Big Fish "Search" function odd?
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12/12/20 08:23 PM
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I decided to check on whether there were any more games in the Secrets of the Dark series because I have loved those games so far. I did a Search for that complete title. I got 1687 results, each one focused on a SINGLE WORD in the phrase, not the whole title. So, I got everything from Dark City to Midnight Castle and Dream Walker (seriously ~ because there was one key word in the game descriptions, not even in their Titles).
Does anyone find this odd? I remember the Search function taking you to the title you entered, so I'm bewildered. With a Grab Bag result like this are we supposed to read through all 1687 titles, to see if there is another Secrets of the Dark game somewhere in there? How do you Search for other game titles?
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Re: Big Fish "Search" function odd?
[Re: Reenie]
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12/12/20 08:42 PM
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When I can't find a certain title on Big Fish after having used the search engine, I enter it into a search engine and in general I get the link that takes me to its download page on Big Fish. If you are looking for other games by a certain developer, I will often type into a search engine something like this, for example: Big Fish Games Orneon, for example. By doing that, the first link I get takes me here: Orneon LimitedOf course, in this instance you would have had to know who the developer of the Secrets of the Dark series is in order to do that. I guess what I am saying is that the Big Fish search feature often does not yield the result I am looking for and therefore I tend to go through search engines to find what I want on their website. Thus far, it has worked for me. I am not sure why the search feature on Big Fish doesn't seem to work a lot of the time - or if it does, you just have to wade through many titles to find what you are looking for.
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Re: Big Fish "Search" function odd?
[Re: CountZero]
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12/14/20 12:38 AM
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Thanks. Yes, I do recognize that they are vendors and, as such, want to sell their games. I am interested in the order in which the games were published, so that when I replay them, I could play them in order. I know from experience that it mattered in Lost Lands, for one example.
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Re: Big Fish "Search" function odd?
[Re: Reenie]
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12/15/20 05:12 PM
12/15/20 05:12 PM
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Thanks. Yes, I do recognize that they are vendors and, as such, want to sell their games. I am interested in the order in which the games were published, so that when I replay them, I could play them in order. I know from experience that it mattered in Lost Lands, for one example. When I want to know the order of a game series I usually go to my favorite search engine and type in the game title. Usually a wikipedia link will show up with the needed information.
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Re: Big Fish "Search" function odd?
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12/18/20 01:56 PM
12/18/20 01:56 PM
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If you want to do a search on the Big Fish website, don't use the Big Fish search. Use an Internet search like duckduckgo (or whatever search engine you like) and restrict to the website using site:bigfishgames.com You can try using quotes. Big Fish's webste may ignore them but some Internet search sites don't. For example, to search for Lost Lands on Big Fish, type this into an Internet search: "Lost Lands" site:bigfishgames.com ================= You can also search for series at rgamereview: https://www.rgamereview.com/popular-game-series-lists-for-computer-and-mobileThey don't have all game series, but they have a lot of them and keep reasonably up to date.
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