Amaranthine Voyage: The Obsidian Book - A Hidden Object Adventure 9+

So far, I've been playing at Expert level. The opening scene is nicely laid out, and it's daylight. First HO was a combination of finding shapes, some of which are hidden, then searching for spelled out items. So far, enjoyable. The Second scene is also daylight, yay, and searching for items is straightforward, with no strange or difficult tasks. The wire puzzle took a few minutes, but just follow the guide on the right. I'm still in the free game, and hope it goes one more scene.

The music and voice are clear, and blend nicely with the scenes. I'll update my review after the next scene; I was prompted for a review after the first two scenes.

I placed the clown balloon under the stand as soon as I found it; after I collected the helium tank, I returned to that scene and the balloon had vanished. I checked the original spawn site and the balloon could no longer be collected. I verified with game hints that I could not move forward in any way: I placed into an endless loop of being sent to the subway car, then the stand that I was supposed to lift with the balloon, and back again. I then read the guide, which said to place the balloon and the tank at the same time, but there was nothing in gameplay to discourage using the items as soon as you found them. So discouraging to lose several hours of gameplay (and the $4.99 I paid). I guess I could start over, but without 100% assurance that waiting to place the items together wouldn’t be an effective workaround, I have no real desire to do so.

I’m very much enjoying it the graphics are quite good I wish there was an in between or a custom setting sort of in between the expert and the insane mood. This is very enjoyable and I’m getting used to it. There are some sort of cryptic confusing instructions on a few of these games that really make you scratch your head and go I’m not getting it and they don’t allow a hint it’s just a skip which is a little frustrating but other than that I am finding this to be one of the more enjoyable higher end games.