Great puzzles and variety but lacks finish – Grim Facade: The Artist and The Pretender HD - A Mystery Hidden Object Game (Full) Review

This so easily could have been another 5 star game. But there are some pretty big problems with Pretender that a good run through QA would have resolved. The good: Great variety of puzzles and minigames. Fun storyline with choices to make and consequences based on them. History of Leonardo and his inventions is interesting, too. 4.5 stars for puzzles and innovative ideas. The bad: exact tapping points in many places ...arrrrgh, hugely annoying. Had to use hints to find out where to tap even though I knew what to do. The map is teleporting, but almost worthless, as it just lets you know if the scene is completed but not if there is something you can do at present. Use of English is awful. Hints are not that helpful, but do work when you know what to do, but you need to know exactly where to tap. 1.25 stars for map and really sloppy quality control. I am frustrated with this because it could have been so good. So, I Can't recommend it, even though it has so much going for it. 3'ish stars.
Review by blueflier on Grim Facade: The Artist and The Pretender HD - A Mystery Hidden Object Game (Full).