So understandable, Mad!

Mad

My list is just a notepad list that I keep on my desktop - very primitive, and nothing fancy about it at all. I have no desire whatsoever to look at spreadsheets!

I started Small Town Terrors: Livingston yesterday. I had tried it for about 10 minutes a couple of times in the past and was put off by the fact that it starts out in a grungy-looking hospital setting. I am really glad that I decided to persist this time because the game got a lot better and now I am quite enjoying it. It is well done and has reasonable puzzles and good use of inventory (no moon logic). I will try to remember in future not to dismiss a game so hastily and give it more time before making that decision.

Just took a look at it. Seems it has a 'health meter.' Does that mean if you run out of health it's game over? I don't like that.

Heavens, no. It is a very simple thing where you have a certain amount of health at any given time and can gain more health by finding first aid kits and other stuff to boost your health. There are a few tasks in the game that require a certain amount of health before you can perform them. It does not detract from the game at all and there is no pressure or anything, including no dying. I think it's actually kind of fun.

I am finding it to be just a pleasant, solid game that is not a Collector's Edition. I am pretty sure I picked it up with a free game code (this game came out in 2012 on Big Fish).

I am pretty sure that I enjoyed all of the Small Town Terror games although, off hand, I can't remember what they were about. Even your mention of this "health meter" doesn't ring a bell.

I finished Mystery Trackers: Blackrow's Secret and have a very brief start on Mountain Crime Requital. Hopefully, I will get farther into that today.

Mountain Crime Requital is something that I have been thinking of picking up for years. Please let us know what you think of it.

Will do!

That WAS the kind of list I started, years ago, but which hardly ever gets updates these days.

[Shame On Me !! ]

I finished Jewel Match Origins: Palais Imperial very early this morning before going to bed at around 5 am. It took me a short while to get into because there is a lot of bling but then it was enjoyable, however three times when I exited out of the game my computer was froze up and I had to use my windows key to shut down or restart my computer. Could not use my mouse to get to the start button area nor could I use task manager once I remembered to try Control/Alt/Delete to get there. It would not shut down. I was able to use the mouse to power off once I used the windows key to get there. Steam game if that means anything.

I just now finished Mountain Crime: Requital. It was an interesting game and I did enjoy it, but ... I did get lost trying to follow the story and some things didn't seem right (like some of the conversations and some other little things). Also, while the main character's voice was nice enough, I did not think it went well at all with the character. Most of the puzzles were easy enough. I did not need any hints or skips. It is certainly worth playing though, especially if you already have the game in your library.

Thank you for that very nice description of Mountain Requital. It sounds like it's worth a look.

I don't have that Jewel Match Origins game, but I am sorry it was freezing like that. Congrats on finishing!

I am playing House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame and am in the bonus game now. A great game, one that I only played once years ago upon release. I am really enjoying it.

And I just finished Secret Investigations: Revelation which I have been playing since 2021 .

I played House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame some time last year.

I'm not yet sure what I will play next. I'm thinking Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest which I have installed from Steam on my Win 7 computer. The last of the Steam games I will probably be playing on there although I did leave a couple of Adventure games installed. Most of the Steam games got uninstalled when they stopped supporting Win 7 and I was going to uninstall Steam but then I didn't.

Definitely worthy of a major reward!

I have Darkarta but haven't played it yet.

I finished Darkarta today. It was on the different side and had some different puzzles, both things I usually like in a game but, I didn't really like the game much.

I also started Twin Minds: Nobody's Here today. It seems okay so far.

That is interesting, your impression of Darkarta. I have often asked myself why I haven't given it a whirl and for some reason it did not look terribly appealing to me, even though it had mostly good reviews. Maybe I will check it out this year.

I finished House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame and then played Eternal Journey: New Atlantis again.

Now I am playing Myths of the World: Under the Surface.

I'd really like to know what you think of Darkarta if you get around to playing it, Marian. Has anybody else reading this played? If so, how did you like it? I can't really put my finger on why I didn't like it too much.

I haven't played any Myths of the World games yet.

You know I like the Mosaics games so I bought some Fantasy Mosaics games at the Steam sale and have been playing one of those into the wee hours of the morning. But I also bought some of the Nonograms games and have done a few of them so far. They are pretty hard! No color changing when you get stuck. It's just the one grid.

I will be sure to let you know what I think of Darkarta when I get around to playing it.

It sounds like you are enjoying your Mosaics and nonograms.

I finished Myths of the World: Under the Surface. It was a nice game. Eipix maintained a certain level of consistency in the quality of their games.

Now I am playing Icebound Secrets: The Frostwood Bane. I was initially not all that interested in this game, knowing that it was a mobile game that had been ported to PC. However, I am finding it quite good. No voiceovers but I adjusted quite quickly to that, and I am glad that I picked it up. So far it's playing more like adventure lite.

That's good to know, Marian. I haven't bought Icebound Secrets yet. It's on my list. I haven't hit the BOGO yet. Trying to decide. I've let too many games build up on my "to buy" list and now I've spent a lot of money at Steam.

Decisions, decisions...

Well, Icebound Secrets was a pretty long game and well worth the asking price. No strategy guide but I never needed one. I did skip several puzzles due to lack of patience. It was indicated there would be a sequel and I will certainly pick it up if there is one.

Now I am playing Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace, a game that 8dognight recommended in the Casual Games Recommendations thread. I picked it up a few years ago after reading what she said about it, and I am glad that I did. A very nice HOPA that is well put together. I would recommend it. Interestingly the developer is Casual Arts, creators of the Park Ranger and Cruise Director series among others. Mystery Murders appears to have been their only HOPA.

I played Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace last year but I don't really remember it. There is also a Mystery Murders: Jack the Ripper which I played a few years back, also developed by Casual Arts.

I finished the main game of Twin Minds: Nobody's Here but still have to play the bonus chapter. I don't like that they have "choices" in the games and if you choose one thing you might miss some stuff. I also finished the Fantasy Mosaics game I was playing. Mostly it was fine but there were some grids that you had to guess at and when I made a mistake with my guess it ticked me off!

Oh yes, I wasn't even associating this "Mystery Murders" thing as being part of a series. Thanks for the reminder (and I do have Mystery Murders: Jack the Ripper, which I haven't yet played).

I think the idea of the "choose one thing" is that it gives the game some replay value. Which might hold some appeal if I only had 10 games in my Purchase History (!).

I don't like those grids where you have to guess. But they always seem to crop up somewhere.

There is no guessing with the Nonograms game (at least not yet). The grids go to 35 x 35 I think, but I have only done some 20 x 20's so far. My only problem with the game is it is hard to see if some of the cells are filled in or not and I've made a couple of mistakes counting because I just couldn't see them right. I know I can change the background but I don't know about the actual grid and cell coloring. I'll have to check it out. I like it though!