Antique Mysteries
Secrets of Howard's Mansion
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Game Information
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Developers: Causal Mechanics
Publishers: BigFish Games
Platforms: PC, MAC
Genre: Hidden Object
Players: 1

Synopsis
Explore a mysterious mansion in Antique Mysteries: Secrets of Howards Mansion! Billionaire oil tycoon Sheldon Howard spent the last years of his life obsessively building secret rooms and passages throughout his mansion. He refused to explain why. Adding to the mystery, Sheldon hid his most prized antique collection throughout these rooms shortly before his death. Unlock the secret rooms and restore this precious collection while uncovering the keys to Sheldons madness. Will your own sanity be compromised along the way? Find out in this thrilling game!

Gameplay
This game features a search and find style that some players might find unusual to their own style of gaming. This game will make player solve unique puzzles that will put their brain to the test to figure out these difficult puzzles and riddles, as well as finding certain items amongst on miscellaneous items at certain location of the mansion. After finding all the items at a certain location, the player is given one of the pieces to use to pass certain parts of the mansion that is required. If the player finds it difficult to find a hidden time or can't figure out how to pass certain parts, they can use the hint button on the bottom corner to aid them. The player is also able to auction off the rare collectibles found in the mansion to the noble people that are interested in them. Overall, the game is quite simple and is sort of a brain teaser to newcomers of the game.

Graphics
The graphics do have their differences compared from the PC version to the MAC version. Although the clarity between both versions are quite similar to each which shouldn't make players feel like they are missing out on anything spectacular. The details on the various items throughout the game have their own distinguish looks and source of array of colts are greatly varied. The background of the search areas are well textured along with the colors so that the background does bland out the hidden items to just vanish and make player's strain their eyes. Overall, the graphics are great and should well be in great definition for players to experience.

Controls
The controls are but quite simple and easy to understand and use. The simple control of the game is to just use the mouse and click on certain items that will trigger an event to occur. The only thing the player should worry about is that when clicking on an incorrect item continuously after multiple times, they will receive a penalty for it which will alter their score for that part so don't just spam on any time that you don't know what it is that the player is clicking on. For players that player this style of gaming will already know how this game functions similar to other games of the same genre and shouldn't have any sort of trouble at all.

Rating
Gameplay: 8.8/10
Graphics: 9.5/10
Controls: 10/10
Overall: 9.1/10