I really enjoyed this game. I like the graphic style (like an old painting), and the music that was like an old record. No problems with freezing or slow transitions. The skip button was slow to recharge, but the hint button was fast. With no map I relied on the hint button, which worked well. My only complaint was too many HOPs. There were a lot of puzzles, but it seemed like there was an HOP around every corner, which was a little frustrating.

I've been unhappy with BF for some time. They stopped doing demos for most of the games, and the ones that still have demo versions have been awful. I'm not going to buy a BF game without a trial; they do way too many dogs. I wish I could like this one. It does shut off all the voices when asked to, but it's dull, dull, dull. And commits the worst kind of illogic these games can commit. Ghosts? No problem. But needing to dump water on something to cool it off, and not letting you use any of the pots and pans in the kitchen, which are just sitting there? That kind of foolishness just takes you right out of the game. I play these for the puzzles and the searches, I don't want a bunch of faux interactions with people ( if I want to talk to people, I ,you know, go out and talk to people), and it is especially silly for these games to have their players save the world or even a son/brother/husband whatever, as if anyone is going to get emotionally invested in these things, or worse, should! Ugh!

It's missing a map with teleport and it crashed once during the trial game. Trying to figure out where to go is a pain in the neck. You end up wasting lots of time trying to figure out your next move. When trying to go back by clicking at the bottom of the screen, it often opens a window instead. When using the "machine" to eliminate the monster obstacles, if you don't place it precisely where it wants, it won't work. So, I took away three stars. But, it has potential. The HO scenes are repeated but they're crowded with items which is fine. The game seems dated, especially without a map. So far, there haven't been any puzzles. It seems that trying to locate the next activity or object IS the puzzle.

The gameplay was pretty long so that was a pro. But so many cons. No map, game crashed quite a few times, you constantly have to search for where the hidden object game is located in order to move forward, and STOP WITH THE POP UPS. I know where to find new games if I want one. Let me play the ones I've already bought in peace.