Good story

First mobile game where I am not just clicking through the dialogue. It can be tropey and stereotypey(her sister being moody all the time its such a over done sister trope/ atereotype) at times but over all, I would actually watch this show. ^_^. It has two elements that I love when mobile gaming, matching and hidden objects! So if you get bored with one you have a mini break with that and the story. I usually play the games without hints and extras just to challenge myself and have been able to get pretty far without having to redo a level. I think I didnt have to until like level six for some of the scenes. Just overall fun game to put down and pick up when ever.

Fun with caveat

I've found myself sucked in and playing this game for way longer than I expected. It has an interesting story, varying gameplay, and the core mechanic of hidden objects has enough polish, variations in mechanics and scenes, and development over time that it stays fresh and challenging despite repeated plays. That said, it's surprising there are no options for difficulty (stakeout time limits in particular feel more like repeatedly taking timed tests in school than having fun), and no options for colorblindness. A casual mode without the time limits would solve a lot of issues I have, I fear at this rate as the game ramps up I'll be giving up as it's really not fun memorizing scenes and panicking over curve balls as the clock ticks down and it asks you to spend all your resources to cheat or repeatedly play the same scene on repeat 5-10 times.

Game is rigged!

I wish this game wasn’t so rigged. The story seems great but ill never get to finish the story because the game is so difficult I already got bored of losing so much. I mean, Netflix is a huge money hungry company so it only makes sense they will make their games virtually unbeatable so that you have to spend money. Some of the objects are so obscured you can’t see them at all, forcing you to use your hint. But you also run out of hints, which then you have to spend real money to progress in the game and buy hints. If rich people will stop spending money on this games they wont make the games this difficult. But unfortunately as great as the story in this game is, its not worth anyone’s time. It’s extremely rigged and very very difficult. If they didn’t purposely obscured some objects to almost invisibility it will be better but thats not the case. Probably the worst hidden object game ive played in terms of difficulty. Uninstalling now!

Love the story, but dislike the grind fest

I would give it 4-5 stars but the never-ending grinding takes the fun out of the experience. Enjoy the story and its characters, the settings and the different scenes BUT, as many others have pointed out, in order to progress in the main storyline you have to collect clues and spectral binders. This means sometimes playing same levels a bunch of times. Like… a BUNCH. Then, when you finallyyyyy get all the clues you realize you’re short on the spectral binders. On top of that, if you want to bypass it by using your saved gems, you don’t have enough either. So what can you do? Continue to search the same scenes over and over again. Bye bye fun. Dear Devs, hear the players out and take the extreme grinding requirements down a notch (or ten). It simply takes enjoyment out of an otherwise good game.

Ghost Detective- it’s a 5 star

One of the most fun interesting games I’ve played. Please make more games similar to ghost detective. Great story. Immersive gameplay. Nice to not have to have in app purchases to be able to progress through the game. 3 skill levels. I’ve been on the normal difficulty level, it fits my skill level. Most fun I’ve had since I started playing games on my phone. Addendum to my review I noticed that they do consider this game as having in app purchases. But that’s not really accurate in my opinion. You need to have an active Netflix subscription to be able to play but you there aren’t any purchases for boosters and such.

Liked it but spectral binders are too hard to earn

The game was going good, I was glad it wasn’t actually sunset and just turned into a premium nextflix game. I still HATE the spectral binders. I enjoy how easy it is to keep track, 3 colors, each for different collection types. I just can’t get enough of the green ones, which of course is for the story collections. These games (hidden city, seekers notes, etc) usually have an in game friend option where you can gift each other these items to assemble collections, but this is only by yourself, so it’s very tedious to keep getting these by searching scenes and buying them in the store. I’ve run out of coins, I was enjoying the game…sad to hit an annoying roadblock. The story is very interesting though.

Losing progress

This has happened 2 times now. The game will freeze, you close out, try to reopen but it gets stuck in a loop. The next time I opened the game, I lost HOURS of progress. From level 29 back to 25. Daily challenges, mementos, and leveling up specific levels. All GONE! Currently waiting in support, but by reading these reviews, I won’t hold my breath. I will update if they can get back to me. Update: They fixed the glitch. They got back to me but were very dismissive. I tried to let them know that what they did to “make up” for losing all my progress wasn’t really worth it, they were like “oh well.” If there are no more glitches, then I’ll keep playing.

Ok

The hidden object gameplay and story makes for a potentially fun game. But all the levels have time limits and some levels are pretty much impossible to win on the first try because of it. Just have to fail, familiarize yourself with the pattern, and eventually win. But the time limit with no options to adjust makes for a frustrating and repetitive experience. It’s designed like a pay to play app rather than a premium subscription app which is a rather odd choice. But if you feel like a hidden object game it’s fun to play for a bit especially early on before the time limit issues arise

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