Legendary Tales: Map of Hope Collector's Edition

Reluctant thumbs-down. The developers put thought into it. It's not a low-quality game. And it's longer than usual, which is good. Some people may really like it, but I disliked it enough I won't even replay it. The main issue was that all of the mini-games were too difficult. I don't play this kind of game for super difficult puzzles where I have to take out pen and paper. I skipped a large percentage of the games, many more than I usually do. On the plus side, they were creative games. Some people may dislike how easy mini-games usually are in HOGs and thus this might be a positive for them (hence saying it's a "reluctant" thumbs-down.) Another negative was that I found myself using the map to figure out where to go or using hints far more than is usual for me. A minor issue (which is not that uncommon) is that the dialogue would just continue without clicking "continue". I was playing it in Spanish because it's a fun way to practice Spanish, but I read slower in Spanish. I often couldn't finish reading before it would move on to the next person's speech. One minor plus for me was that the art was less water-colory than usual for these games. It was crisper.

I really did not enjoy this game, mainly due to how bad the puzzles are. This has to be some of the worst tediously annoying and difficult puzzles ever put together in the same HOPA game with lots of manipulation puzzles where clicking something affects something else and puzzles where you need to get out a piece of paper and write down solutions to refer to later. It quickly got to the point where I was constantly skipping every single puzzle, which is always a bad thing in these types of games. I also found the locations and characters uninteresting and the music is depressing in my opinion. The main chapter is also very short. Overall, I cannot recommend this game but can recommend the first game in the Legendary Tales series called Stolen Life from 2021, which is far superior in every way in my opinion.

I enjoy most 5 BN games. Their graphics a very good, there is a story, puzzles are good for my old brain and as far as hidden object games go, there are none I've found that are designed and executed better.

Great Game

wonderful fun, highest quality, great characters

Good puzzles, great storyline