Encore Illusions
A magician’s rivalry takes a diabolical turn on stage. Discover what’s in the cards for four characters entangled in a lethal web of illusion.
All isn’t well on the magical stage. A fierce competition intensifies between Johannes the Great and Merlin the Amazing. The rivalry takes a diabolical turn when Johannes’ assistant is kidnapped the night before the Battle Royale performance. The ransom terms are extreme — a death sentence for her boss performed live on stage, along with acknowledged defeat in the pending big show. Can you break Sophie free before the doomed performance sets the stage? Is there any hope for Johannes the Great’s survival? Are you ready to take on the role of poor, victimized Sophie and her sweetheart Peter? Find out what’s in the cards for four characters entangled in a lethal web of illusion. Their fate is in your hands.
Features in Encore Illusions
Find out what’s in the cards for four characters entangled in a lethal web of illusion. Johannes the Great, Sophie, Peter, and Merlin the Amazing are playing for keeps. Embark on a mystical magic hidden object adventure packed with great gameplay features.
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More than 40 different breathtaking environments
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Gorgeous cut scenes for story and transitions
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Challenging mini-games and puzzles
Bonus: Unlockable Encore Card Games!
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Beyond the Invisible: Darkness Came
You’ve been called to check a SOS signal from the town of Gateville and when you arrive on site, you’re attacked by a shadow. What’s happening? Why do you feel like the world is at stake?
Beyond the Invisible: Darkness Came is a casual adventure game, with puzzles and hidden objects scenes… oh, sorry, only four HO scenes (and one in the bonus chapter). In other words, the game is more about solving some puzzles and finding objects, combine them and use them to advance.
I must say that the game has a good way to tell the story (cutscenes are good), that the voice acting is good and that the rest is correct. I love the HUD and the “diary/notes” feature is different from the usual book. But these points can’t help me to get over the fact that….well, actions are ridiculous. Since when a crane toy can help to retrieve a cat carrier that is meters above on the ice cream shop? Also, how come the big umbrella can’t help to open the trunk of the car but an heavy pipe can? And why a wire can’t open a locked toolbox but an hairpin is? Without forgetting the key with a clock tag that is opening a crate in the garage…. without any clue than your brain remembering the locked box. Oh and the making music with pans during the third HO scene which doesn’t open the trapdoor to get the sieve despite doing the right sequence. Took me I don’t know how many tries before understanding that I had to go slower! Seriously?
– Real player with 13.3 hrs in game
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While at first I was kind of happy regarding the parti pris regarding the comics like of the introduction, I quickly was disappointed by the game, its logic and the issues regarding the way you have to click to aim properly at what you want.
The Hidden Object scenes are a complete annoyance because of that. You need to click two or three times to the same items for it to be accounted and not having a message regarding spiderwebs on the very first HOG and this problem persist all along the game.
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Collector Thief
I need to recover what it’s mine by right!
As a participant in a strange cult, you’ll control Adami, a treasure hunter with a clear objective. Find the sacred object of worship for the Adami’s sect.
Walking through the shadows, going unnoticed and using a lot of intelligence to break through security, you’ll find challenges to find locked doors, cameras, security lasers and many other challenges that must be bypassed in order for the wonderful quest to be reached.
More committed to the cause than ever, Adami will have the help of other members who bring items and new tactics to make each theft a real success.
With over 6 unique scenarios and an engaging, fun adventure, the real theft will happen and it will be worth more than ever.
Committing crimes has never been more complex. In “Collector Thief” every step counts. Understanding the placement of guards or cameras is essential for the robbery to be a big hit and you can move forward. Here intelligence is more powerful than brute force. With minutely designed defenses, winning each of the scenarios and progressing through the story can be tricky for even the most attentive players.
Brilliant Thief Guide Part 1:
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Collect items scattered around the map as they generate money and overall score;
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Use the scenery to your advantage so as not to be seen by any guards or cameras;
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Some places have elements that can be turned off to enter without attracting attention;
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The Sect’s Shop contains items that are indispensable to the success of every robbery;
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There are hints and easter eggs in the scenarios that can help you understand the hypotheses;
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Always use the game save/load feature to keep trying the adventure at other times.
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Be quick and finish the job before dawn.
Collector Thief is a singleplayer game created for the unique purpose of entertaining players with a complete story while keeping its gameplay at high difficulty from the first minute of gameplay. It has the simple controls that make the experience enjoyable but it gets into the type of game that is easy to play but difficult to master. It is a complete experience of intelligence, good humor and creativity.
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Failling Capsule
awful
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Gravity Field
Seriously ! This game is really making me think. Not only understanding how to navigate the gravity fields in 3 dimensional planes but also the insanity of the Time Reversal mechanic on the right mouse click. This really is a very challenging concept to understand having the ability to reverse time and thus where the cubes are…or were…when you need to be someplace else when the reversed time gets to the right point. I cant really explain it but its twisting my brain in my skull. As of writing this, I have got to level 6 and pondering life trying to imagine time reversal steps before I actually commence. If you want a brain twister with minimal/no guidance or hand holding then go for it. This is the first puzzle game that I have played with a Time Reversal mechanic and I think my head is going to explode !
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
For 4 quid, I can’t recommend this game. I would recommend this game only for puzzlers or game breakers if it was cheaper, so ye… maybe get it on sale.
I completed this in about 90 minutes, and I actually “broke” more levels to reach the exit than I solved, only going back to have another look at a few of the ones that I broke. I spent probably under 3 minutes on most of the later levels after I got used to the physics and graphics because they are so easy to break. I still haven’t tried to figure out how to complete some of the levels as expected, and I’m not sure I will ever bother.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
Hidden Objects - The Mystery House
It is fun and can be played fast,.
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
Given the almost universal terrible reviews, I wasn’t expecting much out of this game. And it certainly has issues all too common in HOGs. Blurry backgrounds, teeny tiny objects in later levels, and the least favorite of all, a timer mechanic. Devs, most of us loathe those with a passion. They are the exact opposite of what we want from a relaxing game.
My main beefs other than blurry backgrounds was that there was just no time to enjoy them. I saw thirty of them, but couldn’t tell you what they were, other than they reminded me of other games by other studios. As for the object hunt itself? At first it was super easy to pick the big, bright images off the muddy backgrounds.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Virtual Amusement
‘Virtual Amusement is a weird one indeed. This puzzle room/puzzle world style game sees you solving puzzles (obviously) as well as a few other activities. But there is no hand-holding here, no tips, no instructions. You just have to figure it all out on your own. But oddly it kind of works! You get a small sense of exploring the little theme park and all the corresponding rooms. Sure, the graphics are as basic as they come, but they were good enough to smile about. But for me, the lack of any sort of tutorial meant I was left feeling frustrated most of the time and not really knowing what I am doing nor where I was going. Add to that the load game option doesn’t seem to be working, so I had to start again when the game crashed. I really do think there is a lot of potential here, but I simply didn’t have the patience for it and the price is way too high. But I still give it a very cautious thumbs up because I would like to see this get a little more spit and polish. Just be aware that this game is as raw as they come.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Attack of the Mutant Penguins
I purposefully look out for weird, obscure games full of personality, so I’m not the best judge, but personally I’m in love with this game’s weirdness. If you want new, never done before or after gameplay concepts, give this a shot. If you aren’t one for something new, or just can’t get past its weirdness, I’d say pass.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
I had a problem when using the gamepad, so I requested a refund for the game. I got it because of the nostagia since this was one of the titles for the Atari Jaguar. I never played it, so I wanted the experience.
However, it runs in DOSbox emulator, and i found it pretty expensive for what it is.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Boulder Dash Deluxe
A classic game updated for the future.
However, it looks very scary. Playing it, I could say that as a child I would have played this a lot, but as a grownup it’s not something that I would recommend. It’s past it’s prime and not updated to compare to other games today.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Drawn®: Dark Flight™ Collector’s Edition
-Nice music
-Nice colours
-Creative puzzles
-Nice story* (see spoiler)
Pretty long game so you get a good value out of your money!
(I tried to use help as little as possible)
As I am a fan of achievement I like to prefer them being implemented in steam.
! I think the ending was a bit too swift. It doesn’t tell us really what happened to the king. Was it just the beacons?*
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
I wanted to write a good review on this game. I wanted to, but couldn’t because it will not run past the “Messenger in a Bottle” sequence where the sun comes out. It crashes with some “exception EAaccess Violation in module ‘Drawnll.exe”. Read of address 00000078." I tried reinstalling to no avail. I even did some poking around on the web to see if anyone else had this issue. I didn’t look hard or nothing so I ain’t saying you mightn’t find something if you look, but I was disgusted by it. Oh well. On to more well tended pastures.
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game