Rainbow Mosaics 13: Detective Helper > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

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Helper's In A Spot Of Trouble!

PostedJune 8, 2020

HeavenBound7729

fromOcala, Florida

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Skill Level:Expert

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I love that our meandering little robot is back. He isn't off to a good start as a detective. I'm sure his mishap will create another cute tiny tale. Helper never intrudes on the fun I'm having, I enjoy the company. lol. I achieved 9-1/2 levels when the demo ended and the game ran smoothly as usual. It was a sweet diversion from a rainy, gloomy morning.

The game starts out with a short hidden ...Show more

The game starts out with a short hidden object game, easy. It has 130 levels and 14 tile styles. I like the new look of the color wheel. The instructions came in 2 parts, easy to grasp if new to nanograms. The coins earned as the game progresses will buy additional levels of the power-ups or decorations. I love the cute doggie power-up!

The colors are vibrant, the images are really cute except the first one was awful. The tiles are easy to see without straining and the numbers along the side and top of the grid seem easier for me to see this time. Usually I struggle because their color blends in too much with the background.

The puzzles in Rainbow Mosaics are logic-based and challenging. The challenge grows as you get further into the game. But Relaxed Mode comes in handy if the going gets tough, I like being able to switch if need be. You are allowed 4 errors at the start of each level. I use hints rarely, only in Expert Mode, but makes it feel like cheating.

The graphics are again crystal clear and brightly colored which has always been a big plus for me. The images are easy to recognize and they are labeled. And Helper is cute in his detective garb. Rainbow Mosaics is a terrific series and I am so happy that we have a new release today, which I scooped up immediately. It is a quality mosaic game and has great replay value.

Note: In options when choosing Relaxed Mode, the setting would still indicate Expert Mode even though I unchecked it. After several attempts to change it I just gave up and started the game. I found it to be in Relaxed Mode. Maybe this was just my be-stupid-day and you won't have that problem.

I played the demo in Relaxed Mode for 7 levels to save time and Expert for the rest. Expert is still a little tough for me, depending on the level and my ability to concentrate at times.

Thanks Big Fish for RB Number 13. One of my top 3 favorite series to help ease the stress and solitude while staying safe, staying home, and fighting off the boredom. Show less

I recommend this game!

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A Robot Detective... What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

PostedJune 8, 2020

2020moonlanding

fromOuter Hebrides

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Rainbow Mosaics 12: Easter Helper

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Rainbow Mosaics is one of my favourite series and this dev always delivers a high quality gaming experience. This is a nonogram puzzle game with a few HO scenes and mini-games added. There are 130 levels with various achievements to earn and while you collect coins you can purchase power-ups. There are items you can also buy to decorate the landscape. Each level is based on logic with fun pics to ...Show more

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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A Super Mosaic

PostedAugust 14, 2020

Cbarbatus

fromLos Angeles

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Match 3, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

Stands out among mosaic games just as the previous Rainbows. The complexity is great. I find myself losing concentration and making some silly mistake that could have been avoided. I redo any level that includes a mistake and sometimes it takes me several tries to get away from making the same mistake each time many minutes into the level. Having to do that for several levels is one of my gauges ...Show more

Lots of levels with lots of play. I get my money;'s worth for sure.

I have only one complaint. Sometimes the marked off numbers are hidden to a quick glance within a dark background. Show less

I recommend this game!

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3 / 5

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THE "HELPER" SCENARIO IS GETTING OLD

PostedAugust 3, 2020

pennmom36

fromThe graphics are dull, the pictures aren't very appealing, and I'm really getting tired of the whole Helper scenario

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

I loved Rainbow Mosaics when they first came out because they had better features than the "penguin-themed" games, the colors were more vibrant, they had more tile selection options, and they always had a cute little story attached to them. I know most people don't care about a story in a Mosaic game, but when you purchase an entire series...and that series is a long-running series, then it's nice to have different themes and to me, it seems rather lazy on a developers part to not bother to have to come up with anything new, because the last 6 games have been, "Helper does this, Helper does that".

When they released Detective Agency Mosaics, that game had an amazing storyline and had 16 Five star reviews with an incredible average rating of 5-stars so I think that proves that people ARE looking for a better plot, at least something that doesn't have a Helper theme.

The last couple of games have added Hidden Object Scenes, which would be okay if they had something to do with the detective plot such as collecting clues or investigating a crime scene?? You can skip the HO scene, but you will earn a star for completing the scene, 2 stars for completing the scene using less than 2 hints, and 3 stars for completing the scene using one hint or less.

Fortunately, they have continued with the Tetris-style Mini-game that allows you to solve a puzzle to fill in a Mystery Number on each of the Mosaic Puzzles. You will come across a (?) Question Mark on each puzzle that hides one of the Numbers in a column or row. When you click on the (?) it activates a puzzle that requires you to drag all of the Tetris-style shapes into a grid without overlapping pieces. (btw: the puzzle shapes look really cool in the Lego-style tile selection) You can Skip the mini-game, and eventually, you will be able to figure out the hidden number by a process of elimination without having to click on the question mark, but I love this puzzle feature!

There are 130 Mosaic Levels with 14 Tile Styles ranging from beveled edges to Beveled edges, but my favorite has always been the Lego-style tile. They have also added 2 Crossed-off tile options, one of which has a beveled or rounded edge, the other is the standard square edge. You can play in a Normal Mode which crosses off numbers one by one, or an Expert Mode which only crosses off the numbers when the entire row or column has been completed.

As you correctly fill in squares, you will earn coins that can be used to purchase Street Decorations or purchase upgrades for the Power-ups which are hint forms that will increase in the size of coverage with each upgrade. The Dog power-up opens a random right square, the Lightning power-up opens up a chosen square with no negative outcome, and the Lamp power-up opens a chosen grid area without a negative outcome. Each power-up can be upgraded twice to cover a larger area on the grid.

RAINBOW MOSAICS SERIES LIST
Title***Release Date***Average Rating

1-Christmas Lights (December 23-2015) 4.3
2-Treasure Trip (May 9-2016) 4.2
3-Blooming Garden (September 14-2016) 4.6
4-Christmas Lights 2 (December 12-2016) 4.4
5-Love Legend (March 14-2017) 4.6
6-The Forest's Guardian (November 20-2017) 4.6
7-Treasure Trip 2 (February 5-2018) 3.6
8-Strange Things (June 25-2018) 4.4
9-Garden Helper (October 24-2018) 4.8
10-Christmas Helper (December 18-2018) 4.1
11-Helper's Valentine (February 18-2019) 4.9
12-Easter Helper (April 6-2020) 4.4
13-Detective Helper (June 8-2020) 4.3
14-Hawaiian Vacation (August 3-2020) n/a

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I don't recommend this game.

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3 / 5

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Is this a nonogram or not?

PostedJune 8, 2020

Cyril48

fromNew Zealand

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Arcade & Action, Marble Popper, Match 3, Puzzle, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

I love nonogram games but I am not that much of a fan of Hogs and to start with one is a big no no for me. Ok to put a couple in here and there but not to start with one. I know lots love them and fully appreciate that but we are not all the same I would not mind if you can skip the hog but you can't . The actual mosaic games are good but please do not start with something that is not what the ...Show more

I don't recommend this game.

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