Backstreets of the Mind

Not terrible, story is a bit wishy washy dull, the HOGs are fairly easy and that's most of the game. The minigames are nice, the scrolling shoot-em-up requires good dexterity if you want the no-skip achievement. A bit short at under 2 hours to complete the game, might have to replay the game a few times to get the high score shmup game achievement. 6/10

very dull and boring HOG. despite having something other than the fantasy based HOG which are in most cases in this genre i do understand the messge the dev was trying to achieve here but it just couldnt reach its potential. it took me around 2 hours to finish (with a break) i only recommend it on sale and if you are a big HOG fan. otherwise it is really not worth it

I got this on sale for 50 cents, and that's about the right price point. Anyone who plays hidden object games will be used to corny storylines and poor logic, but oof. There are some neat ideas in the gameplay, like scrolling the picture and watching the town modernize, but the whole thing where they give you only incorrect tools to solve each problem the first time you attempt it was pointless and annoying. Were they trying to make the point that "fixing the past is harder than you think"? If so, they did a terrible job. I'm also not convinced about a couple of typical childhood errors in judgment altering the entire course of protagonist's family's future. The kid didn't accidentally burn down the family home, he broke his skateboard. And now all of a sudden the family fortunes are looking up? What? P.s. "Stickers" apparently means "sticky notes" and "wafers" means "waffles"

It's worth the sale price. It's a real shame this has mixed reviews. The graphics are low-res but plenty clear enough, all the mini-games are solid, the story is simple but unique compared to most. To be clear this is a HOG, with HO scenes, for almost the whole game. There is no puzzle-adventure to speak of. There's backtracking over a map to use items in other places. This is a linear game and you can replay individual chapters if you want.

If I wanted to play arcade games, I would buy them! When I play HO games, I want HO scenes, puzzles, and thinking mini-games, not arcade games, especially ones with achievements attached (at least the achievement is for a total score of 10,000, not 10,000 in one play). The space invaders type game controls sucks - the ship movement speed is turtle-slow with no apparent option to change it. The HO scenes are good except for the slow movement speed. The HO part of the game is relaxing and of good graphical quality.

Clearly meant to be played on a tablet or phone as the whole moving the scene is ridiculously slow to the point that I just won't bother playing.