Game Informer: "Since 2005, Big Fish Games has forged a lucrative niche in the casual-games marketplace with a series of successful hidden-object games. In the beginning, with Mystery Case Files: Huntsville, players were tasked with finding lists of doodads tucked away in a crammed scene. There were a few puzzle elements back then, but the games were essentially computerized versions of the I Spy books. Over the course of four major releases (as well as a cell-phone release and a Nintendo DS version), however, the series has evolved into full point-and-click adventure games, with inventory items, navigation and fiendishly clever puzzles."
GDN writes: "Michelle Liberman from SomaTone contacted us and did a lot of legwork to get GDN and Kane Minkus one of the partners over at Somatone together for this Q&A. GDN wants to extend our thanks to all parties involved."
GI writes: "Mystery Case Files is back again with Return to Ravenhearst. Two games back, in the original Ravenhearst, you are solving the mystery of the missing Emma. The last outing with MCF had us at a really creepy carnival - where Madame Fate had a less-than-happy encounter with Charles, the spirit of the person behind Emma's disappearance. Now, back at Ravenhearst, we need to stop the evil once and for all."
This fifth chapter in the popular Mystery Case File series, which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, includes some of the game-play elements found in its predecessors, yet has made considerable strides when it comes to production values and story, as well as puzzles that harkens back to the classic head-scratchers from a decade ago. Return to Ravenhearst is an excellent point-and-click puzzle/adventure game hybrid complimented by moody and highly detailed graphics, live motion sequences with real actors, and an original classical music soundtrack performed by the Berlin Film Orchestra. Be sure to try the free 60-minute trial from BigFishGames.com.
