Chronicles of Mystery: The Legend of the Sacred Treasure

The Good
For a fourteen year old game it still loads and plays well. There is good voice acting and the game has a variety of puzzles.

The game uses three or four variations on the hidden object theme and in some of these the items to be found are hidden behind something else so, for example, I may have had to move a box to find an earring underneath. I did not have to combine any items - well at least not so far.

There is a hint function for that last elusive hidden object and by collecting gold medallions as I played the game I had the option to skip the puzzles that did not use hidden objects - five medals are needed to skip one puzzle so use them wisely.

The Bad
Hidden object games work best when their artwork is clear and that's where I had a problem with this game. In some puzzles the items were tiny and I did not complete the task in the allotted time - that's tough but I can accept that and I got there eventually. What I found unacceptable was that in one variation of the hidden object puzzle where I had to find hidden items based on a small image at the bottom of the screen these thumbnails were so faint that I had to close the curtains and play in a darkened room just to be able to see them. I know these eyes are not what they used to be but I have never had to do that before.

The Bottom Line
This game does not do anything groundbreaking but it is pretty decent and still plays well.