Halloween Chronicles: Family

Just started the game but so far so good. I’m sure I will purchase it. ;-)

This was a really fun game and I really enjoyed it. Some of the puzzles were complicated, I admit I got frustrated and skipped a few. It was on tutorial mode and I felt like that didn’t explain much. The most complicated puzzle was the family dinner seating chart, I felt that one could use some improvement. The given details were not enough to complete the task to the desired answer and the check off system made figuring it out complicated. I would place specific people to that spot but it wouldn’t check it off and there wasn’t enough information to understand why. Maybe the list was longer but I couldn’t figure out how to get to it. The piano puzzle was also complicated - I could not understand what the directions wanted and the solution didn’t make sense. Just a warning about the game - you can only play a small amount of locations and then you have to pay almost $7 US to play any further. I didn’t see any mention of this until the game wouldn’t let me play anymore without paying, but I was already hooked. The downside is that I finished the game and bonus story in less than 6 hours. I thought it was a very fun game and will probably play it several more times through. Not sure how long that will be challenging and fun for the price paid. Really wish the game was longer. Some of the story was choppy in bits and didn’t have much explaining in the building up of characters or story/world development. Could probably have a longer game if these were explored more. Final thought - you go throughout the game collecting rings, voodoo dolls and potion ingredients but you can’t do anything with them??? The rings could be used as currency for an end fun blip - to purchase clothes to dress a skeleton, but that has no end purpose and only seemed to have one choice of options. I may have come off as critical, but I really enjoyed this game and saw a few things that could improve it for the better.

Note to all players: you are all complaining about the sound issue, which I caught immediately and it was fixed in a very timely manner. The only other issue is that the touchscreen sensitivity is lacking and the programmers need to increase the sensitivity of the gameplay interface. Other than that, the game is lengthy, colorful and a real hoot to play. So kindly update your reviews! Note to lucygirl: gaming can be subjective but Catalina is a very valued member of the DTE, and as such must weigh in on quality assurance issues. She must look at each game objectively instead! She is my Chief Operating Officer and I understand how she feels. The quality assurance issues have been ongoing and we are tired of problems in every single Domini release! So kindly do not attack a member of MY team, who ensure you the best experience possible. You rarely review, anyway, so your comments mean nothing! Because of our diligent work, DTE, Oleg is adding 200 new staff members next year so that should mean more games. We did what we set out to do. Basically we restored the genre, and once we start getting EIPIX, it will seem like a real genre. So be patient! My true rating is 4.5 stars. I deducted a star for the poor touchscreen sensitivity. I did not play when there was a sound issue anyway. Happy gaming to all! Note to Catalina: please write to me. I’m sorry you’ve been so ill.