Big Fish Games - New Game Releases

Big Fish Games - Time Management

31 January, 2009

Shop-n-Spree







Hidden objects combine with time management with Shop-n-Spree. Step in to save the family department store business. A superstore moved into town and set up shop next door to your family's department store.  Plenty of departments and quirky customers will keep you shopping through the store in Shop-n-Spree.



Shop-n-Spree is a hidden object game with multiple time mode options. With a variety of mini games between levels, this game has something to offer every shopper... err, I mean player. Choose between a relaxed no time limit mode, a normal timed mode, or a hard timed mode to challenge the best players. Choose to skip the mini games if you would like to, but play them to win extra hints. You can also locate magnifying glasses during play for extra hints.

   
Shop-n-Spree brought everyone over to the computer to look. The fun friendly colors and scenes meant that I had helpful children peering over my shoulders trying to point things out. Shop-n-Spree had a fun variety of options with sales tags, and customers with special orders, that made it fun for all of us to be entertained by. We had to drag ourselves away from this hidden object game!

26 January, 2009

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gung Hei Fat Choi!  Welcome to the Year of the Ox !

24 January, 2009

Lost in Reefs








Reveal the secrets of a lost civilization in Lost in Reefs. With an array of tools to be unlocked, create and explore an ancient undersea ciliaztion. With multiple games modes, every explorer will find a mode to use to achieve the goals. With 400 levels to conquer, patience and perserverence will yield the apropriate tools to achieve dominion over this underwater kingdom that is Lost in Reefs.



Lost in Reefs is a multiple mode match three game. Choose to click on three or more like tiles together, swap tiles to create three like tiles together, or use the mouse to drag and create a line of three or longer of like tiles. Unlock rewards and bonuses during play such as clear a line, clear random tiles, or use a bomb to clear a specific area. By gathering particular resources from the match three board, you can buy items to add into your kingdom.

   
Lost in Reefs drew everyone over to the computer because it is so close in appearance to Fishdom. I have to say that we did not enjoy Lost in Reefs anywhere as much. The concept is so simple that I am sure that any age can play this family friendly match three game.

11 January, 2009

Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion








Break into the New York fashion world in Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion. As Carrie Chase, a New York City police detective, investigate stunning, realistic scenes for clues to who is responsible for the murders of top fashion designers. Track down the criminal mastermind with a flair for fashion in  Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion.



Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion sets you into the investigative action of a murder of a top fashion designer in New York. Use four different interactive tools to thoroughly comb through the scenes for hidden objects. You have a quickly recharging hint available for use in both the 25 hidden object levels, and the multiple puzzles.

   
Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion was an intriguing hidden object game that the boys enjoyed playing with me. They were as interested in the witty dialogue and story line, as finding the hidden objects. The scenes were well done with objects hidden in plain sight, rather than weirdly construed places. I was afraid that this hidden object game would once again go to far into the fashion world for us, but Masters of Mystery - Crime of Fashion kept us in character as the police detective throughout our investigation. With murder scenes that are realistic yet not gory, this hidden object game has been given a thumb's up by the whole house. 

10 January, 2009

Chocolate Shop Frenzy








Do thoughts of chocolate fill your dreams? Then dive into the chocolate business in Chocolate Shop Frenzy. Join Emma as she gores through her first year with her new chocolate shop business. Can you help her grow her chocolate shop, serve her customers, and survive the opening of the mega chocolate store determined to put her out of business? Find out if you have what it takes to get Emma through her first twelve months in her new chocolate shop in Chocolate Shop Frenzy.



Chocolate Shop Frenzy is a simple time management game with a sweet theme. As Emma, it is your job to fulfill your customers' orders in a timely manner. Your business grows slowly, improving your machines and adding new machines to meet your customers needs. Earn trophies for serving various types of customers, taking phone orders, and more.

   
Chocolate Shop Frenzy is a cute time management game that attracted the kids to the computer. The boys loved the match three levels to create new shapes of specialty chocolates. The game itself is simple, but it is a really cute theme.  Chocolate Shop Frenzy seems to be simple enough for my boys to play without any help, but the levels progress in difficulty to keep the attention of my teenage daughter and myself.

09 January, 2009

Fabulous Finds








Find yourself in sunny Carmel, CA in Fabulous Finds. Search through the various treasures in your recently inherited house to fill garage sales to fund the makeover of each room of the house. Rummage to discover items for the varied themed neighborhood garage sales, match customers to the requested treasures, and turn a tidy profit with Fabulous Finds.



Fabulous Finds is a unique hidden object game. Find objects from various rooms of the house based on a theme instead of a list. Once you have found all of your objects, it is off to the yard to match your items to the customers looking for them. Take your yard sale profit back into the house, and work to make over one room at a time to match the requested goal. For each room goal achieved receive an extra hint for the next level. Each level gives you five hints to help in finding objects and matching customers.

   
Fabulous Finds is a delightfully different hidden object game. The game has a clean, elegant look, and a fun variation of activities. Fabulous Finds was enjoyed by the whole family. Although there are time limits, they give ample time to do each level with younger family members. My sons had fun finding themed objects with me, and loved trying to match customers with their chosen items. My teenage daughter had a great time playing it on her own. She loved choosing the items to makeover the rooms as much as I did!