Curse of the Pharaoh - The Quest For Nefertiti Game Review

The Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game is the latest Hidden Object release from education-entertainment programming company, Ph03nix New Media. And since most of the time, Hidden Object games can be so repetitive with the same concept used over and over again, it would be nice to see some changes once in a while. Let's see then how this game fares on this review.

In the Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game, you play as the adventurous heroine, Anna, as she tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother, William. After receiving a note asking for rescue, Anna sets off to Egypt searching for clues to catch her brother's trail and hopefully recover him in the end. What follows though are a series of puzzles leading to the same discoveries of her brother, and thus, opens up your objectives in this game.

Unlike most games coming from the Hidden Object genre, the Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game mainly involves a spot-the-difference theme wherein you are to find 10 differences between 2 pictures shown on your screen. Aside from this though, there are also special items you need to find to unlock the hidden areas of the game, where certain puzzles await you. And of course, there are also mini games involved but you have to buy these games with in-game gold found scattered throughout all the levels to gain access.

The Review
One thing I can definitely say is that the Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game has some very good graphics and sound blending perfectly to its Egyptian theme. The game play is very smooth also and does a great job in preventing you having those annoying miss-clicks. The best part about the game though is that it's not timed and unlike games of this type, the only consequence of frequent error-clicking is that the game lights go out and you're forced to find object differences by using just a small flashlight. This happens for only a minute or so, so I guess having this penalty is really no big deal too.

On the negative side, the Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game can be relatively easy compared to other Hidden Object games. Another thing to complain about also are the scene borders which sometimes block the differences between critical objects in the game. It seems that the border corners are too big to obstruct your view, but this problem is seldom encountered throughout the game so I guess it can be fine if you have stashed an extra hint to help you out.

All in all, the Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game can be a really great game for kids due to the ease of most of its puzzles. However, I can say that playing the game can be also fun for adults and the very engaging story line is enough to keep you asking for more, making it an all around interesting game.

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