Game Difficulty/Type of Game

Is Magic Academy a hidden object game or an adventure game? I haven't played it yet, but looked for a walkthrough in case I get stuck and can't find one. Is this game real difficult and is there a walkthrough?

I don't know about a walkthrough, never needed one. I do use hints in some scenes and go to this game when I want a medium challenge game. The hardest scene for me at the start was finding the diffs in the kids room. I think that was the second screen. I first played this game on line vs download with a really crippled computer so time ran out on me often. Once I had a computer with more than 60mb ram the game became fun.

I classify it as hidden object with an occasional puzzle to piece. It is one I go back to more often than most earlier games.

It is decent length. I rarely bother with the storyline of any game and found this one totally skipable also.

There is a written walkthrough w/o photos at game zebo.
The graphics look like a badly reproduced lithograph with items being hard, for me, to find. I could not find the key sitting on the tray the knight in armor was holding. For those who prefer a cleaner challenge avoid this one.