Legacy 4 - Tomb of Secrets

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!

Not sure what title to put above this review. I rarely write reviews. But this game warranted one. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. It’s not overly long, and by no means does it drag on. I appreciate the attention to detail. It’s addictive. Someone put some serious time in on this games development. Difficult? At times yes, frustratingly so. But you can get hints to help you out of a rut. I used them as a last resort. My bad. I used a few. And the answer was right in front of me the whole time. It was sooo obvious! Logic is a wonderful tool to employ…but bring your common sense along as well. I’ll wait some time before I play it again, but I will play it again. Look, you do you. There are too many positive aspects to this game for me to mention them here. I’m already looking for my next challenge, but this one will be hard to beat. I’ve played dozens of this type, and I will start over with the first one of this series. Thx for reading.

I’ve checked for ages to see if another Legacy game was forthcoming. I was so excited to see this finally show up in the App Store. And I can say that it more than lived up to what I hoped for. The Legacy games have gotten progressively better. The environments are fantastic. The puzzles are all challenging, but they are also all solvable with patience and investigation. That’s really not an easy thing to manage in these types of games in my experience. Too often the puzzles are ridiculously obvious… or the solution ends up being so obscure that it borders on senseless. Not here. The balance here is perfect. This game continues the excellence I have seen in this series so far. I really appreciate the game you have provided, and I intend to play it again multiple times (after a short break so that amnesia kicks in and I have to figure it out all over again, hehe.). Thanks again! I hope to see a continuation of the story down the road. I can guarantee I’ll be purchasing any future sequels the day they are released.