Nightshift Legacy game review by Ashley Raybourn
Game Rating = 3/5 Balls
Tired of every seek-and-find puzzle game being the same? NightShift Legacy: The Jaguar’s Eye might provide a short spurt of relief! It is hard to come up with a lot of variations on such a tired genre but with the inclusion of different and outside the box puzzles between seek-and-find rounds, your eyes will get a break while your brain picks up the slack.
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In story mode, search for objects and piece together the clues provided to help Mike and Isabel solving the mystery of the Jaguar’s Eye and Isabel’s secret past, with logic codex puzzles, picture puzzles, word puzzles and more. Alternatively, you can strictly stick to seek-and-find in arcade mode with timed rounds.
To read through the story portion of the game you are forced to click through comic book-like storyboards with graphics straight out of the 90s. The story will send you to different locations for the seek-and-find, starting out in the jungle and progressing to a barn, library, etc. One round requires you to scroll through a codex of symbols to find the objects listed, which is certainly different than staring at a static screen.
The seek-and-find puzzles themselves are not as hard as similar games. You are given 30 minutes to complete one area, making use of three hints as needed. If you have a sharp eye you can probably finish an area in under ten minutes. If you are looking for a challenging seek-and-find game, this one may not be for you at first, but probably gets harder as the game progresses. Again, the brain testing part of the game comes when it is puzzle time.
Graphics in Jaguar’s Eye are average for this genre. The transitions are smooth and the computer doesn’t get clogged up with too much animation. In fact, the only animation in this game comes with clicking on an object and using the hint function. Otherwise you have to read through static storyboards, but you can click through them if you just want to get straight down to business.
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The only audio in this game is the background music and a few sound effects. No vocal or animal sounds, which can make the story a bit trying. The background music is mysterious and soothing at the same time, helping you focus on the task at hand. Again, use of sound effects are reserved for hints and picking up objects.
While certainly not innovative by any means, as mystery seek-and-find games go, the creative twist provided by the different puzzles sets this game apart. It isn’t the use of puzzles that is different, but rather the type of puzzle. For $19.99 you can buy the full version and have access to 20+ search locations and “six chapters of romance and intrigue,” although I don’t recall any romance during the 30-minute trial. Unless you are a seek-and-find aficionado, save your money.
NightShift Legacy: The Jaguar’s Eye earns a rating of 3/5.
