Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine [Game Download] Review
This isn't as visually stunning as, say, the Ravenhurst games but it has an intriguing story line and fun, challenging mini-games.
The gist: you're an agent working for Dept. 42, which investigates paranormal activity. Seven powerful artifacts have been stolen and scattered around the country, and they're wreaking havoc. You must find them, and find the source of their power, to save the world.
You'll travel through various locations -- a werewolf's lair, an Indian reservation and cemetery, a town under the power of a Voodoo sleep spell, among others -- and retrieve the artifacts. In each setting you'll encounter several rooms or settings where you'll hunt for hidden objects, using some of them to solve puzzles in the process. To obtain the paranormal artifact that's harming that location you'll have to solve a harder puzzle, though none are so difficult that you'll be pulling your hair out.
The game has a helpful hint system, although it seems to take quite a bit longer than most for the hint icon to recharge. You aren't penalized for incorrect clicking, per se, but if you randomly click too often the cursor will circle around on the screen for several seconds during which you can do nothing. Since this isn't a timed game that's not a big deal.
As for finding the objects, they aren't terribly difficult... at first. I did notice on the final two levels the locations seemed to be pretty darned tricky and more than once an item looked *nothing* like I thought it would. Again, since there's no time to beat (except on one mini-puzzle that entails getting a car through a maze), that wasn't a big deal.
The length of game play seemed pretty decent, unlike some of the HOGs I've downloaded from Amazon over the past several days. I spent three evenings playing this, but only a couple of hours each night. Considering that I've downloaded other games that were finished in two hours, I was rather satisfied with the length of this one.
To sum up: fun play, not terribly challenging, and long enough to be worth the price.
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine [Game Download] Feature
- Recover Stolen Artifacts.
- Cure Werewolves.
- 20 Challenging Puzzles.
- Protect The World From Black Magic.
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine [Game Download] Overview
Join Department 42, a secret organization devoted to protecting the world from black magic. As your first assignment, you have to track down nine malevolent artifacts that disappeared during a mysterious fire at Grimstone Mansion! Explore strange locations and solve clever puzzles to protect mankind from a new nightmare and restore order before the sun rises on a dark new age!
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