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5 / 5

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JOIN RICK ROGERS ON ANOTHER EXCELLENT EDITION OF PARANORMAL FILES!

PostedDecember 11, 2020

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fromParanormal Files: The Trap of Truth's production values might not be up to the studio's usual high standards, but the game is very entertaining in its own right!

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Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle

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Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Elephant Games is slowly, but surely building the Paranormal Files series to become another one of their flagship franchises. In this latest installment, follow the now-famous Rick Rogers as he is welcomed into a new social circle of paranormal friends. But his hopes for a stable period in his life comes crashing down when he learns the lies and the ugly secrets of his friends…

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In more ways than one, the storyline in Paranormal Files: The Trap of Truth is quite great. The moral dilemma of truth versus lie is definitely interesting, the characters are distinctive, and the backstory is rich. The storyline is also smartly intertwined with the gameplay, so it is not plainly delivered via dialogues and cutscenes, but through gameplay elements as well.

Sure, for the most part, the gameplay here does not go much beyond the typical HOPA mold. However, there is also plenty to admire. The adventure part of the game might play it relatively safe, but the hidden object scenes and the puzzles offset that with an abundance of creative ideas and clever designs. The puzzles may not the most challenging for some players, but I thought they were extremely fun to play.

From Mystery Trackers to Hidden Hotel, Elephant Games knows their way around stunning visuals. Unfortunately, that does not fully translate here. Although the artwork and the graphics quality are impressive, the cutscenes and the animations are a bit unpolished, and distract from the immersive experience of the game.

Should you choose the SE or CE?

I think Paranormal Files: The Trap of Truth is still a really great edition to this popular series and it is worth purchasing the Collector’s Edition, if you can get it at a DISCOUNTED PRICE. So, because it was on sale I chose the Collector's edition. The CE bonus content includes the usual bling: a bonus chapter, a strategy guide, wallpapers, a screensaver, soundtracks, replayable hidden object scenes, replayable puzzles, achievements, collectibles, morphing objects, and a secret room. Cheers!

Also in this series:
Paranormal Files: Fellow Traveler
Paranormal Files: The Tall Man
Paranormal Files: Enjoy the Shopping
Paranormal Files: The Hook Man's Legend
Paranormal Files: Trials of Worth
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Overall rating

5 / 5

a good HO game

PostedDecember 23, 2020

denniann2

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Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

i played on the custom level. good hint system. you are trying free souls that have been entrapped by an evil that believes people should pay for their lies. he traps their souls and they have to relive what they have done over and over again.

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

4 of 6 found this review helpful

Good game!

PostedJanuary 19, 2021

melitom202

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

First review ever! I’ve been playing HO/Adventure games for about 12 years. But this one drove me to reviewing. That should say something.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

2 of 3 found this review helpful

Love the plot of the game

PostedDecember 11, 2020

polarbearcraze

fromEatonville, Washington

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Mahjong, Match 3, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Been a while since I found a game I really like and get into the plots. This is one of those. It fit my level of game playing and did not find anything wrong with the game.

I recommend this game!

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4 / 5

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TRUTH WILL OUT

PostedJanuary 8, 2021

deddu

fromCalifornia USA

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Mahjong, Match 3, Puzzle

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Good solid SE game with interesting hidden objects.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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LIES HAVE CONSEQUENCES

PostedDecember 11, 2020

pennmom36

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Completed Game approximately 4 hours
(including completion of all mini-games & CE Bonus Chapter)
17 Main Game Scene Locations +8 Bonus Chapter
Difficulty Range: Beginner-Intermediate

We've always been taught that lies have consequences, but did we believe them, really? When we were children, our parents told us to always speak the truth. As we grew older, we continued believing that it's important that others believe us, "mean what you say, and say what you mean" because our reputation is now at stake! Eventually, we have children of our own, and the pattern continues, after all, we have to know the truth! But what happens when we don't tell the truth? It's just a little white lie, I had to lie, it's for the greater good, no harm, no foul, they had it coming, who will ever know? What if those lies really did have consequences? What if someone was actually keeping tabs?

Helper/Gadget:
There are no Helpers, There are Gadgets sort of...although the Big E has chosen to do away with the constant Rick Rogers Tattoo scenario, as you progress, you are given Coins by The God of Truth that is used to help various characters escape their "lies" or "truths" The coin represents every human's life, the more lies a person tells, the heavier the coin becomes.

Morphing Objects/Collectibles: (CE version only)
There are 25 Morphing Objects that morph at a decent speed and for a change aren't the size of baby elephants!! There are 25 Collectible Eyes and when you complete the collection they allow you to assemble a 25 piece Jigsaw Puzzle. There are also 12 Collectible Character Statues although the Strategy Guide shows an extra one?

Hidden Object Scenes:
There are only 20 Hidden Object Scenes +5 in the CE Bonus Chapter, +4 smaller zoom zone HO's that usually precede the main HO scenes. What I am noticing from this developer in the last few games is a marked improvement in the Hidden Object Scenes! The objects are smaller, they are clearly making an attempt to blend the objects into the scenery and choosing objects that will blend into the scene rather than stick out like a sore thumb...when developers try to improve...I always notice! There are Interactive List Finds, Silhouetted Shape Finds, Matching Pairs, Matching Related Objects, Keywords in Sentence Finds, Find & Replace, and one in particular that I enjoyed was having to match two halves of a Silhouetted Shape but you had to wait for clouds to disperse before finding the second half or a related half that matched. There are no alternate games available.

Mini-Games:
There are 15 Mini-Games +4 in the CE Bonus Chapter. I usually like Elephant Games because most of them are mechanical type puzzles where you tinker with fuses, electrical panels, or gauges and they always seem doable and never frustrating, but they didn't seem to have a lot of mechanical type puzzles this go-round? Here are a few of my personal favorites:

1-Restore the stage decorations by choosing layers in the correct order.
2-Rearrange feathers so both sides are identical.
3-Line each circle's notch along the red line and choose the speed for each circle to rotate.

Bonus Chapter (Collector's Edition version only)
Everyone knows you don't roll the dice on a game of Jumanji but that's exactly what this group of enlightened BFFs did! Daemon chose to play as The King, Mia chose The Sage, Rachael choose The Wanderer, and Rick is playing as whichever player you chose, and of course, he rolls the dice first in this game that forces the player to Face their Fears, whatever that fear may be...didn't they technically already do that? This is a decent story with a slightly above average-length spanning over 8 Scene Locations with 4 Mini-Games and 5 Hidden Object Scenes. You will search for the remaining 8 Eye/Puzzle Pieces, 8 Morphing Objects, and 3 Character Puppets.

Collector's Edition Extra's
8 Wallpapers, 1 Screensaver, 5 Music Soundtracks, 12 Achievements, 12 Replayable Mini-Games, 15 Replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 25 Morphing Objects, 25 Collectible Eyes (to assemble a 25 piece Jigsaw Puzzle in the Secret Room)12 Character Puppets, 4 Main Chapters +Bonus Chapter, and a Built-In Strategy Guide.

PARANORMAL FILES SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating

1-Fellow Traveler (June 29-2018) 4.4
2-The Tall Man (December 14-2018) 3.3
3-Enjoy The Shopping (May 19-2019) 3.2
4-The Hook Man's Legend (October 25-2019) 4.0
5-Trials of Worth (April 12-2020) 3.5
6-The Trap of Truth (December 11-2020) n/a

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