Demon Hunter 4: Riddles of Light

The game worked for me, there is a working map, and most of the puzzles were alright, so I will recommend it. However, be warned, Artifex Mundi and Brave Giant LTD are up to their usual tricks, and arbitrarily changed the mythology they used for the game. I love Egyptian Myth, and this is barely even close to it, with too many "fantasy-science" elements that only make sense if you're in an ancient alien cult. Other than that, the game just feels kind of bare. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate less visual clutter, but it just ends up feeling very token.

One of the worst HOGs I've ever played (perhaps actually *the* worst), and a huge step down from Demon Hunter 3. This feels very rushed, with lots of bugs, bad art, poor continuity, broken English, and repetitive puzzles. Avoid.

Had some crashes and the clickable areas are really wonky. More like Riddles of Aiight.

9th Hidden Object game I've 100%'d and am reviewing. Eh. I mean all these games so far are okay ways to pass 2-3 hours, or 4-5 for those with more challenging achievement lists. I do enjoy these enough to do things like play the bonus story even when there are no achievements for them most of the time. But I still think this one is just eh. The story is low-effort and borderline nonsensical, the puzzles are basic as hell and repeated from other games, and the hidden object scenes are full of 'variety' which means a lot of them are barely hidden object scenes. Sadly it's not so-bad-it's-funny either. Voice acting quality is bad here, lots of bad accents and heavily varying audio quality. Achievement list is too easy also. Bonus story adds nothing.

I was going to give this a pass, but it's got too much jank and kind of forgets how HOGs work. That said, it is a capable adventure game and has some fun with the Egyptian mythology which, incidentally, has absolutely nothing to do with the previous three games so I'm not sure why this is getting the "4" stamp. So if you're bored and need a quick fix, this'll do it, but don't expect the highest quality Mundi can give you. The regular Brave Giant nitpicks are here - morphing objects, tons of backtracking, inventory surplus of stuff you don't know what to do with yet to completely empty pockets and no clue how to proceed, etc. but there are two major hangups this time around that I'd like to note. The first requires considering what a hidden object scene is and why we like them. Typically, you're presented with a scene of chaotic mess and tasked with using your sharp vision to find everything. That's the fun; the artist has hidden a bunch of stuff inside the scene for you to find. Morphing objects aside, this isn't usually a problem except this game has decided to actually hide objects. So many of these scenes - which aren't very numerous, actually - literally put the stuff you need…

This was a good game