Mystery P.I.™ - The Lottery Ticket

This is a really good seek and find game.

i love everything about all the mystery PI games i bought all that i could. i got hooked over 25 years ago.when i StARTED PLAYING again years later i bought the rest. you have 25 levels to complete all levels to break the code and win the treasure. i hope i never lose. thank u very, your number one fan as far as the mystery PI games are active. also i paid for all 5 games, so i,m pretty sure i own them. thry are the very best search and find games ive ever played. thank you very much

This game really just feels like an inferior version of the Amazing Adventures games, also developed by SpinTop and published by PopCap. You have a certain number of levels, each consisting of a few different hidden object puzzles in different locations that relate to a relatively thin plotline. But this game does it worse.

For one thing, the AA games have a timer that is shared across every puzzle within each level. In those games, the timer pauses when you're on the map to choose a hidden object puzzle, but in this game, the timer continues counting down while on the map, which adds unnecessary stress.

Second of all, after completing each level of an AA game, you have to do a unique puzzle, such as memory match puzzles, word search puzzles, rotating tile puzzles, and more. I've beaten two levels of this game, and both of them ended with memory match puzzles. Not only that, but both puzzles had 6 x 6 grids, which seems like too much for just the first two levels in my opinion. I don't really want to keep playing and find out if every single level has a 6 x 6 memory match game.

Also, the images in this game are grainier and more pixellated than the ones in the AA games, which makes finding the objects just a little bit harder.

Finally, I wanna talk about the story of this particular game. How the heck did this old lady lose her lottery ticket? I know that the Amazing Adventures games don't have characters onscreen, but I feel like a series about being a PI should allow for unique character interactions, which this game is sorely lacking so far. There should be some sort of villain or culprit who stole the ticket, and the player has to track them down. There should be witnesses who the player talks to in between levels. This story feels like such a wasted opportunity.

If you want to play a fun hidden objects game, I recommend one of the Amazing Adventures games, which you can also find on Steam. They're not exactly the most mindblowing or revolutionary games you'll ever play, but they're still more polished and enjoyable than this,

Comfy

Sadly too repetitive and stretched to really recommend.

very fun and tough search and find (Endless might be a bit broken on the China shop area)

This is one of the bangers from my childhood. In conjunction with Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, you've got 2 games I played on family members laptops when I was a kid. This HOG (hidden objects game; for those who don't know) is one of the earlier ones. You will be going from location to location finding objects that the sidebar says to look for. There are also keys, which can be found to unlock the ENDLESS mode. Now, this game isn't without its challenge. Some objects may not be entirely obvious, as towards the endgame I was struggling to find at least 3 objects while on the clock. Thank goodness I managed to find those (I may have used hints, please don't judge) because some were not extremely obvious. Regardless, those seeking an older HOG from Popcap won't be disappointed!

Released in Jul 13, 2007, this is the first hidden object game from the Mystery P.I. series.

it may be old but it slaps