Lost Lands: The Golden Curse Collector's Edition

I was 'kindly' asked to rate the game, so... If you shove a huge 'buy our other games' screen at the start of the game and a 'rate this game now' screen after every chapter, I feel like I can wholeheartedly not recommend this game. The game itself is quite complicated to play as you hardly ever know where to use which item and backtracking to the start of the game happens all the time. The presentation is fine, but the puzzles and mini games are all rather bland. Please remove this advertisment nonsense from your game. Thank you.

While I'm playing, the game keeps asking me to rate it. I paid money for this and it acts like a free mobile game. So fine, here's your rating.

Great program & fun to play. However I would perfer alternate markings on the "color" puzzles to accomodate those who are color challeged

[h1]Short version: 76%[/h1] Lost Lands 3 offers a great story and incredible amount of game time for a casual adventure game with mild hidden object mechanics, but at the price of almost unbearable amounts of backtracking. [h1]Long version:[/h1] The Lost Lands are in trouble again, so our haphazard heroine returns to this magical place to save it from the titular Golden Curse. Said curse shows alarming similarity to the previous predicament with four magical beasts rampaging through the lands, but thankfully most anything else diverges a bit more from the beaten path. The new locations are more interesting and less abandoned, and the story progresses in a smoother fashion, creating a constant sense of adventure. Gameplay is what we can expect from FIVE-BN games, meaning the hidden object scenes are single-screen point ‘n’ click sequences that accompany a plethora of interesting conventional puzzles. Although we get 35 screens with many interactive spots on each, progression is smooth and fast, so the game relies on an indescribable amount of backtracking (even with a quick-travel map!) to control its pace and add some length. One can argue that it does its job, but maybe too well—especially in the almost bland bonus chapter.

Just not a fun game. The story is all over and doesn't make logical sense. The map is made to have you backtrack every location at least 5 times. This is not your normal hidden object where things have a purpose. This one is just dumb. The further I progress the more I don't want to play anymore.

Our intrepid Susan is back. Twenty years have passed in the Lost Lands since the Dark Horsemen roamed the Lands causing strife and destruction, this time she has been brought to help lift a petrifying curse that reaches into her own world. Third in Lost Lands Hidden Object series (The free to play games do not count) and by far the most complex. Storyline: Before Maaron was born, the Druids in order to end Gorasar Conn's, the conqueror dwarf's reign agreed to pay a tribute to him and his four generals; a golden tribute, gold the Druids cursed to petrify him and his generals. The dwarf conqueror and his generals, a harpy, a fiery golem, a minotaur and a snake woman, indeed became petrified. The chest of cursed Druid gold was taken by Lephron Conn (leprechaun pun- lol) last of the Dwarf Priests after the defeat of the conqueror dwarf, Gorasar Conn, his brother, and he hide it where no one in the Lost Lands could find it (in the human realm). For centuries the dwarf conqueror and his generals remained petrified until an archeologist in the human realm stumbled across the crypt of Lephron Conn and the cursed gold. Curious, the archealogist removed a golden key and became petrified releasing the petrification spell on one of the generals, the Harpy. Susan is brought back to the Lost Lands to undo the curse that has now affected her world and to defeat the four generals once again. Gameplay: Hidden Object interactive silhouette picture scenes, a massive find and use inventory, point and click, a huge variety of puzzles and mini-games, and the absolutely necessary fast travel map. (Fast travel in this game is definitely encouraged and the player can "bounce" through all five mapped areas doing things to accomplish a single task.) Five-BN went to back to the roots of gaming by creating a huge open world minus the bottlenecks, making game progression based solely on tasks performed. The order of the tasks is actually quite logical and linear in their progression and would be how someone confronted with the same events most likely would prioritize the tasks needed to be done. Here is where the player is either going to hate this game or love it. As I mentioned before, this is a huge open world, and yes the player can easily collect inventory items in the first several scenes of the game that have no use until several chapters later or even the end of the game. Now add to this the ability to know where things are but not necessarily interact with them until also late in the game. For example, finding a box in the hollow of a tree early in the game but not being able to open it until the end of the game. Or having a mechanical eyeball in your inventory found almost at the start and not needing it until the end of the game. Or even seeing that item out on the lava bed but not being able to reach it until much later (when snowshoes are found). Play on casual mode (for active locations), or use the strategy guide on hard mode, because unless one take notes or has a superb memory the player will most likely forget where something is. There simply is that much. Then, of course, we have the fast travel map which can quite helpfully send the player "bouncing" through all 5 map areas and any location within that area to complete a task. For example: Discovering rose petals are needed when standing in the Castle of Madness, Minotaur's lair. Now where to get rose petals? Oh yes, I planted a rose bush earlier in the game. Where is that rosh bush again? Hmmm..., oh yes the Cemetary, located on the Dark Lands map. Go there get them, come back, all very simple with fast travel assuming the player remembers where the rose petals are in the first place. This is quite common throughout the game. Love it or hate it the whole game plays like that. Puzzles: Highlights of the game - a "chutes and ladder" board game played with dice, and an actual dot-to-dot puzzle. Such fun and quite the novelty for anyone who remembers either or both. For music "lovers": the music puzzles actual give the player the order of the notes BEFORE solving. (Yeah!!) The trick is finding the solution in the first place. There are rotating sliders which seem twitchy but are not. The rings lock in place when they are in the correct place with a little musical twinkle. Even with that they are still a challenge to do since they rotate backwards, as well. Mazes, matching, logic, tangram, among other types of puzzles. Huge variety. Hidden finds: Morphing objects, collectibles, manuscript papers and the contents of Susan's purse which can not be missed since the player finds and uses them as inventory items. If the player manages to find all the collectibles this unlocks the Bonus Game which unlocks after the bonus chapter is completed. All Extras become are available after the bonus chapter is completed. Extras include the Bonus Game which is "Flow Free" since I do not know what else to call it. (The game where the player connects all the different colored dots without overlapping.) There is a 20 question trivia quiz which restarts if you answer incorrectly, plus picture puzzles. All the mini-games can also be replayed in this section. If the player missed the achievement during gameplay the achievement can be earned in the Extra section. (Love this feature.) Extras also include wallpapers, concept art, music, and cutscene videos. All achievements can be earned during a single playthrough. There is one achievement that can only be earned during the bonus chapter. Unfortunately, there are no trading cards which is a shame since the artwork and graphics are so detailed, colorful and beautiful. Highly recommend this game, the whole series in fact.

It's not the worst HOG but the story doesn't grab me and the game is unbalanced. Right now my character has 14 items in the inventory and there are roughly 25 places to try the items out spread across too many locations, to make matters worse many of the items could be used in theory at those 25 places but they aren't the specific item the games want you to cut or poke with.

The game starts with an advertisement screen for the company's other games. Later, it pops up a nag screen to rate it. I paid for this game. It's not freeware. So, here's the rating it demands: Not Recommended. Fish poops. EDIT: After a total of 15.9 hours (9.8 hours to complete the base game on Hard without maps, 1.8 hours, similarly, for the Bonus Chapter, and 4.3 hours to get the remaining Achievements (on Easy with maps)), I've now finished the game. So, here's some information on the game, itself. It basically plays almost exactly like the previous game (Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen (TFH)): - A lot of good work went into the story, graphics, and puzzles. - The voice acting is fairly terrible (about par for the genre). - The puzzles aren't Hidden Object Games (HOGs), they're Chain of Object Games (COOGs). - The collectables (particularly the morphing objects and the statuettes) are so ridiculously camouflaged that they're essentially impossible to get. - The key/lock pairs are so far apart physically and temporally that it's impossible to remember what belongs to what (or even that it exists). This gets much better when playing with the map, since then you merely have to look at it, see what's active, jump there, and use any new objects. Also, getting left over mini-game Achievements is helped since we can do them in the Extras area once the game is done. But, HOGs and collectibles have to be done in game (which means starting over if we didn't get them the first time through). I'm not changing my rating from my initial Not Recommended, though. I rated TFH as a just barely borderline Recommended. But, the starting advertisement and the rating nag screen here just pushed the game over into Not Recommended territory. However, if you liked TFH and don't mind the ads/nags, feel free to give this a try. You might like it.

Poorly executed puzzle game with cringe worthy voice acting. Susan sounds like a corporate (think bad video training modules), computer created voice with no rhyme or reason to how she talks. The Elder Druid guy is ok though. Also, "Leproch Conn"? Really? That just made me roll my eyes. The puzzles themselves make little to no sense, making you randomly ping pong back and forth between different maps, and the only way you know what map to go to is with the strategy guide. Gave it a couple hours as a try since it was on sale, but it's more a "follow uselessly meandering instructions" game, rather than a fun or relaxing puzzle game.

I'm beginning to like these Lost Lands games more and more. A 75/100 effort. [b]The good[/b] Surprisingly long for a HOG - 7+ hours of gameplay Great production values Challenging puzzles and HO scenes Intriguing setting, one of the better ones out there Fast travel map Map tells you of morphing objects and collectables [b]The bad[/b] A few annoying contrivances with needed objects Minimal replay value The music is nothing special

Alright, I like the game. I played it to completion, aside from some voice acting issues, there wasn't a huge issue with much of anything, except one thing. They had pop ups...in the game. A PC game that I paid for. Had pop ups. And it wasn't just the 'rate this game!' popup, either. There were a couple times when I got popup ads...to other games.

Susan has to save again the Lost Lands from demons that were awaken from their stone prison... because humans touched a cursed gold, found in a ancient tomb. However, she'll meet new friends, see familiar faces and visit new places... Lost Lands: The Golden Curse is the third game in the series. After saving her son from a dark overlord and defeating the Black Horsemen, Susan has to save the Lost Lands again from demons that were turned to stone centuries ago. At this point, the story seems common, however, with the new friends she's making and the fact that she'll face new enemies, it's still very well-written. As for the chapter bonus, you'll finally know what happened to Sandra, a fisher, when she was a young girl. Nothing really changed in terms of gameplay, it's still an hidden object games, though the scenes are still a silhouette one, making it hard to achieve it without misclick or under a certain time (achievements, achievements). The majority of the puzzles are easy. Also, some items can be combined or inspected to find another one. Despite not being indicated in the title, this is a collector's edition: it means that you can replay minigames, unlock the music, concept art, bonus games (puzzles), etc.. It's always nice to have some extras or more chances for achievements (concerning minigames). You even have a quizz with twenty questions to see if you did follow the story! I don't know if it's unlocking something but well, it's reminding me the questions at the end of a CSI case to earn more points. The graphics didn't change from the previous game: Susan has changed again her haircut, the Lost Lands are still full of surprises and brightful, you're even visiting a castle that could lead to madness with many problems to solve, you're visiting floating isles: one is under the snow while the majority of them are more showing a spring/summer weather... And the soundtrack didn't change too, which is also a good thing as it was good. Voice acting is also correct. The Golden Curse seemed less longer than the other games, however, the cutscenes aren't short. As you can't skip them if you want an achievement, you have to go through them. However, there is something that Five-BN should avoid. After important scenes, you have suddenly a screen asking you to rate the game (I suppose write a review here). You're under the impression to be into a mobile game. It was very annoying. Seriously, the screen popping once, I can understand. But so many times? Anyway, that's how I knew that I would enter a new chapter of the story. Lost Lands: The Golden Curse is a nice sequel, where you learn more about the Lost Lands. However, it would be nice to let Susan a little in peace and maybe have a local hero. Why not a game set in the time where the druids cursed the gold? Or why not being a young Marroon? Or maybe an adult Fiora? Why only reserve bonus chapters to locals? Anyway, if anything, the game is sold to an interesting price for a collector's edition. Go for it!

Following the Four Horsemen. Harder, more thinking and meticulous thoughts, excessive travelling between zones just to match the puzzles and keys. Keep eyes opened for the 1~2 morph and hidden objects every zone, lookout of even the slightest oddity or new objects upon interacts. Another great story.

It's not too straight forward so you have some searching to do. What I personally appreciate is that you keep some things (like a knife) and use them more often instead of throwing it away after one use and trying to find one again just two minutes later. I had fun playing the game.

Another good HOPA game. Definite recommendation especially when it’s on sale. Pros: * solid 5, 6ish hours of gameplay * bonus chapter * variety of puzzles * lore * interactive map * collectibles * not so easy achievements * interesting story * beautiful artwork * pleasant music Cons: Every now and then, a screen to rate up a game pops up. Gods, if I wanted to rate the game I would have done it after I finish it, not during the game. Please don’t do that ever again, extremely annoying.

While this hidden object game doesn't do anything new and innovative, it is still a very nice and pleasant one. It quite a long one too as it took me 5,5 hours to complete the main + bonus story. Haven't encountered any bugs or issues while playing except when I restarted the game in the middle of the bonus chapter the look of the UI changed? Still worked fine however. Works fine on Linux with Proton (7.0-4).

Preceded by 'Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen' The Golden Curse again returns to the rather unimaginatively named Lost Lands. Considering this is a third outing we might presume they are now found... Nevertheless, the game sees the return of Protagonist Susan, as well as the returning character of Maaron from the previous game. As before Maaron resumes the role of advisor and sage and assists Susan by guiding her on a variety of quests. This time the evil she confronts is that of a corrupt dwarf who greedily sought power and domination but was thwarted by his brother who cursed his gold to petrify his brother and his henchmen. The scenario then is a simplistic one as the henchmen manage to revert to form and its Susan's job to foil them and return them to passivity. The game is quite gorgeous to look at. Each screen is exceptionally beautiful and small animations such as wind blowing the leaves or water moving gives life to the world. The character animations are still somewhat awkward though and the lip sync is most definitely off. The item animations have retained their quality though and give some satisfaction to watching their interactions on the world. The movies and fmv sequences are still somewhat jarring though with a feel that is distinctly different to the game due to differences in texture and lighting but again these are minor issues. The soundtrack is recycled from previous games and no new music is added which is something of a disappointment as it hints of recycled assets and laziness in development, but then it does keep the price of the games down... The gameplay is essentially the same as previous games with a variety of mini games interspersing the hidden object scenes and point n click'ery. The issues are very much the same as previous games... Lack of difficulty increase when progressing, returning to previous locations to unlock more content. And the positives remain the same as well, collectible items to make backtracking less tedious and puzzles that are inherently logical and not just plain outer bizarre (as other classic games in the point n click genre are notorious for). A welcome addition was the item system that allows you to modify items to adapt them to the item you need. The game hand holds you through this by clearly indicating which items can be changed but still it was welcome to see this capacity added since its a feature in most point n click games. The menu system and HuD are nicely arranged in this game with the option to hide the HuD if necessary. (Very useful as sometimes the game registers a click in the lower region of the screen as the same as a return to previous area command). The story has improved but is still relatively immature and doesn't truly explore some of the archetypes it uses. So once again the game fails to have any depth, however rather than just good vs evil the additional theme of hubris and greed in this game gives a more moralistic view of evil that was lacking in previous games so definitely shows more maturity in writing even though it has a long way to progress. The characters have also improved in this game, not in the sense of their characterization (they're still defined by their stereotypes rather than their uniqueness) but have increased in number. From the return of Maaron who gives the game a sense of continuity, to his granddaughter/niece who acts as a maiden in distress who needs to be saved on multiple occasions to the few other characters who act as assistants providing tools and advice on how to proceed with the overall quest. It's well integrated, and makes the progression of the game flow more smoothly. They still suffer from some poor voice-acting though but are generally adequately portrayed despite the cheesiness of some of the dialogue. 'The Golden Curse' is a solid game that shows significant development over its predecessors and is well worth a play through, if you can stomach the lazy narrative and plethora of clichés it will throw at you.

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "Lost Lands: The Golden Curse" Collector's Edition is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. The game was developed and published by Alawar Five-BN. "The Golden Curse" is the third episode of "Lost Lands." Previous episodes: "Dark Overlord" and "The Four Horsemen." Since this is a collector's edition game, it comes with extra features that are not available in its counterpart; the standard edition. [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention that the visuals in the game are well done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu. Game Audio I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well. Gameplay There are three different difficulty modes to choose from: Easy; Normal and Hard. The notebook keeps track of progression in the game. Such as story events and clues. There is an interactive map in the game. It allows the player to fast travel between each location quickly without having the need to constantly backtracking. It also indicates that there are a variety of tasks that can be completed at various locations within the game. The interactive map is automatically given at the start of the game. There is a padlock feature that is available to lock the inventory panel in place to make it stationary. There are some interactive items in the game. Some of the interactive items may require extra components before they can be interacted with. All interactive items are marked with a symbol in one of the corners. The hidden object scenes consist of the following: Shadow items. Some of these hidden object scenes may require little or no interaction. Most of the hidden object scenes can be replayed in the game's extra feature section. The puzzles are fairly easy to solve without having the need to skip any of them. Most of the puzzles can be replayed in the game's extra feature section as well. There are three sets of collectibles in the game, Figurines; Manuscript and Susan's Personal Items; they are scattered throughout the game for the player to find. There are morphing objects (beyond objects) in the game. They are scattered throughout the game for the player to find as well. There are twenty-two different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. Since this is a collector's edition game, there is a bonus chapter, but it can be accessed only after the main story is completed. Miscellaneous There are extra features in the game: Bonus Chapter; Bonus Hidden Object Scenes; Bonus Puzzles; Wallpapers; Concept Art; Soundtrack and Game's Strategy Guide. Most of these extra features can be accessed only after the entire game is completed. Final thoughts: I have found the developer's method of advertising their other games is unappealing. The advertisement pops up in the beginning before the actual game loads. They have already advertised their other games under the 'More Games' section. Other than that I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

A pretty fun game though it does tend to drag on towards the end, especially with all of the back and forth that’s done. It’s both interesting and frustrating that, unlike most of the other hidden object games I’ve played, not all items found in a screen can be solved shortly after finding them. There are items you come across in the first few minutes of the game that you don’t open/solve until near the end. The artwork, as is usual for these types of games, is quite nice, detailed, and colorful. The music accompanies the gameplay pretty well and stays out of the way, though when you do pay attention to it, you find that it’s largely the same limited tracks playing on repeat. Overall, a good, fun game. Recommended.

A nice game for the casual player. Sort of the same as other hidden object games I have played, but with an above average finish to it. It took me 8 hours to complete the main story and I enjoyed all of them. Recommended if you like the genre. - Good story with animated cutscenes. - Not as hard as monkey island and the likes. - Use the map to get around, it saves a lot of time backtracking! - I did not encounter any bugs or have any game crashes.

Heylo guys and gals. We are officially back into another one of the H.O.G.'s adventures. Here we get sucked into another portal and into a different realm... We might meet characters from previous chapters and learn that gold is bad. Don't touch it... Unless you have protective gear. There is also a threat of demons... Or monsters... Whichever way you swing. Just remember to bring your snow shoes... They help you walk on lava... I wonder if it works in rl? (Most likely not). Bonds are made. Adventures are shared... Just so you can leave it all (and the people too) behind, as lava splashes towards you, covering all in its way with its fiery, vicious element. Does anyone feel sad leaving all those people in the middle of DANGER behind?! I kinda did... Did they even survive? Just because you said "we'll live"... DOESN'T FREAKING GUARANTEE IT!!! Bonus game has a dog in it... He will get rescued ONLY in the end... So poor doggie will bark his voice out until you get to him. Sigh. Here you learn the story of a red head... Huntress? Fisherwoman Huntress... Who wears really revealing clothing. Good on her. Game comes with its challenges and will most likely make you play it more than once. Have fun with the adventures of the Lost Lands! Thank ya!!! :) =) :>

I wish there were more to this series! These games were a lot of fun to play. I spent over 6 hours on this one, making it well worth the cost. The story line was great, the characters fun, and I loved the puzzles and hidden object scenes. I generally tend to skip through scenes but I didn't with this series because I enjoyed everything so much. I highly recommend if you like casual hidden object/adventure games!

This could have been a good game. This should have been a good game. It has all the parts necessary to be a good game -- good plot, good artwork, good music, and generally fun gameplay. Unfortunately, like some other FIVE-BN games, the enjoyment took a sharp downward turn about halfway through the main story, and was then completely obliterated by the insane amount of backtracking. For the last half or so of the main story, you're going all over the map after every turn. This turned an enjoyable game into a mind-numbing, annoying, tedious bore. Like their other games, there is an interactive map. However, using the map for instant travel between locations, it was still a tedious bore, and I spent more time opening the map and traveling between locations than I spent on actual gameplay. Also, don't get this if you expect to get 100% achievements. The HO scenes are the type where you're shown silhouettes of items you need, and you find an item, click a hotspot to zoom in, use the item in that hotspot and get another item in return, zoom out, click another hotspot to zoom in, use the item you just got to get another item, etc. There are also some mini-games within some of the HO scenes. One of the achievements is "Find 3 items in 3 seconds in a Hidden Objects Puzzle", which Steam shows only 13.9% of players managed to get. Quite frankly, I don't understand how they managed to do it, unless it was in the bonus chapter (which I have not yet played). Additionally, the instructions for some of the puzzles were vague, leading me to guess what needed to be done and how. There was also one game where the instructions said I had seen the three pairs I needed to see in order to complete the game. The problem was I had only seen one part from each of the pairs (I never saw the clue which was apparently supposed to show the second set of images), so I had to guess at the combinations. Lastly, one of the mini-games is a chutes-and-ladders type of game, with (seemingly) completely randomized rolls of the dice, so it's anyone's guess how long you'll be stuck playing that one. If you can overlook the constant backtracking in the last half of the main story, then I definitely recommend this game. However, that backtracking completely ruined my enjoyment and turned the game into a massive chore, so for that reason, I cannot recommend this game. I would have been much happier with a shorter game without the backtracking.

Lost Lands Series #3. Wonderful series by Five-BN, a fantasy world that draws from many sources to make kind of a smorgasbord of magic. In each game you play as Susan, a brave woman from our mundane world who gets transported to the Lost Lands, and usually ends up saving the world from some great evil. In this third game, Susan is transported back to the Lost Lands to save them from four monsters who've awoken from a stone sleep. Using cursed gold you must trick the monsters and save the day.

Love this series of games. They have a lot of playing hours, stories are good and puzzles/quests are well thought out. Highly recommend.

Not at all linear or fathomable, the only way you can finish this game is with repeated use of the hint button. The game jumps from one random place to another, as does the search for necessary items to progress. Shame, good series so far, but this game is just so random. Will play later games and see what happens.

Fun little romp to beat the flu blues. Puzzles are easy enough and the graphics are colorful. Story is ho hum. Not a bad time waster for the 2 or 3 bucks I paid.

I'm a fan of hidden object games, and this is one of my favorites. Great story line and the options to speed up the hints if necessary was helpful. I also appreciate the map alerting you to special objects to be found.

I love this game! Very engaging. The puzzles are very good. Lots of places to go and solve. Will play all the Lost Lands series

A thoroughly entertaining and lengthy game with only a couple of faults! Near the end of the game it kept crashing, infuriating but only happened for a short while without losing any progress. Be careful when playing some of the puzzles, the solution is low on the screen, close to the exit button, where I accidentally left the screen only to find the game had reset so I had to start over! The interactive hidden object scenes were a joy, a refreshing change from just looking for stuff on a check list. The bonus game was as much fun as the main game too. Highly recommended.

Third in the series, you, the Chosen One are called to the Lost Lands once more. This time to figure out how a harpy broke free of her petrified form. Oh, and you are also told to not touch the gold as it is cursed… maybe the two are related? An exciting plot, fun HO scenes, and challenging minigames await. Get in the bundle.

This game follows the rest and is a delightful game to play. Good length of game play and that is always great. I enjoyed this game just as I have enjoyed the others in the series. Thanx.

Excellent from the Lost Lands collection. Great graphics, straightforward puzzles and amusing story. The only downside is the continual trekking backwards and forwards but the map helps with this.

Not a bad hidden-object game as far as that goes. Slightly better than their average, but a good chunk of the puzzles are ones you'll see in the previous two Lost Lands games. I like the interaction with the items in your inventory, but that's about it for new features over the last one. The scenery is pretty though, so there's that. However, the main thing that makes me not recommend the game is the obnoxious advertising splash image at the beginning of the game *and* the points during the game where a popup asks you to rate them. Your options are "rate me" and "maybe later", so I'm not sure why they expected anything other than negative ratings and reviews.

good mixture of mystery, adventure, mini games and hidden object games (which are a bit over the top in difficult to figure out)

5/10 Drin Score. Nothing that ground breaking but it's still an average HO game. Setting is a fantasy setting but the story is nothing to talk about.

it is a real brain teaser it is puzzling and fun i am starting to get addicted

some parts were easy but most of the puzzles were hard and a couple seemed impossible so I had to cheat.

Pros: This game is very long and jammed full of puzzles, the graphics are good, the hint system is good, and the map system is great (use the map to not get stuck). Cons: You do have to go back and forth between many areas as puzzle parts are scattered all over (map helps a lot though).

This game had a lot more content than I expected. A lot of hidden item puzzles as well. I haven't played many of these so I ran into an issue of not understanding how some items could be used together. There was only one puzzle that seemed tedious. All in all great value and a fun time.

Overall, this is a pretty good game if you're willing to put in the time. I enjoyed the mini-games, though the "little man" one was aggravating since it had to be completely perfect. The rest were a nice variety of easy and somewhat challenging. Two important things that may be deal breaker for some: it's loooooong almost to the point of being tedious, and there is a TON of going back and forth between locations. Happily, it features fast travel through the map, even for the bonus chapter.

Very marginal thumbs up. There is a TON of game here with an interesting story and a lot of promise. There are so many puzzles, some clever, a few original, but most that are quite familiar and tedious. NO hidden object puzzles at all. Many of the steps you need to take and items you need to collect don't make much sense, some none at all even after completing them. Some items are obviously needed but you aren't allowed to collect them until later in the game. Way, way, way too much jumping around between locations, which becomes annoying even with the direct-jump map. Many of the items that are locked away and need a special key to access them are surprisingly mundane, and seem like things that could be found laying around pretty much anywhere. The logic and game flow break down towards the final parts, and by the end the game things feel random. The later parts need a major redesign. By the final scene, I was happy it was just over. Too bad; this game has the potential to be one of the very best ones.

I recommend this game with some reservations. A couple of the mini puzzles in the bonus chapter seem to be broken and, as usual, some of the hidden object solutions are a little abstract. Some of the voice acting is laughable, as well. Like your father's voice in the bonus chaper. Oboy. I didn't like the casino style ads everywhere, either, at the main menu. On the other hand, the main story is pretty entertaining. Its strongest point is the length. At 11 hours, it's almost twice the length of other HOP. If you can get it on sale, it's worth a look.

The [I]Lost Lands[/I] series continues to be excellent and highly recommended! This third game is once again long and detailed and relatively challenging. There are actually not many hidden-object scenes, but the point-and-click adventure puzzles will keep on your toes. The voice acting and writing are at the same high quality level as the second game, [I]Lost Lands: The Four Horseman[/I]. Also, the story is an improvement in terms of originality. The general narrative is quite predictable, but some of the little "side quests" have truly delightful moments and details.

Lost Lands: Golden Curse left me with really mixed feelings and I am unsure wether to recommend it or not. Pros: -This game has good cutscenes with movie-like camera movement. -The soundtrack adds to an overall dark atmosphere and would work in a movie as well. -The locations are creatively designed. -The female protagonist is no push-over yet refrains from macho talk or behaviour. -HOPs are story related and there are plenty of them. -Mini games/puzzles mix well with the story. -Three types of collectibles can be found. The game states that there are four, but the fourth collectibles are items you need to use to progress the story. Finding all of the collectibles unlocks 20 levels of of a bonus puzzle. -There are some nice variations for the point and click action. For example you use a lemon when you need acid (instead of the standard acid bottle you have to find in many of these games). -The bonus chapter tells the story of one of the side characters of whom I would have liked to see more in the main game. It took me a whopping 6,8 hours to play the main game and another one and half hours to finish the bonus chapter. Cons: -There is a lot of travelling back and forth. A lot and a lot and a lot. There is so much jumping back and forth that sometimes it felt like I spent more time staring at the map than actually playing the game. Very often you find only one item in a location, have to use it in another location which lets you find only one object again which you have to use on the other side of the world which…… Did you get bored reading this sentence? Great, because that is how I felt more and more often after about half of the game. -The story could have been great but is told in an uninteresting way. -Some of the side characters were quite annoying. Especially the little girl who comments on the actions of the protagonist got on my nerves. She merely describes the obvious (“you have to open the box, but need a key”, thanks, I can see that) and does so in a high pitched voice. -There is only one kind of HO puzzle. Find an object by shape and use it. How anyone can get the achievement “find three objects in three seconds” is a mystery to me. -Some of the mini games/puzzles have extremely vague descriptions on what to do and are not self explanatory so I had to skip them. -The game has no Steam trading cards. Although the game bored me at times with its constant jumping from location to location via the map I will still recommend it because of the huge amount of of puzzles and HOPs. It’s also great value especially if you buy it on a discount.

I really wish I'd not left this running while not playing for long periods, as I'd genuinely like to know how much game play there was here. Compared to many HOGs, I think it's probably quite a lot. There is a lot of visiting, re-visiting and re-re-visiting places. So much so that without fast travel and map hints I'd probably have given up long before completing it. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. The main quest seemed actually quite interesting. (Caveat; the usual utter madness of HOG 'logic' applies. For a pure adventure game POV, most of this makes no sense whatsoever. Why are so many random odd locks/puzzles ALWAYS missing a piece or two, placed in arbitrary locations? Why is EVERYTHING broken in some convoluted way which can't be fixed using items you previously had which, while fit for the job, you've for some reason thrown away and lost? And WHAT THE HECK is that oil used in HOGs which can instantly change even the most rusty, corroded piece of anything into something shiny and new just by adding a few drops of it? I sure as heck want some of that IRL.) Anyhow; the main quest, which while nothing unusual, unexpected or particularly hard (with map hints) is solid enough, and definitely worth a look if you are into that sort of thing. But the main reason I'm writing this review really is to comment on the bonus content. While the game elements themselves are the usual stuff, I just have to give a respectful nod to the story writers and voice actors. This is without any doubt whatsoever the worst, emotionless, soulless, unemphatic, and utterly joyless plot, dialog and acting I have ever seen anywhere, in any medium. Kudos.

Of all the Lost Lands games, this one is probably the weakest. It's still fun, but definitely get it on special. The puzzles are decently varied but none are particularly challenging. Let's be honest, no one is buying these for stellar voice acting or compelling story. I wanted a mildly engaging time sink and that's what I got, so no real complaints here. Actually there is one complaint - this game has what is easily the worst 'puzzle' in any HO game I've played, an absurd 'board game' type affair where you have to beat an invisible AI player by literally just clicking dice to roll them, except it's like Snakes and Ladders so you can lose and have to do it again. There is literally no skill involved. You just click dice over and over until it's finished. It boggles the mind.

I just finished the main portion of this game (the fifth one that I have played in the lost lands series). This one is fun to play but just a bit more challenging the the previous 4 games. All in all, it has a great story, the UI is easy to pick up and use, and they have "hint" & "skip" features so that you don't get totally stuck and frustrated. I've enjoyed playing all of them & would recommend them to other players. I've played all 5 games on my 2012 Mac Pro, 10.12.6, with an AMD Radeon RX460 and did not have any issues.

I really enjoyed all the different mini games and puzz;es - even the ones that frustrated me. The animation is lovely and the story is better than most HOGs. The voice acting is good, too. This is a very good and challenging game but as with any HOG, buy it on sale because the replay value is low.

It's a fun enough game, and worth it if you can get it on special. The art is fantastic, and there's a lot of game to go through. Only smart character in the game though seemed to be the six year old girl.