Lost Lands 3 +4

I’m on #3 of this series and enjoying it so much! Each game has a vast quantity of scenarios, lands, challenges, and puzzles. Keeping track of where I need to go was hard, until I realized there’s a map! This is one of the few games I’ve bought hints because I want to keep going so badly. The graphics are beautiful and the storyline is interesting. There are some predictable puzzles—meaning the format is the same, which are nonetheless enjoyable. There are some harder puzzles which I like too. Also I love the music! It’s been the same in all three lands. Like a cross between an Alfred Hitchcock movie and Lord of the Rings Trilogy music. Great variety and drama. A few tips: 1) tap absolutely every part of every screen. There are hidden bits everywhere which, while not critical to completing the game, let you complete a side puzzle. 2) I’m playing on an Iphone, and it’s necessary to drag the screen up and down slightly to see everything past the resources box. It’s absolutely necessary to do if you don’t want to miss critical items. 3) There’s a green “back” arrow on the resources box for almost all times you need to return to an area or close a puzzle. However there are also a handful of scenarios when just tapping the background does the same. Thoroughly fun games!

I’ve bought & played Lost Lands 1 & 2, & now am on 3. This group makes great games that are challenging & fun, with gorgeous graphics, but not so hard that I feel like giving up. The only difference I see with #3 is even after buying the game, I have to watch ads to get coins for hints, but it’s not too big of a deal. These games have good, in-depth storylines, and the main human character in each of these first 3 is a grown woman who seems like someone you might really know, not a teenage boy’s fantasy of a woman! I appreciate the care they have put into making sure the English version is actually in good English, not some garbled version obviously written by a non-English speaker.

After buying these I looked at their website and found out this is made by a group from Ukraine. It makes me feel really good to be able to support this company, some of whose members have left to fight the invading Russian troops, and some of whom have left the country for safety. Buy it: you won’t be sorry!

This game was extremely creative and a delight to play! The Castle Of Madness in particular was some of the coolest and most interesting puzzles and set pieces I’ve ever come across. The room of insanity was my favorite of them all. So many beautiful and interesting settings all around! I only have two critiques. 1) the clues span so widely across locations some of the hints or conclusions you’re supposed to draw are nearly impossible, especially trying to keep track of unfinished elements, I almost never need to use hints but I did in this case to avoid excessive frustration. That being said, $2.99 for 35 coins, which is well beyond how many coins I needed to ease my way through the trickier parts, is a steal for how fun this game is. 2) please make an option to mute game sound so I can listen to other things while I play, which is my preference for all games. Canceling out music from other apps is unnecessary. Other than those two point I highly recommend this game!!