Secret Diaries: Manage a Manor

Im sooo excited about an Emily-type game with historical romance story and theme!! Loving this homage to Regency romance. I hope the devs continue down this road. Id love 18th century, or a tudor game would be fun. Aside frm subject matter and theme (love the roses and aesthetics) gameplay is smooth, it’s not glitchy at all. All of the Delicious games are well made. Also love that we pay a flat fee and it’s not pay to play. I hope the developers know that some of us are grateful for this. $10 is fair. Highly recommend if you love time management and period drama movies.

I have bought and played every single story driven time management game GameHouse has issued. It was so disappointing having to wait before buying the full game, in a terrible sales ploy to get you to sign up for a membership that makes no sense to buy if you’ve already paid for all historical games like me. They just aren’t releasing enough games on this platform quick enough to justify the cost. I deduct two stars as a result of this unsuccessful sales tactic, and if it continues, I’m giving up on this publisher entirely. I bristled at the theme of this game at first, but there are a couple twists that make this a slightly more feminist and inclusive game (no spoilers!). Telling young girls that they need to get married to be accepted in society is not great messaging, regardless of the time period. 😒 Glad we had a new game, but hopefully GH will do better in the future. Please continue the storyline of some of your other popular titles, without a waiting period please!!!

I agree with other reviews about the game being way too easy. With Primrose Lake & Delicious I love to play through and go back to replay levels that I didn’t earn 3 stars but I played through this game 100% without having to replay anything on the hardest setting. By the end of a chapter I was bored, there was no challenge anywhere in the game for people that are used to playing similar games I was really looking forward to this one since I have played all the others fully and it took less than 1 day with nothing left to replay. If there is an update or part 2 I’m hoping hard setting is actually challenging or even a nightmare mode. I admit I skipped over most of the story, the main character wasn’t very interesting or likable like Alison & Emily, she felt shallow I think for a beginner it would be great but for people that are fans and long time players of the main stories it wasn’t on the level that I’ve come to love.