After reading Kim's review, did I dare play this game? Well I did and am glad because it was a good game. For those of you laughing your heads off right now, the mouse was cute (do I have a fever?) but I sure am laughing at those of you who are arachnophobic! Living on 10 acres of woods I think I've seen that giant spider once or twice, lol!Anyway the game played very smoothly. I didn't encounter any glitches. It had good graphics with some 3D elements, which I know some of you found creepy. The cut-scenes were interesting, as was the storyline. There was an excellent journal to use. You only had to collect hearts (don't care). All inventory was labeled and unfortunately there were no plus, or complex items. There was an excellent teleport map with marked tasks. That was good because there were quite a few locations and levels of this scary estate and I hate running around uselessly. Very lazy! The HO scenes had some variation, but not a lot. The puzzles were interesting for the most part, but I would have liked more of them.I deducted a star because I felt that the game was a bit short, even with the bonus adventure. Also, loading was not quite instantaneous between locations (but it wasn't a very long and tedious load either). All in all I actually liked the game better than I thought that I would. Give us a longer, gorgeous sequel and I will play it! Happy New Year to the team and all others who bothered to review this game. Glad you're back, Blueflier! The Dream Team Elite needs you! Thank you Kim for your amazing review skills! Let's all make BigFish give us better and more interesting games in 2016! Ok everybody, get ready to start your diets! Like those resolutions ever stick, lol!

I love this developer, and you know why? Because they write good stories behind a good solid game. They clearly spend money in not just the games coding and rendering, but in paying good writers that make the game more interesting. That said, it is an older style game. The HOGs are a bit dated but they are still enjoyable. The only thing I have to quarrel with in this game is the music. Please get some different tunes for your next game! We do listen and the music, if good, builds creepy atmosphere, something this game could use and would make it a 5 star, imo as hearing the same song in multiple games gets boring, not that the music isn’t good. I absolutely love the premise, the art, the live actors (why don’t more games do this now? Games are so much more fun with an ‘actual’ human to converse with and solve the mystery!)Lastly, I loved the plot twist. Did NOT see that coming! XD

This is an older game, so the hops aren’t as varied as in modern games. That said, the rest of the game is great! I love live action characters, they make the story more believable. There is not a customize option in the difficulty menu. I played on “Professional” difficulty, with no hints or skips, and I had no problem. There is a teleporting map. Nice long game, at one point I was surprised I had only played 42% of the main game (the main play screen shows your progress.) Mini games were unique and varied, and ranged in difficulty. I felt the bonus game was almost a throwaway; no story to it, just trying to continue escaping the house. Hops are visited more than once, which I’ve decided I like. All in all a great, fun game to play! Real rating of 4.5 bumped up to 5 because I feel the overall rating of 4.0 is too low.

I really enjoyed playing this game. Four stars because there are no custom settings. I like to adjust the refresh rate both for the Hint and Skip Buttons. Many locations, so the interactive map and responsive Hint button are essential.Cyndee beware - many spiders, both small and large!I will probably purchase the next game in this series.