Anyway, the game opens up quite amazingly as you are shown through a series of wonderfully-drawn artwork on the story behind Edmond Dantes' imprisonment. Immediately afterwards, you are already pitted into finding objects pertaining to your list, as most hidden object games go and of course, you should always keep in mind the countdown timer during your play. Basically, you just have to beat each stage to progress further into the story, as the story's cut scenes will be revealed afterwards whenever you move from one level to another. And besides that, I have nothing more to add than just have fun playing the game. :-)
There are a total of 20 different locales to scour through on your hidden object adventure as you sift through 8 suspects who may or may not have caused Edmond's past misery. The game also involves playing through 15 different mini-games ranging from very easy to impossibly hard, and believe me when I say that some of these mini-games can even consume more of your time than the actual seek-and-find game. You will also be able to search through hidden locations on various parts of the land, thus proving me wrong yet again when at first I thought that this is just a very short game.
The Review
The Count of Monte Cristo game employs a very good series of scenes coming from the book coupled with an engaging music that I find very appealing. The overall gameplay is satisfactory, however, I do find the visual presentation of most of the scenes to be quite murky and difficult to stare at for long hours. This presents such a negative impact on the game since most of the time spent in playing hidden object games is through staring at your monitor and concentrating in searching for the objects at hand. Most of the time, I can't even find a single shell from all the clutter, and occasionally, I suffer the consequences of having 30-second penalties from too many mis-clicks.
Many of the mini-games are very hard too, since I spent almost half an hour figuring out even a single checkers puzzle. This basically means that this game is filled with so much challenge, but I still find it too difficult for my taste. Besides, it really hurts my gaming ego during the times I play this game, so I guess I'll just leave it at that. :-P
All in all, The Count of Monte Cristo game can be loads of fun for those that wish for a game filled with a very nice storyline and a challenge that will make you play for hours and hours on end. If you're also prepared to search your way through some detail-lacking sceneries, then please be my guest and take your own crack at this game. Besides, it's always your opinion that counts, right?
I had always loved playing games and this simple review is really my own way of giving back to the casual gaming community.
