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5 / 5

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PostedMarch 28, 2021

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

This is a good series with this game in the middle upper class of them all.
Seemed short but could be I enjoyed it and it just seemed short.
Pretty much similar to the other games in the series.
Little spooky feel to the game but not scary to me.
One does look for items but didn't seem like there was a lot. The player does switch around with the people in the game but not confusing.
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This is a good series with this game in the middle upper class of them all.
Seemed short but could be I enjoyed it and it just seemed short.
Pretty much similar to the other games in the series.
Little spooky feel to the game but not scary to me.
One does look for items but didn't seem like there was a lot. The player does switch around with the people in the game but not confusing.
I skipped some of the puzzles because I had no idea what was wanted to be done but that might be on me.
Graphics are good. The bonus round was very good and one can go back to find collectable's that you missed. Also had a search for items bonus round which is part of the others in this series which make the game worth the Collectors price. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Grim Tales Trace in time

PostedMarch 26, 2021

lizbooth

fromBradenton, FL

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I really enjoyed this game,loved everything about it.can't wait for the next one.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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Grim Tales: Trace in Time Collector's Edition

PostedMarch 27, 2021

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I enjoy playing the games through this developer and I enjoy playing the games in this series

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERING THE PAST

PostedMarch 25, 2021

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Completed Game approximately 5.0 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate

There were bound to be consequences for time-traveling, especially when you use your gift to alter the past to achieve a more favorable outcome. Now it's time for Anna to pay the piper, The Omen has finally ...Show more

Completed Game approximately 5.0 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
18 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate

There were bound to be consequences for time-traveling, especially when you use your gift to alter the past to achieve a more favorable outcome. Now it's time for Anna to pay the piper, The Omen has finally caught up with this time-traveling, skull-no-skull lugging detective, and without daddy Richard around to help, this may be the end of Time for Anna...or did Richard foresee this coming a long, long time ago, who knows, perhaps daddy Richard loved Anna enough to make the ultimate sacrifice!

웃Helper/Gadget웃
In Heritage, Richard and his Skull were MIA and now we are learning more about Richard's fark past in Trace In Time. They have really turned Anna's sarcastic father into an unlikeable character which leads me to believe they needed to write the character off, probably due to a dispute with the voice actor? I don't see how Richard and his skull will be able to return as normal after this scenario, and that is a shame because even though it is a gimmicky feature we all made fun of (because Anna carries his skill around in her purse) If Richard was still popping in and out, I would probably have given this game 5-Stars because I happen to love this type of story, yes it's a bit dark, but the storyline was mysterious and it drew me in as I wanted to learn more about the background story because I have been playing this series from the very start!

☽☾Morphing Objects/Collectibles: (CE version only)☼
There are no Morphing Objects, this is another reason for my deduction of a star...Elephant Games have always had Morphing Objects and they have made a poor decision deleting this feature! There are 12 Collectible Time Pieces that were fairly well blended to match the decor, but not every scene has them and they need to add a Collectibles tab to alert the player if there is a collectible in that particular scene (as an option) There are also 25 Zoom-Zone Screensaver Puzzle Pieces that creates two Screensavers as well.

◔Hidden Object Scenes◕
There are 10 Hidden Object Scenes, 7 Zoom Zone HO's, +4 Main HO's, and 2 Zoom Zone HO's in the CE Bonus Chapter, The objects are fairly easily spotted which is something Elephant Games needs to work on. They include Interactive List Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Replacing Items into the Scene, Matching Pair Finds, and Keywords in Sentence Finds. There are no HO morphs or alternate game available.

♙Mini-Games♙
There are 15 Mini-Games +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter, some of which are multi-layered progressive puzzles. The games range from easy to medium difficulty, and some of them were ridiculously frustrating to solve such as swapping shaped clock faces along just 2 paths. Every time you swapped pieces the others would shift along the outer rim.

✯Bonus Chapter (Collector's Edition version only)✯
You will play Aubrey in the BC who tries to free Anna from the Looking Glass trap. There are 8 Scene Locations in this average-length chapter with 5 Mini-Games and 7 Hidden Object Scenes, plus 2 Zoom Zone HO's. You will continue to search for the remaining 3 Collectible Water Clocks, and 6 Screensaver Pieces to complete the second Screensaver.

♕Collector's Edition Extra's♕
5Wallpapers NOT JUST 1, 2 Screensavers, 5 Music Soundtracks, 22 Achievements, 14 Replayable Mini-Games, and 13 Hidden Object Scenes, 25 Screensaver Zoom Zone Pieces,12 Collectible Time Pieces, a Secret Room to search for 26 Morphing Objects (timed) Expedition to return to the scenes to search for missed Collectibles, 5 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter and a Built-In Strategy Guide. You can find my Series Lists and much more on my new forum at thewoodsforum.boards.net Show less

I recommend this game!

+123points

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Love this game

PostedMarch 27, 2021

domicol

fromFrance

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I love this very beautifull game . The only matter is that it's a bit short for the main part , or may be it's me who become better player LOL !!

I recommend this game!

+8points

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4 / 5

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Who is the heart donor?

PostedJune 2, 2021

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

This game is a bit dark in content. Anna is poisoned and has to have a donor's heart. The donor's heart is a perfect match. Some people don't like that she time travels and wants to put a end to it and her.

I liked the hops and I Love the 61 morphs in the secret room. I didn't like most puzzle and dislike having to wait so long to skip especially on a multiple level mini-game. The only ...Show more

This game is a bit dark in content. Anna is poisoned and has to have a donor's heart. The donor's heart is a perfect match. Some people don't like that she time travels and wants to put a end to it and her.

I liked the hops and I Love the 61 morphs in the secret room. I didn't like most puzzle and dislike having to wait so long to skip especially on a multiple level mini-game. The only mini-games I like was the snowflake symbols and the paint by numbers. I really liked the Expedition, it allowed me to pick up a collectible clock I missed.

It has 5 chapters + bonus. The archives has replays on 13 hops and 14 mini-games. Nice appearing achievements. The map has achievements, screensaver parts and collectibles if you want to look at them while your playing. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

good HO game

PostedJune 12, 2023

denniann2

fromharrisonburg, virginia

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3, Puzzle

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

it is the story of the gray family. the father was not a very nice person and built a robot that did not so nice things to his family.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Same as the last few in series

PostedMarch 27, 2021

Daggit12

fromEdmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

This game plays pretty much like the last few in this series. Still uses the same silly stuff (glass shard to cut, lock picks, clock hands etc). What was annoying was the first scene in the hospital, where you have someone who just had a heart transplant being served a hunk of butter for some reason, with no monitoring or IVs,(they literally crack open your whole chest to replace your heart--I ...Show more

This game plays pretty much like the last few in this series. Still uses the same silly stuff (glass shard to cut, lock picks, clock hands etc). What was annoying was the first scene in the hospital, where you have someone who just had a heart transplant being served a hunk of butter for some reason, with no monitoring or IVs,(they literally crack open your whole chest to replace your heart--I promise you, you are not dancing around the room directly after--at least give her pain drugs!!) and a locked box that has the key for another locked medical box that has nothing medical in it. I get the whole suspended disbelief thing, but this was just dumb. The game itself is not awful. The storyline made me want to play more, I finished the demo without too much further irritation, wanted to know what happens next despite the occasionally inane gameplay. The puzzles are not hard just time consuming, it's just that the details in some of them are so small I needed a magnifying glass to figure it out. I skipped half of them. The whole game is colored dark, so seeing details is a chore sometimes. It is supposed to be moody, but comes off depressing. Despite all my crabbing, I didn't mind the game, probably will buy if there is a good sale, 2 for 1. Show less

I recommend this game!

+14points

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Oh, no, I really wanted to love this one..

PostedMarch 25, 2021

TrinnyGamer

fromBergen, Norway

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Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

I love the Grim Tales series. Let me recommend you some of the better ones:

The Bride
Bloody Mary
Color of Fright
The Legacy (!)

I played the demo of this game in hard mode. I'm sorry to say that the story is so disengaging and doesn't make you want to continue to figure the rest out.

I love a good story and a bit of a challenge. This game has neither of them in my opinion. ...Show more

I love the Grim Tales series. Let me recommend you some of the better ones:

The Bride
Bloody Mary
Color of Fright
The Legacy (!)

I played the demo of this game in hard mode. I'm sorry to say that the story is so disengaging and doesn't make you want to continue to figure the rest out.

I love a good story and a bit of a challenge. This game has neither of them in my opinion.

Elephant games used to have great, lengthy and challenging games in the past. I ask again - Where has all the good developers gone? Have they sold out to in-purchase, mobile games?

I am gonna continue following developers like the ones that made Nightmare Adventures, Secrets of the dark, Parallels Cross etc. This is just crap to earn money. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

+41points

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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I Hoped for More Oh Well

PostedMarch 26, 2021

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fromDewey, AZ

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I found way too much weirdness and disappointed thinking that I just might get a good real backstory on Richard Gray and his skull.

Sorta a backstory and if it was meant as such, fell short.

+11points

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