Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power Reviews

The games plot is rather simple, a magical solitaire deck is stolen from a museum. Somehow one of the magical solitaire cards is blown through your window, starting your career as a solitaire master. You start out with a hidden object game to find a deck to play solitaire with. There are several different game modes to play; a hidden object, match cards, and the traditional solitaire mode. Unfortunately, there's one major downfall to every game mode; there's no difficulty, no challenge. Where other games may have a ticking clock or a deck limit, there is none to be found here. And because there's no stake to be had, it makes the game boring. Which I find sad because this game could be good . . . if it was a bit more polished. Unfortunately, with all of this in mind, I have to give this a negative rating. With the lack of difficulty and no challenge, even playing this as a time waster is unsatisfying. Save your money and buy a different solitaire game with actual difficulty.

Great story. Fortune telling at the end of the game was a bonus.

Casual solitaire/hidden object games aren't the most interesting or challenging genre out there, but even by those standards, Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power is pretty dull. Since solitaire is mainly a game of chance, many solitaire games add power-ups or some kind of leveling system to add a bit of strategy and a sense of progression, but instead this game goes with straight up card fixing. This wouldn't be as annoying if it weren't so obvious, but when you get a card you need every three draws like clockwork, it's pretty clear that the draws aren't random. Add in the fact that the game is about an hour long and the language selection is partially broken unless you [url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1268427439]directly edit the config file[/url], and it looks like the developers are pretty lazy. Definitely not worth $10; not even worth the 99 cents I paid for it. ~ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31589634-Kimchi-Tea-Reviews/]Kimchi Tea Reviews[/url] ~

Super easy blend of Solitaire and Hidden Object game, this game works HARD at letting you win. Two kinds of solitaire, Klondike and a Mahjong based game. Very standard hidden objects scenes that are the game's weakest point as the graphics aren't exactly pristine, although overall the game is very nice looking. When done with the main game you may do endless playing, for more relaxed fun. Five very easy achievements in under two hours (and I had a lunch break between sections. xD ) You should strongly consider buying it; it's on sale right now at $1.32, a 81% discount. And if easy cheevs, solitaire, or HOGs aren't your cup of tea, you should get this game for the music alone! One of the loveliest background soundtracks I've encountered. There are less than five different songs, but it is a testament to how beautiful and unobtrusive they are as you do not mind the repetition at all. They range from a Japanese inspired track with an Andes influenced flute, a Moroccan with World music blend track, to something that would fit right into a Harry Potter's movie track. Just great.

Even at the sale price it really wasn't worth it. Weak storyline (not something I really go for in this type of game anyway), even the Solitaire games weren't particularly good or complex. Nice graphics. thought there would be a higher HOG component. Reasonably created game, but not worth the play time. Finished it for the sake of completion more than enjoyment. Shame.

Very short, and I feel I missed out on half the story because the "story book" was in Russian. I'm glad I got this in a Humble Bundle with other games I actually wanted, or I'd be asking for a refund after completing the game, because I'd still have had plenty of time to do so.

[h1] TL;DR An acceptable Solitaire game with some dated graphics, mildly annoying sound aesthetics, and very short playtime [/h1] [u] Pros [/u] + HO, Solitaire, and Mahjong mixes up the gameplay + lots of mini-games to choose from after completing the story [u] Cons [/u] - poor sound design - very very short story - dated graphics If steam had a neutral option, I would most likely have selected that instead of "not recommended". My two primary gripes with this game are it's sound design and length. I beat the story mode in a little less than 2 hours, which is far too short for a game that is $9.99. The music is acceptable, however there is a rather loud sparkle sound effect each time you draw a new card which gets old really fast. It does have a fair amount of mini-games and different game modes you can play to your heart's content, but I was still really bummed that the story itself was so short. I would not recommend this game over some of the other fantastic Solitaire games that are on Steam. I would suggest looking at Solitairica (RPG dungeon crawling Solitaire) or Shadowhand (RPG story Solitaire) over this game. Happy gaming!

As a solitaire lover this game is pretty horrible for many reasons. Here is just a few; * absolutly no challenge at all (you never run out of cards in the deck) * the soundtrack does not do the game justice-just horrible music that adds no atmosphere to the gameplay * I finished the game in under an hour so the price is ridiculous. Thankfully I bought it in a package of other games * Artwork is poor at best, the only good artwork is the cover art for the game. Just avoid this game solitaire lovers. It was the only time I was wishing so bad for a game to be over and thankfully it only took less than an hour out of my life!

The game is a decent enough Solitaire title, but the journal (the thing that contains the entire story and information about everything you're doing) is [url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1268352072]stuck in Russian[/url]. I can't read Russian and I shouldn't need to, given that the game is advertised as being in English. Even the pictures on the store page show it in English, but it's not and there are NO options to change this. Oddly enough, everything except the journal is, in fact, in English. So there's something very weird going on here. If you don't care what's happening (and admittedly, story in these titles aren't the greatest), maybe it won't bother you, and if that's the case, there's some enjoyment to be had here. That said, until this problem is fixed, I am forced to give it a thumbs down. The only saving grace is that it's currently on a huge sale right now (90% off) which means that despite the negative review and inability to read the journal, it's simply not worth refunding for $1.09 CAD.

[i]Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power[/i] is a pretty decent mix of solitaire levels and a few other hidden object scenes. The nice graphics and the undemanding difficulty makes it an enjoyable experience, alas a very short one - it took me slightly over 1h to get through the whole game. However, finishing the story unlocks two other modes: an [i]endless mode[/i] in which you will be able to play randomly generated levels one after another and a [i]divination mode[/i] which features different variations of the solitaire game. The latter will also be encountered during the main story levels: some will require you to create sequences of cards, by clicking a card that is either one number higher or one number lower than the current one from the deck, or you’ll need to find pairs of identical cards, mahjong - style. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689264984 Like in every other reasonable solitaire game, some of the cards will be locked and you’ll need to use other specific ones to make them clickable. What [i]Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power[/i] lacks though are the powerups. There are no special bonuses charging over time and no one-time spells that you can use. However, I didn’t feel that they were needed in the first place, because the game’s difficulty is accessible enough as it is. In addition to that, the deck of cards that you use to build your solitaire sequences contains a huge amount of cards (I managed to run out of them only twice in the whole game, towards the end), plus you have unlimited undos. Easy peasy! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689265049 The main game is linear - there is no level selection - but the fact that the solitaire style is varied between the levels keeps things interesting. I can’t say the same about the story though, which is pretty bland and predictable: a magical deck has been stolen from an antiquities museum and you are tasked to find all 52 cards that are now scattered through town. Every level will give you 1- 3 cards to complete the set, either by finding them through a hidden object scene or by solving a solitaire game. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689264928 If [i]Solitaire Mystery: Stolen Power[/i] had kept its original price of $9.99, I would have said that it’s not worth buying it for that amount. Now, with its price lowered down to $6.99, I’d border on a “maybe”, and that is considering the endless mode which gives some replayability, the newly added achievements and the beautiful art. It’s still quite a lot of money for what the game offers, but luckily it goes on sale for 80% off - that’s when I’d recommend picking it up. [quote]More reviews on the [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/11354094]Lilly's Corner Curator page[/url][/quote]