Hotel Ever After: Ella's Wish

I tried this game when it first came out, a couple of years ago. It was a mess. Too glitchy to be able to play. So, I stopped playing it. I downloaded it yesterday and I completed it today. The reason why I gave it 4 stars is because there’s more story than there is gaming time. It seemed like there was maybe 5 minutes of gameplay and the rest of it was the story. A nice balance between the two would have been better.

I was hesitant to buy this game after I read the reviews, but I’m glad I did it anyways! The storyline was sweet and addicting. The graphics were just like the Emily games. The episodes were short and I finished the entire game in 1 day, which to me is a good thing! I saw that a few people complained about the amount of social media referenced within the game, but I actually enjoyed it and think it added a unique touch to it. Made me feel like I was actually texting the characters! I liked the different settings you could play in and the overall fairytale theme, very different from their other games. My only suggestion for the makers is to change up Carl’s hiding spot (a little too predictable) and move the “Likes” bar to a different spot on the screen, there were times were it was in the way of items I needed to click on...so I couldn’t earn the diamond for a few episodes. The ending is a cliffhanger so I’m hoping there’s a Hotel Ever After 2!!!

There are a few reasons I didn’t purchase this game. I play my games on an iPad. First of all, the game crashes after playing every level and a half or so. The pictures sometimes aren’t all there while playing the game, particularly when filling out the guest card. Thirdly the game was boring. I understand starting off slowly so the players can learn the game, but the pace never picked up after the first 10 free levels, and Carl the mouse always popped up in the same location. The positives were the story line, I was interested in Ella and her wicked step mother (I see the correlation), the graphics were cute, and I liked the characters. I love all the Delicious Emily games and look forward to Gamehouse releasing new games like the Delicious franchise, however they rarely have proven to be up to par with Emily. I also enjoyed Amber’s Airlines, and the first two installments of Hearts Medicine, and the first Love Boat. I hope you can invest the time to create more quality games instead of games like Hotel Ever After which seem to be of a lower standard.