Hidden Town

I wrote a review on [i]Ghosttown[/i] last year but the game was only officially released this year. So let's note down a couple of words for this one which is an already released game from Hede Games or Hede and not being in early access. This - and the rest in the series - is an awful HOG game with barely acceptable controls and graphics. We look for items but they do not always match the small picture shown as a hint in the upper-left corner. There is a dropdown for handling the camera but it has options that do not make any sense (e.g. "closest player"). The map is very small, yet, the game requires more than 7 gigabytes. These games are always barebone and come with the same amount of achievements. Usually, materials from Hede have a very high price tag (almost 100 EUR) which is often reduced to around 10 EUR and then 1 EUR. This is clearly a scam - a developer probably working with pre-purchased assets. If you check his "games" released later you can clearly see the same patter...

You can finish this in 20 minutes or less. Single map where you find 30 objects. DEFINITELY not worth the price, whether you pay full price of $10 or buy when on sale. If they'd combined all their little hidden object games into a single one so that you could do each map after completing, then it could've been worth $6-10. NO control panel beyond: select language and restart. Music is the same bit over and over, needs to be turned down or muted in the Windows Volume Control since there is none in game. **Game seems to just be an asset flip and glancing at the other games that are bundle with this and most likely by the same developer, it seems like they are all probably asset flip cash grabs as well. I noticed some the other hidden object games are also bundled with other asset flips with a similar pricing and naming scheme. Steam, do something about this dev!!** I finished this game is only 14 minutes of game play; I was hoping there would be more than just a single map that is finis...

This game is just not fun. The controls are awkward, where you'll find yourself accidentally zooming in and out when you just wanted to move. There's no hints. And sometimes elements are covered by trees or something and wont "click". Just not a fun game.

Sadly this games suffers the same issues as the rest of the immensely overpriced and unsuccessful Hede HOG games. 1. If you look at the screenshots I have taken you will notice the black screen which appears to happen on 2 or 3 occasions randomly during game play. 2. The numbers at the top of the screen reset randomly and any miss click results in a random reset of coins and a reset of total items found. 3. I spent nearly an hour trying to play this game to a full conclusion of 30/30 hidden items but it was impossible to do with all the item resets These hidden object games are impossible to play well and a real waste of money being as over priced as they are. Even if they were offered for free, I would still caution restraint until the UI is fixed and the game has all errors redressed.