Between the Worlds
Brain Teaser Games, Hidden Object Games, Puzzle Games April 19th, 2009
(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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From what I observed on countless hidden object games I’ve played in the past, they are mostly classified on whether they tackle fantasy themes or detective work as a plot for the adventure. Between the Worlds is different since while at first hand, you’re off tackling sleuthing cases to solve crimes, on the other, your task is to stop an evil sorcerer from conquering the whole of Los Angeles City. Sounds confusing? Well, let’s talk about the plotline then.
In the game, you play as a brilliant detective asked by the Los Angeles county sheriff to help in his current predicament. The whole of the city is in total chaos as crimes are being committed everywhere. The reason behind the crimes is an evil sorcerer whose aim is to take control of the whole city by magically controlling the minds of would-be criminals. And as the main man of the force, you’ll have to both save the city from crime and when the opportunity strikes, get back to the evil sorcerer until he leaves the people in one piece.
Between the Worlds features a traditional hidden object gameplay. Objects are listed on either the left or right side of the scene and all you have to do is to find all of the objects for you to move on to the next level. Evidences are random, thus explaining the unrealistic clutter of all the scenes in the game. Be prepared of all the uncommon ways of hiding objects too – silhouettes, embedded objects on straight edges, pixel finding, etc. You name it, and probably you’ll encounter it in this game.
Some of the scenes also have objects you can open to reveal parts of a broken amulet to be used against the evil sorcerer. The secret counter shows how many of these parts you’ll need to find in the current scene. This adds a bit of a challenge to the usual hidden object gameplay. Good thing that all the levels are not timed and there are no penalties for miss-clicks, therefore enabling you to spam clicks if you’re a bit frustrated in finding objects.
Another downside with Between the Worlds is how some of the hidden objects sometimes run on the edges of the scenes, making them near impossible to find. Most of the time, there are also multiple instances of a single object on a scene, but the game wants you to pick only one of them. For example, the game looks for a bird, but there’re at least five birds in the scene and you’ll have to click on each one of them to pinpoint what you’re actually looking for.
With all that negative review said, the game also has its beauty which is even enough to make you enjoy playing and eventually buy the unrestricted version. With this, I’m talking about the mini-games involved when you’re up face to face against the sorcerer in a battle of wits. There are nine wizard traps included in the game, which roughly translates to nine brainteaser mini-games you’ll look forward to as you go through the levels. There are also three bonus levels, including an action game where you shoot the sorcerer with a magic-spewing wand.
Between the Worlds is presented fairly well visually and I loved the music incorporated in the game. All of the mini-games are very addictive and will definitely challenge you especially on later levels where you won’t even be given a single clue on how to solve the problem. And with all the 32 item-finding levels, you’ll be sure that you get your money’s worth if you decide to purchase the game.
I say it’s definitely worth the try and can be great fun if you don’t mind all that pixel-finding gameplay.
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