When we last played Gardenscapes, Playrix offered us a chance to create the garden of our dreams by completing tons of hidden object scenes in order to earn money via a never-ending yard sale. Now that the garden is the talk of the town, plenty of friends want to come and visit. Unfortunately we've spent so much time out in the garden that we've completely forgotten about the sad state of the mansion itself! In Gardenscapes: Mansion Makeover, you'll need to throw another yard sale in order to purchase upgrades for your mansion before your friends arrive.
Being British means I should automatically dabble in a bit of Doctor Who, or at least have an opinion on the long-running sci-fi series. Not to feed the stereotype, but to those two statements I say "I do", and "it's good fun". So the idea of a Doctor Who online multiplayer game is something that definitely interests me.
The Vampire Saga series is a strange one. Though called a "saga", it more or less ignores the narrative continuity implied by the term. The latest in the series, Vampire Saga: Break Out, though meant as a prequel, provides little in the way of insight, but offers a more streamlined experience than the Vampire Saga game that preceded it.
I'd be lying if I said I was well-versed in deep transportation simulation games. Up until to this point the only one I'd ever spent any significant time with is the Railworks Train Simulator series. The idea of a game trying to recreate to the best of its abilities what it's actually like to drive a train or in this case fly a plane, is intense. It's also a natural fit for games. Some of these games have the ability to give you a pretty decent impression on whether you might want to pursue "the real thing". One of the long-time leaders in the sim world was the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, and it's recently been reborn as the free-to-play Microsoft Flight, so let's take a look at what it has to offer.
Continuing in the Jewel Quest Mysteries franchise, Oracle of Ur is the fourth installment this time following Emma, Rupert and Sebastian on their journey across the Middle East (and beyond) on their quest for the Oracle of Ur, the ultimate jewel board. Scattered along your path are duplicate jewel boards that may contain clues as to where to find the Oracle of Ur, and you'll run into more than just a bit romantic tension between our three heroes before all is said and done.
Grave Mania: Undead Fever may seem like a game better suited to a Halloween-centric release (and it is), but the gameplay is that of any tried and true time management game. Unfortunately, putting down zombies in this admittedly charming title quickly becomes overwhelming as the difficulty isn't kept in check and many gameplay inconsistencies quickly come to the forefront of the experience.
It's been suggested that you can get the feel for whether a game is going to be fun within the first 15 minutes of play. Whether or not you believe this is the case, one thing is certain: if, after 15 minutes of play, you can't stand any more of a certain game, let alone "get a feel" for it, then things really aren't looking good for said title.
MumboJumbo's Luxor has been evolving slowly but surely over the past several years, with new ideas and features piled on top of the original marble-popping concept. To call a game Luxor Evolved, then, suggests that this is the highest form of Luxor - the end result of multiple iterations, the coup de grace of the series.