Recommended with a few qualifications. Like other reviewers, I wish there was a 'meh' button sometimes!

I'm still fairly new to this genre, having played about three other titles so far. I found this one to be average but not, in my opinion, worth the full price tag. On sale, however, it's worth a look especially if you're a newcomer to this type of game.

The game is quite short, probably only a couple of hours if you don't wander off and leave it running like I did a few times! :) Most of the puzzles are easy, although I did skip one that I just couldn't get.

The hidden object scenes seem to vary in quality - some are quite detailed and have hard-to-spot objects, others are painfully obvious. It's not hard to get the 'click four things in four seconds' achievement. The names given to some of the objects can make it hard to find the right thing in a couple of the scenes, though.

The story was okay, I guess - nothing special, and the twist at the end didn't really have the effect it probably should have had. I'm not sure why; perhaps it was due to the acting, or the way it was wrapped up so quickly. There were other scenes that should have been tense due to imminent danger, but just didn't really achieve that feeling. As an example, although the water is apparently rising fast towards a sparking electrical cable, I have plenty of time to not only rummage around in a pile of junk for something useful but also to visit a couple of other rooms and then go back to the 'dangerous' area for more stuff. Rather than being in fear for my life, I felt like I could have had a party down there and invited a few friends over to splash around for a couple of hours...

Ah yes... the voice acting. Well, the female voice was okay, but nothing special and somewhat lacking in appropriate emotion for the scene. Most of the male actors are bearable at best. There is one particular male actor, however, who was just atrocious! (Sorry, whoever you are.) And I have never heard anyone pronounce 'arrrrgh' the way it's spelled... not when they're meant to be seriously 'acting', anyway!

All in all, if you can ignore the poorer aspects of the game - and can get it on sale, I wouldn't recommend you pay full price - it's a fairly enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. And I defy you not to laugh at the method of opening the lighthouse door...

Recommended with a few qualifications. Like other reviewers, I wish there was a 'meh' button sometimes! I'm still fairly new to this genre, having played about three other titles so far. I found this one to be average but not, in my opinion, worth the full price tag. On sale, however, it's worth a look especially if you're a newcomer to this type of game. The game is quite short, probably only a couple of hours if you don't wander off and leave it running like I did a few times! :) Most of the puzzles are easy, although I did skip one that I just couldn't get. The hidden object scenes seem to vary in quality - some are quite detailed and have hard-to-spot objects, others are painfully obvious. It's not hard to get the 'click four things in four seconds' achievement. The names given to some of the objects can make it hard to find the right thing in a couple of the scenes, though. The story was okay, I guess - nothing special, and the twist at the end didn't really have the effect it probably should have had. I'm not sure why; perhaps it was due to the acting, or the way it was wrapped up so quickly. There were other scenes that should have been tense due to imminent danger, but just didn't really achieve that feeling. As an example, [spoiler]although the water is apparently rising fast towards a sparking electrical cable, I have plenty of time to not only rummage around in a pile of junk for something useful but also to visit a couple of other rooms and then [i]go back[/i] to the 'dangerous' area for more stuff. Rather than being in fear for my life, I felt like I could have had a party down there and invited a few friends over to splash around for a couple of hours...[/spoiler] Ah yes... the voice acting. Well, the female voice was okay, but nothing special and somewhat lacking in appropriate emotion for the scene. Most of the male actors are bearable at best. There is one particular male actor, however, who was just atrocious! (Sorry, whoever you are.) And I have never heard anyone pronounce 'arrrrgh' the way it's spelled... not when they're meant to be seriously 'acting', anyway! All in all, if you can ignore the poorer aspects of the game - and can get it on sale, I wouldn't recommend you pay full price - it's a fairly enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. And I defy you not to laugh at the method of opening the lighthouse door...