Faircroft’s Antiques: Home for Christmas

[i]Faircroft’s Antiques: Home for Christmas[/i] is the third of five installments in the [i]Faircroft's Antiques[/i] hidden object games series and is quite a noticeable step up from the first game in terms of graphics’ sharpness and design. The story is good, yet perhaps a tad less entertaining than the rest of the games in the series - although being on the light side and sprinkled with some little life wisdom here and there, it’s still very enjoyable and nice to read. [h1]Intro[/h1] The games follow the adventures of Mia Faircroft - a young art restorer who travels all around the world and helps people refurbish their antiques, but also mends their hearts with her positive and kind personality. In [i]Faircroft’s Antiques: Home for Christmas[/i] Mia and her best friend Maria go back to Mia’s hometown Mikamaw Point for an extended Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation. Reconnecting with her family is certainly refreshing as well as much needed, but since Mia is quite the workaholic, she doesn’t waste any time to find something to do in town and help the townsfolk here and there with all sorts of errands, putting up decorations, gathering Christmas donations for charities and over…

'Faircroft's Antiques: Home for Christmas' was my foray into this genre. I was inspired by the Game Grumps playing it for a few episodes and I was looking for a way to feel more in the Christmas spirit in a place that does not look much like Christmas. I am certain that I moved through the game slowly compared to others with a sharper eye, but it did keep my attention. The overarching story of Mia and her friend coming home for Christmas added a nice human touch to the game. However, the story did seem like it was only 60-80% complete in several parts and the peak of the game was disappointing in my opinion. Overall, the story is a net-positive to the game though. There is a short follow-up after Christmas which is sort of anti-climatic but has a nice 'community coming together' vibe to it. The game accomplishes what it sets out to do - be a classic spot the image in the picture game with an entertaining story to make it more than just a set of puzzles. It's nice to play a few weeks before Christmas. Or whenever you feel like it.

Nice blend of scenes, objects well hidden in plain sight, and an additional minigame in each of the 20 chapters (this is the CE version). Good story, with a lot of dialogue bubbles (you must click to get through); characters a bit grumpy at first, but the fetive mood will take over. This is the 3rd game in the "Faircroft's Antiques" series ("Treasures of Treffenburg" was the 1st, "The Heir of Glen Kinnoch" was 2nd); not required to play the first games, but I suggest you do (you'll meet characters from this game and they are good games!)

For a gaming newbie and nice and relaxing game.

This game was alright. There's a lot of content. A lot more than i expected. It has a lot of puzzle variety, but a lot of the varieties weren't too fun. The story was a little funny if you have a friend and you both are commentating with funny voices. Overall, my experience was like a 6/10.

All the Faircroft games are repetitive but great I own them all.