This "Tale" is NOT "More Than Meets the 'Eye'"! – Mystery Tales: Eye of the Fire - Hidden Objects Review

Behold the scornful and cunning witch who returns to seek revenge for being burnt at the stake some centuries long ago! The setting is typically foreboding and menacing as you travel around a dusky and forsaken village, which is haunted by the spirit of a wicked witch. The graphics are mediocre in quality and presentation; they appear slightly fuzzy, which diminishes the clarity of details. The color spectrum is overflowing with effulgent and luminous tinctures radiating out from the dusky and tenebrous background. You can customize your settings. The inventory is labeled, interactive, and highly puzzle-like; many mini-sized puzzles are embedded within the inventory close-ups. The teleport map allows for fluid travel to labeled locations and indicates available actions; you can choose the option to enable the collectible indicator. The task book solely records collected reading materials, such as notes and letters, and updated tasks. Non-map transition between scenes is brisk; however, transition moving into and coming out of the cut-scenes is clunky. The HOS's comprise assorted fashions, and they are creatively executed to spark your imagination. I love the one where you first find x-ray-like items by their silhouette shape; then, a word list initiates. You can choose a preferred difficulty setting for some of the puzzles, even though they are mainly elementary in nature and offer no real challenge. I did enjoy the pool game though! You have several sets of collectibles to discover, including in the close-ups. Make sure you find all of the Tarot Cards so you can unlock a corresponding game in the Extras. Gotta love that Torture Chamber! In summation, this is better than the last disaster--not by much though. The coveted components that we desire, such as custom settings, are incorporated; however, the storyline is both unexciting and rehashed since it does not introduce any new ideas. Furthermore, I wish that the puzzles in the harder mode were a bit more elevated in complexity. Moreover, I found the touch sensitivity regarding inventory usage to be a bit glitchy when acquiring and placing items. Finally, your journey is quite beeline-oriented because no more than a few scenes are open simultaneously; there's not much back and forth. Overall, it's just not knocking my socks off. My true rating is 3.5 stars, but I bumped it down to 3 stars.
Review by KimTwilight69 on Mystery Tales: Eye of the Fire - Hidden Objects.