Legacy 4 - Tomb of Secrets

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!

A challenging quest that strikes an excellent balance between adventure and puzzles, all with an intriguing storyline that unfolds along the way. I appreciate the little notes left behind that help draw you in more and more. I also appreciate the map systems because it lets you know when you have completed all the tasks in that area. Otherwise I would have been running around tapping on so many useless things. I also enjoyed the hint system, which truly gave you stacked clues without outright showing you the answer. The first clue would usually be very general and then get more specific depending on how much direction you needed, making you feel ok when you need just a little nudge to get back on track. A few elements were confusing in terms of there being more than one task per room sometimes. It was hard to know what was an immediate task you weren’t getting right versus something that you would just need to come back to later. Most of the time they will clue you in, but not all the time. So this was a little frustrating and required some deductive reasoning. A few elements did not make sense, such as in one scene there should have been smoke or fire coming from a cart that powered turbines in a shaft. Instead it just looked like dried wood. The puzzle worked but really was a big miss on the designer’s part. Despite this I would have given it 5 stars, except I was truly let down by the ending. I will save any spoilers, but with all the intricacies put into the puzzles, I really expected a much more grand finale for the end, maybe something really boss level feeling or at least a great sense of closer to the story line. It really provided neither and was honestly just a huge letdown. I still enjoyed and would highly recommend. I look forward to hopefully seeing more from this developer in the future!