About This Game 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek is an original hidden-object puzzle-adventure game, featuring a totally unique Detective Mode. This thrilling mystery merges elements of classical horror and gritty, 50’s-style noir. A paranormal private investigator is contacted by her friend, famous reporter Helen Hunter, whose voice sounds small and terrified in the voicemail. She is in the coastal town of Serpent Creek, and needs help immediately. But upon arriving in Serpent Creek, the detective finds no trace of Ms. Hunter.Weirder still is the fact the town’s streets are crawling with snakes, and the citizens seem to be sleepwalking through life. The ground shakes with violent tremors.When investigating Serpent Creek, the detective will perform true investigative work: finding clues and combining them to learn the secrets of every crime scene in the all new Detective Mode!FeaturesUnique Detective Mode gameplayEerie, realistic settingsMysterious crime story set in 1950’s AmericaChallenging mini-gamesComplex characters with real motivationsDetective’s Journal that includes current tasks and character indexUnique locationsBreathtaking plot full of unexpected twists 7aa9394dea Title: 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent CreekGenre: Adventure, CasualDeveloper:Tap It GamesPublisher:Artifex MundiRelease Date: 18 Jul, 2013 9 Clues: The Secret Of Serpent Creek Free Download [serial Number] It's a decent game to play if you like hidden objects and puzzles. Being that it has a pretty specific storyline, it doesn't have much replayability--the only real difference seems to be that some of the hidden object minigames ask for different items (excluding the one item you need for the storyline), but since you do a lot of them twice, it ends up all being the same stuff.For example:Playthrough One - Find STORY ITEM 1, star, fish, and shovel. Later you go back and find the STORY ITEM 2, book, wrench, and ball.Playthrough Two - Find STORY ITEM 1, fish, ball, and wrench. Later you go back and find STORY ITEM 2, shovel, book, and star. I finished the game (completing the story + a second playthrough for the achievements I missed) in ~5hrs. It's enjoyable the first time (even if a pretty weird story). And, you may end up replaying it for any achievements you miss. I'd say look into the Trade thread and trade someone for a 50% off coupon if you don't already have it. I think it's worth $4.. A hidden object game that tells a story and has a couple of different types of puzzels thrown in for good measure too. Is it the best story telling? No, but I enjoyed it depite the predictability. I think that my 8 year old neice would really enjoy the story though as although it isn't spooky, it isn't babyish. I might wait another year \/ check with her mum before allowing her to play though as you see a murder victim's body - it isn't graphic or gory but it's still a subject matter that the parents should agree on beforehand. I bought a few of these games when they were reduced on sale, I'm not sure I would pay full price for them (they seem to be about \u00a36 normally) but for \u00a32 on sale? Bargin!. 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek is another Artifex Mundi game \u2013 one of their early productions, working with a young developer team: Tap It Games. It is a decent HOG to keep you busy for 2-3 hours straight with a subtle taste for noire. It is not exceptional compared to the rest of Artifex Mundi collections, but it is refreshingly well-done for the HOG genre itself anyway.Our character, a lady private eye comes to the little town of Serpent Creek to investigate the disappearance of her journalist friend, Helen during Serpent Creek's famous Serpent Festival. We are quick to notice that there is an obscene amount of serpentine references going about the town; alongside mysterious disappearances, earthquakes and zombie-like citizens. The story gets more and more complicated between a moody hotel manager, a veteran sheriff, a suspicious British guest and a disturbingly oblivious mayor... What to do?While the character modelling is appealing in animation, the psychological portrayal and demeanor designs of characters especially take the cake on this one. They are definitely interesting and elegant enough to keep you interested with the story revelation. People look and act similar to cover arts for classical Nancy Drew books with an extra dose of eerie and suspicion about them. You keep second guessing about characters, tying them to any kind of dreadful business the moment you see them. I won't lie, the outcome is not extraordinary, yet the display is certainly worth your time. The background artwork is also pretty and comes strong on establishing atmospheres. The game contains some of the more imaginative puzzles that I've encountered within genre, alongside some entertaining lock picking puzzles. What I especially liked was investigation scenes where we are expected to pick up some clues around to deduce the recent happenings within the room. Hidden object scenes were ordinary if not a bit too easy. The usage of the map, action indicators and its teleportation feature are all present to bring you a relief for achievement hunting.All in all, the game is worth the money for a HOG gamer, or anyone looking for a time kill with both noire and mystical atmosphere. If it is on sale, even better.Please also check out Lady Storyteller's Curator page here - follow for regular updates on reviews for other games!. I've played a lot of hidden object games on Steam and this is the first one that had very positive reviews that I really didn't like. Cons:- The puzzles are incredibly easy. If you play on expert the only time you might get tripped up is in "detective" mode.- I blew through it in 2.5 hrs while cooking dinner at the same time.- The storyline isn't that interesting and you pretty much can figure out what is up from the beginning.- If you're deathly afraid of snakes it might give you the creeps.Pros:- The voice acting was fun.- The hidden object portion is well done. I never had to use a hint due to bad coloring or poor graphics.- If you're deathly afraid of snakes it might give you the creeps.. Game is good if you're a newbie to hidden object\/search and find mystery games. Those who have played these games often (even casually really) will find this one predictable quickly. It's unfortunate because I've played several games by this publisher recently, and those were rather enjoyable. Within the first five minutes I already knew who had done it. The hidden object puzzles were not really hidden objects.
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