Awakening: The Golden Age - A Magical Hidden Objects Game 9+

Not sure why this has some bad reviews... Gorgeous graphics of magical worlds that make you just want to jump into the screen, good voice-overs, especially in the bonus section with some great comedic character voice-over talent--finally a game that uses real actors! Although, if I remember correctly, the lead actress was NOT very good, but some of the character actors playing the sprites in the bonus game were spot on satirically funny! And there IS a bonus game, you just hit play again after the main story. I like that you find out that the bad guys aren't really bad, there is just a misunderstanding and you work together with them, a strong political and philosophical statement... Good transporting map, nice cut scenes, story, dialog.... Cons are that some of the instructions on the mini games were not explained well, sometimes the screen was not responsive enough to touch, no diary or back button, I was constantly being sent to another screen if I clicked slightly to the side of center. You collect fairies, but not sure why, no reward, besides an "achievement." This is a great game before sleep, beautiful relaxing music, easy, non-frustrating puzzles (once you figure out the instructions, if you can), but mostly just a beautiful vacation into a magical world...

Like other reviewers I found the game just ok. Developers why can you not tell us what the objects are before putting them in inventory?? I know I can touch on them and a little box will pop up and tell me but sometimes you can't read it and the box comes and goes so quickly that sometimes I have to press on it several times in order to see what it is. It's just that kind of little stuff that is annoying.
This game was too short, the story was boring and puzzles were way too easy. At #7 the puzzles should be much harder not beginner.

I bought and played because because I've really enjoyed past installments in this series but so much of this game felt tedious. The puzzles are weak. You're followed the whole game by two useless characters that constantly plead for your help. There's so little to investigate in each environment the game suffers and goes by a blink. Every few scenes you enter a new area and are locked out of the last so there's no long-standing puzzles to solve. They named the "surprise traitor" character Claudius for pete's sake! Strangely, the bonus chapter was better with more of the charm and characters I associate with the series. Gave it a low score because I really expect much better from what is a Big Fish flagship series.