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Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale

77%Game Brain Score
story, graphics
monetization, stability
77% User Score Based on 3,827 reviews

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"Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale" is a detective-themed adventure game that offers a fabulous story, outstanding game mechanics, and beautiful visuals. The game is a mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets through puzzle-solving challenges. Despite some bugs and being occasionally disturbed by ads, the game's humor makes for an entertaining experience. The game encourages players to immerse themselves in a world full of intrigue and mystery.

Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot
Puzzle Adventure: Mystery Tale screenshot

77%
Audience ScoreBased on 3,827 reviews
story216 positive mentions
monetization129 negative mentions

  • The game features engaging puzzles and a fun storyline that keeps players interested.
  • Graphics are colorful and appealing, enhancing the overall gaming experience.
  • The game allows players to earn energy through various means, making it accessible without mandatory purchases.
  • Energy consumption is excessively high, leading to very short play sessions before players must wait for energy to regenerate.
  • Recent updates have increased the cost of actions significantly, making it frustrating for players to progress.
  • The game often crashes or fails to load, causing interruptions in gameplay.
  • story
    353 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is generally well-received, with many players appreciating its engaging and cute narratives, interesting characters, and humorous elements. However, some users express frustration with the pacing and energy mechanics, which can hinder progress and enjoyment of the storyline. Overall, while the story is a highlight for many, the energy system and quest structure can detract from the experience.

    • ā€œI love this game; it has a great storyline, and the puzzles are great, not too difficult but challenging enough to keep me interested.ā€
    • ā€œThe storyline and characters are fun and engaging.ā€
    • ā€œIt's a fun game with interesting storylines, smooth progress, and engaging puzzles. I recommend it if you are looking for something quirky and original.ā€
    • ā€œThe story, the conversations, the loading screens... it would have been a fun game, but all the unnecessary conversation you can't skip, the super slow action, and a loading screen every single step of the way ruined it.ā€
    • ā€œThe talking doesn't add to the plot or experience; it just wastes your time.ā€
    • ā€œNo explanations on how to do things, clunky movements of characters, poor background on characters and how they relate to each other, and the story is poorly written.ā€
  • graphics
    228 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game have received widespread praise for their beauty, clarity, and engaging design, with many users highlighting the impressive 3D visuals and unique art style. However, some players noted issues with visibility in darker scenes and occasional graphical glitches that hinder gameplay. Overall, while the graphics are a standout feature, there are calls for improvements in clarity and performance to enhance the gaming experience.

    • ā€œThe graphics are beautiful and the puzzles are clever and just challenging enough to figure out.ā€
    • ā€œThe graphics are absolutely amazing, and so easy to maneuver the viewpoint, that navigating paths to complete tasks is totally at your control.ā€
    • ā€œGreat graphics and storyline.ā€
    • ā€œWish the graphics of the game were a little lighter; it's a little too dark to navigate in some scenes.ā€
    • ā€œThe 3D map graphics often get in the way of seeing the puzzle clearly, and as far as I'm concerned, they get worse as the game progresses, eventually reaching the point I found the game to be unplayable.ā€
    • ā€œAfter a week of playing, it's just an exercise in frustration trying to deal with the awful 3D graphics.ā€
  • monetization
    145 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game primarily revolves around optional ads that players can choose to watch for rewards, which many users appreciate as they are not intrusive. However, some players express frustration with the frequency and length of ads, particularly when they cannot exit them easily, leading to gameplay interruptions. While in-app purchases are available, many users feel that patience can allow for progress without spending money, although the energy system can feel restrictive and may push players towards watching more ads or making purchases.

    • ā€œYes, there are in-app purchases to gain energy and keep playing, but there are other ways to cook up energy, so you're not continually breaking the bank, like some other games.ā€
    • ā€œNo ads unless you want to watch for a small reward like double reward or free energy.ā€
    • ā€œFun puzzles, no ads unless you opt into them for bonuses and cute storylines... enjoying this a lot.ā€
    • ā€œHowever, lately, I have to watch 2 to 3 ads to get a reward or double rewards.ā€
    • ā€œThe energy needed to play runs out in a few seconds even if you're watching the ads, etc. Puzzles get more challenging as you go.ā€
    • ā€œThis game starts out fun, but energy inflation, repetition, constant pestering for $, poor/obnoxious ads, quickly make it less so.ā€
  • gameplay
    75 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of enjoyment and frustration, with many players appreciating the fun mechanics, engaging puzzles, and graphics. However, the energy system is frequently criticized for limiting playtime, often reducing gameplay sessions to just a few minutes, which detracts from the overall experience. While some find the game addictive and enjoyable, others feel that the interruptions from dialogue and the need for in-app purchases disrupt the flow of gameplay.

    • ā€œThe puzzles aren't very difficult, but it's still fun and silly, and I appreciate that the energy mechanic is not nearly as painful or limiting as it is in some other games.ā€
    • ā€œFun game with fun puzzles and interesting gameplay to kill some time.ā€
    • ā€œGreat graphics and gameplay, very easy to learn and very enjoyable game overall.ā€
    • ā€œThis is incredibly annoying and disruptive to the gameplay.ā€
    • ā€œ1 minute of gameplay before you run out of energy to move objects, 2 minutes tops if you watch an advertisement to restock your energy.ā€
    • ā€œThe actual gameplay is boring and reminiscent of Mario.ā€
  • stability
    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with frequent reports of freezing, crashing, and glitches that disrupt gameplay. Many players experience issues such as the app freezing on loading screens, characters becoming invisible, and the game crashing during ads or level transitions. While some users note that the game is enjoyable despite these problems, the overall consensus is that stability issues detract from the experience and require urgent attention.

    • ā€œIt causes the game to break and I have to restart the game because it freezes on the loading screen.ā€
    • ā€œThe biggest problem is that it freezes all the time and shuts down, it goes to a sign that says close app.ā€
    • ā€œJust started playing the game and now it just freezes all the time and won't load the next part šŸ˜’ shame as I was enjoying it.ā€
  • humor
    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely praised for its humor, featuring funny dialogue, quirky characters, and a blend of lighthearted and dark humor throughout the storyline. Players appreciate the cute visuals and engaging puzzles that complement the comedic elements, making the overall experience enjoyable and addictive. However, some users noted a lack of quirky voice-overs and slow scene transitions as minor drawbacks.

    • ā€œThe game looks great, has many activities that help boost your game time, incorporates humor, and it's just plain fun.ā€
    • ā€œAwesome, challenging, creative puzzles with funny twists and dark humor.ā€
    • ā€œIt's a really fun and addictive game with a cute and funny story.ā€
  • music
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the catchy and thematic soundtracks, while others find it repetitive and annoying, often drowning out sound effects. Many users express frustration over the inability to adjust or disable the music, which can detract from the overall experience. Overall, while the music is noted for its quality and fit with the game's theme, it is also criticized for its implementation and lack of customization options.

    • ā€œGreat graphics, catchy eerie soundtracks to go with the theme.ā€
    • ā€œNice theme music.ā€
    • ā€œI love the art & music and storyline.ā€
    • ā€œIntensely annoying that there's no way to disable the music which drowns out any sound effects šŸ˜’ at least, not while locked into the starting demo scenes.ā€
    • ā€œNot a fan of the music and the sound effects because it sounds like they overlap each other and it's on repeat.ā€
    • ā€œThis game has no music; it's like a funeral, so dull and lame.ā€
  • grinding
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and slow, often requiring excessive energy and time to progress. While some enjoy the puzzles and storyline, many express frustration with the need for prolonged grinding, which can detract from the overall enjoyment of the game. Suggestions for improvement include implementing a more engaging energy system to maintain player interest.

    • ā€œVery tedious/slow going.ā€
    • ā€œWas good in the beginning but becomes tedious requiring lots of energy to accomplish nothing.ā€
    • ā€œI was able to mitigate a bit by spending the resources, but the result is still tedious gameplay and will require more than a month of grinding to get anywhere near previous relative levels.ā€
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development in the game is generally enjoyable, with fun storylines and appealing character design; however, some players feel it could be more consistent. Overall, while the character development is not perfect, it contributes positively to the game's charm and interactivity.

    • ā€œLove this game, it's cute and interactive. I love the character design.ā€
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration with the emotional engagement of the game, citing a lack of challenge due to easily visible hidden objects and a tedious storyline filled with excessive tutorials and unskippable cutscenes, which detracts from the overall experience.

    • ā€œThe emotional moments felt forced and didn't resonate with me at all.ā€
    • ā€œI found the story to be overly melodramatic, which made it hard to connect with the characters.ā€
    • ā€œThe cutscenes dragged on, making it difficult to stay engaged with the emotional narrative.ā€
  • atmosphere
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere of the game is praised for its immersive sound design and appealing graphics, although some players express frustration with the presence of microtransactions.

    • ā€œThe sound is atmospheric.ā€
    • ā€œI like the atmosphere and the graphics; I could do without the microtransactions, but that's the way these games are made.ā€
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is reported to be poorly optimized for the Snapdragon 636, leading to overheating and performance issues, such as freezing and unresponsiveness, particularly during early gameplay stages. Despite these problems, some users express enjoyment of the game itself.

    • ā€œPoorly optimized for Snapdragon 636; the phone is overheating and hanging. I barely got to the second stage at the greenhouse before the phone stopped responding. Uninstalling for now, but I liked the game so far.ā€

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