Rite of Passage: The Perfect Show Collector's Edition

[b]Rite of Passage 1: The Perfect Show [/b](IHOG) Options include separate sliders for Music, Ambients, SFX and Voices, plus Full-screen and Custom Cursor. Choice of Casual or Expert Mode. [b]PRO TIP[/b]: Widescreen is not available, but if you switch your desktop resolution to 1024x768, the game will run full-screen (no black borders). [b]Story[/b]: The children of Everlake have been disappearing, and the police have made no progress in their investigations. A music teacher for many years, you have never once been late to a lesson... Until today. Young Amber waited for you, but your absence gave the abductor the perfect chance to strike. Now, overcome with guilt, you will do whatever it takes to find the children and bring them home. Something I loved is that the game addressed reality several times during our adventure. A detective leaves his evidence behind? You're keeping it because you feel justified by your need. Tampering with evidence and impersonating an officer of the law? Extreme circumstances! Most games just gloss over these things, but my logic always takes note of details like these, so I was happy to see them address it all within the story. Our tale …

Do not recommend (note: played 111 minutes and then returned) Pros .Intriguing story elements .Lightly unsettling atmosphere .Casual and expert difficulty modes .Intricate adventure play .Strategy guide Cons .No widescreen .No advanced difficulty mode .Unable to switch between the two difficulty modes in-game .No map so no fast travel, indication of action available or area cleared .Lots of tracking back and forth .Unable to lock toolbar in up position .Smudged art style made it difficult to impossible to see objects in the adventure play .Smudged art style made it difficult to impossible to see objects in hidden object scene .Hidden object scenes were reused .Instruction for mini-puzzles given in interpretive drawings Final Words: Tried both casual and expect mode (normally play on advanced) and still couldn't enjoy the game. Casual was too easy and the hint button's flashing sparkles drove me crazy (just let me think a minute!) and, between the lack of map and smudged art style, difficult was too arduous.

good game. fun for older folks!

Great game. Fun puzzles challenging but not too hard.