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One thing you’ll come to expect about House of Wonders – Babies Come Home is its being true to the eccentricity that the House of Wonders is known for. Larry, the extremely weird man who owns the house is now back for more hidden object fun, but this time, you’ll be helping Larry himself as he tries to get ready for his babies to get delivered with all their needs already accounted for.

Larry needs help and you’ll definitely feel both sorry and delighted for this man after learning that he and his wife, Lucretia are expecting to have quintuplets – five bouncing babies that will definitely make Larry the proudest father alive. However, the problem is that bearing children needs lots of money in preparation of the nursery as well as the actual delivery. And that’s where you come in as you try to help Larry earn enough money to get his babies delivered in style.

House of Wonders – Babies Come Home follows traditional hidden object mechanics as you try to search each level for hidden items listed on the left side of the screen. You will be timed to complete each set of levels and will also be given a limited amount of hints, pointing you directly to a hidden object when used. After each stage is done, Larry will compute the amount of money you gathered after finding all the items, and you’ll then be able to buy nursery and delivery prep supplies using the accumulated amount.

At first glance, budgeting money might be one of the objectives of the game, but really, you ought to buy all the best supplies for Larry’s would-be children. The end of each stage will enable you to choose a single element for the nursery or delivery room, and depending on the money you have, you can choose to buy the worst supplies or the best ones for the babies, which of course, requires more funds to buy. If you have extra money, you can even buy a house, a car and a boat for yourself, with various amounts of expensiveness too, I might add.

Traditional hidden object gameplay only plays for the bottom rooms of the House of Wonders, because the upper rooms are more like mini-games added to each stage. Some mini-games are unique including a darkened theatre where you are tasked to find hidden people, and some variations of match-‘em-up games that are addictive and fun to play. Other than these, you can even play a roulette game in Lucky Larry’s casino – where you can really stack in the cash and buy all the stuff you want as long as you play your strategies right.

In terms of presentation, I can say that all the levels of House of Wonders – Babies Come Home are beautifully presented even with its quirky and many times eerie designs. The sounds blend well to the gameplay and even with limited animation, the comic book characters are still a fun element of the game. The challenge depends mainly on the levels you play though, with some of them having constantly moving objects, and even one level where you’ll be frequently annoyed by bubbles as you try to search for hidden items.

One thing I don’t like about the game though is how some of the objects are hidden from plain view with just a few pixels shown to the player. Clicks don’t register well with these kinds of objects due to its very little area, which is kind of annoying when you lose time and hints in finding them.

All in all though, the game is still a pretty fun experience, with a storyline that is engaging to follow. So if you have a few minutes to spend in playing a casual game, it’s still a worth of time checking the game out.

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