Mystery Trackers: Train to Hellswich Collector's Edition > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

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5 / 5

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Awesome game, with challenge!

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

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Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Hi all! As always, I review mostly on the game play and not the story line. We have #11 eleven in this series, and yes, I have them all. Excellent graphics, very clear. Colors are true and nice. Game play is excellent, no problems during the demo and it fit my large screen quite nicely. The voice overs are well done, age and character appropriate, and actually show emotion. Animation is ...Show more

Hi all! As always, I review mostly on the game play and not the story line. We have #11 eleven in this series, and yes, I have them all. Excellent graphics, very clear. Colors are true and nice. Game play is excellent, no problems during the demo and it fit my large screen quite nicely. The voice overs are well done, age and character appropriate, and actually show emotion. Animation is exceptional, e.g. eye and mouth movements, shaking with fear, nervous, etc. Music is mostly soothing until something is about to happen, or is happening that might raise your blood pressure a bit. Nope, saw no snakes and nothing jumped out at me. Sound FX are well done and constant, so there is no lag with dead quiet during play. Oh, yes, we still have our helper, Elf. He isn't used a lot and is very quiet, but also quite helpful when needed.

HOPs are silhouettes and lists. Scenes are very clear and clean and items are not difficult to find. I did not see where you could switch to something else, but you really wouldn't need to. Puzzles are not difficult, but a few do take some time and thought to complete. You do play a match 3 game each time you use the "unlock" tool. The items used are almost too busy, but doable. Hint system is very helpful and it does transport to longer locations. You have a jump map, but I seldom use it, since we have the transport. SG is the standard set up and does show you where collectibles can be found, in case you missed one.

Really liked the collectibles. We have to find 27 morphing items that aren't too difficult, but you do have to look for them. We also have 12 magnets that are monuments/historical places that also give you a description of each location. These are not as easy to spot as you may think and some are well hidden. We have a puzzle that needs to be put together as well, so we are looking for 32 puzzle pieces. These can be anywhere, so be on the lookout. There is some challenge to these collectibles for a change.

As I said, I review on the play and not the story...however, this story is interesting and keeps you constantly on the move and doing something. Yes, you back-track, but for a purpose and not just to pick up some little thing here or there. This game drew me in from the beginning and has not let me down. There is a lot of action in this game and no lag in story or play, so you don't get bored. I rarely give any game 5 stars, unless it is exceptional. I do believe this one qualifies. I think all levels of players will find this one interesting, fun and a bit challenging in places. I love this series and I have been waiting for this one since I beta tested it back in April, so yes, I am adding this one to my collection.

As always, try it for yourself and see what you think. We all have different tastes in games and you may not care for this one at all. Thanks for the reviews. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Mystery Trackers: Back on "Track"

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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These developers have returned to the formula for success, bringing back the excitement and great adventure of The Void and Raincliff! When I did the Beta Test I knew something wonderful awaited.

The richness of the music, the clarity and beauty in the graphics, the flawless gameplay and extraordinary fun and mystery of the story took my breath away. Mystery Trackers: Train to Hellswich is a ...Show more

These developers have returned to the formula for success, bringing back the excitement and great adventure of The Void and Raincliff! When I did the Beta Test I knew something wonderful awaited.

The richness of the music, the clarity and beauty in the graphics, the flawless gameplay and extraordinary fun and mystery of the story took my breath away. Mystery Trackers: Train to Hellswich is a surefire contender for Game of the Year!

This is a busy game, with lots of collectibles and morphing objects to find, items to assemble and repair, and puzzles to solve. The HOPs are lists of items and silhouettes, interactive and just challenging enough in my books.

The voice acting is superb and the cutscenes are very entertaining and move the plot forward effortlessly. In my opinion, this is the best game I have seen so far this year and I highly recommend you give it a try.

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I recommend this game!

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Although too short, a very good Mystery Trackers !

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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Fun Factor

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Ok, a tad short, but Very solid game. Excellent, different HO's ! Challenging puzzles, hard and casual. Loved the train action ! Not CE because too short, but they respected the franchise. Women kicking butts, for a nice change !!!! 21 st Century game ! Bonus HO'S and puzzles are a great addition to the game.
I will play it again to get a better score.

I recommend this game!

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IF YOU WANT A RELAXING VACATION, DON’T TAKE THE TRAIN

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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fromPacking my bags for a nice relaxing vacation and making sure my little Elf isn't left behind

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Mystery Trackers is back with the 11th game in the series – Train to Hellswich. We are off for a hard-earned vacation after our last case in Paxton Creek but it quickly turns into anything but a change of pace. Yes, we are traveling with our side-kick Elf because a Mystery Trackers game just wouldn’t be the same without him and his antics. Many gamers do not care for pet helpers but being the ...Show more

Mystery Trackers is back with the 11th game in the series – Train to Hellswich. We are off for a hard-earned vacation after our last case in Paxton Creek but it quickly turns into anything but a change of pace. Yes, we are traveling with our side-kick Elf because a Mystery Trackers game just wouldn’t be the same without him and his antics. Many gamers do not care for pet helpers but being the “mom” of Elf’s female twin, I happen to love having him tag along in a Mystery Trackers game. The graphics are excellent and what we would expect from this top game developer. There are four modes of gameplay with the Detective Mode being customizable. Your tools include Elf who will help with various tasks, an integrated map and a special hacking device that allows you to open locks.

After your last case you are ready for a vacation and some well-deserved time off. Alas, trouble just seems to find you no matter where you might be and this time it is on a train to London. Not long after boarding, your train is attacked by some evil creatures who seem to be searching for a girl who is on the train. It turns out that you are running into one problem after another as you try to follow the creatures who have finally found their target. Just in the nick of time you manage to follow them as the car is detached from the rest of the train. Who are these creatures and what do they want with the girl, and possibly others that have been kidnapped? Are they from another world? Find the answers as you an Elf follow the trail and solve this new mystery.

The HOPS include a good variety including silhouette and list types that are found during the demo. I enjoy the HOP scenes created by this developer and always enjoy their artwork. Somehow one of their games wouldn’t be the same if the first HOP didn’t involve a suitcase – lol. The puzzles are great but most will find them easy. I did struggle with the Rube-Goldberg puzzle at the end of the demo even though only one of the levels was tricky.

Extras in the CE version of the game include puzzle pieces to complete a jigsaw, morphing objects, achievements can be earned as you play the game, bonus game, strategy guide, concept art, wallpapers, music and a secret room.

Mystery Trackers has always been a favorite series and with eleven games there have been some that were excellent but in recent years there have been a few games that have not lived up to the excellence of those early games such as The Void and Raincliff. The early part of this game seems bogged down with idiotic time-filler tasks before the action really picks up. When it does, the Train to Hellswich seems like an exciting and interesting game. I am not sure about our hooded villains, maybe they are from another world or maybe they are local nasties but whoever they might be, it will certainly be fun to put a stop to their venture and rescue the kidnapped girl. I think this game lives up to some of the early games as far as entertainment value and for me it was a definite by. Even though I love the game, please try the demo and see it you will enjoy it as well. Show less

I recommend this game!

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ALL ABOARD FOR LUXURY 5-STAR TRAIN EXCURSION

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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fromSome vacation! With a child arsonist, a barking dog, cramped quarters, rowdy fellow travelers, added to having to be a handyman to keep this “luxury” train running– next time I book a flight!

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5 / 5

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5 / 5

5 CHAPTERS PLUS A BONUS CHAPTER - REVIEW BASED ON THE DEMO

OVERVIEW: All aboard Detective! Get your train pass ready and get on board for an outstanding 5-star game excursion where your traveling companions are some dark hooded monsters. As you amble through the train you see them lurking about a train destroying all in their path and kidnapping a girl for her pyrokinetic abilities. I feel the ...Show more

5 CHAPTERS PLUS A BONUS CHAPTER - REVIEW BASED ON THE DEMO

OVERVIEW: All aboard Detective! Get your train pass ready and get on board for an outstanding 5-star game excursion where your traveling companions are some dark hooded monsters. As you amble through the train you see them lurking about a train destroying all in their path and kidnapping a girl for her pyrokinetic abilities. I feel the game is significantly better than the others in the series.

This is an action-packed game with phenomenal graphics, decent HOP scenes and exciting puzzles. The HOP scenes and puzzles are very creative and well-done. There are more puzzles than HOP scenes. There are also quite a few extras as well including 21 achievements. You also collect 12 magnets, 27 morphing objects, and 32 jigsaw puzzle pieces (probably to play a jigsaw puzzle at the end of the game). You get the map at the beginning of the game and there is a strategy guide, 8 wallpapers, 8 concept art scenes, music and a secret room.

Elf (dressed in his own summery Hawaiian shirt) is back; however, he has been removed from his “top dog” status on the sidebar of the inventory and been demoted to the “baggage” section. He has been placed in the inventory itself, so he is less annoying. It appears he is also used less in this game (only 3 times) – at least from the demo. He performs his actions quickly as well.

ARE YOU A HANDYMAN? Most of the puzzles and actions in the demo require some handyman skills. You will be “screwing around” and sawing your way through this game with a host of tools, (saws – electrical and manual, screwdrivers – real and innovated, lug wrenches, nail pullers and wire clippers). You will also correctly learn that electrical tape, NOT duct tape is the proper tape to splice a wire – although you should probably turn off the electricity first!

PUZZLES: I LOVE the puzzles in this game. There is another “helper” in the game – an electronic lock opener. You will use this to open any lock. Upon using the device, you will activate a Match-3 game with designations of “Casual” and “Hard” settings. The only difference in the settings (from the beta) is the amount of items which you must locate. Very cleverly designed.

There is also a SUPER PUZZLE! The Rube Goldberg puzzle in this game has five different puzzles, one of which is difficult. There is a very easy matching puzzle, an easy switch puzzle, a logic puzzle, and two sliding rings puzzles – one of which is difficult! All can be individually skipped as well.

Other puzzles include a maze puzzle which requires you to create a path without retracing your steps, a type of assembly puzzle in which you move two dials to recreate a pictured train, a type of gear puzzle in which you must match up symbols on intersecting gears, and a difficult logic puzzle in which has you move 3 to 4 spaces at a time to light up only three symbols on the lock. If you use logic it is not too difficult.

HOP SCENES: The HOP scenes are also well constructed. There are two silhouette scenes and one list of items. However, the silhouette scenes require you to locate two of the same item before the silhouette is removed.

LEVELS: Casual, Advanced, Hardcore, Detective (Custom)
Hints and Skip times not given

HERE ARE THE DETAILS (SPOILERS) FOR THOSE WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE HOP SCENES AND MINI-PUZZLES IN SEQUENCE

HOP SCENES:
A. Silhouette scene. Locate two of the items to remove each silhouette.
B. List of items. In this case food. Hope you don’t get hungry in your search! A lot of food in that fridge!
C. Silhouette scene. Locate items relating to horses. Locate two of the items to remove each silhouette.

PUZZLES: Puzzle Rating: (1) Extremely easy 2) Easy (3) A little difficult or time consuming (4) Moderately difficult (5) Difficult

A. REPEATED PUZZLE THROUGHOUT GAME. Match-3 puzzle. Choice between “Casual” and “Hard.” Use a device to open locks and devices activating this puzzle. You collect a specific amount of different items in the puzzle. Rating: Casual - 2 Hard: 3 (The Hard version has more items to collect and is a tad more difficult to maneuver)
B. Maze puzzle. Move a star in a 36 block square so that the star goes through every square without repeating any square. Rating: 2
C. Assembly puzzle. (1) Sync two dials on a clock to match up a symbol color and image. (There are 4 symbols to create) (2) Look at the arrows at the bottom and top of the screen and click a button until the image matches up with the combined image the arrows are pointing to. Rating: 2
D. Lock code logic puzzle. Move a dial so that you light only three symbols on a round dial. The spaces which your cursor will move are 3 and 4 clockwise. No other symbols must be lit up – only the three given. A little difficult. Rating: 3 to 4
E. Gear puzzle. Move five gears to that the symbols on each one match up where they intersect. Rating: 2
F. Rube Goldberg puzzle. (Super puzzle). YOU CAN SKIP EACH PUZZLE
(1) Matching puzzle. Match up like items Rating: 1
(2) Pipe/Sliding rings puzzle. Slide five rings into position to connect train tracks for a train. Rating: 1
(3) Rotating rings puzzle. Arrange three rings within a triangle so that the trains match three triangles and also those along the sides of the pyramid. Rather difficult. Rating: 4
(4) Switch puzzle. Switch tiles along a circle to create a design. Rating: 2
(5) Logic puzzle. Within two disks, rotate the disks to identify which type of train matches up with each color. Then, looking at the side of the screen, swap the trains to place them with their correct color. Rating: 2 Show less

I recommend this game!

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Great Detective Story and Game!!

PostedAugust 1, 2016

grandmacira

fromGolden Valley, Arizona

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

This game is fun, and very interesting, The best new game that has come out in a while, If you like detective/ hidden object games, that don 't have you hitting the "hint" button for every other move, this is the game for you. I enjoyed every minute of it.

I recommend this game!

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Great Game!

PostedJanuary 3, 2018

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I love trains, and this game gives us a great train adventure. Of course, it might have gotten a bit boring if the whole game took place inside the train. But don't worry! It does not. We do reach a destination, and the game continues to be interesting.

The storyline is also very good. The writers made only one mistake: they brought back a character from another Mystery Trackers game, ...Show more

I love trains, and this game gives us a great train adventure. Of course, it might have gotten a bit boring if the whole game took place inside the train. But don't worry! It does not. We do reach a destination, and the game continues to be interesting.

The storyline is also very good. The writers made only one mistake: they brought back a character from another Mystery Trackers game, Nightsville Horror, as someone who had "special abilities," when in fact that was the only major character in that game who did NOT have any such abilities! But that was just one mistake, and a minor one at that.

The graphics are very good also, and the music is okay. The HOPs are fun, and the puzzles are mostly pretty easy too. I say "mostly" because there *is* one puzzle - or rather one part of a multi-part puzzle - that can be rather tricky. But don't let that daunt you. If you get too frustrated, you can always refer to the Strategy Guide or a Big Fish walkthrough to solve it, of course.

Finally, the Bonus Chapter is also quite interesting and a logical extension of the main game. In short, I really liked this game, and I think you will too. :) Show less

I recommend this game!

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A fun game did not want it to end

PostedJuly 30, 2016

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5 / 5

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5 / 5

This was a great game to play. I did not want it to end. It was easy to follow what to do next in most places. It was very fun to play. When the demo ended, I wanted it to go on.

I would recommend this game.

I recommend this game!

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I'm On Vacation!

PostedJuly 28, 2016

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fromMy froggy dressed as a train conducter, but Elf and Me are again stopping crime and fallowing a fiend.

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Skill Level:Intermediate

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5 / 5

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5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Wonderful game. Lots of activity, lots to do, Critter action, Fantastic working HO's, Good cut Scenes, Good Characters, Morphing objects, Jump Map, Puzzle was not that easy near end of demo. Great game. I loved it.

I recommend this game!

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Great Addition to MT

PostedDecember 31, 2016

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I liked the game a lot. The graphics, music, sounds, game play, voice overs all that good stuff, was great!

I was able to get all of the puzzle pieces that you need to collect, the morphs and the achievements. All very fun to find and collect! The giude was very helpful.

The only thing that disappointed me was the "BONUS ROOM or the SECRET Room"...I expected to have something new or ...Show more

I liked the game a lot. The graphics, music, sounds, game play, voice overs all that good stuff, was great!

I was able to get all of the puzzle pieces that you need to collect, the morphs and the achievements. All very fun to find and collect! The giude was very helpful.

The only thing that disappointed me was the "BONUS ROOM or the SECRET Room"...I expected to have something new or different but once you unlock it, it is nothing but Hidden object scenes and mini games which you have already played throughout the game. That isn't a secret. That was cheesy.
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I recommend this game!

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