Mystery of Mortlake Mansion - New IHOG on BigFish

You can download Mystery of Mortlake Mansion here.



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

Happy Gaming,
Ana

I've been reading about this one. It looks good. Thanks Ana!

Hmmmm....I've always wanted to own a gorgeous mansion (as long as it comes complete with staff). Thanks Ana

Just downloading it - It sounds like a goodie.

I've been waiting for this to arrive at Big Fish since it was released last month on the Playrix website.

Beautiful graphics, interesting storyline, two levels of difficulty from which to choose, and you can even decide on the gender for the voiceovers. The game provides both a map and a journal. Numerous puzzles to solve. Hints refill quickly.

Based on 30 minutes with the demo, this is a CE-quality game (without the CE price). Being able to use one of my game credits on it is the icing on the cake.

Now you have made me impatient to play it, Marian - its still downloading, so I will have to wait till tomorrow now

Tried it, like it, bought it. Great game! Very interactive.

Hi, Ana!

Thanks for the heads up. The reviews so far have been good so, if I enjoy it enough to buy it after playing the demo, I've still got a Club Member credit left that I can use.

Susan

I think I may accidentally push the "buy me" button. Loving it !

JennyP, you seem to be accident prone

thracia

I played 15 min of the game and when I started it again I had to start at the beginning of the game.
isn't it going to save where you stopped. Thanks
Richard

It saved for me when I stopped, so not sure why this is happening to you. If you are running Vista or Windows 7, you could make sure you are running the game as the administrator.

Marian,I'm running win xp. Does that make a difference. Will try it again. Thanks
Richard.

I'm on Windows XP and haven't had this problem. Hmm.

I just tried it again and it worked fine. Maybe I used another name. sorry.
Richard

All's well that ends well.

Great game I think I will buy it.
Richard

Hi, Jenny!

I have one minute left of the demo and think I may press the "Buy It" button on purpose !

Susan

Great game. Lots of neat features like the choice of male or female voice. And voice acting is well done. Graphics aren't especially sophisticated but cool special effects when traveling between "dimensions". HO scenes are clear and objects not too difficult to find. Easy puzzles and unlimited hints which refresh immediately. Hint system will also help if you need to know what to do next. Map feature allows you to move about the mansion easily.

It sounds like you all are enjoying it. I may have to give it a try.

Ana

Ana...

What happened to your wave...it just shows the word :WAVE: and not your usual wave figure! Oh my, what's happening...I think I might be losing my mind if I notice things like this! Too much game playing and not enough Santa buying...oh my!

My bad! I type in the graemlin codes and keep forgetting to add the "12" behind it for the Christmas ones so they do not show up. I'll get the hang of it just about the time we get the old graemlins back.

Ana

Read all your recommendations, so just bought it and I love it.

Only criticism is my mouse is a bit sluggish, but I can live with that.

Just finished the game. That is one of my favourites and will definitely play it again.

This game really is fantastic! I can't stop playing it but at the same time don't want it to end too soon. Hopefully, there will be many more like it.

Just finished...a great game

Hi, Redz!

I just finished as well, and loved it. In fact, I think I'll play it again because it wasn't until near the end that I realized I could use my map to move from room to room !

Susan

I really enjoyed this game! It was pretty long, too. Nice assortment of puzzles and the different "dimensions" added a nice twist.
Jeanne

I feel the same way about the really good games. You just hope that the next game you choose will be as satisfying.

I agree it's a great one. Got stuck for a while because I couldn't find one of the torn scraps, but now nearly finished.

Other greats:
SH; hound of the baskervilles
13th Skull

These H.O. games are being so well developed with decent story-lines, they almost qualify as "real" adventures.

Nice to see you, Tally Ho! I agree with what you said; the line between these games and "real" adventures is becoming ever thinner. You could almost say that adventure games are undergoing a resurgence via the "casual-game" route; it's a very interesting trend to observe.

Many of these adventure-lite casual games seem to me to have encapsulated the fun elements of adventure games while eliminating the sometimes-frustrating elements of "real" adventure games. That is one of the attractions of these games for me.

I have to agree, this one was a very worthwhile purchase for me.
Making it especially nice was the ability to use
an earned game credit to buy,
& an extra punch on my card for buying!

Great game. This one will go in my best ten list for 2010.

I agree, Great game. The creators of dragon Dance could learn from these people.

Well, I did it. I finally finished Mystery of Mortlake Mansion. It was quite a ride, though I could have done without the string puzzles. Those always pull my strings.

There was also a light up all the squares, which I had to skip because it was lighting me up. But the nice this about skip was that I received what would have been given had I solved the puzzle. Very nice.

You may not like the game if you don't like going from place to place collecting pieces for this room or that. Or if your eyesight is like mine, then you won't like the darkened appearance of the shadow rooms as you try and find the objects in the HOG searches.

But overall, it was a great game to play. Even though it had string puzzles.

Glad you enjoyed it Homer!

Ana

I just finished Mystery of Mortlake Mansion also and I really liked it. I agree about the string games, only thing I really didn't like. I liked the way you could move around using the map. I thought it was a great HOG and it took quite a long time to play. Great game.

Downloading it now. hadn't been to BF this month as I was just too busy, imagine that!! Can't wait to start, it sounds great!

I didnt like the string puzzles either, although I did manage to finish them - I dont mind one or two, but not one after another after another.

I also liked the map - It would be nice to see these maps as standard in games where there are many locations to travel to.

I thought I was good at string puzzles, until I played this.

I enjoyed the game, wish more would let me pick gender. Get tired of playing girls all the time.

There is one person who loves string puzzles, me.

The more the merrier. I was glad to see more than just one. They really are quite simple once you get the knack of how to do them. Spreading out helps a lot.

Count me in too! I love them.

Ana

Make that 3. They're one of my favorites.