SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders

Garbage. It has no concept of stretching beyond like 1280x800 resolution. Gameplay is not great either - overlaying dialogue characters over a HOG screen kills the experience,

Recommended with a caveat - if you hate trying to find hidden objects that really blend into the background/other objects, or that are on a completely different scale to what you'd expect (giant clothes pins, for example), then avoid this game. Personally I found it added a bit of challenge and there were only a couple of times I got really frustrated with it, but there are some items that are REALLY hard to spot! (Looking at you, office playing card...) Otherwise, it was an adequate mystery story (as others have said, with NO supernatural elements which makes a change in this genre!) peppered with many hidden object scenes and a few relatively easy puzzles/mini games. You visit most of the scenes multiple times, and as the list of objects appears to be random you may find yourself looking for the same items as the last time you were in that location. (The items do not change position between visits.) [EDIT to add: Several of the scenes have at least one spider, if that really bothers you. Other common phobias depicted include snakes and owls.] This randomness also affects the achievements, as there are some you might not get on one or two playthroughs unless you're lucky. For example, one of them is "Find 7 cats" - I was only asked to find a cat once on my playthrough, so I'd have to play it again and hope I get asked for more! Or "Find 30 Flying Objects", which includes birds, balloons and so on. Again you have to hope the scenes ask you to find enough of those things. [EDIT I got them all on the second playthrough, as well as the "under 2.5hrs" cheevie.] One feature that's very helpful is that if you're not sure what an item is, you can click on the word in the list and it will show you a silhouette. Very helpful if you're not sure what shape of wrench you need to find this time, or if you have no idea what a "profile" is. If you still can't find the item then you can click the hint button and it will highlight the correct area. Most of the words used seem to have been translated adequately. There was one "umbrella" I was asked to find that didn't look much like an umbrella to me, but that's because it wasn't the usual western style. You also may need to look for words within the scene, for example finding "3 ships" involved two actual ships and one instance of the word "ship" on a wall. I had fun and don't regret buying it on sale, but even though it's cheap anyway I'm not sure I'd have been happy paying full price.

It's a cute little hidden object game with sad yet beautiful story. Would recommend if you want a relax game.

Simple but fun

Technisch ein einfaches Spiel, das sieht man immer wieder. Aber daran ist nichts schlechtes. Ich hatte keine echten Bugs. Nur teilweise mehrere korrekte Antworten, die aber nicht vorgesehen sind deshalb nicht funktionieren. Entweder weil ich mich irre, oder weil die Entwickler nicht so weit gedacht haben. (Gesucht: Katze. Tiger wäre theoretisch richtig.) Aber es ist ein sehr schönes Spiel. Vor allem, weil es beinahe ausschließlich aus echten Wimmelbildern besteht. Andere Minispiele kommen auch vor, bleiben aber eher eine Randerscheinung. Dazu kommt eine sehr schöne Auswahl an Hintergrund-Musik und eine halbwegs bedeutungsvolle Story.

This was SO much fun! I've never played a hidden object game but now I'm hooked. Played it from start to finish in one session because I was having a blast.

Hidden Object game with some of the jank you can expect. Not an amazing story but not horrible. If you want a quick Hidden Object, would be worth it. If the genre isn't your thing this will not change your mind.