Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 29, 2014

  This is a big step up from the Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, being much more involved in the puzzle-solving aspect. Like most Casual Hidden Object Games, you have to limit yourself when it comes to using hints and skipping puzzles to get a fuller, longer, and more challenging experience. Only recommended to those who like hidden object games and if you buy it in a bundle with the other three Midnight Mysteries. I don't know much about Nathaniel Hawthorne, so I can't comment too much on the story, but I imagine it's just as "revisionist" as the Poe and Mark Twain games. Final caveat: As of writing this review, the Steam Achievements are broken. They update to the in-game Trophy Room, but not to Steam. Rating: 3/5
• gamedeal user

  Feb 5, 2023

  dealing with thots in the 16-18th century
• cihangules

  Feb 7, 2023

  beautiful story. the end was amazing.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 11, 2014

  Not nearly as good as the Edgar Allen Poe mystery. The puzzles didn't feel as connected, and the hidden objects were completely uninvolved with the story. In the EAP one, they felt meaningful to the story, and you would use objects found, to find other objects. it was cool. This one has you find a bunch of objects, and then seemingly unrelated, find one more object that was there the whole time -- you just couldn't click on it. The game was more complex, and the puzzles were obtuse -- I even was forced to use a walkthrough for a couple parts, as the hint system is insane. You have like thirty objects in your inventory, and the hint system demands you get a hint on one object.... I come down on it, because I really liked the first one, and hoped they would continue with that style. Maybe the next one will be better.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 24, 2014

  Good point and click hidden object. The Follow the ghost style plot the carry through the entire series. Decent.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 13, 2015

  The developers are too lazy to fix their game and would rather piss off customers by deleting features from the game than do any work to actually fix the problem. Avoid Mumbo Jumbo and play one of the many other HOGs out there.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 14, 2015

  EDIT: As of Feburary 18, 2015, GamerByDay has managed to restore the achievements the game had to begin with, but I still cannot recommend that you buy this game or support Mumbo Jumbo until the issue is fully fixed. Frankly, the fact that it took almost a whole year - from March 2014 when people began reporting issues about the broken achievements to February 2015 - for this issue to be fixed is rather baffling, to say the least. Not helping Mumbo Jumbo's case is their lack of action to fix the problem when it first came up, and things only went downhill after they deleted the achievements and (initially) refused to restore them. It should also be noted that two other Midnight Mystery games (Devil on the Mississippi, Haunted Houdini) had the same update process as Salem at the same time, so why Salem was broken and why Mumbo Jumbo didn't bother to fix it before things got out of hand is, again, baffling. I'd keep a wary eye on Mumbo Jumbo and their games and check the forums to see what's going on before you give them any money. You are free to read the original review below. ORIGINAL REVIEW FROM FEB. 14, 2015: I cannot, under any circumstances, recommend this game. Additionally, I cannot recommend purchasing any games from Mumbo Jumbo. I'd advise to stay FAR away from Mumbo Jumbo after they removed the achievements from this game, a feature that was the incentive for me to purchase via Steam rather than, say, Amazon or some other digital storefront. MumboJumbo is too lazy to fix this game, in particular, and rather than put in the effort to listen to customer feedback and implement fixes for what they broke to begin with, they would rather REMOVE features and further break their games. I have noticed whenever they updated their games on Steam, there are no notes or documentations on what was done to warrant the update. I would only follow Mumbo Jumbo just to make sure if they bring any more games to Steam I can be sure to avoid Mumbo Jumbo's games like the plague.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 10, 2017

  Sound: 6 Graphics: 6 Story: 8 Gameplay: 8 Commands: 9 Fun: 8 Time to load / lag: 9 Bugs / Problems: 9 Final (my score, my rules - these is not math, punk) - 8
• gamedeal user

  Apr 12, 2020

  Not bad HoG game, but ENSURE you select the 'Achievements' BETA before playing to get steam achievements . You will also need to rename the exe of the game in its folder to MidnightMysteriesSalemWitchTrials.exe instead of what it downloads as.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 24, 2013

  This mystery games suffers from some lack of direction. Most of these are great in the Midnight Mystery series but this one has parts that lead to nothing. Scripted events that take place at certain locations means sometimes wandering all over to find that next event to randomly occur so you can proceed. It is not a mystery that can be solved when these are random events instead of puzzles its just wandering around aimlessly. Rating: 2/10 Value: $0.99