More Like a Crescent Moon! – Witch Hunters: Full Moon Ceremony HD - A Mystery Hidden Object Story (Full) Review

The story is that a Moon Queen is about to be chosen to rule over the world of light. Your Aunt Isabelle asks for your help because some evil witches plan to keep the world in chaos and darkness, and they attempt to do this by sending an evil dwarf to destroy the magic mirror. What's the big deal? Well the Queen cannot be chosen until the mirror is restored! Duh! Along the way, this menacing creature and these evil witches try to thwart your attempts to restore the light. Let me just inform everyone that you should choose your mode of difficulty wisely at the start of play because it appears that once selected, you do not have the option of changing it. I found out the hard way by selecting "Expert" mode. The good news is that the map helps alleviate any problems because when the locations on the map are "black and white", this means that there is nothing to do. Alternatively, when the locations are colored, there is something to do. So the "Expert" mode is not so expert after all. The map, which is the compass symbol and is located in the lower right hand corner, also had fast teleport and labeled locations. The graphics were nice and clear, using a full palette of colors. You had a diary, which has a Notes tab that records the story in progression; and it has a Tasks tab, which are your current goals. The inventory is labeled, but I have not encountered any assembly of items. The HOS are boring, junk-pile, standard word lists requiring little interactivity. The mini games seem to be very simple, even juvenile, such as tracing the scissors along the pattern on some fabric. My dog could have done that. You are collecting 15 pieces of glass shards and 35 morphing objects scattered throughout the scenes. The extras are the usual things, including replay of the puzzles. I did not experience any glitches, but the reason I gave the game 3 stars was because of the following: 1. No customization of difficulty mode. Come on! This should now be the standard trend to be able to have customized settings. 2. The screen tips at the top occasionally disappeared too fast, and I missed some info. 3. The "Back" function was very frustrating and temperamental. I had to click several times at times to be taken back a screen. 4. Boring HOS! There was no innovative interaction or unique mechanics as there were in the last few games. 5. The map, diary, and tasks functions were all cramped together at the bottom of the screen making it easy to click an undesired function. 6. The strategy guide was misplaced right over the inventory bar resulting in my hitting it numerous times. That said, it was still enjoyable with heavy use of inventory and many items to collect in each scene. The game felt slightly outdated though due to lack of imagination and innovation.
Review by KimTwilight69 on Witch Hunters: Full Moon Ceremony HD - A Mystery Hidden Object Story (Full).