I loaded The Legacy: Forgotten Gates this morning, and am loving it. I played it three or four years ago, so I have forgotten enough to not let it spoil a replay for me. It is everything you want in a game: beautiful and realistic artwork executed with great talent and obvious pride in their work, creative story line, cinematic scenes that flow effortlessly and link together the changes of scene in a rational way, and plenty of imagination at play both in terms of story line and mini-games. New ideas are popping up everywhere. It is one of my Top 20 games, and I've been waiting to replay it. Could not be happier!

Tree of Might is another game in this series and nearly as good.

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Unfortunately, the other games in this series that I tried out were not of equal quality and I would not recommend them. They are: 1) The Prisoner, which is way too easy, no more than a "find-it-and-use-it" game, 2) Origin of Witch Island, which is also too easy, has silly music and is full of pop-ups, you name it.

So glad you are enjoying your replay, Reenie.

Speaking of Five-BN games, there is a new game coming pretty soon. I believe it is the second installment of their new Legendary Tales series - Legendary Tales: Cataclysm. I have also heard that they are working on another game in the Lost Lands series. Definitely something to look forward to!

And by the way, Mercy of the Gallows and Legacy: Witch Island Origin are from a different developer, not Five-BN. And make sure that you are not confusing the following two games: The Legacy: Prisoner is 5-BN, but Stranded Dreamscapes: The Prisoner is from another developer altogether. It can get confusing when there are the same or similar words in some of these titles.

"Mercy of the Gallows and Legacy: Witch Island Origin are from a different developer."

I was just about to say that - until I spotted your post, Marian

I love "The Legacy" series and have played all three several times

Yikes. I just saw that. Thank you for letting me know. I took it off. It was part of Legacy Tales, not Legacy.

Well guys, I just downloaded The Legacy: Forgotten Gates from my Purchase History - because I don't think I have ever played this one! Appalling, isn't it?

All I can say is, "Lucky you. You have an enviable journey ahead!"

Absolutely shocking, Marian !!!! What have you been thinking ????

So enjoy yourself to the max, now

Just looked at my purchase history, and found Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows CE - is that part of the series you are discussing? Or something else entirely.

p.s. WooHoo bring on more 5BN!!

Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows CE is a game that has been recommended by several people here. The developer is not Five-BN, though.

Thanks Marian - I think I'll replay it (since I also have one of those "expiring" memories.)

Mad, I enjoyed Fatal Evidence: The Missing, because it had good puzzles throughout and had a long game play. However, I prefer games with more realistic color palettes if I can find them. I'm tired of the candy-colored artwork. Any recommendations on a game with naturalistic graphics?

Well, I don't think my memory is THAT bad - I am well into the first chapter of Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows CE, and Absolutely Nothing is familiar. Sooo - I will certainly stick with it. (Reenie - great graphics in this one; realistic to say the least!)

Mercy of the Gallows would certainly be a new game for me too. The one and only time I played it was when it was released in 2013, eight years ago. Yikes!

Thanks, Tally Ho. I did try Mercy of the Gallows in 2017, but it would not properly load on my screen. 1/4 of the screen was cut off. I couldn't find a fix for it, so I had to bail on the Demo.

Oh that's too bad!

When I downloaded it from my purchase history, there was some message about an update - possibly they fixed the problem.

Well, it would be worth my while to check that out. Thanks, Tally Ho!

Been replaying the Amaranthine Voyage games but took a break to play Jewel Match Solitaire: Atlantis 2. Loving it!

Thanks for letting us know, Mary! I do enjoy the Jewel Match Solitaire games.

So, I posted something here a few days ago but my post disappeared which seems to be happening an awful lot lately. I don't know what's wrong with me that I can't post right anymore or maybe the GB forum dislikes me. Anyway, the last HOPA that I played was the 7th Amaranthine Voyage game which means I still have one more to go. I've been playing some other types of casuals like 100 Doors (puzzle), Runefall (Match 3) which I'm not too into, and replaying Glass Masqerade only this time I'm playing the Steam version which is double the size of the Big Fish version and I bought it on sale quite cheap a while back.

Tonight I decided it's time to start a new HOPA and have had A Gypsy's Tale - The Tower of Secrets downloaded and waiting for a long time on my Windows 10 computer. It only opens in a small square in the upper left corner of my screen. Oh well, so much for that. Maybe I will download it to Windows 7 and see if it works better there.

That's it for me!

oldbroad, I looked in the inner workings of the forum and no disappearing posts from you so maybe you didn't hit send. I do that often myself and have multiple tabs open on my browser and then close them without sending the posts.

Oldbroad, Gypsy's Tale plays just fine for me on my Windows 7 computer. Runs properly and displays properly.

The problem might be that this game requires Flash Player.

Just off the top of my head, Reenie, I can't name a Casual like that - although there are sure to be some.

BUT : Did you ever play the Adventure game Quern ??

Quern : Undying Thoughts is a first person exploration adventure full of mind bending puzzles and definitely not full of candy-coloured artwork .

Thanks Ana, I'm sure it is just me forgetting to hit the post button.

Good to know Marian. I will try the game there.

Tally Ho, I'm pretty sure the game would tell me that like a different game I tried one time did.

Reenie (Mad), Quern is a great game.

Huh, I just Googled and it does seem that A Gypsy Tale uses Flash.
http://forums.bigfishgames.com/posts/list/102844.page

The game seems as if it will play in my little window on Win10 though I didn't actually try it. I did create a profile to get into the options section. Marian, do you currently have it installed on Win 7 and if so, does it still work? (Also, do you still have Flash Player or did you uninstall it like I did and wish I didn't.)

Well, the game plays in the small window in Win10 so it does not involve Flash Player as I do not have Flash Player. I will try Win7 when I get into that computer. I hope it works full screen. It looks like a good game!

I left Flash Player on my Windows 7 computer so that I would be able to play my older games that used it. I don't currently have it installed, but it worked fine the last time I played it.