Arizona Rose and the Pharaohs' Riddles > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

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Another Fine Arizona Rose!

PostedSeptember 22, 2014

dachsy

fromDunedin, New Zealand

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Skill Level:Expert

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

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

It's been quite a while since the last fine Arizona Rose game, so today's release is a most welcome one.
I knew before I began to play the demo that I would not be disappointed...and I wasn't.

This is a superb game of its type, maybe even the best yet.
Everything about this game is very nicely done, and I could not find fault in any aspect. Excellent sharp graphics, pleasant ambient music, superb ...Show more

It's been quite a while since the last fine Arizona Rose game, so today's release is a most welcome one.
I knew before I began to play the demo that I would not be disappointed...and I wasn't.

This is a superb game of its type, maybe even the best yet.
Everything about this game is very nicely done, and I could not find fault in any aspect. Excellent sharp graphics, pleasant ambient music, superb game play, and a good storyline. The sound effects whilst playing the boards are very muted, in keeping with the concentration that is required whilst playing.

There are two modes: Casual and Hard. Thinking myself to be a seasoned player, I dived into Hard mode. But alas, I got stuck right from the outset. What threw me is that each square in the grid, instead of being unmarked as in other similar games, has a hieroglyphic on it, and consequently it was not clear which were the cells I was keeping and which were the ones I was crossing off. So immediately, I started again in casual mode and went through the tutorial. After having done that, it was clearer, and I advanced very well.

There are over 170 levels and over 10 rewards to earn.
Points are awarded as you play, with more given for better play. You are [generously] allowed 5 mistakes and 4 hints on each board. This may change as you advance in the game.
Interspersed with the boards are mini puzzles and hidden object scenes. These were easy and of a minimal number in the demo, and fitted nicely into the game flow. No doubt there will be more difficult ones later on.

Options include:
Full screen
Widescreen
Custom cursor
Adjustable music & sound volume

Overall, another superb game in the genre, and one which is highly recommendable. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

14 of 15 found this review helpful

GREAT INLAY PUZZLE

PostedMay 31, 2015

itsjustgood

fromCalifornia

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

If you love the inlay grid puzzles, your going to love this one. I play it over and over. It is a long game, making it soooo worth the money. It gets to a 25x25 grid pretty fast. There are some hidden object games and some other types of puzzles. But mostly the grid.
I highly recommend this game to everyone. Music isn't bad, but I put on my headphones and rock out! while working the puzzles.
I ...Show more

If you love the inlay grid puzzles, your going to love this one. I play it over and over. It is a long game, making it soooo worth the money. It gets to a 25x25 grid pretty fast. There are some hidden object games and some other types of puzzles. But mostly the grid.
I highly recommend this game to everyone. Music isn't bad, but I put on my headphones and rock out! while working the puzzles.
I think after your trial you will be hooked. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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The best of its type.

PostedOctober 2, 2014

BHarris700

fromOcala, FL

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Now that I have completed the game, I will review it. These puzzle games are my favorites. Lately, the others that have been released have had guessing at squares. That, to me is a big NO-NO! Both releases from this developer (Anawiki) have had no guessing at all! It did take a while to get to harder puzzles, but they are there. If you like these pic cross (or whatever they are called) puzzles, ...Show more

Now that I have completed the game, I will review it. These puzzle games are my favorites. Lately, the others that have been released have had guessing at squares. That, to me is a big NO-NO! Both releases from this developer (Anawiki) have had no guessing at all! It did take a while to get to harder puzzles, but they are there. If you like these pic cross (or whatever they are called) puzzles, this game is a must (as was the first Arizona Rose). I'm already looking forward to the next release. I read a couple of negative reviews and really don't understand why. To say that Fantasy Mosaics is better is almost laughable (guessing in a majority of puzzles).
You will not be disappointed with this one! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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arizona rose and the pharaohs riddles

PostedSeptember 22, 2014

vickster48

fromeast moline il.

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Match 3, Marble Popper, Puzzle, Mahjong

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

this game is so much fun.loved the first one.played it several times.i wish there were more like it.

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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Starts out easy, but gets really HARD!!

PostedApril 16, 2015

JenSolley

fromJoppa, AL

Skill Level:Expert

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

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

If you do the demo you will probably think that this is a simple game, but if you keep playing it gets much harder with 20x20 grids. I really enjoy playing this game, there are a LOT of levels!! I have been playing for several days and there is no end in sight!! I love it, very addicting!! The story is not that great, but I do not really care about that, I just like the puzzles!! If you like grid ...Show more

If you do the demo you will probably think that this is a simple game, but if you keep playing it gets much harder with 20x20 grids. I really enjoy playing this game, there are a LOT of levels!! I have been playing for several days and there is no end in sight!! I love it, very addicting!! The story is not that great, but I do not really care about that, I just like the puzzles!! If you like grid puzzles you will like this one!! I also like that it automatically has the different colors on one grid so you dont have to do all the colors separate. Show less

I recommend this game!

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One of my favorite games

PostedApril 4, 2018

leilanibz

fromOhio

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Card & Board, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I have replayed this game in its entirety 3 times.

This is a mosaic game with a few other types of puzzles thrown in to keep things interesting. The mosaics start out simple 10x10 and go to more advanced at 25x25.

Other puzzles in game are fit the blocks in the spaces, hidden object, and something else I can't remember. To me the best indicator that a game is excellent is how often I replay it. ...Show more

I have replayed this game in its entirety 3 times.

This is a mosaic game with a few other types of puzzles thrown in to keep things interesting. The mosaics start out simple 10x10 and go to more advanced at 25x25.

Other puzzles in game are fit the blocks in the spaces, hidden object, and something else I can't remember. To me the best indicator that a game is excellent is how often I replay it. This one is a winner. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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Great picross game!

PostedSeptember 22, 2014

wlleon

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Love this game! Challenging puzzles!

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

63 of 70 found this review helpful

Fun But Not Fantastic

PostedSeptember 23, 2014

pennmom36

fromOops, I got a rock!

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

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Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Seems we've left the pirate scene and moved to Egypt as we join Arizona Rose once again for some pic cross adventures. I really like the fact that these puzzles are depicted in several colors automatically. The object of this type of game is to choose whether a tile gets filled in or crossed out by deduction. If the grid dimensions are 5X5 for example, and the clues given in a horizontal line are ...Show more

Seems we've left the pirate scene and moved to Egypt as we join Arizona Rose once again for some pic cross adventures. I really like the fact that these puzzles are depicted in several colors automatically. The object of this type of game is to choose whether a tile gets filled in or crossed out by deduction. If the grid dimensions are 5X5 for example, and the clues given in a horizontal line are 1 1 1, the logical move would be to fill in the first tile followed by an empty tile followed by a filled tile, then another empty tile and the last tile would be filled as well, and you continue this process horizontally and vertically until a picture is finished ( don't worry if this looks confusing because there is an excellent tutorial) you are allowed 5 mistakes per game and you get 4 hints per game as well if you get stuck. There are several small mini games available to play as well such as finding hidden pieces and putting together a puzzle or rotating blocks with paths to form a complete path from one end to the other.

The puzzles seem to be on the easy side so this game would be excellent for new players or even die hard fans who want to chillax for a change, enjoy! Show less

I recommend this game!

+56points

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Purchased Game But Like Previous One In Series Much Better

PostedSeptember 22, 2014

Classicaljazz

fromUSA

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Hidden Object, Match 3, Card & Board, Strategy, Brain Teaser, Puzzle, Mahjong

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

I was so excited to see this game offered today, since "Arizona Rose and the Pirates' Riddles" has been my very favorite nonogram/mosaic game for a long time. I was hoping this new Arizona Rose game would be just like it except with new puzzles.

After downloading and trying the demo of this new one, I liked it well enough to get it with a coupon... BUT I don't like the graphics or the puzzle ...Show more

I was so excited to see this game offered today, since "Arizona Rose and the Pirates' Riddles" has been my very favorite nonogram/mosaic game for a long time. I was hoping this new Arizona Rose game would be just like it except with new puzzles.

After downloading and trying the demo of this new one, I liked it well enough to get it with a coupon... BUT I don't like the graphics or the puzzle tiles and set-up as well as the ones in Arizona's Pirates' Riddles game. I don't like the "awards" set-up as well, either. I must admit these things were a big let-down.

Even though the puzzle tiles were smaller in Arizona's Pirates' Riddles games, I found it easier to tell which tiles were open and which tiles were unopened or removed than with the larger tiles in this new game. I felt that the finished puzzle pictures in the earlier game were also more real looking. So, those "features" in this new game were also disappointing.

Maybe it is just me... but I have found this same disappointment with sequels of other games I absolutely loved. Seems that in their desire to make the sequels different, the developers change so much about really popular games that the "magic combination" (that made the first in the series so great) is lost.

I hope developers will read this post and keep it in mind when doing sequels of games that have been extremely popular.

We all have our own set of likes and dislikes... so I definitely recommend you try this game if you love nonogram-type games as much as I do. Even if you don't like the style as well as you liked the style of their earlier game, you might still enjoy it. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Pretty good, but so far only easy puzzles

PostedSeptember 22, 2014

riefer

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Large File, Brain Teaser, Time Management, Puzzle

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I played this game for 57 minutes of the trial period. At the beginning you get a choice between casual mode and a harder mode (forget what they called the hard mode). In the casual one you get a tutorial and it starts with easy puzzles. Harder one has no tutorial and starts with harder puzzles. Well, I picked the harder mode and it's still pretty easy. I got to level 2-12 in the time I had, and ...Show more

I played this game for 57 minutes of the trial period. At the beginning you get a choice between casual mode and a harder mode (forget what they called the hard mode). In the casual one you get a tutorial and it starts with easy puzzles. Harder one has no tutorial and starts with harder puzzles. Well, I picked the harder mode and it's still pretty easy. I got to level 2-12 in the time I had, and still didn't get any puzzles bigger than 10x10. Most of the puzzles take less than a minute to finish. Also from the thumbnails I thought there would be multi-colour puzzles, but that doesn't seem to be the case. They colour in automatically as you play.

Other than that, it was a good game. I didn't get any puzzles that required guessing, which is a huge plus for me. There are hints and other tools you can use to help you, I didn't use any of them so I can't say exactly what they do. I could do without the mini-puzzles, but they're pretty easy and pretty few, so they're not that distracting. I'm not sure if I'll buy it because it was so easy so far. I'll see if other reviewers get past the 10x10 puzzles into something a bit tougher. If you like the simpler ones then this is a good game, I would recommend it. Show less

I recommend this game!

+15points

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