Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $30.00

Features:

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• PC Games Software; for Windows
• Game Genre: Action/Adventure; Game Sub-Genre: Mystery
• Minimum Processor Speed Required: 800MHz; Minimum RAM Required: 512MB
• Published by Activision
• ESRB Rating: Teens

Customer Reviews:

I would buy this one again if the CD got damaged! [Posted on 2008-07-12]
I got this game to play with my youngest daughter while my oldest and Dad play Warcraft. While my 8 year old has ebbed and flowed in her interest, she cannot resist looking over my shoulder when I pull this game up for a quick break.

Brief synopsis: Madame Fate wants you to investigate 15 different "cronies" from the Carnival, some of them being the Bearded Lady, Art the Carnie, The Acrobats, The Fat Man, and the Tatooed Man. You are investigating which of these will murder Madame Fate at the stroke of midnight which she has predicted.

The investigation involves a timed (or not it is your choice) search for a specific number of hidden items Some areas have a secret changing item that morphs slowly into another item such as a green apple turning red or a frog changing to a tiger. You know if there is a secret item in an area if a purple question mark appears by the number of hidden items for that area on the map. Once you find the required number of items for cronie,there is a big puzzle to solve before you move on to the next cronie to investigate. The last puzzle is the hardest of course.

I think the story line isn't very important and rather weak but it gets you through the game.

BEWARE there are some slightly scary things in here for some kids such as a severed hand, a bloody leg, spiders, snakes, a three headed beast with what appears to be a dead clown in his cage but it wasn't to disturbing for my 8 year old but I wouldn't play this with a child much younger only because of the these things.

This is a very well executed and entertaining hidden game compared to Mt Everest, which is good but not as good and Abra Academy which is mediocre/very simple. This one has great pictures and requires thinking and even spelling, Sometimes a "B" is a bee.

If you want a game with many levels and a wide variety of challenges, you'll enjoy this. Don't forget that the kids can help. In fact, they are better at finding the hidden item while I seem to master the puzzles. I have been through this more than twice and still find some of the puzzles quite challenging.

I wish they would do more like this one!!!

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