From gamerstemple.com: Is The Mystery of the Crystal Portal a landmark experience? No. Is it the best Mini out there? No. Is it a fun distraction that provides plenty of light puzzle solving wrapped in a interesting, well-told story? You bet.
The Mystery of the Crystal Portal debuted the 'PlayStation Minis' category back in 2010, promoting cross-buying between PS3 and PSP.
Twinfinite writes, "Hidden object adventure games are relaxing little treats amid the common chaos of video games. Publisher G5 Entertainment understands this, and wants to make the word a better place by offering Artogan's The Mystery of the Crystal Portal completely free of charge for a limited time."
The Electronic Farmyard writes:
Nicole Rankwist is a journalist from New York who after her archaeologist father goes missing; heads out on an eye-popping quest to find him and discover the truth behind something call the Crystal Portal. In The Mystery of the Crystal Portal (TMotCP) your job as Nicole, is to search the four corners of the Earth whilst solving hidden object gameplay in what is surprisingly an addictive and pleasantly presented story driven mystery game.
