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5 / 5

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Meet the gorilla-cow! Ha! So funny-

PostedMarch 15, 2017

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

2017 game. I thought this game was good fun and wacky, with a great sense of imagination. In some places it was light-hearted, and only occasionally, mildly sinister. The storyline must've been good, because I played it to the end without noticing any dips in tempo.

STORY - Create your imaginary world? Who wouldn't want to! However, it appears that there have been some uncontrolled thoughts ...Show more

2017 game. I thought this game was good fun and wacky, with a great sense of imagination. In some places it was light-hearted, and only occasionally, mildly sinister. The storyline must've been good, because I played it to the end without noticing any dips in tempo.

STORY - Create your imaginary world? Who wouldn't want to! However, it appears that there have been some uncontrolled thoughts floating around, that have materialized, especially into googly-eyed monsters! (Ever watched Foster's Imaginary Friends?)
GRAPHICS - Very good, with lots going on, and good structure to the scenes.

HOPS - 15-18
PUZZLES: All skippable.
SOUNDS - with 4 adjustments. Pleasant, appropriate and atmospheric. Music is suitable, totally separate, and GOOD.

MAP: TRAVEL
JOURNAL: Contains tasks
DIFFICULTY SETTINGS - 4 interchangeable
HINT: Guides and leads
INVENTORY - lockable
CHARACTERS: Minimal interaction. The characters are interesting and display personalities you can believe and like. Good voiceovers! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Fantastic game with intriguing story

PostedMarch 4, 2018

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Loved this game compared to the 1st game in series.

The story is intriguing. There are lots of creative, magical touches throughout the game. There is a good mix of HOPs and puzzles, all of them easy to mildly challenging. The HOPs are varied, ranging from find objects from outline shape, items highlighted in a story mode, interactions, object fragments, morphing objects, etc. You can always ...Show more

Loved this game compared to the 1st game in series.

The story is intriguing. There are lots of creative, magical touches throughout the game. There is a good mix of HOPs and puzzles, all of them easy to mildly challenging. The HOPs are varied, ranging from find objects from outline shape, items highlighted in a story mode, interactions, object fragments, morphing objects, etc. You can always opt for mahjong game instead of look for hidden objects.And you can change difficulty settings any time.

Expert mode disables Hint & skip, but helpful messages remain and are more than adequate for expert players.

The artwork is very nice. I do wish they would provide high def for all the video cut scenes, which appear at lower resolution than the actual game.

I remain impressed with the team who bring us these games. They are highly creative and 90% of the time, they give you a quality game well worth its price. Show less

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Not great, but worth your time.

PostedFebruary 26, 2017

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

If you've read my reviews of other games you know I don't do a play-by-play description, and I'm not going to do it this time.

This is a quirky little game with a nice mix of the realistic and the fantastic.

The graphics aren't the sharpest I've ever seen. In fact, in some scenes, they're quite blurred but, perhaps, that was the developer's intent.

When I started playing the demo I ...Show more

If you've read my reviews of other games you know I don't do a play-by-play description, and I'm not going to do it this time.

This is a quirky little game with a nice mix of the realistic and the fantastic.

The graphics aren't the sharpest I've ever seen. In fact, in some scenes, they're quite blurred but, perhaps, that was the developer's intent.

When I started playing the demo I thought, "Okay, another of the 'find the artifact and save the world' games." In a sense, that's what this is, but it's also a not-too-challenging fun little game to play.

The HO sequences are good, well, a few are just okay, but not too eye-straining.

The puzzles —and I'm not a big fan of puzzles— are engaging and not so difficult as to make you hit the solve button . . . well, not too often anyway.

If you're into high-tech, mind-bending, convoluted story line games, this is not for you. If you want to pass some time just having a little fun, get this one. Show less

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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FIND, ANALYZE AND NEUTRALIZE THE DANGEROUS ARTIFACT

PostedMarch 7, 2017

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

You play this second game in the Keeper of Antiques series, The Imaginary World, as Alexandra who agreed to continue her Uncle Pau’s work as a Keeper of Antiques. It’s a good thing that we now have you on the job when an artifact becomes activated and triggers a catastrophic event that is allowing strange creatures and plants from another dimension into our world. The current events certainly look ...Show more

You play this second game in the Keeper of Antiques series, The Imaginary World, as Alexandra who agreed to continue her Uncle Pau’s work as a Keeper of Antiques. It’s a good thing that we now have you on the job when an artifact becomes activated and triggers a catastrophic event that is allowing strange creatures and plants from another dimension into our world. The current events certainly look bleak but with help from the Keeper’s Device, a tool that is designed to locate, analyze and neutralize artifacts, along with a few other tools that you might just have up your sleeve, there is no doubt that you can save the world. Well, off course, you must find the Keeper’s Device first, and so another saga in the Keepers of Antiques series begins.

There are four modes of game play offered so that you can select the one that best suits the way you like to play a game: Casual, Normal, Hard, and Custom. If you select the Custom mode the hints recharge in a range of 10 to 35 seconds, and the puzzle skips in a range of 10 to 50 seconds.

The graphics are drenched in a lot of blue and pink tones that seem to be used almost exclusively in this game. Not only is there an overabundance pink and blue in the graphics, they often appear misty or fuzzy as they were in the early games in the Witches’ Legacy series. The voice overs are okay but they are rather flat, lack emotion and at times are slow or drawn out. Your tools include the customary transporter type map that provides a gold star when you have located all of the collectibles, morphing objects and puzzle pieces in a scene. Another tool is the Keeper’s Device that will help you find and neutralize dangerous artifacts. Of course, it is one of those tools that will need to be periodically recharged by playing a mini-game.

The HOPS are varied and interactive but nothing really new. If you are familiar with other games from this developer I am sure you have seen the types of HOPS they include in their games. I happen to love the games from this developer and find their HOPS creative and, most importantly, fun to play.

The puzzles or mini-games are not difficult even though there is one early in the game that was tricky and had me stumped until I finally got it. After playing another CE this week that was puzzle heavy, I am happy to find a game with bit more balance between HOPS and puzzles. The puzzles in The Imaginary World are far more enjoyable and not the frustrating toggle/spin types that I happen to dislike.

If you prefer the CE version of games this one includes morphing objects, collectible items, and puzzle pieces to find located in the various scenes in the game. If you love earning the achievements then you will be happy that there are 18 of them in this game with many of them being multi-part. Other extras include the standard fluff such as wallpapers, artwork, screensavers and soundtrack, a bonus chapter, and a 47-page strategy guide. This developer always includes a ton of extras in their CE games so they are a very good value if you happen to love finding extra goodies and taking advantage of the in-game strategy guide.

The Keeper of Antiques 2 the Imaginary World is not, IMHO, as good as the first game but maybe I feel that way because I am becoming a bit tired of fantasy games and would like to see a bit of variety with some mystery or sci-fi games in the mix since a steady diet of one thing becomes rather boring. That being said, although this is not a stand-out game it is still quite good. When writing my reviews I try to remember that there are always new gamers who have not played as many HOPA games as some of us and they are probably as enthusiastic over the HOPA genre as I was many years ago. So in deference to some of the newer gamers I will say that The Keeper of Antiques 2, the Imaginary World is a game full of discovery, great gameplay, and a lot to do. All in all it is a very entertaining and enjoyable game with an interesting storyline. As always I suggest that you try the demo to see if this is a game you will enjoy. Show less

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Back to Reality

PostedMarch 29, 2017

spythere

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

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Storyline

3 / 5

Fledgling Keeper Alexandra Anderson looks like a nice girl scout, but has quite an imperious voice. Which we wouldn't expect. Neither would we give her the strength to tear apart a thick rope by sheer brachial force. Although, she lacks a bit driving skills, her precious "keeper's device" is stolen by the first available sub demon, and she has a tendency to trust the wrong people. But well ... to ...Show more

Fledgling Keeper Alexandra Anderson looks like a nice girl scout, but has quite an imperious voice. Which we wouldn't expect. Neither would we give her the strength to tear apart a thick rope by sheer brachial force. Although, she lacks a bit driving skills, her precious "keeper's device" is stolen by the first available sub demon, and she has a tendency to trust the wrong people. But well ... to inherit a position at a far too young age has naturally its drawbacks ;)

The game starts out promising. We are immediately attacked by a manticore that crashes through the windows of the antique shop. Along with the beast comes a brilliant, dangerous soundtrack which crawls right up our spine. However the manticore must have fled from a pet shop, since it waits docile until we find the magical safety net.

We have a magical gimmick (of course to extend play time): the “keeper's device”. It indicates a powerful artifact, which allegedly can take its owner into an imaginary world, but also might cause space instability, whatever that means.
Familiar with Elefun's vivid fantasy, I look forward to this imaginary world … and indeed, I tumble soon through the instable space into an outlandish ice desert. I see floating islands, encounter a very entertaining shaman and marvel at the poetic breath of a sleeping stone guardian.

But next up, I'm back in a dismal street under a gray cloud cover, where whirling leaves and graffity tags are the most magical things. Pretty disappointing. I expected a bit more imaginary places than merely three scenes out of 24. Ah, yes, there are a few miniature mantas circling through the air, no doubt escaped through the wurmhole of space instability. We must drive them back into imagination – well, that's our job actually. We must “neutralise” the magic.

Hm. The further I got into the game, the more often I asked myself: Do I really want to do this? Wouldn't I rather thwart the monotony of commonplace life? But here I am, fighting back imagination to rebuild normality: a hand of mediocrity and boredom. The longer I played, the more I had the impression of playing in the wrong direction.

The graphics are beautiful like old paintings, but alas have similarly dark and muted colours. Drab brown, gloomy dark blue, it's always night, always cloudy, it constantly storms and thunders. Not really cozy, more like in a strange limbo between melancholy and cluelessness. Compared to other Elefun games, the fun is a bit scarce or not very obvious. However we often are reminded of antiques. Almost every interior is packed with old furnitures, books, alchemistic tools, trinkets and other bric-a-brac. It surely is is a game for yard sale junkies and flea market addicts ... and it might become a bit dusty at times.
HOPs are stuffed just the same, some are junk rooms with piles of old bottles, machine parts and broken furniture, some are more colorful, e.g. dressing rooms – but almost every HOP is very, very messy. Every surface is occupied by stuff, and we must tiptoe not to trod on things. No ugly junk piles, it's somehow a homely messiness. But we must find a lot of small items in dark corners.
Three or four puzzles I found quite challenging, the rest is still so simplistic that it's almost a bit insulting.

It's not a bad game, although Elefun can do better. I'd give it 3.5, but I round up for the sensible way of not using biocides :)
Don't miss the outro, it's one of the best soundtracks! Though we can find an even more dazzling version online if we look up: “arhipco, Back to Fun”.
If you want to know what you miss with the SE version, read my review of the CE. The Collectors Edition has 70 collectibles and 33 morphing objects, thus it might be tempting for addicted collectors. Show less

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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Good Game, Worth Playing

PostedMarch 3, 2018

worlockslady1

fromGouverneur, NY

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I found this game interesting to play. It was fun with a lot of different puzzles. It is not the best game out there but it is better then most.

I recommend this game!

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Not sure what to think of this one...

PostedMarch 5, 2017

Tflo

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I started the demo with interest but before long I was feeling like the game was too much into it's weird world and it became more annoying than fascinating. I can't explain it but I couldn't finish it.

I don't recommend this game.

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2 / 5

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The Reality Is That This Series Is Doomed

PostedFebruary 26, 2017

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Fun Factor

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Uncle Paul apparently doesn't want his job anymore, but who can blame him, after all, he was kidnapped by a book in the first episode. He has decided to retire and has left his not so ordinary Antique Shop in the capable hands of his niece Alexandra. Uncle Paul also handed over the reigns of "The Keeper" whose mission is to sustain peace and life, finding and storing artifacts that have ...Show more

Uncle Paul apparently doesn't want his job anymore, but who can blame him, after all, he was kidnapped by a book in the first episode. He has decided to retire and has left his not so ordinary Antique Shop in the capable hands of his niece Alexandra. Uncle Paul also handed over the reigns of "The Keeper" whose mission is to sustain peace and life, finding and storing artifacts that have supernatural properties. Andrea hasn't had time to make herself at home, however, because one such artifact has begun to wreak havoc, causing panic and chaos throughout the town. Creatures and even plants are taking over the city, with supernatural abilities, and nothing seems to be stopping them, it's as if they were creatures from another planet, or figments of a very twisted imagination!

This is the second game in this new series, and honestly, I think it's time to go back to the drawing board, because neither game is memorable, neither game is worth purchasing. The Imaginary World is simply a middle of the road game with a lot of gimmicks thrown in to take your mind off the fact that the gameplay itself is mediocre at best. I will admit that I was mildly amused when I searched each scene for things I could interact with, flowers that go poof when I click on them, butterflies flutter into oblivion, and tree's briefly bloom with just the click of a mouse.

In the Collector's Edition version there are more than enough extra's to convince one to spend the extra moola over the Standard version, if you like this series For starters there are the usual Achievements to earn, and each scene has a hidden Jigsaw Puzzle Piece and when you have found all of them you can assemble the puzzles and save the Memories of the Past pictures as a Screensaver. Each scene also has a Morphing Object, my favorite feature, and there are 34 Collectibles from different categories, Elemental's Vessels, Keepers' Figurines, Portal into the Imaginary World, Bob's Drawings, and Illusionist's Tools. I'm pretty sure they should have a category called Kitchen Sink because they have thrown in every other collectible but the kitchen sink. I love all these features, however, I just wish there was an option to choose that would prevent the cursor from turning into a pointer finger whenever you scan across one of the "hidden" collectible or morphs. I know that you can turn the cursor feature off entirely throughout the game, but I just want to turn off the cursor feature for locating the extra's.

The Hidden Object Scenes are usually multi-layered, starting off with interacting with a talking portrait, followed by finding Keywords in a sentence as he gives you the down low, and ending with a good old fashioned Listed item finds. There are also Silhouetted Shape finds, finding 4 items that fit into wax seals to open up the listed items, and several Zoom Zone HOP's where you are tasked with finding a handful of fragments located in the entire scene such as lamp fragments or torn picture fragments. There is an alternate game of Mahjong available for those who dislike HOP's.

The Mini Games are okay, nothing too difficult, nothing that stands out either. Below are brief descriptions of some of the game's you'll encounter during the demo:

1) Arrange the 9 center squares so they create the creature the creatures shown.

2) Set the car's route from start to finish, the route can't connect with any roads the monster could use to attack you.

3) Guide the submarine to the coral on the bottom, interacting with and using objects and creatures to remove obstacles along the path.

4) Move Alexandra and Bob through the labyrinth to the exits. The characters have to press 7 buttons to open the exits, and Bob moves in the opposite direction of Alexandra so their paths cannot cross.

The Collector's Edition has 9 Wallpapers, 11 Concept Art pictures, 3 Screensavers, 3 Music Soundtracks, 36 hidden Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces (to use as Screensavers) 36 Collectibles in 5 different categories, 33 Morphing Objects, 14 Keeper Tools, 18 Achievements to earn, a built in Strategy guide and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy! Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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Boring Villain and Story Runs Off the Rails

PostedMay 27, 2017

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

2 / 5

The game starts out promising enough with a familiar premise and good voice work, graphics, music, atmosphere.

About halfway into the game (about the time the villain is revealed), the story undermines the whole premise of the game, and it's almost like they didn't know how to finish it after that? The ending and final chapter of the game lack any imagination whatsoever.

To sum up: what ...Show more

The game starts out promising enough with a familiar premise and good voice work, graphics, music, atmosphere.

About halfway into the game (about the time the villain is revealed), the story undermines the whole premise of the game, and it's almost like they didn't know how to finish it after that? The ending and final chapter of the game lack any imagination whatsoever.

To sum up: what starts out as an interesting twist on mythology turns into a pseudo-science-themed game that does it no favors.

The puzzles also start to likewise get boring/absurd with things that don't make sense (like a children's toy that sets things on fire) I guess because they can use the excuse that anything can happen given the nature of the device in play.

Started out liking this and then couldn't wait for it to be over. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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