| | |  | | Home » Mystery Case Files Return to Ravenhearst | | | | | | | Description: | | Emma`s soul is free. But her ghost has delivered a dire warning: evil still lurks in Ravenhearst Manor. You will be taken deep inside the cursed estate in Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst, the thrilling sequel. Experience Ravenhearst`s spectral halls as never before with new immersive adventure-style gameplay and an epic original soundtrack. The walls of Ravenhearst Manor have been hiding a tragic love story for over a century. Only the pages of Emma Ravenhearst's diary tell the true story. Hidden for years, the diary was recently found - only to reveal that the pages are missing! Feel the floorboards creak as you move from room to room solving puzzles and seeking out clues in over 150 detailed scenes. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 0.45 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Release Date:
| February 10, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 79 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Windows Vista / Windows XP | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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98 of 98 found the following review helpful:
 Don't Miss This One!Feb 10, 2009
By P. B. Sharp
The designers of this sequel to "Ravenhearst" have reached a new plateau of excellence in the Hidden Object genre. "Return to Ravenhearst" is gorgeous, fun, challenging and delightful. Perfect for everybody from older kids on up. Way up. I am 79.
You, as detective, return to the creepy old mansion, this time to free the souls of Rose Somerset and her twin daughters Gwendolyn and Charlotte from the clutches of the insane Charles Dalimar, murderer of Emma Ravenhearst. You had freed Emma's soul in the previous game, but she left behind her maid-housekeeper and the two little girls. Charles is kept alive by feeding off the souls of Rose and the children, even though they are dead. The souls cannot rest in peace because they are figuratively shackled to Dalimar. Their ghosts eerily appear, urging you on, as you journey through the game on your way to setting them free.
The environments are superb, filled with special effects, such a flickering candles, leaves that practically fall into your lap and sullen, spitting raindrops that will set you shivering right in your computer chair. There's a marvellous bouncing Victorian trolley car, and everywhere raucously cawing crows, for in this game everything is engineered for atmosphere. One scene is of a ghastly bathroom with a shrieking mannequin in the shower and flies crawling all over the garbage littered everywhere.
The mini-games are wonderful and you have to figure out how to open locks to various areas by solving a puzzle. They're clever, very imaginative and funny. If you absolutely can't figure any of them out, you can by pass them but they're too much fun to avoid unless you have to! There are many walkthroughs in Google if you get stuck.
The music is excellent, and although the sarcastic comments that appear when you click on the wrong thing or get in any kind of clicking frenzy might annoy some, I found them funny and often appropriate.
The Hidden Objects are diabolically well-camouflaged and even with your nose an inch from the screen, you're gonna have to work at finding them. A great evening's entertainment for the whole family if you can all get close enough, and somebody will frequently be yelling "There it is!" Don't know what a kazoo or a carabiner are? You will! You have to find all the objects or you can't move on, but there's a hint option. However, you have to wait a long time for the hint to rev up enough so you can use it.
Enjoy!
26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
EXCELLENT combination of hidden object and puzzle solvingMar 29, 2009
By Happy Reader
I play a lot of adventure games, where you have to solve puzzles to proceed.(Examples: "A Vampyre Story", Sherlock Homes series, Agatha Christie series, Nancy Drew series, Still Life series, Syberia, etc) I love the brainwork, and often guesswork, involved. I just recently "discovered" hidden object games and have played several as a break from having to think too hard!
"Return to Ravenhearst" is an incredibly fun combination of the two game types, with the added bonus that there is very little of the character conversations that can go on interminably in an adventure game.
I had a total blast playing this game. I've often told people of PC games I've played with pleasure, but this is a game that I really recommend.
I played on a PC XP with no problem. If you need a hint, the walkthrough on gamezebo com is good.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
best hidden object gameMar 16, 2009
By Dolly Landrum
BFG have outdone themselves with this game. The graphics, music, puzzles-all combined to make this one of the best hidden object games I've ever played. I like all the MCF games. Madame Fate is my favorite. The Hidden Expedition: Amazon is a favorite also. Granted, these are not games that you just look for hidden objects. There are numerous puzzles throughout the game that you solve also. I am getting very bored with playing the usual HO games. I find that some of them are a waste of money. Now, I look for a demo of a particuliar game and play it before I purchase it.
Hopefully, that insures I won't be wasting my time and money. BFG studios have really succeeded in releasing some awesome games. MCF Return To Ravenhearst is one of them!!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Not what I expectedFeb 01, 2010
By J. H.
"vamomof2"
Like a lot of Ravenhearst fans, I eagerly anticipated this game. I was disappointed. Sure, it's a hidden object game, but it is intensely frustrating. You can't move beyond certain areas of the game if you can't figure out the intricate puzzle(s) involved. If I hadn't found a guide on-line, I could never have finished the game. The graphics and sound are stunning, and finding the hidden objects is definitely challenging, but it has changed so much from the original game upon which it is based that I couldn't fully enjoy it.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Hidden Object Game, or Myst?Jun 22, 2009
By Deborah McGrane
I adored the first Ravenhearst game, as well as the Mystery Case Files Prime Suspect game, so I was very much looking forward to the Ravehearst sequel. I was surprised to find myself not looking for hidden objects much of the time, but instead trying to solve various puzzles using inventory items I had picked up. I suppose in some ways, this is kind of like taking the hidden object game to the next level, but on the other hand, all I really wanted to do was to find some hidden objects, not try to solve a bunch of brain teasers. Most of the puzzles were pretty straight-forward and easy to solve, but I found myself skipping many of them, because I wanted to search for hidden objects instead!
The storyline itself is fairly creepy and gruesome (when you really start to think about it) and the live actors were lame, lame, lame. I think animation would have served the purpose much better because every time a real person appeared, I couldn't get over the bad acting and the fake British accents.
Even though I found myself angry much of the time at the lack of hidden object searching, I did enjoy the game. I would warn future users, though, that you won't just be finding that clock or piece of asparagus hidden amongst other items; you're going to be spending a LOT of time solving an endless series of puzzles as well.
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