Review anarchistica 2/5 · Dec 19, 2021
Not for 4K monitors
Intro
May's Mysteries is a point & click puzzle game somewhat similar to HOGs. You travel between static screens solving puzzles and talking to people.
The Good
- Some decent puzzles.
- Lots and lots of puzzles.
- Hint & skip buttons.
The Bad
- Some bad puzzles that make no sense.
- In Hidden Object Puzzles the items you've found stay on the screen …
Intro
May's Mysteries is a point & click puzzle game somewhat similar to HOGs. You travel between static screens solving puzzles and talking to people.
The Good
- Some decent puzzles.
- Lots and lots of puzzles.
- Hint & skip buttons.
The Bad
- Some bad puzzles that make no sense.
- In Hidden Object Puzzles the items you've found stay on the screen (wtf).
- Hints & skips have to be earned by doing bonus puzzles.
- No map travel or indicated available actions.
- Terrible, repetitive music.
The Ugly
This game only runs in 4K using Borderless Gaming. Even then the text stays the same microscopic size, making the game a pain to play. Some objects like checklists and speech bulbs misalign as well.
Conclusion
This game has a "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam with people complaining it's a cheap copy of "Professor Layton" (some console game for kids?). I'd say that is undeserved and this might get a recommendation if it wasn't for the problems with the resolution.
PS: This game is unlisted on Steam but it was in a HumbleBundle once so you might still own it.