Finally BigFish has given us a decent game! The storyline was different and interesting. You could customize settings. The graphics were bright and colorful. There were plenty of locations to unlock, and at each location there were various collectibles, including notes, Rorschach cards (which you later use to take a personality quiz), medical dossiers and morphing objects. There was a marked, if so customized, teleport map to transport you. Loading was not instantaneous between locations but the lag time was short. The game was lengthy enough and had a bonus adventure. There was no actual journal but objectives were regularly updated. Inventory was labeled, interactive and there were complex items to assemble. There was plenty to do at each location. The HO scenes were of various types, and some seemed more like puzzles. You also had a match-3 option if you didn't want to play the HO scene. There were many puzzles/games; however many were boring rotational types. However this game was good enough that it didn't matter! The gameplay was smooth for the most part, but at times there were a few small glitches.
I deducted a star due to lack of a cohesive diary, slight lag time during loading between locations, and the lack of originality in puzzles. Can we please have fewer rotational puzzles and more logic and code-breakers?
In any event I still enjoyed this game immensely and my true rating is 4.5 stars! I am so glad that there are some good games out. I was starting to wonder if it was me! Of course not! It was BigFish! Hopefully the new Amaranthine Voyage is going to be fabulous!
Lynxie sends ❤️💋😘 to the DTE, especially Dracyy and KimTwilight, my amazing reviewers. Also I send a big shoutout to Izzyoc, Sunshine Susie, Opinion, and Catalinas. Please keep up the great work everybody! We need to keep BigFish on their toes!