Hidden Objects: Wild Story

I had high hopes for the theme of this game. I love wildlife and I work in a related field. But the interface/tasks are confusing and slow, the touch response is molasses, and the animation was juvenile and rudimentary, with the dialogue/story line stilted and boring, even though it was rated “17+” But the real dealbreaker was the unbelievably obnoxious “ad timer” that popped up at the top of the scene that was counting down a “special offer” for other games! OMG! I downloaded this one, I obviously know where to find your games. I’m playing this one now! It was totally distracting and ruined the whole point of an “immersive game.” In the old days, I used to really enjoy Domini games. But I didn’t even make it off the wolf pup scene before trashing this one.

It was a nice change to experience a game which had great quality assurance. I liked the gameplay, and it was a novelty to heal and then use the help of the forests’ denizens. However, the poaching storyline was quite tedious. There was too much to read in notes too. Remember, the target demographic for Domini is women over the age of 55, most of whom are not into nature, wildlife and camping. We much prefer mysteries, crime and paranormal phenomena. We are even sick of fantasy, because all of those games are clones of one another. The mini-game where you must assemble faces (either human or animal) is repetitive and boring. However, there were plenty of tasks, HO scenes and puzzles to keep us busy. My rating will be 4 stars. If it was a story that I actually liked I would have rated even higher. Gamers, there is no longer a deluxe version of the games. Oleg is giving us only one version and I’m not sure what that will look like. I assume there will be some bonus locations but the games will not be quite as lengthy. I would be thrilled if Domini removed all collectibles from the games. The players detest searching for 140 of the same collectible. We would rather have a match-3 alternative! Anyway, this was a solid game and it ran well.

The game was technically okay, with no glitches and with a collectibles page in the Strategy Guide. It is the story of forest rangers saving creatures from poachers and befriending them for help in advancing their investigation. I am a nature lover, but I found this game to be incredibly boring overall. I especially dislike finding differences in background scenes, and miss the match 3 option to avoid it.