Hidden Portals: Chronicles

While the game graphics are nice, the complete lack of character voices makes the game fairly boring. For the price to not have that feature…wow. If future games continue like this I will not be purchasing.

The game was lengthy, had an innovative Arabian motif, and some unusual inventory usage. There was a creative plethora of tasks at each location. Both the HO scenes and the mini-games had a large variety. Intrinsically the game was good, but unfortunately there were some serious quality assurance issues. The game failed to count some of the sand bottles, meaning the player was not credited with them and therefore could not play the additional HO scene. The collectibles page in the strategy guide couldn’t be accessed. Some of the mini-games could not be manipulated due to touchscreen sensitivity issues. These glitches made the game less pleasurable and more of a chore for me. I wrote to Oleg and he still has not repaired them! My true rating therefore will be 3.5 stars.

Once again my review did not post so I’ll try again. This is my 4th attempt. At this point I am really annoyed at the App Store. This is a solid game and would have been a 5 rating if the collectible page had been accessible in the strategy guide. It is an Arabian Nights themed game and I found no other issues.