The Clockwork Man 2: The Hidden World si presenta al pubblico come un mix tra un’Avventura Grafica e un Hidden Object Game (HOG), ma a differenza del primo capitolo, siamo stati ben felici di riscontrare una forte influenza più sul primo genere che sul secondo. Se infatti nel primo The Clockwork Man l’obiettivo principale era quello di trovare degli escamotage narrativi per buttarsi nella ricerca degli oggetti più assurdi, in questa nuova fatica del team di Total Eclipse Games, il perno centrale viene totalmente spostato sul lato narrativo, favorendo non solo una maggiore immedesimazione col personaggio, ma anche una più facile fruizione di tutta la cura minuziosa con la quale è stato sviluppato questo titolo.

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The Hidden World continues the story of Miranda Calomy and her clockwork-friend, Sprocket. Like its predecessor, the basic goal is to search a series of beautifully drawn scenes to find a bunch of hidden objects. However, the sequel increases the scope of the original, both in length and gameplay. Where the first game lasted maybe 2-3 hours, this one seemed a bit longer (maybe around 3-4 hours, depending on how slowly you take things). The interface and quality of the puzzles have also improved as well. This time, the puzzles are much more involved, and actually require some real thought at times! Amazing, I know. It's a nice improvement. However, with that change, one positive trait of the first game is now lost - the sequel is no longer kid friendly. Thinking back on it, there are probably a couple of puzzles in here that younger kids wouldn't be able to solve on their own (one involving classic works of literature springs to mind), and most of the puzzles are at least a bit more difficult overall. So, while the hidden-object scenes are still great for kids, they might need help with some of the puzzles that connect them. If you enjoy hidden-object games and are looking to fill a few hours with (mostly) mindless, casual fun, you'll probably like this. Again, my only issue against recommending this fully (assuming you like the genre), would be the price. I feel like it's on the higher end for what you get, even considering the potentially "endless" replay of randomized scenes. So, just take that into consideration when considering a purchase, or maybe wait for a sale. Otherwise, as with the first game, if you don't care for mindless hidden-picture games or puzzles, move along, there's nothing to see here.

It's an okay game, but I finished it quickly.

A fairly typical "find the hidden object" game. The plot of this sequal is better than the first game and you miss nothing by skipping directly. On Linux, I found both games to suffer severely with graphical glitches, poor performance and misuse of widescreen resolutions, to the impact of showing what should be off screen graphics in the letterboxing used to pad the 4:3 ratio scenes on my widescreen display. Overall, enjoyable but does little to separate itself from the plethora of similar games on the market.