Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

Cursed Valley is an interesting seek and find Mac game that gives you an option to choose between the short or long version of this mysterious tale. The extreme short version of this story is that you need to save this valley from the dark curse that has fallen over them, and your only help is the Magician’s Handbook to unveil secrets. In each chapter you have a new spell to complete.

The play is to meet your spell goals listed on the right to find objects to cast spells. You need to use the map to travel to different areas in the valley looking for hidden items. At the scenes you find pieces that are listed, in addition to finding the magician’s coins with the letter C in the middle will unlock a secret surprise.

A side game for completing potions is a match game you chain the like items together up, down, and diagonally. After completing this puzzle you get the repel distractions spell that helps get rid of flying books at the scenes you are trying to find the hidden objects. This part of the game is Harry Potterish.

Cursed Valley is your typical hidden object play but with a few surprising twists. I liked the flying books, spells and the mini puzzles. I recommend this game to people who enjoy hidden object, find and seek and even match players for all the different plays in this unique game.

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Hotshot Jessica Braxen walked away from her 6 figure advertising executive position to follow her diving passion. In order to sustain her life style she plans to search for shipwrecks and treasure. You are to help her find riches and maps by playing match games.

You must match 3 or more like items to destroy them. In addition you need to bring pieces of a puzzle, diver and a treasure chest to the bottom of the game board. After completing that task the level is over. In between the levels there is an intense story developing with ancient people who lost their treasure in the sea, but who should Jessica believe? There are conflicting stories among the people she is encountering.

The match game is your usual swap pieces to match 3 or more items play, but this one is enjoyable and fun to play. The underwater sound effects were good and helped enhance the deep sea diving aspect of the game. Match items (crabs, fish, octopuses, black sea anemones, etc) reminded me of the Chuzzle characters with the expressive eyes. The sound is also similar and maybe that’s why I liked this game. The only part I could do without was the story, but overall this is a good game.

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Explore jungles, outer space, temples, and the deep sea in Xplorer; a fast paced hidden object game that has no storyline or characters, just straight maps and objects. Scroll from left to right across big pictures to find all the items on the list and continue onto the next scene. Keep up the pace and explore all the maps in Xplorer.

A simple game, Xplorer consists of hidden objects scattered around some pretty random backgrounds that span the globe. A list is given and you must find and click on every item to complete the level. Not much else can really be said about Xplorer except for the scrolling across the picture thing which doesn’t really add much to the game because you only really need to scroll right to get more of the picture, not left. The power up to help you find things is standard and the magnifying glass just makes stuff blurry and not clearer. Other than that if you like finding junk on a pretty background, this game is for you. I give Xplorer a 2.5 out of 5 stars. Cool spelling of the word explorer.

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