Recent reviews by Starry☆Mynx

I have mixed feelings on this game. On the one hand I really loved the art and seeing some popular characters transformed to fit this world (the terminator, ninja turtles, one piece, aladdin and jasmine, the little mermaid, and many others), and the overarching story was an interesting one of what could happen if AI was more sentient and time travel was possible. On the other hand, it felt way too linear for a hidden object game and some of the mini-games (while doable) were annoying, especially during the "boss fights", although not too difficult overall. It also didn't feel like there was enough directions on things. For example, the Fulcrums -- you can't really finish these until you've gotten to a certain point in the story -- but this isn't explained.

Overall, it's a relaxing game once you figure things out and an easy game to get 100% achievements on if you like hunting for those. However, I do not think it's worth the $20 price tag and would only recommend it on a deep discount.

This game is cute, but I got kind of bored rather quickly. I absolutely love the idea of this game and the dragons and hope that the developer will continue to expand on the game, but in it's current state it just wasn't my favorite.

What I Loved:
- Cozy game with adorable dragons. Watching the dragons exploring was probably my favorite part.
- It's low pressure and has good vibes.

What Caused My "No" For Recommendation:
- The tutorial wasn't as helpful as I wanted it to be. I think I learned more from clicking around than from the tutorial, especially when it came to taking care of the dragons.
- The corruption seems to spawn really quickly and the workers don't clean it up very fast. You need to pretty much put an item down on every single spot to prevent it from respawning.
- The copy / paste feature just did not work for me.
- Clicking on the crystals (currency) didn't always register and or would be too close to an area I didn't have unlocked and sometimes wouldn't let me pick them up.
- The items you get to decorate with are cute, but it felt limited on options.
- Feels grindy more than fun and I think having some sort of story would have helped keep me engaged.

I had high hopes for this one cause I absolutely adore dragons and have been in my cozy era lately, and it's well done for being an indie game with just a single developer, but after about an hour of playing and grinding out crystals I was just done. I'll be watching this one for future updates though because I feel like it has potential.

This was adorable and felt well done for a student project. However it didn't feel like a full game, it felt more like part of a demo. Would love if it was turned into a full game though because I really liked the theme and graphics. I was so sad when I finished collecting everything in about 15 minutes of gameplay.

Cute hidden object game. Dragons and stars? I needed this one! No hints. It has zoom in/out and you can pan around the screen. Felt a bit difficult but rewarding all the same as it took me 2 hours to find all the stars and wasn't over in just a few minutes. I did wish I could zoom in just a little further and that the panning was a little more responsive to my mouse clicks, but overall I enjoyed it. I've paid more money for HoGs that are over in minutes so I feel like this one is worth the $2 despite the minor issues I had.

Note: I did not have any of the issues mentioned in the discussions or other reviews.

I would love to recommend this game, it has a lot of good things going for it, but I just didn't love it enough.

Let's start with the good:
- Beautiful art
- Likeable and interesting characters
- A good variety of mini games.
- Cute moments and relationships between characters. I especially liked the way Finley interacted with his patients.
- I really liked the message of the game though it was a little darker and more "adult" than I expected with references to alcohol and cigarettes and the variety of mental health issues it talks about. Not bad that it was referenced, just not what you'd expect based on the graphics and description of the game. I loved that there was a triggers/content warning right when you started the game!

And now for the things that frustrated me:
- The game felt repetitive after a bit.
- There was too much somewhat pointless running around. There are "empty" zones to run through just for the sake of running through them with no real reason for it and sometimes the route it wants you to take to move the story forward is extremely circuitous.
- Requires at least two playthroughs to get 100% achievements. This frustrated me the most because it felt like in order to get the FULL story you actually needed all the scenes for the "Hangout" type achievements. If you complete Mia's hangouts some of the dialogue doesn't make sense with Karl and vice versa because it references things you haven't seen. It almost felt like it started out as one linear story but the devs cut it in two and decided to make you choose instead just to get you to play the game again.
- The game was a little buggy and there were a few times I had to completely exit the game and restart it to fix things. This in and of itself wouldn't be so bad, but there IS NO OPTION TO SAVE and the game doesn't save that often. This meant having to read through the same dialogue and replaying the same minigames multiple times when the patient diagnosis minigames didn't work properly. The minigames themselves didn't always register my keystrokes.

If you are a bit of a completionist like I am, the issues are frustrating, but it's not a terrible game and nothing is so broken it's not completable. Maybe pausing between the two playthroughs I did would have made it a little less frustrating for me, but I really didn't want to forget what I missed. If you're a more casual player and like point and click adventure kinds of games with minigames and/or slight platforming you'll probably love this one.

What a cute albeit challenging game and perfect for Halloween season! I really enjoyed the story and the monster fights, though the fights did start to feel repetitive after a while. Unlocking all the different costumes and discovering their abilities was fun and I absolutely loved the transformations and special power during combat. This game is older, but still playable and fun 14 years after release.

Achievements are pretty straightforward although some are missable if you're not actively searching for all the parts for costumes and doing every quest. There is one achievement I changed my system clock for because it wants you to play on Christmas Day and I honestly don't see myself playing a Halloween themed game on Christmas.

My only complaint was one of the abilities requires hitting shift multiple times in a row, which kept making the windows pop-up for turning sticky keys on show up. I had to get in the habit of counting how many times I hit shift in a row and making sure to hit another key when each time I got to 4.

Super quick hidden objects game. I really liked that the board lit up when you found each capybara. That felt like a unique twist compared to others I've played. I wish there were more levels to it instead of just the one!

Profile limited so doesn't count towards Steam Achievements but currently free and perfect for spooky season. <3

This visual novel was so cute and an exploration of what it means to be LGBTQ+ in Japan. I loved it though I did wish it was longer. I always want more of the story when I play these types of games.

Bonus: The emoticons you get from the Steam Trading Cards / points shop are absolutely adorable and might be among my favorites I have in my collection. 😍

Pretty point and click adventure game with rather easy puzzles. I 100%'d the game in just under 3 hours. The art sold me on this one and I picked it up on sale. I loved the different characters and their personalities. The ending surprised me which was a bonus. All in all an enjoyable game to spend a few hours in.

Cute dress-up game, although very simple. I'm maybe a little addicted to the new Hampt Run that was recently added though and have had a lot of fun running and jumping even though I feel like I'm terrible at it. 😂 For a free game I spent maybe an hour on it playing with clothes, but 15+ hours on Hampt Run.