Review by JJ

This is one of the best games in the series, I think, but there are just a few tiny issues I have with it, and therefore, I can not give it 5 stars. However, this what I thought of it.

Story-Bess and George have arranged for you to vacation with one of George’s friends, in a place called Snake Horse Harbor. She owns a whale watching tour business, and when you arrive you find out that someone has vandalized her boat. She sets to work repairing it as you question suspects to find out that a whale recently spotted in the water might be what has driven someone to wrecking Katie’s boat.

Graphics-In this game, they were a little hazy, but that works perfectly with the story, as the island you are on is foggy year round. The characters were pretty much the same as the last game.

Sound-The music is not that upbeat. It’s rather lazy music. Pretty much makes you think you can just take your time with this mystery. And you can. Although you can die, it’s usually from stupidity on your part and not because someone attacked you or something.

Gameplay-The third person point-and-click hasn’t changed, and neither has your cell phone. As in the last game you have your cell phone to call people whenever you have a signal. But sometimes you don’t have a signal which is realistic but annoying. The puzzles in this game are kind of hard, and they require patience and logic. This makes the game last a little bit longer. As in the title, I DID NOT like all the coordinations that you have to find in this game. You have a GPS, and it seems every challenge is to find a new coordinate. Not fun.

Fun-Other than that, the game’s puzzles are really quite fun in spite of their difficulty. The mystery is fun, too, as everyone has a motive to have vandalized Katie’s boat.

Length-The game lasted me a few weeks, but I think playing it straight through takes about 10 hours.

This is a near perfect game, but because of just a few flaws I have to take a star away. Don’t let that discourage you from getting it, though. This is a must have for fans of the series!