Rite of Passage: The Lost Tides Collector's Edition

[b]Rite of Passage 4: The Lost Tides[/b] (IHOG) [i]This is a standalone story[/i] Options include separate sliders for Music, Ambients, SFX and Voices, Full-screen, Aspect Correction and Custom Cursor. Choice of 3 pre-set difficulties, or you can go with Custom Mode. The task bar is lockable. [b]Story[/b]: When you were young, you and your family set sail on the [i]Everlast[/i] for a glorious vacation. All was well until a violent storm popped up out of nowhere, the damage enough to force you to abandon ship. You and your brother got away in time, but your mother was trapped, and Dad wouldn't leave her... and then, the [i]Everlast[/i] vanished, leaving you with only memories of your parents and the compass your dad threw to you as you parted ways. Twenty years later when you are ready to say goodbye at last, the [i]Everlast[/i] sails back into view! A strange force blocks your every move, but you're determined to find a way to get to the ship and learn what happened to your parents at last! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1837864430 The journal has only the briefest overview of what's going on, and functions more as a task list than anything else. I…

Changed from recommend to not recommend due to a bug. Pros .Clear crisp artwork/graphics/scenes .Complimentary music/sounds/voice acting .Four difficulty modes, including custom .Can change difficulty mode in-game .Mini-map with fast travel .Lockable toolbar .Gears appears when item in position for possible use .Simple to intricate adventure play .Variety of inventive hidden object scenes .Collectables (seashells) .Morphing objects in hidden object scenes .Strategy guide .Bonus chapter Cons .Story lacked focus, cohesion and was full of holes .Mini-puzzles tended towards simple and easy, several times I just started to understand how to do the puzzle by making a couple of moves and 'poof' it would be solved .In the bonus content, the game will not allow me to place three of the puzzle pieces (three-spiked sun ray piece, sitting up mermaid's head/upper body piece and lying down mermaid's tail piece) so I am unable to access further content. I have tried erasing that file/creating a new file and replaying the game, uninstalled/reinstalled the game and replaying the game and playing the game for a fourth time, placing the pieces as I received them and it just will not work. (I cont…

Like every HOPA game by Mad Head, even this one is a well-made, polished game. There's zero innovation in the genre but hidden-object gamers are used to it, I guess.