Mae Q’West and the Sign of the Stars Game Review

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In my life I learned that horoscopes are not real and sometimes, they are merely coincidental. In the case of our protagonist in Mae Q’West and the Sign of the Stars though, her horoscope seems to speak her life’s major happenings. Well sometimes, the fortunes are still figuratively speaking, but I guess for a desperate woman like Mae, the Capricorn zodiac still gives her hope in this hidden object quest.

You see, Mae is a mother of two children and three years ago, she recalls Jack Q’West coming back home from an expedition to Alaska. Unfortunately, Jack’s boat sank and he was never found by the search parties. He was later proclaimed dead but good thing he left Mae and her children support for life. On the present day however, the horoscopes tell Mae that she is soon to find love once again, and thus, begins her quest in investigating about her husband’s mysterious disappearance.

There are two types of hidden object game plays you’ll have to play through in Mae Q’West and the Sign of the Stars. One is a traditional find-the-listed-objects and the other is a spot-the-difference type. On both game plays, your task is to find the level’s key item and meet the quota of found hidden objects in order to move on the story. But other than this, you can optionally clear other additional tasks too.

Each item you find rewards you some dollars when found but aside from money, you’ll have to collect stars too, and here’s where the additional tasks play their part. Money and stars are used to buy zodiac constellations which play as the trophy system for the game. If you go beyond the minimum requirements for each level, you’ll be sure to purchase all of the constellations in the game. Beware though, since every hint, miss-click or restart of the level will penalize you some hard-earned money instead of the common time penalty on most hidden object games.

Additional tasks for each level include finding three stars perfectly camouflaged into the sceneries. Also, you can either play a Leapfrog Board or Game Buddy mini-game depending on what’s available on a particular level. In the Leapfrog Board, your task is to eliminate all of the blue pegs by leaping pegs over each other. In Game Buddy, you get to play an addictive match-3 game and destroy all glowing tiles in the board. Both will earn you stars depending on how well you play, but before all else, you’ll have to find either game in the scene first.

A separate mini-game is also available where you get to play a word-guessing game in order to reveal Mae’s Capricorn horoscope for the day. Aside from rewarding you a star for completion, this provides the trigger for the next installment of the game’s story. And in my opinion, the storyline is where this game really shines. Mae Q’West and the Sign of the Stars even includes a Novella option in the main menu, where you can review the story from the prologue up to its latest development.

Frankly, I’m not impressed by the character designs in Mae Q’West and the Sign of the Stars but as I had said earlier, the strongest point of the game is still its story. During game play though, each scene is presented through 3D rendered hidden objects. This makes most of the items very distinguishable except for the very small ones, and better yet, clicks respond in a good way. Mini-games are all fun and patterns vary on each time you play them, and game play is very much addictive even with the traditional find-the-list pattern.

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