Time Mysteries: Inheritance

With a wonderful cryptic atmosphere and thrilling storyline, Time Mysteries: Inheritance turns out to be one of the polished and interesting hidden object game you have played in a long time. Big Fish Games offers you an enchanting experience to play as a woman who sets off to travel through time when her father has suddenly disappeared.

Meeting ancestors, collecting rings and searching job in various busy background are the main points of the Time Mysteries: Inheritance’s gameplay. In spite of these pretty standard hidden object puzzles and usual mini-games they won’t disappoint you as they are fairly logical and fit to the theme. Being rather a classical point-and-click game, this surprises you with its few spins on the gameplay. For example, the hint system is different, having to earn hints to get more by playing all its mini-games. It makes you more careful on your hint use instead of just being negligent to complete a scene.

There are no blocky graphics or murky colors which make object searches rather frustrating then challenging. The hidden items are small but they are all well-embedded into hand drawn background. Time Mysteries: Inheritance is a flexible title containing two games modes: Regular and Expert. It also allows you to turn off the custom cursor and the tutorial which can be quite handy sometimes. Sadly, this premise could hardly courage you to replay it since the hidden items do not change it all. The music might irritate you after a few minutes. Overall, the first meet with Time Mysteries: Inheritance gives a good entertaining portion – just what a game should do.

4, October 2010