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Hidden Object Adventure

Elephant Games returns to the means streets of Rainville with the next astonishing entry in the Strange Investigations series!


Crimes of passion and betrayal take center stage when Kevin Woods, the demanding owner of Rainville’s Shine nightclub chain, hires the Strange Investigations Detective Agency to investigate his wife’s kidnapping. But it soon becomes clear that there’s more going on than a simple attempt to collect a ransom. In fact, the more dirt Dana digs up, the more she learns that while Mr. Woods can afford the finer things in life, there isn’t much truth to go around! And with a love triangle quickly becoming a love square, she’s not sure who she can trust! Untangle a mystery of lies, conspiracy, and deadly obsession in this Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game!

  • Dig deep to uncover buried truths!
  • Learn more about Rainville’s citizens!
  • Challenging puzzles and Hidden Object scenes await!
  • For additional features, check out the Collector's Edition
Game System Requirements

OS: Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Windows 11

CPU: 1.6 GHz

RAM: 1024 MB

DirectX: 9

Hard Drive: 516 MB

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Strange Investigations: Truth Will Out

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A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED...against we HOPA fans 🚨
PostedSeptember 13, 2024
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fromSometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart...always missed, never forgotten❣️ Loki 07-02-2021
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The truth is, I have grown weary of finding an emblem to open my purse, only to discover I needed something to open a broken zipper pull. I have grown weary of having to use oil to unlock a door's bolt latch as if no one has used this door in a small office a thousand times before. I have grown weary of using a nail file or coin to unscrew screws. I'm tired of having to find and replace batteries ...Show more
The truth is, I have grown weary of finding an emblem to open my purse, only to discover I needed something to open a broken zipper pull. I have grown weary of having to use oil to unlock a door's bolt latch as if no one has used this door in a small office a thousand times before. I have grown weary of using a nail file or coin to unscrew screws. I'm tired of having to find and replace batteries and wires. Mostly, I have no desire to spend 90% of my time in a game replacing shaped motifs and gluing broken items back together.
The truth is, HOPAs weren't like this in the past. I just finished replaying a fantastic older game called Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome from 2012. This game was released before the creation of a Jump Map, so I had to hoof it with my own virtual feet (I think I may have even broken a virtual sweat). I unlocked dozens and dozens of doors and discovered secret passageways, and not a single scene was locked behind me in the entire 7 chapter game! Every task, every mini-game, and every Hidden Object Scene had a purpose necessary to progress further.
Why is this important? Because at some point between then and now, developers lost sight of the "adventure" in Hidden Object Puzzle Adventures! I no longer have to figure out where to place an inventory item because they lock the scenes behind us. How can a game be challenging or require critical thinking if you only have to keep track of 2-3 scenes? It's impossible to get lost or not figure out where something goes when there are only 2-3 available scenes at any given point, not to mention the fact that everything is shaped.
Back then, Hidden Object Scenes were challenging but completely entertaining, and you looked forward to the next one. Items were blended into the scenery; sometimes, they were hidden in plain sight, but somehow, you still had to scour the scenes several times to find a listed object. The prize was always a much-needed tool or inventory item, and you often had to travel back to previous scenes to see if another HOS was available. HO scenes were a vital part of the game, but now they are mindless fillers.
Back then, the puzzles and mini-games were creative and fun. Almost everyone could complete them without having to refer to six pages of tutorials, yet you still felt a sense of pride when you completed them. Now, we are tasked with gluing torn picture fragments together, swapping square tiles, or finding and replacing a handful of items in a scene. How can you feel a sense of pride when you enter a safe code by simply clicking on the dial 3-4 times while the correct combination is automatically entered?
Developers: 🙏🏼
Please put the ADVENTURE back into our HOPAs! Stop shoving us forward in these games like we're in cattle chutes and can never go backward. Create games that make us have to remember how and where to get back to a scene to complete a task. Give us a little credit; we're capable of doing so much more than gluing statuettes together, taping wires, and placing shaped motifs!
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I don't recommend this game.
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PostedSeptember 15, 2024
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Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Strategy
I fully agree, the hidden object games are not what they have been, I too have been replaying games bought back to 2006 or so. Even some of those for some reason can't be replayed. Big fish is not the same and that is really sad
I don't recommend this game.
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