If Youre Looking For Some Christmas Hopas Most Of The Christmas Stories Games Are Decent. I Played Nutcracker,

if you’re looking for some christmas hopas most of the christmas stories games are decent. I played nutcracker, puss in boots and the one with the train and they’re all delightfully festive and cheesy. (can’t recommend the tin soldier though, that one felt lacking)

playing these while having a hot drink makes a winter day feel less dreary :)

!!! I would love to seek out some Christmas-themed HOPAs for the season! I've heard of these but never played them. Since Steam just started their Autumn sale, a lot of Hidden Object games are on sale, so I'll take advantage and buy some more...!

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Why would anyone stop Christmas?

1,595.) Drawn: The Painted Tower

Release: September 5th, 2009 | GGF: Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle, Hidden Object | Developer(s): Big Fish Games, Inc. | Publisher(s): Big Fish Games, Inc., Focus Multimedia Ltd., Astragon Software GmbH | Platform(s): Macintosh (2009), Windows (2009), iPad (2010), Android (2013)

A little sketch of Evelyn Ravenhearst.

I was looking through the post from @dalimarisdaddy1967 on the character designs in the new MCF game: A Crime in Reflection and saw Evelyn’s new design. I’ll admit I was surprised with the new design and I had to went back to watch that cutscene in Dalimar Legacy to see if that character at the end was Evelyn (Emma’s great granddaughter).

Anyway I wanted to try drawing both of her character design versions, mostly to see the difference.😅

Is the phantom from mystery legends undead in your opinion?

Ohhhhh, definitely. I had the feeling the Phantom was some sort of (literal) ghost, but by the end of the game, we see that he can physically touch Evelina and vice versa. So maybe he's a different kind of undead..? The ending text of the game refers to him as "the Opera ghost", it might still be playing on his "Phantom of the Opera" nickname, but I'll consider it another support for this ghost-theory...

Not to mention Evelina was whisked away to the Phantom's realm after opening the invitation, and including his show of the mirrors, makes me think that he has some magical/mystical powers, which would also point to the undead/ghost thing.

I should also say...throughout the game, the Phantom has a pretty well-collected appearance, but at a certain point you can see a quick flash of his damaged mask + skin. I wonder if he's been hiding his actual appearance..?

Things I can’t stand in games are a penalty for clicking in the wrong spot, mini games that are tedious on purpose, uncreative hidden object scenes like 150 runes over a starry background or something.

And one pet peeve that’s domini games exclusive: their background music doesn’t loop! I’ve played at least 5 of their games and they all have this basic programming mistake

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I know the clicking penalty is supposed to help you take Hidden Object scenes seriously/strategically, but I wish it was optional depending on the game setting you have. Casual/easy players should be able to disable it if they want. I also hate it when the game can't detect me clicking on the right item, and I get penalized for it.

Also, non-looping background music is a SIN!!!