The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

The first thing I did was turn up the music and ambient sounds and turn down the sound effects (wrong-click sounds).

This is a semi-interactive Hidden Object Game, where the items to be gathered are listed by picture at the bottom of the screen. Here's a neat trick: Everything you pick up goes in your inventory and you can pick it up from your inventory. You may only need one item from any scene, but I think it's a nice touch Besides, you have to work a little harder. ie. In other games you have to interact with something and you know exactly what to do because you only have one item in your inventory. In this game, you have about a dozen to choose from. Sometimes more than one object is needed to interact with a single item, so you have pop-up areas. You know how many items are needed because you can see the bubbles, but you still have to figure out which items to use.

The story is VERY non-invasive, given to you one line at a time at the top of the screen, plus it is skippable. Every word of conversation will be recorded in your journal, so if you miss something, it is easily accessible. I love to be immersed in a story, myself, so I read everything as it came. The game starts out innocently enough, but it doesn't take long for strange things to start happening... then downright spooky! YEEES! I loves me some spooky!

You may find items in some strange places occasionally, but this is not a junk pile HOG. Items start of pretty easy to find, but the game gets more challenging as you progress. Another plus is that the developers have worked hard to make items time-appropriate (since it's an important plot point!)

I came to my first mini-game approx. 45 minutes into the game, and there IS a skip button for those who need it.

Overall, I give this game a thumbs up! It's already been purchased and played through~

finished the game and loved the storyline and the fact it kept you interested. did not like the fact that things were so small and dark sometimes but overall a good game..glad I bought it..was very surprised by the ending..

The graphics are lovely. The gameplay is HOG with IHOG. There are some mini games which are extremely easy to complete and are skippable. I clicked for quite a while in one spot and received no penalty. This game is not challenging. It is rather easy. All of the objects are clear and none are small or dark. There are parts where you use some of the objects you have found, not very difficult. The storyline is beautiful. Using a real historical mystery is brilliant.

This game is an A-. Easy peease. No challenge reduces its score.

It's a pretty game and the story is engaging. It's annoying though that the circles that you put objects in to solve a problem stay up longer than the actual hint graphic. Altogether though, looks like a good game. Would buy it on sale.

I like this game it has a nice story line and mystery to it, the game was nice and clear, no overly challenging but still kept me busy for a while.

Is not the greatest game around but is still interesting enough to play.

very repeatative. good mini games. hidden objects scenes although were not too crowded items were too small to see sometimes. great music throughout the game. over all though i have to say sorry big fish.