Tha moment we have been waiting for! Please save Rose and the kids before it's too late!

Not only is this game a great deal for Club Members, but we've been given a Special Deal of 50% off for all non members from now till December 27th with Coupon code RAVEN50 . You can download MCF: Return to Ravenhearst Here.


This thread is for Discussion only, all Hints and Help should be posted Here.





As always, please remember to come back and tell us what you think.

Happy Gaming,
Ana

I'm at work & can't download til I get home ! Can't wait ! This time I led myself astray ...

I am installed and ready to go but I must go to bed instead. <sigh> Work beckons me in a few couple hours so........

Rose...hang on!

Ana

I'm with you, Ana! Downloading as we speak, but can't play until after work tomorrow! Can't wait!!!

:LOL: I knew I wasn't the only looney

Dowloading as I am typing...

Linda

**edit: WOW! Appears to be no timer but haven't tried to use a hint. I don't see penalty for incorrect clicking. Looks like a HOG mixed with Adventure! Love the way it says, "buy me,(purchase this game)" when you leave the demo!

Just finished downloading on mine and hubby's machine.

Ana, you did it again--you led me astray. Now I have to juggle baking for Thanksgiving and gaming.

Sometimes it pays to be a hopeless insomniac. I downloaded at 4:30 a.m., finished demo, bought game and am now thoroughly engrossed. The turkey is thawing, but I fear Thanksgiving dinner will be delayed if I can't save Rose in time. I thought Madame Fate was creepy but her game was a Sunday stroll in the park compared to this one. I haven't progressed very far yet but so far I believe this game may be even harder than Madame Fate. It's a blockbuster for sure!

When I downloaded the demo I got a HIGH security alert that the file was attempting to add a DLL to my computer? Is this a problem I should worry about? Can somebody smarter than me explain what that means?

FANTABULOUS!

Downloaded it at 6 s.m. snd it only took 1.2 minutes.

Have to go to work but started it. How cute what she says when you leave the game.

Sound, graphics... everything is A-1 like a high cost movie.

Can't wait to get home to play.

Scarlet, ask them in Glitzes and Bugs area... they are very very good in there.

I allowed the download, but I was just wondering what it meant.

Forgot to mention that you should just buy the game without playing the hour demo because I lost all my progress and had to restart from the very beginning. The hidden objects lists are different when you replay.

Hey Scarlett, I am definitely not an expert in this field but you may get that warning when downloading some games because all of them have the DLL files. It should not be a problem, they just do that as a security measure but as far as I know, it should not be an issue. I'm not sure why it does it in certain games and not in others. I'm sure someone will come by with a better answer :-)

Had no problems with the dowload, all dowloaded, installed and bought in less than five minutes. Now off to save Rose!

Koalanut

Oh, I see that they have an actual demo versus 60 mins of the full version. This must be the new feature that BFG-Guy was talking about with the game manager. I just bought the full game and installing it now rather than the demo first. Can't wait to play but need to finish Ravenhearst again first.

Holy Toledo!!! You get your money's worth with this one! My brain is too full of "things to do today for tomorrow" to concentrate on all the goodies in this game. Fantastic! Glad I did the demo first because this one is really a handfull! Has to wait until after TDay.

This is a really great game. It's got an adventure feel to it and there are hidden objects to use here and there. I have played about an hour and a half and must tear myself away to get ready for tomorrow. This one is worth way more than the $6.99 club members pay.

Koalanut

I was just wondering if anyone else was having trouble with the hints reloading super, super slow?

My usual technique is to find all the items I can within a period of time that seems right to me (typically informed by a timer), then resort to hints for the remainder and move on.

I have never, however, experienced a game where the hints reloaded anywhere nearly so slowly. I'm talking MINUTES here!

As a result, long after I was ready to move on, I was left sitting ... and sitting ... and sitting ... waiting for the hints to reload.

As of right now I'm surprised to find myself somewhat ambivalent about Return to Ravenhearst as the super slow hint function is an unpardonable sin - I'M BORED OUT OF MY MIND!

Is it just my computer or are others experiencing slow hint reloading (with the demo version) as well?

**It just occurred to me that the slow hint reloading may be the offset to the timer. If so, I wish the game gave players the option of using a timer or not!

EDITED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING:

Unfortunately, I think my computer must just not be "mighty" enough to run this adventure-style version of an MCF game. (I have Windows XP with a 2.80 GHz CPU and 1.99 GB RAM.)

When Emma's ghost was talking, the audio was not in sync with the captions at the bottom of the screen, leaving me waiting - again! - for them to finish. And even after I did move on, there were numerous occasions when the curser moved in sweeping arcs entirely on its own. What's that about?!

Sadly, I think I'm going to have to pass on this one before I go the way of Charles Dalimer and lose my mind entirely. LOL

But for those of you who have equipment that can play it, enjoy!

The cursor movement in sweeping arches is when you randomly click too much.

I find this to be VERY entertaining, and as to the slow re-hinting, mine is VERY slow also. I think that this is the way they made it. I go through and find all that I can, then IF I have one left, then I use the hint, otherwise I just keep looking. Anyway, great game BIGFISH! It may take me a while to play because I am savoring it! And trying not to get help...but don't hold me to that

Agree with you Koala Nut, it is well worth more than the price...she says as she addictedly continues to play even though she has THANKSGIVING food to prepare

Jody

I am NOT stuck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just found the secret garden, my PC keeps screaming to turn itself off to update so I'm going to burn some fish & potatoes.

This is so fun. I just started playing and the music and atmosphere are like the old black and white scary movies and mysteries I loved watching the Count on Saturdays I think in Detroit. They were scary and atmosheric without the gore and guts. The music set the mood. So far the music and puzzles are fitting right into the story. The graphics are great as well. This series really sets the bar high for other HOGs. I agree that we got so much game for just a mere $6.99. Well off to see what else I can find.

As far as the hints are concerned...you will notice a typewriter in the hints area. If you use a hint, each time you find a new hidden object the typewriter starts and your hint meter increases. It seems you only get one hint per hidden object screen. It doesn't fill up till you have only one object left to find. Hope this makes sense.

Joan

Ah ha! Thank you, Misa! With no timer to lose time on, I wondered what the penalty for that was!

I'm sure by then I was clicking on way too many duds - anything to keep from winding up in "hint hell" again!!

I did kind of feel like I might have missed directions somewhere, though, i.e., when I located an item, I noticed that it caused the hints typewriter to activate.

Are there directions somewhere that clue you in that random clicking will result in the sweeping arc?

I'm also wondering if anybody else had the experience where Emma had completely finished talking, but you had to wait there (quite awhile, in my case) until the captions finished appearing?

I agree with all the good things written about this game and I want to add the music is absolutely great.

It appears the hint meter fills up faster (i.e. the typewriter clacks) the more items you find by yourself. If you don't find any items, the hint meter just sits there waiting on you. I suppose you could leave that screen and go to another one to help refill the meter and then come back to the troublesome scene. Just an idea...

Did you notice that you can drag an inventory item over to the typewriter and it will tell you/show you the place that specific item is used for? I tried it twice but it didn't really help all that much - I just need more patience until I reach the place to use the inventory items.

After playing the game for an hour or so I've decided I will be the only one probably that isn't crazy about the game. I quit playing adventure games and turned to casual games because in adventure I always find myself in the position of "what do I do next?" and here I am... what do I do next.

I find this game very frustrating. I bought it but probably won't finish it. I've been everywhere clicked on everything and can't figure out what to do next... I might wait for a WT and finish it.

EDIT... don't pay any heed to my grumblings... I was frustrated. I haven't played an adventure-type in quite a while.
I ended up loving the game.