Christmas Fables: Holiday Guardians Collector's Edition

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[i]<Game native resolution: 1366x768>[/i] I recently discovered there are many hidden object adventure games about Christmas, including from the HOAG dev I'm a new fan of, Domini Games. One the one hand, this is one of the most impressive HOAGs I've played, but I also want to NOT recommend it! This is one of the longest HOAGs I've played, and also has one of the most lengthy bonus chapters I've seen. It's amazing how much gorgeous "generic secularized winter holiday" artwork can be enjoyed here. Gameplay is very focused on mini-games over hidden object scenes. Even combining objects in the inventory will initiate mini-games! Most mini-games were fine, but I despised some of them. The action-based skiing/sledding games were so clunky to control, but I only had fractions of a second to react to obstacles. It was horrible! One mini-game was non-functional. I was forced to skip the sequence the snowball launcher. The gameplay is why I want to give this game a thumbs down. It was not designed to create a smooth, casual experience. I got stuck many times. There are many whackadoodle interactions that nobody could predict or expect. There are not good breadcrumbs or sign-p…

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Christmassy fun! I enjoyed the mini-games (for the most part). The story was fun!

I have literally gotten as far as 14 minutes of play time inside the game and it has exited twice at this point, for no known reason. I'm going to test the other game by the same company to see what the deal is there before I look at refunds. I have changed my game play choices, although, it's not a happy medium, it is somewhat playable now. However, I should really be permitted to choose those at will.

Game crashed almost 2h in, profile got somehow corrupted and automatically deleted as a result.