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Reviews for "Runeseekers"

An excellent game

I think overall this is a pretty good game. The choices for music fit the game well and the graphics are very colorful, almost as if they we're from a painting. I liked the style of the game.

But to the gameplay. This is a basic difference game with some backstory added to it. It does add a purpose to the game, but it felt as if the plot and the characters were forgotten right after the intro, apart from the text bits after completing a screen.

Difference hunting in itself was quite the challenge. I did manage to beat the game, but I did take a long time on each screen. Some of the differences were subtle, which was okay, but the some of the differences were extremely difficult to see even when holding the cursor on top of a spot and comparing the two windows. While the flickering of the right screen made sense storywise, it made the job even harder. My eyesight is quite good, so I'd say some of the differences were way too small (small change in grass shape, slightly darker/ligher patch of grass within grass etc...) I still liked how the backup rune system didn't just give an easy way out, but challenged to look for the differences.

Overall, the style of the game is top notch. But, finding all the differences with just three backup runes can be extremely, and sometimes even unfairly difficult.

Hyptosis responds:

Thank you, I know I won't bother making another though. Haha, wasn't worth the time it took to do it. Thanks again though. ^^

Either I suck at this or it's tough...

I'm not good at this game, but I still like it. Maybe I need new glasses... On the first level I got all but 2.
I like the music, but the game doesn't really need a plot, in my opinion.
For the people who think this is too easy: I think it would be a good idea if you made a sequel that had set time limits for the levels.
For the people who thought it was way too tough (me), you could have hints that show an approximate area.

Hyptosis responds:

Thanks

Hard o.o

Took me a while to find the first couple of differences on the first lecvels, then I saw malomano's hints and helped a lot at the end, but even then, it was difficult to find the last clues. Great Game!

Fair enough

One request: LESS GRASS!

More obvious differences would probably make this more fun. As it was, it was a bit of a chore. A few more characters/objects per location would have helped.

Confusing

I'm have to admit, this is probably the first game I couldn't beat the first level without a "cheat" of some kind. The paintings and music are really epic, and I can tell you put a lot of effort into this game just based off those two parts. However, I don't know what you fed that ape playtester, but this is extremely difficult bordering on impossible. Maybe it's just me, but trying to find one pixel-sized color difference between two stupidly similar pictures with one of them fuzzing and slightly moving isn't really fun. I seriously on the second level accidently found a rune UNDER the middle-bottom plate. I'm not sure if that's your idea of "well hidden", but's kind of rediculous when you have to find a difference with a picture you can't see. Also, the red markings when you find a rune are really distracting. They stand out the most from the pictures, so that's what your eyes are drawn to when you to look at them. Lastly, the Backup Runes stopped working for me after I only used them once. This game has great potential, keep it up!