I am enjoying this game because of the relaxed pace. I agree with some other reviewers that it might be an older game. The characters are Simlike and some items take more than a few taps to add to Inventory. The Hint and Skip work well, and most inventory items are well labeled. So far, none of the puzzles are too difficult. Due to an earlier murder in the community of Sunnyvale, a mysterious house full of man eating vines keeps appearing and killing the townsfolk. You need to prove who the original murderer was to clear the town of evil. With a newer soundtrack and some updated artwork, I would have rated this more highly. However, it is still a little charming, and the artwork is clear thus far. An enjoyable pastime for a late evening!

Final review: finished game. Even finished the bonus chapter, though I found myself using the Skip button because I Just. Didn't. Care. and wanted to get it over with. The slow transitions (twenty seconds!) made the game way too draggy. Sometimes you have to back up several steps, so it can end up taking minutes just to navigate. Unacceptable. Lowered rating accordingly. Gritted teeth to finish. Now to reward myself with something better—there's a new Hidden Expedition game just released. Yay! Gonna get it while the introductory discount is still available. Revised review: they came back! Restoring stars from 1 to 4. Will now buy while price is low. May revise rating after completion. Original review below. It all began so well…Right off the bat, a new thing: in addition to sliders for music volume and such, there is an adjustment for brightness and contrast. Yay! So many games have dark, muddy scenes—this is much easier on the eyes. Story is silly, of course (a ghostly house appearing, then kidnapping people—really?). But voice talent is pretty good, cutscene animations effective, Zoom works, HOS challenging but solvable (note to LynxMinx: very first scene has a rodent, but you don't have to touch it and it doesn't move), nice mix of other puzzles. Transitions are interminable and I haven't found a map (interactive or static), so play is rather slow. Still, showing plenty of potential. That is, until objects began to disappear from inventory. First a hammer, now a lens. Cannot proceed without them. Yes, I did go back to see if I could retrieve them—no dice.Makes the game totally unplayable. Will not be buying despite introductory discount price.

I have played and loved other 'Fear for Sale' games on other platforms, so I thought I would try this one out. It's apparently an earlier version of the game engine. Unfortunately, I tend to rely heavily on the game map for travel, and also to tell me if I need to return to an area for further attention. This game has no map. I am admittedly spoiled, but the absence of this feature pretty much ruined the game for me.

Greetings, Gamers: 👄I've endured root canals that were less painful than this thing. There's so much wrong -- and so very little right -- that I'm at a loss as where to begin. No map, lots of running all the way across town and back just for one item, puh-lenty of HOS (list only) grainy graphics, slow/no response to tapping...y'all are getting the picture, right? I couldn't even make it through the trial - and it seemed to last forever. So did my root canals, but at least I had painkillers for those! 😵I swear, I was hoping that ghost house would grab me as I went by and end my misery!Did anybody else notice the bizarre flailing of arms and other weirdo body language inconsistent with the characters' speaking?!I've gotten nailed on a few purchases but not this one, not this time. Do yourselves a favor: Avoid this bomb. You can't seriously be that desperate to play a game. If you are, this will definitely cure you of that impulse. 🙅🏻Here's hoping we meet under better gaming conditions next time.Until then,May the bomb-free stars light your way✨✨✨💣✨✨✨😏✨✨✨😱✨✨✨💋✨✨✨