Parker & Lane: Twisted Minds Reviews

A pretty good GH addition, although there are a few small (non-game breaking) bugs that are more annoying than anything. There were some parts where I should have gotten 10 bonus points for a person getting 5 (gold) stars, but they only kept 4 stars and gave me 5 bonus points as a result, BUT none of that effected me completing the levels with max stars. I did have an issue with a mouse in one level but changing difficulties fixed the issue I was having. The story itself was pretty good and while the ending was obvious, it still was pretty fun (although the final stage seemed a tad bit easy compared to the rest of the stages). Overall, a very nice installment of a GH game and one that I would recommend playing if you enjoy time management games. As per usual of other GH games, they all go on sale at one point or another, grab this one when it goes on sale.

First of all, a BIG SHOUT OUT TO BIG BLUE STUDIOS for their hard works and dedication also most of all their efforts for making the second season of Parker & Lane series. This time series is [b]FAR WAY BETTER than the previous one[/b]. Very well done!!! The story lines and plots for this season of Parker & Lane are fill with chilling mystery full of twists and turns which you never expect! Lot of suspenses which got you thinking along the way, and we finally get to understand the reason behind our favorite detective, Lily Parker's fear of dark and small space. Never expect the issues grew deeper than how it seems. The story this time is really awesome - totally far way better than the previous season! They really leave numbers of impression which I really like it. Unlike the previous season, where the mini game is intolerable due to its immediate draining of time duration - however, in this season, the time duration from the mini game does not drain out immediately. Hence, making the mini game [b]more feasible to play and achieve[/b]. As always, they have a lot of geniusly created mini games which is very enjoyable to play. The graphic and movie animation of this season is outstanding as ever. The soundtrack is definitely much better than before - I personally love the background music from the Evidence Room. Not to mention, I was quite worried at first that we going to have another daily obligation achievement here - but [b]thank the gawd (devs), we do not have any daily challenges obligation here!![/b] So you can just play the games casually, enjoy the stories and mini games challenges. Overall, I personally feel [i]Parker & Lane: Twisted Minds[/i] have [b]improved so much compare to its previous season[/b]. So if you haven't get this game, I highly suggest to give it a try. It is quite worth it. Once again, thank you so much for the outstanding game, Big Blue Studios and GameHouse Original Stories. I am excited to see more from Parker & Lane series!!! Keep it up!! [b]TL; DR:[/b] [i]If you have play the previous version before, and was terrified and [b]doubting whether to give this new season of Parker and Lane a try or not[/b] - here is what you need to know...[/i] [b]👍 The story are definitely getting better and better 👌 The mini games are adjusted to be more feasible to play and enjoy 👏 No daily challenges obligation to hinder your enjoyment in this season casual game [/b] [b]So what are you waiting for? Go grab em![/b]

I really look forwards to all of this developer's games, but this one was a huge letdown. I could not get passed the first 10 levels it was too incredibly buggy. Even with the sale price, I still paid too much.

I really liked this game, just like the first one. The story line is interesting and the minigames and stages are pretty neat. But it's a bummer, that most stages didn't have music. It's a bit weird when I turn off the loud music, it still plays pretty loudly on the opening screen. Also I had some problems where the game froze every now and then. (It's not due my pc, because other titles, new or old, from GH work normally.) Still had a lot of fun playing it. The new minigames were pretty cool. So if you love a cool story this games for you, but expect there to be a lack of music and sometimes lagging.

Way better than its predecessor. I'm very happy they learned from their mistakes and made the game very enjoyable. The gameplay is not too easy but also not too hard, like a good GameHouse game should be and the story is very interesting and mysterious.

I would have really liked this game if it worked properly. It's buggy and doesn't run smoothly. If my computer can run Skyrim, surely it can run this game. A potato should be able to run this game.

A very great sequel to the first game. The mechanics are better, the minigames and level more balanced and a unigue feature of multiple playable characters. The crime scenes are interactable and change the way through the levels. The story is cool as well. The only thing is that after the last crime scene the levels are getting a little more boring due to being mostly the same. But still very cool. I hope there will be coming a new game after this. I can highly recommend it

Edit:4/1/2019 (No this is not an April fools edit...just noticing the irony of updating my review today.) I started this game by misclicking on my desktop and low and behold the Steam Achievements all loaded in once I clicked on the achievements in game. So that was a nice bonus I was not expecting today. As for the "buggy" levels I haven't replayed them, but if you can be patient it is possible to three star them. (I did it before any update was patched so it might even be easier now. I'll leave that down below in the review.) If it's still hard you can certainly find help and answers online. I do hope the developers decide to listen to the feedback, and try and balance the next game better. That said, I loved this game. The story was fun, and Parker was better as a character overall. She felt much less like a stereotype, and more like a real person. I was no longer screaming at her for being rude or an idiot, which is a HUGE improvement. The twists are a bit predictable, but enjoyable. I enjoyed the minigames as well as the Cold Case function. It was also nice of the developers not to limit how many times you could do them. So once the function opens up I recommend at least getting Parker and Stella fully upgraded right away. That is another thing I love about this particular GameHouse series, you don't just play one character. They also flesh out their characters a surprising amount for how little time they have for character development. In this particular game you play as four characters. Mostly Parker, then Stella, then a bit with Lane and Vasquez. This keeps the levels from becoming too repetitive and monotonous. Which can happen in some time management games. While it was put out a little early and probably could have used just a bit more play testing for PC playing balance (I assume all these games are made with smartphones and ipads in mind.) the devs seemed to have fixed some of the issues, and are listening. So as of now I would recommend buying this game. OG Review: While it is a fun game, this game is buggy as heck. None of the Steam achievements work, and there is a bug that level 14 can't be 3 started. Perfecting it with my max score of 1310 (Only one other person has even got 1300 as far as the message boards are concerned) And the three stars doesn't unlock. This game seems rushed and shipped out with a ton of bugs. I can't even bother playing it anymore until it's fixed. I'd wait until the patch the game and fix the bugs. I've figured out how to get 3 stars on some of the 'bugged' out levels, making sure to get the fully stocked bonus, but as it stands it's still ridiculously hard for some levels. (You have to be practically psychic or lucky, get all the quick time bonuses, as well as full chain bonuses and the fully stocked bonuses on some levels. Where as on other levels it's almost child's play. The rest of the levels are fairly standard level's you'd expect in a GameHouse game. So aside from the outliers, it is beatable, but if you want to perfect the game it's going to take some work. 13-16 I think and a few others that weren't as bad as those. Parker is much less of an annoying character this game. She's grown a lot it seems working with Lane, she's not perfect but I no longer want to scream at her. (Which was my main irritation with the last game.) So that's a bonus. The story is actually better than the last one, the minigames were interesting, and overall sans the bugs I do love this game. I have beaten it and decided to finish playing it despite none of the achievements being unlocked for me on Steam. (I've gotten them all.) So I'm on the fence, but I'd still say wait until they get out a few updates.

Overall I loved this game, but I do not recommend for the following issues that people refuse to mention. Depending on your luck, the achievements could be bugged on your end, aswell as getting the diamonds and mice. I had to uninstall and install lots of time, mess with the files, etc. Until I was able to get it done, I'm not sure they're working on the updates to make it better, but I haven't seen any improvements. From having Lily just run out of the map randomly, and not being able to get the 3 stars even though you had a perfect score. I had to repeat lots of times and milk as much as I could to get the 3 starts, and it's not supposed to be this impossible, I was inclined to get all the achievements just to prove that it's possible, however it is extremely painful to go through. The story is okay, no big issue there, but the several bugs killed this game for me. The amount of effort I had to do shouldn't be needed. If the devs are reading this, please listen to the pleas and update your game. We love your content and it's extremely engaging and fun. Don't let these issues ruin our experience! Please.

At the moment, it is just buggy: Achievements don`t work, you can`t get 3 stars in some levels and the minigames do not run smoothly. Sad, because I really liked the first one and they got new ideas for minigames.