Black Viper: Sophia's Fate

[h3]Info for deaf and hard of hearing people:[/h3] Everything seems to be subtitled fine. The wording of many sentences seems to be a bit... funny. English might not be the original language here. [h3]___[/h3] This Hidden Object Game doesn't seem to follow the same direction as most other games of this genre. For starters, most objects you have to look for in the scenes actually seem to be relevant to your case, which is nice for a change. No more random teapots to look for! Another cool thing is to use the scroll wheel to zoom in on a part of the scene to get a closer look. Pretty chill there. And that... actually seems to be the only nice things about this game. There are a bunch of issues here: [list] [*] - Weird story. - You're playing a female protagonist who's a cop by day... and a 'Black Viper' by night in a very sexy tight black outfit. It's probably supposed to be sexy but it doesn't look particularly great, just skanky. I know HOGs usually have shaky storylines, but I actually had to burst out laughing here. And when the very-likely-evil-guy starts to make suggestive comments to her.. hahahah! I was almost imagining this was one of those bad slutty romance novels! [*] - …

Now hidden object games aren't that great to start with - but this one, oh boy.

Not a casual game While it has some elements of a casual game (hidden object scenes etc.), all these elements are messed up. The gameplay is confusing, the help button often times not helpful. The developpers were focused on the "character" "Black Viper: Sophia". They wanted to make something totally hot and cool, and the result was something boring and disgusting.

This game could have had so much potentials. Great graphics, but...... Clues once you clicked on them you can't read them again. Hidden objects are hard to find and you have to do some actions that has no logic or had a clue given to them. If you are using a laptop (like me) you have the disadvantage of not having a mouse scroll to zoom in and out of the search areas. No voice over, no map no guide. Looks good, plays bad.

Bad interface, poor construction, the worst hidden object game I have played so far. The only way I could complete much of the game was with the help of a you tube walk through. Graphics were either miscolored or so small I couldn't see the objects using a high def 50 inch screen.

This game doesn't make any sense whatsoever and is in fact insane. Like "lock the creative team in an asylum" type of insane. It's quite the experience if you stick with it. I'd recommend it if it weren't for the janky gameplay. Half the time you'll have no idea what you're even doing and outside of HOG scenes the hint system is useless. Also an IMAX sized screen is required to find a lot of the items. First time playthrough: 3 hours 12 minutes 4/10