Not My Nemesis: Sea Of Lies – Sea of Lies: Nemesis HD - A Hidden Object Detective Adventure Review

I liked this installment better than "Mutany of the Heart". I found the story to be more interesting with some unique twists on gameplay. The atmosphere has a sort of Spanish, or Caribbean flair. You are Señorita Adams, who has quite a reputation as a well known detective; and you are asked by the local Governor to investigate a suspicious death. The victim, Rafael Ramirez, was a navel officer; and when he was found dead, a figurine of the Goddess of Revenge, Nemesis, was found near him. There is a suspicion that paranoia played a part in his death, but then other victims start to show up. You are accompanied by Sergio to assist you during your investigation. You use a detective's fingerprint kit to dust certain areas or items in the scenes to determine what items or areas were used to set up the victim's death or were used as escape routes. Then you will hear the detective's thoughts as she determines what took place. I found the fingerprint kit to be slightly temperamental to use until I realized you just had to click once on the kit, and then click on the area in the scene to use it. The main event of this game were the multi-layered, unique HOS. They are quite fun. You have "find the items by silhouette" and the beloved "find and use" types where you find an item by silhouette and then manipulate the item back into the scene. You will have multiple HOS within HOS. They are like a series of micro puzzles within a single HOS, and there can be several segments with short lists in close-up windows. You also have the "pan" effect where your view will move/pan multiple times throughout the HOS so you might complete 3 or 4 micro HOS within a single HOS. You can choose to play match three in place of HOS, but I think most people will choose to stick with the addicting HOS. The puzzles were fairly easy, but I found one to be rather glitchy and had to skip it. There was one where you move a round disk to the right side, moving other shapes out of its way. Well I cannot tell you how many times the game kept resetting, even though I did not hit the reset button. By the fourth time, the only button I pressed was the "skip" button. The map was labeled with objectives and action available, if applicable. There was fast travel to desired locations. The scenes themselves had labeled locations if you held your finger down on the area to which you will be entering. The inventory was labeled and interactive, requiring assembly of some items. You also had some mini games within the inventory where you must complete a series of steps to complete an item for its full use. You are collecting 40 treasure chests in the scenes, and they are fairly easy to see due to their large size. The extras are special. You play a Chest Hunt where you are taken back to the scenes to collect the chests that you missed. Then you can play a Chest Room game. You also have a Souvenir Room; achievements, such as "completing the tutorial"; replay of HOS and mini games; and the usual others. The reason I gave the game four stars was because it lacked a journal and I had to skip that glitchy game. I never skip puzzles. Overall, I enjoyed this game with its unique twists and the multi-layered interaction on gameplay. By the way, are other people having trouble viewing reviews on "Living Legends"? I cannot view my review as well as all others. And finally to Linx Minx: Thank you for your comments on my reviews. I do try to be as helpful and thorough as I can.
Review by KimMeadow on Sea of Lies: Nemesis HD - A Hidden Object Detective Adventure.