy bears). I'd say it's worth it despite its flaws, but you be the judge.