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By BonitaLauritaJan 17,2020

I simply adore puzzle games and discovering the room and house of da Vinci has been an absolute dream. The only disappointing thing about this was coming to the end! I am not one to normally pay for apps but this was well worth it and more. The gameplay was smooth and supported by a nice side story. I loved how you could almost look 360 in most rooms including the ceiling so you could just appreciate the surroundings and work that had gone into the game. Admittedly, I did find some of the hints a bit ambiguous but was happy not to watch ads to get them! I like to give things a go first by myself and have time to think, as I’m sure others who like these sorts of games do, so much appreciated how hints were spaced out and didn’t reveal too much straight away but gradually gave you more and more info as and when you wanted it. Nowadays you can just find a walkthrough but it was nice to not have to disturb gameplay to get help.

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By HaimezBondosAug 11,2020

You certainly get a big chunk of game time for your money. And graphically it's a triumph. However, whether through familiarity with the first game and The Room series, it can feel a bit plodding in stretches. Find item, put in slot, mechanical device whirs to reveal item, ad nauseam. And there are far too many parts where, rather than using brainpower, you are reduced to randomly jabbing around the darkened screen hoping it will zoom in to reveal a hidden area of interest. Good to occupy you for 10-12 hours at least - but whereas The Room felt ingenious and testing, this feels strung out and mechanical, often feeling more like trial and error than proper puzzle-solving. For all that, I'd still recommend it to completist fans of the genre - but oddly enough, condensing it and giving us less might have made it a more focused and enjoyable experience where the gameplay sparkled as much as the polished presentation. Voice acting was also a bit off, plot seemed to veer off to nowhere halfw...

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By jclarke0000Sep 13,2020

I enjoyed the first in this series, but some of the janky puzzle mechanics and the buggy behaviour of the eye piece were frustrating. Happy to say that this version improves on all of those problems. While much of this game is still a scavenger hunt — discover a random thingy here... use it in some obscure way over there — the puzzles do a better job of following the story line, and a few of the puzzles — especially towards the end — are fairly difficult to solve. I also found that while the puzzle difficulty was higher in this second instalment, I didn’t need to rely on hints anywhere near as often as the first one. In the first one scavenger items were just really difficult to find, and in more than a few instances I needed a hint to point me where to look. That, thankfully, has been curtailed in the second version, and I think I only needed to use a hint twice in the game (and the second time I was annoyed that I didn’t find the item on my own, as if was not in an obscure locati...

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By TermigirlJan 6,2020

The game is good and beautifully put together but the puzzles in this one aren’t as engaging - some are just too time consuming such as the reflecting lights which you have to sequence to hit different things - it isn’t difficult but just too many of the same thing over and over and the room is difficult to picture in such a way as to work out the puzzle properly because you’re so close to everything and all corners look the same so you forget which part of the room you’re in! The puzzles are either simply unclipping something or simple but repetitive tasks that take too long. At the start the clues weren’t clear as to which world or room they were relevant to which wasn’t ideal either ( I rarely ask for clues but spent 2 days trying to figure one part out after having a clue because it wasn't a logical sequence). This is still better than a lot of puzzles out there but not as good as the first HoD game..