Jewel Quest Mysteries

This was an interesting game. So what it is, is you have a usually 30 minute timer for completing a certain amount of seek and find games, maybe a puzzle game and one jewel quest match 3 games. Then you move on to the next level and do it all over again with different puzzles. I found this to be pretty challenging a few times I didn’t make it in time and I had to start the level all over again but since all the puzzles were the same, it was super fast the second time around, maybe they should have randomized this because there are way more than you can find in one screen.

I must agree with a lot of other comments, it was super hard to find some stuff, you have to seriously have good eyes + good lighting + knowing what things look like in all forms + vast knowledge of stuff… there was more than a few times I asked my b/f what something was, like one item was an olive spoon… seriously olive spoon? What’s an olive spoon? Well if you play this game you will figure that out fast. Also there was a bunch of lettuce and green onions and celery in this one screen where it was basically a green bush (that was the same green as the those items and those items weren’t exactly outlined) but I would have had no idea there was a head of lettuce, green onions or a celery in there if I didn’t use my hint, that would have been impossible to figure out unless a) I knew it was there already or b) I used a hint. I might have been able to tilt my DS a certain to way with my lighting to maybe make out those things but seriously it shouldn’t be THAT hard! I’m only 26 and I have good eyes and if I’m having trouble making out things, that’s definitely not good.

Oh yeah after I “beat” the game, when I go to try to play it, it just shows me a screen where it says something like congrats you beat the game and hit the okay button to go to the opening screen. I sort of wished that there was an area you can go to, to find all the items in a scene or something gets unlocked when you beat the game like other seek and find games… but no in this one. So really it shows there is zero replay value. You can’t ever go back to pervious puzzles or levels.

Mysteryville

This game wasn’t as fun as Jewel Quest Mysteries, and that’s saying a lot. This is a straight shoot seek and find game. This wasn’t as hard as Jewel Quest Mysteries in some respects, like they don’t crazy hide things in the same color with no outline marks to find but at the same time, it hides things that are seriously a few pixels big. One game was to fine 23 bullet shells, basically yellow cylinders, well two of those bullet shells were seriously a few pixels big, I just touched anything yellow and that worked.

This game is a little better in beating the game you can always go back to pervious puzzles but that’s about it.

Again overall it was worth the value, if you want a game you can “beat” easily then this might be for you, if you have amazing eyes and a vast knowledge of what random things look like then this might be for, if you really really really love seek and find games than this might for you but if you are looking for something like the regular jewel quest where you make 3 items in a row and that’s your favorite thing than this is not for you.

Rating: 4 / 5

If you adjust your expectation to a rather plain Jane seek and find but fun game you’ll feel as if your money was well spent here. Recommended because at most of the current price points it is a nice inexpensive option!
Rating: 5 / 5