Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

The sound is okay, the graphics some are good some bad, the story is fine, the puzzles are some old, some new mechanics (so a little + for a bit creativity). Good for achievement hunters & HOG fans (buy with discount)

This isn’t the best sequel ever, to be honest. The first game was amazing, but I found out this one a bit… boring. The alchemy system still made things fun tho. One weird thing I found out while playing is that the MC’s voice tone gets so low after a while that you can barely hear her. All the other voices are okay, just her voice that’s affected. 6/10.

An enjoyable romp through a fantasy universe. This is a fine hidden-object game: all puzzles worked, and there was a tremendous variety of them. In this game, you play as Auntie Mame (I forget the actual name: everyone just calls you 'Auntie.') the Royal Alchemist of Prince Peter "Fern" Griffin. As is typical of most HOG protagonists, you are also a graduate of the MacGuyver Foundation, able to take two apples and a paper clip and make a time machine as the plot demands. However, I give this game a solid thumbs up for cleverly lamp-shading your scavenger-hunting and problem-solving ways as all a trick by the Evil Witch to cause you to build a royal scepter that frees her from the Mirror Universe. She actually says something like "Fool! This is my evil mirror palace! Why would I leave two apples and a paper clip around unless I was trying trick you into building a time machine!" Sadly

My Playtime: 2.5h (100% achievement, finished the game) Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (11 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery is another hidden object game that is published by Artifex Mundi, which is also the second episode of the Lost Grimoires trilogy. I haven't played the other episodes in the same trilogy, but in this episode, you'll be able to concoct some potions in addition to the usual combination of hidden object, point and click, and puzzles. Pros: - 4 difficulties, including customized one for changing the penalty rule - Varied hidden-object minigames Cons: - Most solutions can be finished without thinking too much Specs Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Should you buy this game? Yes. If you like to play Artifex Mundi games, especially the easy ones, buy this game when

If you like Hidden Object Games (seek and find, puzzles, point and click), then games from Artifex Mundi are for you. System Info & Performance Report Operating System Ubuntu Linux 14.04 x64 CPU AMD FX-8350 GPU GTX 750

Short version: 81% Shard of Mystery didn’t overthink its plot too much, but it also uses its simple premise to deliver a plethora of hidden object gameplay elements to lure the player forward. Long version: Lost Grimoires 2: Shards of Mystery reaches back to the roots of story-oriented modern hidden object games. It doesn’t sacrifice most of its gameplay elements and play time to tell a tale, it rather uses its simple plot as nothing more but a small incentive to drive the player forward, by offering the next snippet of the story as a small reward for completing a batch of puzzles. Compared to the more abundant point ‘n’ click nature of the first game, Shard of Mystery likes its hidden object scenes and alchemy mixing minigame a lot more; which, considering this is the hidden object genre, makes it all the better. There was a price though: Lost Kingdom’s moral shades of grey are gone,