The Agency of Anomalies: The Last Performance Collector's Edition

They really should have named this one "The Agency of Anomalies: Backtracker's Paradise". There were countless times I had to backtrack 8-10 screens, then go forward 8-10 screens to get an object, then go back 8-10 screen to use that object, then go forward 8-10 screens again. It's as if they knew the game wouldn't be long enough under normal circumstances, so they added endless backtracking to pad the length. Overall, the main game was enjoyable enough, though the story didn't make sense and contradicted itself at times. It had a mix of find-by-name, find-by-silhouette, and put-item-where-it-belongs hidden object scenes, and they were enjoyable. The mini-games in the main game were fun except for the ones to activate the special powers. A few of those mini-games had you moving the mouse around to try to rotate a bunch of lines to form a picture without telling you what the picture is, so you just keep moving the mouse endlessly until it says you did it. Another few of those were mini-games in which you had to fill a winding snake-like path with bubbles of seltzer water from a bottle by pressing or holding the mouse button to "spray" the water; this type of game was very fru…

Pretty average hidden object game with a lot of random backtracking. Playing without hints is very difficult (you need to repeatedly re-check all locations in the game for new actions) and the hint system barely works.

There is a good part of The Agency of Anomalies, I especially love the side garden scene with autumn painted, before I was child I was eager to put that scene into my wallpaper, but in pity I have lost first-seen obsession in recent review. I'm surprised that is a great improvement from previous series, there is set a difficulty for our casual player, easy mode is not wrong clicking punishment, faster puzzle skip recharging, and so on absorbed from the new trend of Hidden Object Adventure in that era. but in opponent, some inadequate details exist blatantly. First of all, this game not update adaptive version for above 60Hz monitor refreshing rate, so that is no impossible to complete the "seltzer water" quest because it sprays out normally when monitor is in 60Hz. when Mind Invasion had released in steam in later 2018, and there is no any patched today. Further more, the game sets needed object too far from the target puzzle, so that you needs to go back and go forward frequently, and if u try to play it without hint, you may be a professor for Hidden Object Adventure Game, this game is difficult for playing, some puzzles are manifestly hard. In a occasion, you needs to try to f…

Very good puzzles

Nice game

The Agency of Anomalies series are quite old now but I think they have stood the test of time and Last Performance is probably the best....it took a while for it to grow on me but when it did I loved it. The backstory is original, the tasks and object collecting is good though not hugely different from other HOGs ad the mini-puzzles are generally excellent and just that bit harder than other HOG games....for those who complain that there is no map I would say that this adds to the challenge and really, there aren't THAT many locations to remember! This game is really quite long and as such is good value for money...the bonus game is also good but some of the mini puzzles there are a bit repetitive, but that's my only criticism