Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light Collector's Edition

I had played this quite awhile ago and placed it in my "good games" list. Then recently, I was looking through said list, came across this game, and couldn't remember much about it. So I replayed it. And, YES, it's a good game! One of the better Hidden Object games, in my opinion. The story is creepy and interesting. There are small cut-scenes throughout the game that add flavor to the plot. The HO scenes are wonderful - items are clear to see and when you have to perform more than one action, you will get prompts when you come across something you can interact with. (I don't like HO games that force you to go through a clickfest to complete a scene). To top it off, this is a collector's edition so you get a bonus chapter after finishing the game. The game begins with you and your boyfriend going for a cruise and, of course, all Hell breaks loose. You both get washed up on an island and your boyfriend gets dragged off - you don't see by who as you're still trying to clear your head. Well, the bonus chapter lets you play as the boyfriend after he gets dragged off. It's really nice to be able to play both sides. This particular HO doesn't have a map telling you where you need to go. Even so, I never got stuck for long. If you're a fan of the hidden object genre, I definitely recommend Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light.

Jane and Mike are separated after their yacht shipwrecked in a storm. However, a mysterious person dragged Mike away, letting Jane alone the island to solve the mystery. However, it seems that this separation was intended so that the young woman can break a curse... While the plot isn't really bad, I must say that I was quite getting bored in the end of the game. I mean that I was probably expecting more revelations or more mysterious happenings. However, as it's a collector's edition, you get a bonus chapter, a very much interesting one, as the main game was cut abrupty. There, you can play Mike while he's hanging on a cord and discover how he escaped and how he managed to help Jane in the end. However, it does not stop there: the bonus chapter is the epilogue of the game, on what happened after the reunion. And I was kinda asking myself if it was going towars a certain direction and it did but I was wrong on one point. Anyway, the gameplay is pretty standard: minigames to solve, hidden objects scenes to clear and items to find in each location. However, I regret the lack of map so that I could fast travel. And while some minigames were refreshing, as not common in the genre, others were kinda boring and hard. As for the objects scenes, some of them were well hidden, or near the HUD, too much for my taste (though it happened only in the bonus chapter). I wished that there were more to do in some locations, like in the old cemetery for example. The story happening during a storm on a island, I loved the creepy ambiance and the animations. I also loved the mysteries around all the ships that wrecked on the island and how everything is related to the mysterious signs shown in the sky. However, I perhaps wished a little more locations related to the Ancients, so that I didn't feel that it was rushed in the end. The soundtrack is also quite adapted for the game too. In the end, while Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light isn't the best game in casual adventures, it's not a total failure thanks to refreshing minigames and the interesting plots. However, be also warned that the game may crash: it did twice: the first time when I arrived near the boat in front of the lighthouse and a second time when browsing through the extras (screensavers). You can find better games but for the price, it's still a good purchase.

Good Game for the price. It reminded me of late 90's early 2000's games. Lots of puzzle related content, many seek-and-find puzzle that brings you back to "Highlights" magazines where you have to find the hidden this-or-that in the picture. Interesting story as well, not really scary for adults or even kids nowadays. Has a pirate/sea captain theme, with an increase on word knowedge. The learning curve for younger players on this would be the word challenge, for example in the seek-and-find puzzle they ask for you to find a 'plane'. A young person would assume an airplane, but in fact it's a plane to level a surface of wood. Great short game for adults, and a decent learning for kids concerning critical thinking and problem solving.

I recommend this game for those people who like fairly easy HOGs. I had a good time playing, but even on Expert mode it was not a difficult game. I got it cheap with my Steam Money from selling the cards which made it even better. I wouldn't pay full price, but if you can get a discount definately buy it. The hidden objects scenes are very good, with lots of objects crammed into the scene instead of a simple scene that is too easy. This makes is difficult to find the objects, instead of quick and easy, but that wasn't a bad thing. I had to use the hint a couple of times to find the object since it was so well hidden. The puzzles were not too hard, but different from other puzzles on the HOGs I have played. You have to use your brain, but some of them are just trial and error. The story line was semi-interesting, but the characters had no depth or background information. The game gave almost no information as to why the evil was on the island and why the possessed man was there. The grapics were good and it seems like a well made game. There were a few times that you had to walk back and forth to find the hidden obejct scenes, but the objects found were not always easy to figure out how to use. That made the game more interesting because the objects intended use was not immediately figured out. That really made the game better to play.

The game has a good story but very low resolution! Other than that, it's a great game for those who have mid-2000s or earlier computers with a smaller monitor. The problem with these older games is that some only display at 1024 by 768 resolution, which is way too small for my big 4K computer gaming rig. My monitor alone is a 43-inch class monitor (4K). It makes it very difficult to play an old game like this. The game displays a little window basically in the corner of the screen, which makes it very difficult to even see the little puzzles in hidden objects Other than that, it's a great game. It would be nice if Steam made it clearer when purchasing older games like this how they will display on our computers based on our computer hardware profiles, because otherwise we waste a lot of time and money on games we won't be able to enjoy. 

Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light represents the best and worst of Hidden Object Game (HOG) technology circa 2010. Your experience will depend on your taste in HOGs. For me, the good point was it was very hidden object heavy. There were lots of hidden object screens and you needed to solve them more than once - a classic HOG experience of that era. Then there are the classic problems of that era - low resolution objects with poor translations and lots of backtracking to find where the hidden object puzzles are reactivating. There is also the classic problem of not having an in-game map, which means clicking back and forth through a dozen screens to find the object then get back to where you need to use it. The story is stuck between the juvenile and mature in such a way to align with neither group. There are hallucinations of people dying that would be disturbing to younger players. Then, at the end of the bonus chapter, there is a giant floating purple head with a goofy voice that made me laugh out loud at how cartoonishly silly it was. The art style can be ... incongruous. The characters appear to have been animated by different artists at different times. At one point, I was briefly confused when an angry old woman with a young boy's haircut leapt into the scene unexpectedly. Turns out it was supposed to be the main character's boyfriend. I don't think I was supposed to be laughing at that moment, at least not so loudly. The game has no achievements to hunt, and if you don't like the ending of the bonus chapter, you have to replay the entire game to get a second guess at whether to choose right or left. Taken as a whole, I cannot recommend Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light when there are so many better made modern and classic HOGs on the market deserving of $5.

This game took me a little over 3 and a half hours played casually, and I really enjoyed it. Excellent artwork and gameplay. There was a good range of puzzles with varying difficulties, although nothing overly hard. The story was interesting and the use of objects wasn't too linear so you often had a range of objects in your inventory to think through. Little disappointed with the final puzzle though (the one to do with the symbols). It had the opportunity to be something that you actually had to put a bit of thought into, and then it turned out to be an overly simple solution that breaks the immersion a little as the answer isn't something that the puzzle setter could have possibly known.

This game is HOG heavy (too many for me). I enjoyed the story and the puzzles, except for one that kept glitching and one that would not let me place a piece to begin solving it. Because of the latter issue, I could not finish the game. That's okay since it got rather tedious with the over use of hidden object scenes. The story was interesting enough to keep my attention until the jewel puzzle problem. Oh well.

pros - good looking graphics and nice sea animations - good voice acting - dark atmosphere - puzzles are mostly enjoyable. they are not so easy or difficult - creepy cursed island setting and ghost story intriguing - hidden object elements are fun. - well made cut scenes - there is auto save - game is long - there is extra chapter cons - there are some frustrating slider and trial/error puzzles. fortunately you can skip if you don't want to solve them. - there are no steam achievements - game doesn't drop cards. - there is no travelling map - hint system not working the way ıt's supposed to be this is an better and longer hog game than many hog games in Steam. i quite enjoyed and recommended!

A gem of a game! It feels like a Romantic tale the sea filled with haunting stories! I definitely recommend this game for anyone who is interested in a good sea adventure story along with awesome inspiring graphics and supernatural encounters. PROS: - Very good story with quality cutscenes. - Full immersion right from the beginning of the game. - Female and male protagonists in the main game, and bonus chapter respectively. - Retractable inventory bar. It can be fixed or free to the heart of the player. - Awesome backgrounds! (In bonus content you can set them as your desktop image or screensaver!) - The music might be repetitive at some point. However, it adds intensity to the game. - Hidden objects game fits wonderfully with the game. - Hint button looks like a lighthouse. So cute! - Strategy guide is useful when you get stuck or forgot where certain objects can be used. CONS: - No fast travelling map. (Although, I would stare that those background scenes for hours! Well made!) - The game crashed three times for me. It might be the speed with which I used the cursor or my processor is low. However, you can repair the dysfunctionality easily and finish the game. - No Steam Achievements, no trading cards. Thus, I can easily say that this game has become my personal favorite. I can even use it to teach my students about English Romanticism. It would fit perfectly with Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"! The lighthouse keeper and the skeleton captain do have this resemblance to Coleridge's Mariner when he "shot the Albatross!"

Good story. You play a young girl washed up on a Island after a unexpected storm. Her boy friend is taken by someone, but you are to weak to do anything. When you come to, you find out that the Island is not what it seems. Their is a big secret and you end up solving it to save your boyfriend. Nice mix between hidden objects and puzzle. Very fun. I recommend it.

Got it on special. Thoroughly enjoyed the story, style and presentation.

I just can't. The graphics are okay, the story is typically dull but okay, the puzzles are simple, and the HOS are not bad. But the fact that there is no travelling map means a thumbs down from me for this game. I tried to finish it, but I am sick and tired and going back and forth to each scene looking for some new action. I bought this game on sale (a couple of bucks?), but it's not worth my time to finish it. I don't care about Mike, and I really don't care about Jane, who has the most irritating voice and thank god she didn't speak beyond the first sequence. The cut scenes are nice and short, I'll give it that.

I've played a lot of HOPA (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure) games and this one ranks even below the sub-par category. There are many better games of this type here on Steam for same price or cheaper/sale. Save your money for them. Brief review below. Cons: Graphics: Mid-2012 game and the artwork looks very dated and no detail Gameplay: No map! Too few scene areas to search--you just keep returning to same ones- over and over--which makes for tedious and boring back-tracking and travel HOG scenes: Only a few and repeated scenes that you must return to for game progression Hog's are also not fun to solve, using what I've coined as "gray-faded washed out effect" forcing you to pixel-hunt for every object, and that gets really old--really fast! Soundtrack: Awful--I've heard better music in an elevator Story: I've read cereal boxes with more plot depth and interest Pros: Excellent uninstall feature

A nice HOG. The game looks good despite the low resolution and the background music fit the game quite nicely. The HO scenes were for the most part rather easy but a couple of the items were hard to find or had a weird description. Some of the puzzles were a bit over my patience level - good thing there's a strategy guide included! What I didn't like: The voice acting, jeez. The lack of a map combined with some serious backtracking action :(

Another hidden object game with some puzzles. This version includes a walkthrough in case you get stuck. Aside from not good voice acting, it's not a bad game. Not anything spectacular either, but if you want something to kill some time, this is a good option. Spoiler alert. For Mike's final puzzle the M shape is for the "bad ending" the Y shape is for the "good ending."

If at first you don’t succeed: Try, try, and try again. I did. I tried to play Sea Legends three times. And I still don’t like it. I would have loved to like it, because there is so much to like. The story is somewhat ok – the standard hocus-pocus for HOGs: Shipwreck, abduction, rescue and whole lot of occult. Actually just standard for HOG and therefore ok. But it is an old game, and that is the problem. There are a big lot of really good and challenging hidden object scenes (remember: the graphics are old – but you can find the items). All in all, it could be an ok game, but I really, really, REALLY do miss a better hint button, than “There is nothing to do here”. What? Say what? “There is nothing to do here?” Well. Thanks for nothing! There is no map, and on your way through the game you forget the story and the places to do something. Because: “There is nothing to do here” Not that there are so many places to go … I have tried to complete the game three times now, but never succeeded because I got bored and frustrated. Sorry: It does have great deal of good HOS but the rest is not worth it.

Very good HO game. The HO scenes are pretty simple but nice. Not too many back and forths or stupid actions, the whole game is consistent. The scenario is ok and the background is very nice. 8/10 on the overall.

Whilst the story isn't all that original, this is a fun way to spend a few hours. The ending was pretty cliche, but the game itself was fun, didn't find any bugs and it all made sense. The bad; Sometimes in the HOG you would click on the item and it wouldn't acknowledge it. This is maddening! Also it needs a map as clicking through the same screens back and forth is a great way to sap the fun out of it.

Spooky old man ghost on a lighthouse where things happen kinda fun.

This I like. Decent HOG scenes mixed with some of the standard puzzles. A nice supernatural sea themed game. Comes with a bonus story that helps flesh out a bit of the story. Worth throwing a few bucks down on. Especially if you can grab it on sale or in a bundle. My only gripe is occasionally the item your looking for is partially blocked by something else. Oh and the some of the bonus HOG scenes were a bit picky about where you clicked.

A nice story and not just a straight forward HOG. Puzzles are good and nice graphics. Not the best HOG out there, but still very enjoyable!

"Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light Collector's Edition" is an acceptable Hidden Object Game (HOG). The puzzles and HOGs, themselves, are decent and the story is no worse than most in the genre. The voice-acting is few and far between, and is tolerable. I've got some complaints about the game, but they're fairly trivial: clicking on a few of the objects is a bit specific (I ended up getting stuck becauseI didn't click in the right place once), and the objects in the HOGs do not maintain a set scale (i.e., a small object might be huge and a big one next to it might be tiny). That makes finding some objects a bit difficult. But, it's a reasonable 4.5 hours of game-play (3.6 hours in the main game and 0.9 hours in the bonus chapter). So, I'm recommending it.

A pretty decent hidden object game with some unique puzzles. Worth a special mention is the fact that it includes a complete walkthrough guide in case you get stuck with one of the puzzles and an unlockable bonus mode that lets you play part of the adventure from the perspective of the protagonist's friend.

Ok game, but I lost my savegame in "extra mode" after beating the game. I was there, but not after I restarted the game :=C 4/10

Artwork: 6/10 Graphics: 6/10 (no widescreen support) Map: no Hint system doesn't nudge you to right direction HOS: too many Puzzles: too few

Mainly an abundance of congested hidden object puzzles with little story. Music is fine but the graphics are soft and grainy. I got bored with it. The back and forth navigation without a shortcut map grew tedious in between puzzles.

It is okayish if you are desperate. A few items are almost off the screen in hog scenes, and you cannot take items that need assembly along and finish them out of the inventory, so there is extra backtracking. And it feels like they just dumped stuff in the bonus chapter. It was pretty annoying at the end. The story is mostly a mix of several common themes, which isn't bad, in fact the story is the best about this game, but it just doesn't have a good flow. It isn't always logical where to go next and why.

I agreed with everything in the review by Zsozark. The lack of a map is awful, way too much back tracking. There are plenty of better HOG games on Steam.

At first, I didn't enjoy this game because it dragged on and didn't keep me on the edge of my seat. The story is just meh to me, but the art is nice. The only reason I'm giving it a thumbs up is because of the music, art, and the fact that it's a collector's edition, so there are tons of bonus content, including an extra sequence of gameplay from another character's perspective. (So cool!)

Really hated this game for some reason. I can't even be bothered to finish it and will be uninstalling.

A fun old school HOG with a unique story, made for a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Tags: Adventure - WC - Hidden Object Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Just another generic casualized point&click game.

A enjoyable HoG, but like all these titles it feels like you have already pleayed it (similiar setting and story).

If you like hidden object games, buy this one on sale.

super puzzel pc game! I love all water games!

If it's on sale then it is worth getting.

A decent HOG (Hidden Object Game).

Good point&click and hidden-object game.

fun and a great time killer

good