August Update

I’ve played a couples games this month but since it’s summer’s vacation here, I haven’t been at home as much as usually. I’ve enjoyed some quality time with my three wonderful boys, well really two boys and a teenager… I know it’s cliche but damn life goes by so quickly… I hope you all had a nice month and great vacation for everyone who was lucky enough to have some :)

Since I had less time this month, I’ve play some shorter games that I could finish in an evening or two. Here is the result!

Crime secrets: crimson lily

7 hours, 24 of 24 achievements

A good game as with most Artifex Mundi's games, this game is no exception. You have to find out what happened to Lilly, a journalist, who died a few years back. Graphic are pretty good quality and the story is very well written. The puzzles are fun and not overly hard, I really like the "Detective mode" where you have to find the clues in a scene and put them in the right order. It's a nice feature which give you a bit more of background story.
If you like point & click and/or puzzles game, you should definitely give this one a try!

Scarytales: All Hail King Mongo

2.8 hours, no achievements

genkicoll generously offered a couples key of this game and I was one of the lucky winner.
In Scarytales: All Hail King Mongo, you play the princess. Your father, the king has disappear and you brother who is being controlled by the evil sorcerer is now in power. You'll have to rescue them by defeating the evil Zarrar. A hidden objects game with a fair amount of puzzles Scarytales is entertaining. The graphics are not amazing for this day and age but fairly decent. the HO scene are challenging at time but not very hard so are the puzzles. If you get stuck on a puzzle at some point they are all skippable and there's a hint system you can use if you ever need help but as I said the game is not that hard when played on normal mode.

Mahjong Solitaire

2.6 hours, 10 of 10 achievements

A pretty good mahjong game, nice relaxing music. It's not a very complicated mahjong and you can complete it to 100% in only an hour or two, but for the low price, it's a pretty decent game if you like mahjong.

And finally I’ve finish this and the two previous House of 1000 Doors games but the first two are not on Steam anymore so I’ve only reviewed the last one. If you wonder thought they are all pretty similarly good point & click, worth a try for fan of the genre.

House of 1000 Doors: Serpent Flame

9 hours, no achievements

House of 1 000 Doors: Serpent Flame is the 3rd game in the House of 1 000 Doors serie. Once again you play as Kate. Giant snake are coming up from underground and wreaking havoc across the earth, and you are the only one who can save the day! Your mission is to gather the elements needed to complete the machine that will destroy the ancient snake coming to destroy the world. To do that you will have to travel back in time to four different era. The story is really engrossing and the puzzles are just perfect; hard enough to be challenging but not too hard that they break the flow of the story.
I really enjoyed the House of 1 000 Doors serie and this installment is no different, it's a well crafted story.