Time Mysteries: Inheritance
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In Time Mysteries: Inheritance you play as Vivien Ambrose, a scientist like her father. One night, she goes to visit her father and finds him in the company of a mysterious stranger — and, suddenly, they both disappear in front of her eyes. Vivien decides to rescue her father, but, in order to do so, she needs to discover some very old family secrets and travel through many time periods in search of seven magic rings. During her quest, she has the help of many ancestors of the Ambrose family, and of a talking crystal ball aptly named "Ball".
Most of the game consists of hidden object scenes, but there are also inventory puzzles, a number of "spot-the-difference" puzzles, and a few others. A skip button and a hint button are available as well if you get stuck in some scene. Finally, if a particular hidden object scene is deemed too hard, you can opt instead to play a block matching game to have a random object crossed off your list.
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Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 1 ratings)
This is not really a hidden object game
The Good
I really enjoyed this game. I played on the easy setting, used the hint system and skipped more puzzles than usual, well I played it when World Cup was on, and it still took a full day to complete so it's a decent length.
The artwork is good and the puzzles suitably devious. There is a great variety of puzzles in this game, there are more hidden object puzzles than any other kind, I didn't keep a count but overall I'd guess that they made up 25% of the total. There are devious lock puzzles, sliding block puzzles, mastermind type puzzles, a chess puzzle, combination puzzles, spot the difference puzzles, jigsaw type puzzles, puzzles that can only be solved by using inventory items, there's even a 'Tower of Hanoi' type puzzle.
The music is good, The bits I remember most I'd describe as sort of down-tempo ambient with a bit of classical, however it's described it really suited the game very well.
The artwork is very good throughout and suitably devious in the hidden object puzzles. So, to summarise, it looks good, sounds good, has a good variety of puzzles, plays well and there's plenty of it.
The Bad
There's not a lot to dislike really. I don't like being limited to a maximum of four hints but playing a mini-game to recharge my magical powers is no problem and was a break from puzzle solving.
The Bottom Line
If you like games that just have hidden object puzzles then this is probably not for you. There are plenty of hidden object puzzles but there's so much more.
If you like a wide variety of puzzles and a decently long game then give this a try
Windows · by piltdown_man (235839) · 2018
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Game added by Thexder0.
Macintosh added by Sciere.
Additional contributors: piltdown_man, Rainer S.
Game added December 26, 2016. Last modified March 10, 2024.