Dream Catcher Chronicles: Manitou

A great game does not need achievements or trading cards but if that is all one plays for - this game has neither. I would call this a sleeper, great gameplay, good storyline, and mostly definitely a Hidden Object game. It is fast paced with smooth transitions, so fast and smooth in fact one is at the end (hours later) before one realizes it. It is not a short game though and about the average length for an HO game (around 4 or so hours). Storyline: Singing Star's husband White Wolf is missing, and she sets off to find him. She goes to the Manitu (element or nature spirits) for help. Her journey involves finding various plants and objects in different locations to use in spells. As the journey unfolds the player meets the Manitu and learns their intentions are not always what they seem. Gameplay: 98% of this game is HO scenes, no point and click elements or any puzzles. Even the map is only used to move between HO scenes in any order the player choses. There are several HO ...

This is a decent hidden object game, if you take a few things into consideration. First of all, although the game has a Native American setting, it has no real resemblance to any real tribe. If you're a stickler for historical accuracy, you may want to skip this. The game is riddled with cliches and downright silliness at times, but if you're not too serious about realism, you'll be fine. That said, the music and graphics are quite pretty. The game is almost exclusively hidden object scenes with an occasional minigame tossed in for variety. There is no inventory management or item-based puzzles as in most modern games of this genre. This doesn't make it bad, but if you're looking for a more complex game, this isn't it. The hidden object scenes themselves are nicely done and aren't too easy. There are some naming conventions that might be bothersome to some people, such as using more formal names for animals and plants (I'm well aware of what a Calla lily looks like, but I migh...

Wish I could recommend this game as it is a nice story, but some issues are detracting from my enjoyment. First is the screen sizing; When I have the game set to Fullscreen, the third rows of the item lists in the hidden object scenes are cut off from view. When I set the screen size to windowed, the hidden object scenes are small to the point of things being impossible to find. There seems to be no happy medium. The other issue that is making the game unenjoyable for me is what I can only determine to be translation issues. In one hidden object scene, a vulture was labled as a "griffin." I don't know if the developers were overusing their English thesaurus too, as they also decided to call a mountain goat a "moufflon" (sic), and lilies "callas": both odd choices of words for the two things, and also make finding the items difficult for people unfamiliar with the words. "Mouflon" and "calla," while legitimate terms, would be unlikely choices for native English speakers outside of cer...

SO i'm glad i got this game on sale, as it defo isn't worth full price. Plenty of hidden object scenes which is great however some of the items were difficult to see and an iguana was called amaga? Also when clicking an item it wouldn;t register but then when i'm stumped using the hint button it shows the item i had originally clicked. arghhhh. Storylines okay i guess and arts pretty nice, but too many visual scenes which i wanted to skip and get on with it. No idea about the pot puzzle, where you put a colour item in and then try and draw a shape, sometimes the shape wouldn't register which i ended up skipping out of frustration. Wasn't a very long game either.

One of the gifts of video games is the ability to step into someone else's shoes. You can be another person, live the experience of another culture, explore a whole new mythology. You can experience whole new lives and identities. You can learn something, develop a new mindset to solve new puzzles. Or you can have a game about Native Americans that includes South American and African world bits and confuses wigwams and teepees and actually has a scalp hanging in the happy couple's home, why not? I've never heard of some of the spirits in this game, and the Native artifacts in this game seem to come from many tribes. I have no idea if the mythology is authentic or not, and nowhere to start looking. I am going to give up and appropriate someone else's review. "Pretty simple but fun game with 4 types of mini game: hidden objects, three-in-a-row, original potions puzzle and boss battles similar to PuzzleQuest game." That person gave it a thumbs up so I'll just take that, too. Afric...

pretty. thats it. theres one puzzle towards the end which is impossible to win. i have tried and tried but no luck. so im giving up. the puzzle involves colors dropping which you are required to match up, however, the puzzle does so much by itself time is lost, and so you cannot win in the time allotted. frustrating and time wasting.

Pretty simple but fun game with 4 types of mini game: hidden objects, three-in-a-row, original potions puzzle and boss battles similar to PuzzleQuest game.

So boring. This game is ONLY hidden object puzzles. NO PLOT, no real scenery or progression of story except little video clips between puzzles. No voices, which in itself is not a bad thing, but in this game it just adds to the misery. Not my type of game.

Drawings 10/10 Topic 10/10 Story 3/10 Musik 6/10 Realism 3/10 (Native americans in the game look more like animes or europeans for example) Hidden hint about connection native americans and greys aka. star people 10/10 Difficulty wimmelpicture 9/10 (not too hard and not too easy) Difficulty puzzles 6/10 (way too easy except one) almost always the same two puzzles again 4/10 Animals included that dont belong to north america (lioness and chamaeleon) 3/10 3.50 CHF for 2 houres 30/10 ;-) Little girls kitsch factor 5/10 Overall 8/10

I'm enjoying this game so far. Some of the lines the main character says are a bit contrived. The hidden object puzzles are somewhat challenging. The scenes are lovely.