The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan

Although this is a somewhat decent Artifex Mundi hidden-object puzzle adventure (HOPA) that could have possibly gained a recommendation, a game-breaking bug near the end prevents that. There's a puzzle with matching keys similar to a memory game except you can never pick the last key, cannot progress and therefore need to restart from the beginning. It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens too often if we read reviews and forum posts. It happened to me after playing more than three hours. The bug was not fixed for close to 9 years and at this time, I don't think it will ever be. I think the only safe recourse, if you're intent on playing this, is to skip the puzzle when it appears. You'll lose the achievement of solving all puzzles without skipping, but that's less frustrating than losing all your progress. A few extra review notes although they became secondary. It's a typical later-day Artifex Mundi HOPA. The decors are beautiful. Character faces are hit or miss. For hidden object scenes, not a ton and not just finding the word in the scene, so I appreciate that. The objects to find are well integrated.

The game works, there is a functioning map, the puzzles were decent, and there is even a visual indicator for the bonus collectables, so I'll recommend it. However, I do have a few gripes, starting with the mythology. Tempestus and her magic wand were a horrible but hilarious addition, as was the concept of giving Bellona any form of prominence in the story of Vulcan. The game even gets the thunderbolts wrong, and the protagonist, at one point, casually discards a phoenix. It was baffling. And, on top of all that, our protagonist also suffers from "amoral idiot video game character" syndrome, frequently to her own detriment. As an example, say you and your buddy drove out to the middle of nowhere, and ran out of gas. He leaves you with his car while he hikes to the last gas station you saw. Now you need something from the trunk. Do you - a) Wait for him to get back, in order to use the keys to unlock it? b) Find or fashion a lockpick, in order to unlock it without waiting for him? or c) Find and use a crowbar (or something similar) to force the lock but damage the car, rather than wait for your buddy? If you looked at all of these options and instead chose to trigger a rock-sli…

It was an average game, but I can't recommend it at full price for only 3 hours of play. It was just a very basic, average Hidden Object game. What a rip off that it was only 3 hours. Very disappointed in Artifax Mundi.

Solid hidden object game with lots of puzzles and HO scenes. Theme is ancient Rome and the Roman Gods. Fun for some hours to relax but keep your brain busy.

This was a good game

Things are hidden until they aren't.