Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows

It had been a long time since I had played a Hidden Object type of game, and this one definitely plays like one but is slightly different in its approach. There are no "find the object" puzzles which ultimately yield a singular item for use somewhere else, every item is found in the overworld and then used in the overworld. This is intended to be a "Spooky" Atmospheric style horror game but the trope it plays into most? Jump Scares. Honestly the first few got me as I wasn't expecting them but after about half an hour I knew what I was in for. I replayed this game a few times because it appeared as though there might be multiple endings as in my original I did not collect all of the Rl'yeh/Cthulu Medals, however beyond collecting them that second time through I have no idea what the Cultists had to do with any of this. I didn't get a new ending for it and it felt like, especially as some were relatively tricksy to find, that this was an effort to flesh out the title rather than something significantly plot-altering. Ultimately I don't recommend this title as either a Hidden Object Title or an Adventure Title, it doesn't comfortably fit into either and falls foul on most f…

Short but fun little game. It did crash a couple of times, and it is possible to soft-lock progress by using a certain item in a certain place, without having the item needed to progress, which can't be picked up without the item that got locked in the first place.

really enjoyed this game - so please it does not have any HOG (hidden objects) - plenty to do and a great way to spent a couple of hours. will go back and play again because i didn't get all the morphing objects as i usually don't worry about them but will do for this game. great work developers.

This is a very nice game. Good effects, story, and gameplay

Great game, really enjoyed this :D

I have to say, from all aspects, this is a fine game and one it seemed a lot like I would enjoy from the description. The story is Lovecraftian, which I feel like is rare for these games which even when macabre seem to be oriented around predictable ghost or haunting tropes. The art style and animations were good, and there are full-motion video sequences of high-quality animation that transition into the illustrated scenes of the game, like many hidden object games do. The sound and music were mostly fine, the puzzles though not remarkable were serviceable. Perhaps a little infrequent for my liking, but nothing wrong on a quality level. There are collectibles in the game and a bonus adventure as well, so there is a good amount of content too. I think what bothered me the most was that the pacing and the logic of using the items felt off to me. Luckily, the difficulty I was playing on still had indicators on the map of where there was an action available next because I think without it I would have wasted a bunch of time wandering all of the scenes. The objectives weren't always clear to me story-wise, and I feel like I accumulated a lot of items in my inventory quic…