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Accept this invitation to the first chapter in a brand-new series of modern magical fantasy with Magic City Detective: Wings of Revenge!

Your friend Ymir has invited you to join the festivities at the annual Venice masquerade, but there’s more to Ymir and this masquerade than meets the eye. You see, Ymir is an elf, and this event is the one time each year that she and her friends can walk amongst humans without revealing the secret world of magical creatures! Unfortunately, someone is determined to ruin the party by revealing their secret to the world! Step into the shoes of a magic detective to unravel the case before the world discovers the truth. The world of magic is counting on you in this fantastic new Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game!

Explore a vibrant world through 26 incredible scenes!
Solve intriguing puzzles and mind-bending mini-games!
Protect the secret world of magical creatures!
For additional features, check out the Collector's Edition

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OS: Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10

CPU: 1.6 GHz

RAM: 1024 MB

DirectX: 9

Hard Drive: 1132 MB

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SECRET CITY KNOCKOFF

PostedJune 11, 2022

pennmom36

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Skill Level:Expert

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3 / 5

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3 / 5

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3 / 5

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3 / 5

Completed game approximately 6.0 hours
24 Main Game Scene Locations +10 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner...always is

S̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶ ̶C̶i̶t̶y̶ I mean Magic City Detective is about a human/magical creature hybrid detective in P̶a̶r̶i̶s̶ I mean Venice. Today is the day that Magic Creatures can be themselves...by wearing Venetian Masks at the annual Venice masquerade. Unfortunately, there ...Show more

Completed game approximately 6.0 hours
24 Main Game Scene Locations +10 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner...always is

Gadgets/Helper:
There are no Gadgets or Helpers

Secret City or a new Series?
There are no coincidences here, Domini has been trying to boost their plummeting ratings lately by slapping a shiny new series label on every new release. Clearly, they didn't wake up one morning and announce to their team that they were going to create 10 new game series this month! Anyone who has played Domini Games over the years can surely recognize the familiar themes here and realize that one new series is exactly like the old "Fatal Evidence" series, and the next one is exactly like "Dark Romance" or "Enchanted Kingdom" "Spirit Legends" and now we have a "Secret City" knockoff. The only thing Domini is doing here lately is grabbing finished games from series that were tanking, and putting a new title on it because everyone knows that a new series gets more attention (and better ratings) just because it's shiny-brand new!

Clearly, they are aware that there is a problem, clearly, they know the ratings are tanking but instead of addressing the root problem, they are choosing to play a Cup & Shell game to trick us. I used to think that they couldn't figure out why their fans were turning against them, but clearly, they just don't care if they are willing to use deceptive practices. They want to make money without putting forth any effort, they have a format and they aren't willing to stray from this format so they continue to copy/paste formats from one game to the next, all of which are geared towards Beginner players even though 90% of their audience has been playing Domini Games for 10 to 15 years!

Audio/Visuals:
In the past, I could never really find fault with the audio or graphics in a Domini game, the graphics are really good even though they tend to be overzealous with the color palette, especially when it comes to the blue & purple hues. The last several games, however, have been very glitchy, with missing Strategy Guide items, collectibles that are missing, Hint buttons that don't actually hint, etc. Magic City Detective had some major glitches, by the time I reached the 3rd scene, the Manticore was growling and making all kinds of beastly noises and then it suddenly got quiet for at least 30-40 awkward seconds, then it came back on, and kept doing a weird audio loop of growling, silence, grumbling, growl, quiet, grumble, lather, rinse repeat...you could actually hear where the loop started and ended which is normally a seamless feature for Domini Games. In that same scene, Vmir tried to toss me her purse, but the scene immediately re-looped and reset as she repeated her response (something to the effect of "here take my purse it may come in handy"), and then she tossed me her purse again, the second time it went into my inventory. A couple of scenes later, the game froze completely and I had to restart my computer because I couldn't get the exit button to work, and I can honestly say that I've never had a freeze-up issue in a Domini Game!

Before Domini started cranking out new series games at a break-neck speed, the audio/video was the only aspect of their games that really shined with quality and perfection. With the exception of games created at the beginning of their career, which were always superior (and I used to get excited about a rare, new Domini release) the stories are now just a hit or miss, they are usually unimaginative and the tasks are so cliche, and repetitive. If you've played a lot of Domini Games you will start to see an obvious trend because the game mechanics are the same, they copy/paste the base game and insert a new story & graphics (and now a new title for every new release) the HO's will always be queued in the same area, in the same scene, the mini-games may be different from game to game but they will always be in the same location because every game is a carbon copy! Domini is also known for adding items that can be interacted with but as you'll soon discover, these interactions become a rarety after the demo portion!

Collectibles/Morphing Objects (CE version only)
Once again, there are a gazillion Missing Notes to discover which is the most worthless and uninteresting feature of all time. There are 15 Morphing Creature Statuettes, 15 Venetian Masks, and 70 Zoom Zone Mask Tokens, used to purchase 15 really uninteresting Studio Items such as bags of plaster or wooden skids?? There is an optional Collection Icon Tab that can be enabled or disabled in the settings menu which will light up when there is a collectible in the current scene. You can also choose to show/hide the availability of collectibles on the Map.

Hidden Object Scenes:
There are 12 Hidden Object Scenes +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter. The Hidden Object Scenes range from simplistic Listed Item Finds to variations such as Silhouetted Shape Finds, Morphing Symbol Finds, Keywords in Sentence Finds, Swatches Finds, or Riddled Description Finds. I didn't find any to be breathtaking, many of the scenes were located in dark corners and the interactions were very cliche.

Alternate Match 3 Game:
There is an alternate Match 3 Game available if you don't want to play a Hidden Object Scene, which still doesn't allow you to make consecutive matches quickly because you have to wait for all tiles to stop falling before you can make the next match which makes the game super boring. The M3 boards are always square and they never add obstacles or new features to make it progress in difficulty. FYI: one of the achievements requires you to play the alternate Match 3 game in place of the HOS. (just once)

Mini-Games:
There are 20 Mini-Games +9 in the CE Bonus Chapter. You can choose to play them in an Easy or Hard difficulty mode and you can choose which mode to have them start out in the Custom Setting (you can still switch between modes for each individual game) Here are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter:

1-Untangle Locks on chains.
2-Rotate Petals to match the icons above.
3-Tap to move 4 puppets until their hands are touching, moving 1 affects others (My 4th puppet didn't move even though the SG says it does...the SG shows steps that aren't possible as well!)
4-Match names of customers with their orders.
5-Move a figurine along a track so the gears move to allow a clear path to the finish line.
6-Enter a 3-digit lock code that is shown on the hint.

Bonus Chapter (CE Version Only)
Yaksu, the Venetian Mask Master, hires the Magic Detective to help him recover the stolen Mask of Stealth that has the unique ability to change the appearance of Magical Creatures...for obvious reason! There are 9 additional Mini-Games and 5 Hidden Object Scenes with 10 additional scene locations. You will continue searching for the final gazillion notes, 3 Morphing Magical Creatures Animal Statuettes, 3 Venetian Masks, and 13 Zoom Zone Mask Tokens which allows you to purchase the final Studio items...cuz everyone wants to finish their collections by buying bags of plaster sitting on the floor in a corner.

Collector's Edition Extra's: (CE version only)
15 Wallpapers, 15 Concept Art Pictures, 5 Music Soundtracks, 26 Movie Video Cutscenes, 39 Achievements, 17 Replayable Mini-Games, 17 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 15 Morphing Animal Statuettes, 15 Venitian Masks, a gazillion Missing Notes, 70 Zoom-Zone Mask Tokens, 15 Studio Items (purchase using Mask Tokens) 9 Main Chapters, +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.

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I don't recommend this game.

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magic city detective

PostedJune 13, 2022

Janeypat

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

just a re run of an old game
Get the elves etc
but have played this game
Things are hard at this time with game developers
BUT BFG ME THINKS YOU ARE LOSING CUSTOMERS
FROM WHAT GAMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE OUTPUT OF GAMES

I don't recommend this game.

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Lovely Venice

PostedJune 23, 2024

Rzmary52

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

I loved the Venetian mood this game manages to convey, however, it's a rehash of an old theme... I've seen this elsewhere...

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