Lost Legends: The Weeping Woman Collector's Edition

fun

Okay if you want to play as an unhinged psychopath journalist who travels to a town with an average IQ of 60 and freely breaks into people's homes to wantonly steal and/or destroy their belongings. Our girl breaks into the home of an unsettlingly happy old man who offers to tell her a ghost story if she prepares him tea in his own kitchen. After preparing his tea, she uses a stool in his house to reach something up high. "I have no further use for this stool," the transient psychopath intruder then declares and proceeds to saw off the legs. Later, upon coming across a private house that proudly announces in a note taped to the door that the occupants are away, she tries to break in, but "Oh, ugh, it's locked, figures," she scoffs as if that isn't basic common sense. (Don't worry, she does eventually break in and steal/destroy their things)

At the end, when she's finally done stealing/destroying the townspeople's things, she solves the mystery and finds the missing kids, who continue to stand around like idiots after she frees them. Immediately after the culprit explains her motive, the psychopath journalist narrates, "We may never know her reasons," so I guess the real twist is that the psychopath journalist was deaf the whole time.

In the bonus chapter, the psychopath journalist travels to another town with a lower average IQ to track down a sleazy guy who's seducing the town's young women. "Oh my, why ever is it young women that he targets?" asks the braindead mother. Uhh...

Basically: so bad it's good.

I found this more enjoyable than a lot of the big titles. The main reason is the story - there is enough mystery and development to keep you interested throughout. All the main good points of an HOG are ticked: puzzles, hidden object scenes, collectables (two types), map, hints system, bonus chapter. The bonus chapter is commendable for being an add-on story rather than an ending to the first one. The amount of material is decent - I've pottered through it twice and taken about 4.5 hours per playthrough. Cut-scenes, artwork and animations are very well done.

Once the two mysteries were solved, there could have been a little more explanation (particularly in the bonus chapter where the reasons were glanced over). There are no Steam cards or achievements. Some may also find the puzzles to be on the easy side, but I liked this because it made the experience relaxing.

Overall, a definite recommend.

An interesting, if somewhat easy, game. Nice visuals and music. Fairly straightforward puzzles. I really liked the variations on some of the standard puzzles, like the way the Hüsker Dü puzzle worked. Overall, a pleasant way to spend some time.

A MUST TO OWN...AWSOME

I enjoyed this game and it felt like you were solving a Scooby Doo mystery as you had twist and turns in the game and are on your feet wondering who could be the villian as some charcters look innocent and some look creepy and a nice story in the game. You get to travel to different locations and buy this on special as the price it is at normal rate is quite steep and will take a few hours to 5 hours depending on how long it takes to solve puzzles and if you use hint button. I liked the music and graphics and you will be surprised who is behind everything sort of like in the Scooby Doo cartoon and a nice game to play with children.

Average hidden-object game.
Story is so-so.
Some original puzzles.
Overall, it bored me.

Great hidden object game. Voice overs are good and soundtrack too. The graphics are a bit pixlated at full screen for those using a wide screen monitor.

This is an older game and truthfully the price is a bit steep. It does include a travel map and location hints and a bonus chapter however.