Casual Review writes: "We were terribly excited to learn that one of the top games of the last year, Azada, finally had a sequel. But is it as good as the original? Does it have the same great mix of mystery, story, and minigames? Would it keep us amused nearly as long? All good questions, and sadly, the answer to most of them is: Not so much."
ImpulseGamer: I like my hidden object adventure games different and Azada Ancient Magic is thankfully right up my alley. As opposed to mysteries set during the last 100 or so years, Azada Ancient Magic take a different approach and melds "magic" with story as something strange has been happening in your uncle's library.
Every puzzle and mini-game is compelling, and there's some innovative game design at work here. One standout is the Jekyll and Hyde book, where each page was divided into two panels and one of them was always inaccessible based on which character was active – Jekyll or Hyde. The story overally is fairly compelling, although a sub-challenge where you scan cards for symbols seemed a little tacked on.
The game's lush orchestral soundtrack should also be singled out for praise because of the obvious care that was taken to create a separate piece of music for each book – right down to the prominent violin melody in the Sherlock Holmes level, which was surely a homage to Sherlock Holmes'the detective's love of the instrument.
