The Return of Monte Cristo Game Review

The Return of Monte Cristo is a much improved game, visually and technically, over it's predecessor The Count of Monte Cristo, which was based on the famous novel by Alexander Dumas. Graphics are sharp and well presented with objects not too small or too difficult to find. The Return of Monte Cristo is a classic hidden object game with a small amount of interactive elements, but as previously stated, certainly more a true hidden object game and not one of the new breed, with interactive adventure the main theme.

You play as Edmond Dantes, the former Count of Monte Cristo, who needs to solve the murder of his beloved Mercedes and bring the perpetrator to justice. You search through scenes for clues to the whereabouts of the killer, taking you to Paris to eventually solve the crime. There are 7 chapters to the story, each having 3 to 6 locations to explore. Sometimes you will need to go back to a previous location to search for additional clues.

Fabulous sound effects create chilling scenes, where the clinking of chains or creaking of rusty doors add atmosphere to the story. The few interactive elements have you finding keys to unlock doors, or using fishing poles to make a catch, but in the main these are not worthy contenders as interactive game play. Puzzles are good challenges, yet not overly taxing and if they do prove too difficult to solve, can be skipped without penalty.

The Return of Monte Cristo is untimed and played only in relaxed mode. Hint system is good and replenishes after a slight wait. The hint system works in 2 parts to help you, firstly giving you an outline of the object you seek and finally putting little sparkles around the object if the first part wasn't of use. If you don't finish a scene, go out and come back later, there will be different items to find second time around, which does give the game some replay value. Length isn't overly long, yet if you don't skip the puzzles and use few hints, gamers should have to work about 5 hours to complete The Return of Monte Cristo.

The Return of Monte Cristo is a good search and find game and one for all the fans of the classic HOG. This is a mystery type thriller with a fairly good story, so some scenes are those dark and spooky type backgrounds that make your eyes work that little bit harder to find objects. Highly recommend trying the free download so you can make up your own mind on this game. We enjoyed The Return of Monte Cristo for a pure hidden object game that it is and finished the full game in just under 6 hours.

Download The Return of Monte Cristo demo and play free for one hour.

Purchase full game. Play The Return of Monte Cristo for unlimited time.