Tearstone Reviews

After playing for only 30 min this game froze on me. Then it wouldn't even load to let me play!!

Graphics of 90's, bleak artwork, hint system virtually useless. Can't scale/crop for wide screen. Was it really designed in 2011?

Tearstone is a bit old, so the graphics could be more detailed and there is no HDR graphical effect to light up the dark areas. However, it is less easy than the typical hidden object game, which for me is a good thing because recent HO games tend to be of the sort "Click here, my dear child" and/or "go forward, go back, go forward, ...". The cursor is not always very helpful and a sharp eye is sometimes needed to locate items in half-darkness. What's more, and more interesting, a touch of creativity (some would say less logic...) is needed to get some of the objects or puzzles. On the whole, we enjoyed it and, with a bit of patience, we didn't need any hints.

While I enjoy HoGs, even ones that feel really old, I was determined to play to the finish until I reached the halfway point. I don't know if there's a bug in this chapter, but I missed one object in a scene I couldn't seem to find and another never showed up and then I couldn't go back to get the object I needed. After that, I've had it freeze several times in the middle of game play and I've had it freeze upon trying to load the game. I hate to abandon games, but this isn't the first one I've encountered with such issues. I would not recommend this game at full price.

This is a very old HO puzzle adventure story and would have been B grade even then. Graphics are grainy and dark. Objects very small. Keyboard controls are very clunky and didn't react fast. Story was ok, but nothing extraordinary. There was a game stopping bug in the 6th chapter which stopped me playing. I was glad to stop as I was getting bored. I don't recommend it due to the bug and poor graphics. Thumbs down from me.

Just another game I played recently with a game breaking bug and this is so disappointing because I was really enjoying this game. nice illustrations, pleasant atmosphere, cute story, well no need to go on because I was on chapter 6 which is nearing the end so playing for a while ( note my recorded time is only because I don't play it all at once but keep it active since I tend to come back to games sometimes later on and just keep it active). this is the bug . [spoiler] While getting the cross for the monk, the game crashes when using lighter on the paper to reveal one of the rubies. [/spoiler] so I will have to put a NO to getting the game because I want others to avoid the disappointment of playing nearly all the game only to have it crash and also not be able to continue because within the game this bug prevents you from obtaining the needed item. disappointed!

I didn't love this game. But I didn't hate it either. It had enough in it to keep me occupied...and because I'm not exactly the smartest nor the best of gamers: it probably took me longer than it should have. Some of the goals/puzzles were a tad vague (IMO) and left me scratching my head, but like I said--not the sharpest tack n the box here. Hooray for me that I managed to figure everything out. Tearstone is a hidden object game. It has a story that takes you on a quest to various locations where you have to find objects, talk to characters, complete goals, etc, etc... in order to fulfill your sacred destiny and make everything right with the world. The story is pretty simple. However, at times the puzzles can be frustrating. There are no clear instructions on some of them, which left me clicking on random things like an idiot 'til the solution just sort of fell into place. This is a nice, casual game. I honestly picture this more on something like a mobile phone or tablet, but I still enjoyed playing it.