May 26th, 2008 by PCGGame Review: The Hidden Object Show
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Game Description:
Ever dreamt of becoming a millionaire? Get the glitz of a game show with the joy of hidden object sleuthing. Enter an abandoned movie studio to search for a list of items in 30 distinct scenes. Become a contestant on The Hidden Object Show for up to $8 million (virtual) dollars in prizes. From the makers of Escape the Museum comes a Hidden Object game with starpower. It`s time to release your inner celebrity and take the reality show challenge in The Hidden Object Game Show.
Game size: 83.9 MB
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Review from: GameZebo
Never in the history of game shows have you had to work so hard to earn that blender or barbecue than in The Hidden Object Show. With 30 hidden object scenes and more than 100 rounds peppered with 10 different random mini-games, reaching the final prize is a test of endurance that is guaranteed - at the very least - to leave you feeling that you've gotten your money's worth.
The premise of The Hidden Object Show is exactly how it sounds: you're a contestant on a game show where in order to advance you must clear a series of cluttered rooms within the given time limits by finding all of the specific items on your list in each location.
You can use hints to reveal an item's location if you get stuck, and can collect more hints by clicking on special question-mark icons hidden in the scenes, for a maximum of five. Getting stuck should rarely be a problem since the seek-and-find gameplay isn't overly difficult, however items do have an occasional tendency of lurking near the edges of the screen where they're impossible to identify. For example, I had to use a hint to reveal the location of a rabbit that I had been searching high and low for, only to find that it was shoved up into the ceiling with only the bottom part showing - not showing were the tail, ears, or anything else to identify the shape as that of a rabbit.
You'll earn cash based on how quickly you clear the scene, and every few rounds you'll also get a prize. These start small (think typical game show staples like kitchen appliances), but turn into bigger ticket items the further along you advance.
There's ample opportunity to rack up more cash during the frequent bonus rounds that are played between hidden object scenes. You'll start out by playing two bonus rounds per level, and the number of rounds increases in later levels...
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The premise of The Hidden Object Show is exactly how it sounds: you're a contestant on a game show where in order to advance you must clear a series of cluttered rooms within the given time limits by finding all of the specific items on your list in each location.
You can use hints to reveal an item's location if you get stuck, and can collect more hints by clicking on special question-mark icons hidden in the scenes, for a maximum of five. Getting stuck should rarely be a problem since the seek-and-find gameplay isn't overly difficult, however items do have an occasional tendency of lurking near the edges of the screen where they're impossible to identify. For example, I had to use a hint to reveal the location of a rabbit that I had been searching high and low for, only to find that it was shoved up into the ceiling with only the bottom part showing - not showing were the tail, ears, or anything else to identify the shape as that of a rabbit.
You'll earn cash based on how quickly you clear the scene, and every few rounds you'll also get a prize. These start small (think typical game show staples like kitchen appliances), but turn into bigger ticket items the further along you advance.
There's ample opportunity to rack up more cash during the frequent bonus rounds that are played between hidden object scenes. You'll start out by playing two bonus rounds per level, and the number of rounds increases in later levels...
Review from: Casual Explosion
The Hidden Object Show, from Gogii Games, is a game show themed hidden object game. If you've played all the other hidden object games released in the past year (I think maybe a billion have come out since last May, but I haven't made an exact count) then you'll probably excel at this game and win lots and lots of virtual cash and prizes. As usual, gameplay involves searching through rooms cluttered with all manner of junk for specific items. Find an object, click on it, and you'll scratch it off your list. Find them all and you move on to the next scene, which is just as cluttered. Or more!
The show is hosted by a black and white vampire, a cross between Gomez Addams and Corny Collins. But don't worry, the actual scenes you hunt through are not black and white or vampires.
The Hidden Object Show gives you, as a contestant, a chance to win 5 million dollars. That's enough money to buy 1.4 millon boxes of instant breakfast oatmeal. Each round, the vampire shows you the silhouette of a prize you'll win if you can complete the round. (It's often cash.) You start out with a normal hidden object scene. Find all the objects and you'll move on to one of two special bonus games. Complete each of these bonus games and the prize is yours! From toasters to cars to big haystack-sized piles of cash, the prizes keep coming and keep getting bigger.
There are ten bonus games in total. Which two you end up playing in each round depends on which get selected when you "spin" the bonus game wheel. (Every game show has to have a wheel to spin so I commend Gogii Games on their research.) If you get sick of playing the same bonus games again and again, you can select certain games to skip by using skip chips. These chips are extremely hard to get. You can either find them in the hidden object game scenes, stop the fluxuating bonus game wheel spin power strength indicator in exactly the right spot, or find an Aladdin's lamp and wish for more. The bonus games allow you to revisit scenes and repeat them with a different dynamic. For example, in "Find 10" you'll have to find ten objects of the same kind, or in "Spot the Differences" you spot ten differences between two versions of the same room...
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The show is hosted by a black and white vampire, a cross between Gomez Addams and Corny Collins. But don't worry, the actual scenes you hunt through are not black and white or vampires.
The Hidden Object Show gives you, as a contestant, a chance to win 5 million dollars. That's enough money to buy 1.4 millon boxes of instant breakfast oatmeal. Each round, the vampire shows you the silhouette of a prize you'll win if you can complete the round. (It's often cash.) You start out with a normal hidden object scene. Find all the objects and you'll move on to one of two special bonus games. Complete each of these bonus games and the prize is yours! From toasters to cars to big haystack-sized piles of cash, the prizes keep coming and keep getting bigger.
There are ten bonus games in total. Which two you end up playing in each round depends on which get selected when you "spin" the bonus game wheel. (Every game show has to have a wheel to spin so I commend Gogii Games on their research.) If you get sick of playing the same bonus games again and again, you can select certain games to skip by using skip chips. These chips are extremely hard to get. You can either find them in the hidden object game scenes, stop the fluxuating bonus game wheel spin power strength indicator in exactly the right spot, or find an Aladdin's lamp and wish for more. The bonus games allow you to revisit scenes and repeat them with a different dynamic. For example, in "Find 10" you'll have to find ten objects of the same kind, or in "Spot the Differences" you spot ten differences between two versions of the same room...
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