Island: The Lost Medallion
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- Gorgeous graphics
- Multiple minigames
- Help James find Pam!
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Min System request
- OS : Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- CPU : 1.0 GHz
- Memory : 512
- DiretX : 9.0
- Hard driver (MB) : 196
Review for game: Island: The Lost Medallion
Pam, a young archeologist, comes home from an expedition with an ancient medallion of unknown origin. The next day, she is kidnapped and now her boyfriend, James, must track her down in Island: Lost Medallion. Travel to a mysterious Island and learn the secrets of Pam’s disappearance in this exciting Hidden Object game. Follow the medallion across the globe to find Pam and save the day!
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REQUIRES Windows/MacOS
Ages: 3 YEARS & UPGame Description:
An archeologist comes home from an expedition with an ancient medallion. The next day she goes missing and James must save her!
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Thank you ME for recommending this game! I absolutely love that gamers take time and post their favorite game! A team of brilliance in HOS that fit together and connect smoothly into an interesting plot. The sound effects are great as well! Have read many reviews of other games stating "this is unique"! Well, this game IS unique and I enjoyed it immediately. Some of the objects are small, yet, they ARE fun and solvable and this is a hidden object game after all. Enjoy! -Mama Mia-
*review based on completing the full game* Although short I found it quite enjoyable to play through this game with a mix of hidden object scenes and fragmented object scenes (HOG's and FROGs). There were also a few challenging puzzles. The one thing one needs to be aware of though is that the items can be quite small and fragments well hidden in similar colored background. If one has bad sight it might be tough to get through. The graphics are ok. They are drawn which adds to the difficulty in the HO and FRO scenes as some items are hard to distinct at times. The style of the "cut scenes" is of comic book type storytelling and even though the story in itself is quite catching it fails to fully engage the player. IMO comic book style is not the way to go in games like these. I did also notice a few graphical glitches in some scenes, but not enough to make it annoying. The music is of tribal folk type standard, and though ok at first it tends to get annoying after a short while. The sound effects are almost worse, and with the lack of voice-overs this game leaves a lot to be desired. Game mechanics felt smooth all the way and cursor seemed perfectly on target. Items seemed to have a small aura so you didn't need to be spot on with the clicking. Hint function recharges quickly, though sometimes it wasn't helpful at all. It functioned well in the HO/FRO scenes but for inventory use it failed miserably. Wanting to know what a key did, I was told that the key probably opens something.... helpful indeed. Also, there is only one level of difficulty, but as the game is pretty straight forward going from one scene to the next, I guess there is no need for several. The game comes to a conclusion but it leaves itself with an opening to create a sequel. I hope they do. With a little more experience and some more thought into the creation there is a chance for an improved game experience from this developer. The game's rating would honestly be in the vicinity of 3.5, but bumped u
This game offers a mix of different types of hidden object scenes (parts of items; list; find similar items, etc.) and a variety of fun minigames. Only negative: It was a little on the short side.
This game wasn't one of my highest ranked games. The hidden objects were extremely well hidden! I found myself looking harder for some items that ever before. I'm not complaining, because I really do enjoy the challenge that it presented. Where I found issue with the game, it was the cutscenes. I found these to not be exciting. They didn't capture my interest at all. I ended up skipping through them. The puzzles, I really enjoyed. I was capable of working through them without of any use of hints. I would say that this would be a great game for a beginner.
In most of the games offered, the women always seem to be the heroines and the guys are basically treated as numbskulls; however in this game, the guy is the hero BUT once he finds the girl (early in the game play), she is NOT treated as a damsel in distress and the two together act as a team to work out the solutions to puzzles and in coming up with strategies to find the treasure and to escape the island. I feel that this is why I enjoyed this game so much. Beware, however, of FRAGMENTED, color-on-color (most of the time) itty-bitty objects to find with some easy to moderate to complicated puzzles to solve. Personally, I skipped 2 of the puzzles (1 had to do with mathematics and despite the instructions I still could not make heads or tails as to what I needed to do and other 1, I just got impatient) but all-in-all the puzzles are solvable. I found it interesting as well that you didn't have arrows to provide you with directions of travel but rather with something that kind of looked like an eye in which action of some sort was necessary in order to proceed. I found it important to read the hero's comments as it provided a "heads up" as to what the tasks were going to entail. After the credits ran, there was 1 more cut scene which indicated a possible sequel to which I look forward.
Review based upon completion of the game. You are reunited with Pam, your significant other, only to have her abducted the following night. You are stuck with a medallion that she brought along from her trip, and that's the only clue you have. Find Pam, and uncover the mystery of some island where she supposedly is now... The Good: + FROG scenes + quite good story, told in comic style in cut scenes + adequate game length The Neutral: o some mini games are not explained well, but you are able to figure it out quickly o quite fast hint recharge (you will need it!) o sometimes you are stuck with completed objects and no clue what to do with them The Bad: - VERY TINY objects - sound (this marks the first time that I voluntarily turned up the music volume to drown out the blings) Bottom Line: Good game that apparently aged quite well. There are broad black bars on the side in full screen mode, making visible screen smaller and some objects tiny. The story - while a bit clich?d (your standard Indy Jones one) - held my interest for the 3 hours it took me to complete.
This isn't a bad game - but I wouldn't classify it as a stellar game, either. The story line started out interesting, but the last few *chapters* or areas to be explored just didn't work for me. There was a lot of back and forth to collect things without a great deal of logic to them. The HOS's were not overly difficult. You mostly collected individual pieces to make up a particular piece that you would then use in the scene, rather than looking for whole objects. Some of the HOS's were very nicely done, or very different (like collecting multiples of the same jungle animals) Just not what I was looking for, though it was a decent game.
Pam is kidnapped after discovering a strange medallion and her boyfriend James sets out to find on a strange island with ancient ruins. Enjoyable, challenging and well-balanced adventure-HOG-FRAG with a lot of variety. The graphics are full of detail. Lots of HOS ? scenes are partially crowded in some spots and, of course, that?s where the objects are. Many are small and blend in well with the background (easier to find if you have a wide-screen). FRAGs are fairly easy. Wide assortment of puzzles and mini-games. Although you?re given general instructions, you will have to think about how to actually solve some of them. Using a little trial and error and a bit of logic, you should have no problem figuring them out in a relatively short period. You can skip them if you?re having a particular ?unthinky? day. Relaxing music. Ending had a twist to wonder about.
This game is a mix of FROGs, HOGs, and puzzles. The storyline is good. The cut-scenes are a bit slow. The objects are sometimes difficult to find. The puzzles are easy. There is only one game mode. And... it's short: less than 2 hours. But for a break it's just enough. Because of the length, I would recommend it more as a DD.
Like it!! The storyline is very good and the adventure takes you to different places. Both heroes are fine and work together and the escape of them from the bad guys brings a lot of challenges. Although some objects are too small to find and look like anothers, very similar, with some hints you can go forward. It should be a little longer but in resume I recommend it. Really funny. The scenes are beautiful and colourful. I like this kind of games where you have adventure and not fear or blood or vampires...