Crookhaven v1.0.19

★★★★★

Alan Thomson

Another excellent puzzler from Fire Maple Games! The thing I like most is that none of the puzzles are "how would anyone possibly guess that" types that some other games use. Even if I forgot where to use a certain item, the map made it easy to find it again. Had one issue which I contacted the developer about, and it was fixed within the hour - can't ask for much more than that!

★★★★

Kim R

I jumped at purchasing Crookhaven loving their previous games. I liked that the game used time/clock as part of the puzzles. I also liked that most areas were open to immediate visiting with not much solve a) to open door to b). Hardest was finding an area to return to. The map was linear but the go left right forward around the building wasn't so straightforward. And no quick jumps with map. It was fairly easy to solve within a couple of non intense days.

★★★

david smith

The game plays well enough, but there is so much AI art used that it generally looks muddy and rubbish. Shame you chose not to pay actual artists.

★★

Juni

The gorgeous backgrounds in previous games are replaced here with messy AI generated slop. Text on signs is random squiggles. Every room is cluttered with random visual noise that shatters your immersion. And even ignoring that, the world map is gigantic and bloated right from the start, very few places are unlocked. You won't be able to remember where anything is.

★

Raven Works

Heartbroken that a game series that I've always loved has gone full AI sludge. I've been eagerly buying these sight-unseen for years, and I always save them for when I need a treat, and opening this one to find it full of gross misshapen nonsense in place of the usual beautiful art was a real slap to the face. I guess this is where my fondness for the series ends. Anyone new to the series, at least you can still go back and play the real ones.