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Surface: Alone in the Mist – A Hidden Object Mystery – Entertainment Game Review
Surface: Alone in the Mist – A Hidden Object Mystery is a Entertainment/Puzzle/Adventure game from Big Fish Games, Inc, first launched in 1st April 2016.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 147+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Surface: Alone in the Mist – A Hidden Object Mystery Stand Out
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On the morning of her Sweet 16th party, Carol Evans wakens to find that not only her parents, but all of the adults in the little town of Rocksberg have disappeared overnight! What should be a girl’s happiest day has now turned into a total nightmare. If you can’t find out what happened to all the grownups, this birthday may just be your last!
• WHERE DID ALL OF THE PARENTS GO?
What’s the connection between the missing adults and the Dorothy Wiley orphanage? Is this the work of little Allie Rice, whose parents also disappeared under mysterious circumstances?
• CAN YOU SAVE THE DAY IN TIME FOR YOUR PARTY?
Collect clues from creepy hidden object scenes and restore your town back to normal.
• BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!
Solve eerie puzzles and spooky mini-games to free the parents from certain doom.
• THE SECRET ROOM IS WAITING FOR YOU IN THE BONUS GAME
Unravel dark mysteries and enjoy additional Collector’s Edition exclusives including collectibles, achievements, and more!
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Surface: Alone in the Mist – A Hidden Object Mystery is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st April 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Download & Availability
Surface: Alone in the Mist – A Hidden Object Mystery is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is so fun! We love mysteries and horror games like this.
Its really fun with creepy art. We enjoyed it and would definitely recommend this game.
We used to play this game in 2016 good times. We played almost all the games :).
Got this on sale and am more than happy with it. Hours of fun.
Good game, love the storyline and characters. But we paid for the full version in-game, but uninstalled it at one point because we didnt use it that much and didnt want space taken up on our phone. When we re-installed, we saw that our in-app purchase hadnt saved, so we pressed restore purchase and it said it couldnt find a purchase. Is this a glitch and it can be fixed, or do we have to pay for it again and leave it on our phone? Please answer ;-;.
The game starts out one way, then changes after the free trial. We found that we didnt like the change in story. We dont know if its because of the abruptness of the ending or what, but we found the game to be short. The achievements dont have titles with them, so you dont know what you are trying to achieve, or what youve earned. The mini games were varied and had original elements. The hos were also varied. As you find flowers in each scene, you unlock characters that give you a hos task and a mini game task. The game was enjoyable, but too many issues to give it 5 stars.
The game was pretty good. It had really realistic scenes and the hidden objects puzzles weren't extremely hard, unlike most other Big Fish games (we've never really been good at those types of puzzles) The only issue was that it was way shorter than the other Big Fish games that we've played. If you're going to charge 7 dollars for this game, you've got to make it longer. This game only took us about 2 hours maximum. Most of your games take 3-4 hours. We honestly think that all the games should be 3-4 dollars instead of 7 dollars. We bet you'd get a lot more costumers if the games weren't so expensive. Pretty good game overall, but needs some improvement.
We've only played the free selection, buy we found it enjoyable. The items in the HO scenes are good. The puzzles are a bit easy, but still fun. The map is a too cluttered, but will tell you where there is a task to complete and teleport you there. The help will also tell you where there is a task and teleport you. We preferred the help when we wanted to teleport. The puzzle for coloring the letters was flawed. We couldn't get the yellow to color the A so we had to skip it. Overall, we liked the game. We won't pay the price they're asking, though. Since BF was purchased by another company, the quality of the games has gone down, while the prices went up! Seriously! And that is VERY disappointing.
Fun game so far. Like that you can pick different modes to play, with skill levels.
It's ok . Haven't played much yet.
Way too short and the story didnt make a whole lot of sense. We didnt realize we were over half done when we unlocked the full version. We enjoyed the bonus chapter way more then the original story.
Havent completed game but, thus far, its pretty good. Only thing, Im tired of the hero of these games being little girls. We cant identify, making the game a little boring.
We originally gave this game 4 stars but as it progressed the items in games and HOPs got smaller and smaller until one HOP in which we had to use a magnifying glass and still couldnt see the symbols.
So Ill rewrite later Was going to add how lame the match parts mini games are – & the overall HO Puzzles are so dumbed down – confusing when so much effort is put into the graphics and storyline. And since its the bulk of the game…it brings it down. But the real buzz-kill is the lame dog in armor – forced on you. STOP PUTTING ANIMALS IN.
It was an ok game. Some of the mini games were too simple and easy. Also too short of playing time. Ok BF, if you are going to increase your iPhone games by double the price, then you are going to have to hold up your end and give us fun, well made games that also give us longer playing time.
This game is not the best one we have played . It started out like it was going to be a great scary game but as you get into it it gets a little childish. There is a lot of going back and forth and the map isn't helpful. We didn't find it to short like some of the other people did it just is a little easy and kind of slow moving.
There just might be a storyline there but we found its primarily a bunch a slightly connected tasks. We cant really find a reason to finish except we are a finisher and like at least finishing what we paid for.
Literally did not see the end coming!!! The game should be put for a lower price! We also experience a freeze at one point. There was no connection between clues and actual story. In short, we were disappointed! We request you to let us play your next game for free or at a lesser price.
Second day in it all went black. Deleted and installed game again… Got the black screen again on the second day of game play. Went through this process four times before we gave up.
We thought the story was ok but the game was too short for the cost. It was difficult to pick up items and transfer them into play. The map was so tiny it was hard to pinpoint exactly where you wanted to go. The objects you pick up and apply to the game were so close together from where you received them, it didn't make the game challenging at all.
Ipad Wont unlock the rest of the game after we payed! Closes to desk top when we click already payed! Why are so many of these games broken.
Being prompted to review. Too bad because Elephant Games are often really good.
Fade to black? This game has amazing potential, but the crash on the second day is one we've never encountered. Totally black screen! Very disappointed. No game. Won't respond.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.0
- Size: 1,053.41 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, JA, RU
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Big Fish Games, Inc
Last updated: 1st April 2016 | Genre: Entertainment, Puzzle | Developer: Big Fish Games, Inc