The demo had me hooked, but upon finishing the game, I'm a little underwhelmed. Dire Grove felt a lot shorter than the other MCF games. It is much more oriented towards puzzles (as opposed to hidden object scenes) than its predecessors, and for many of them, it was difficult to tell exactly what I was supposed to do. Also, this may just be my short attention span shining through, but a lot of the puzzles were so involved that I just got impatient and gave up. I think puzzles can stave off monotony in hidden object games, but I felt that in Dire grove, they moreso just killed my momentum.
Ending on a good note, I have to say that I really like the non-linear style of this game (compared with the carnival game) in that it allows you to collect objects and requires you to figure out how to use them in order to advance the storyline. Overall, it was a good - but not great - game.

You have to click the hook a couple of times before it will knock the gear down.

does anyone remember all the places you need to backtrack to once you have the air sandals?

Go poke around the witch village.

thank you!

In Pinerock, there's a guy who wants 10 green snakes. How do I catch them?

Sweet, thanks!

Are you going through the door to the north? They are both through that door,

Where do I get bromium?

I think I messed up the first time b/c I was really low on HP and I didn't take the quest but now I can't find her again. Where is she?

Where is the best weapon for Ulf?

Ok why can't Stella have a limitless magic supply when she's hanging out with my guys? she HAD to develop that little trick just as she goes over to the dark side? boo.

Have Teijal paralyze edward and then just attack medusa. Elixirs or easter eggs are helpful if you're getting beat too quickly.

maybe try using level eggs too, if you have any left

where do you get a weevil scroll?

There are little chicks in the corner at moo hatchery, and if you go and try to walk around them, Mel will learn it there too,