Yet another good hidden object adventure game in the Midnight Mysteries series. Great graphics, perfect level of difficulty in hidding objects in the screen. This time we follow a storyline about Mark Twain and his characters from his novels. This places us in the South near the Mississippi River. Lots of collections and extras to keep you playing for achievements and 100% completion. Pick it up cheap and it's worth it.

Good point and click hidden object. The Midnight mystery series are on a follow the ghost style plots and this is one of the best in the series.

このシリーズは二作目で強化されたアドベンチャー要素が上手く整理されておらず、プレイ感は一作目より劣る物だった。しかし三作目である今作では、二作目で分かり難かったフラグ建てやアイテムの使い所などは整理され、アドベンチャー要素部分に関してはかなり改善されている。
また、今作ではパズル要素も様々なパターンが用意され、一作目のアイテム探しをひたすら行うゲームと言った雰囲気はもはや無い。ただ、その変化がこのシリーズに求められた物だろうかという疑問は残る。

This spooky game is perfect for any dark and mysterious night. This game has a guide if you get stuck built into the game, plus a hint raven that gives you hints on where to go if you leave the game and pick it up later. Great imagry used with tons of scary effects as you follow the twisted life of Mark Twain as you uncover Shakespeares most dark secrets.

Rating: 10/10 Value: $9.99

Bridgets historical background on Mark Twain and Shakespeare:

Mark twain was born the day Haleys comet flew over head and as his father said of his newborn son, "He will usher in a new era of peace". Little did he know lurking in the shadows was Shakespeare twiddling his mustache waiting to thwart the plans of Mark Twain. Mark Twain trained for decades honing his martial arts doing menial chores to enhance his KungFu, such as painting fences, as Mr.Hukkleberry would say "PAINT UP, PAINT DOWN!". Twain found Shakespeare on skull island in the Globe theater contemplating his plans for world domination. As Twain approached Shakespeare who was a master witch, he found him leaning over a cauldron saying, "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble." Before Shakespeare could complete the spell to take over the world, Mark Twain lept across the room jump kicking Shakespeare in the face. Lying on the ground Shakespeare looked over at Twain saying, "Hey Twain have a taste of my Shake-spear!!!" Shakespeare yelled at Twain, "COME HERE!", whereupon from Shakespeares wrist, came a spear attached to a rope. Twain dodged the Shakes-spear using his cat like reflexes to grab it out of mid air. Seeing the rope attached to Shakespeare's wrist, Twain pulled the rope so hard it flung Shakespeare through two walls! Dust filled the air as bricks and boards fell all around them. What Twain didnt know is Shakespeare had rigged the Globe Theater to explode. Shakespeare stood up, "You think you can stop my evil plans to take over the world, you'll never escape Mark Twain!". Shakespeare pulled a blanket off the wall revealing a pile of explosives. Twain turned towards the door running as he heard the maniacal laughter of Shakespeare breathing down the back of his neck.

Shakespeare rushed to the balcony of the Globe Theater standing with a knife in his hand, when he spotted Mark Twain running. Shakespeare lept off the balcony as the globe theater exploded into flames behind him screaming "I'LL CUT YOU EAR TO EAR MARK TWAIN!". Mark Twain proclaimed, "Its never too late for the light of liberty to shine Shakespeare!". As Shakespeare hurtled towards him, Mark Twain did a combat roll grabbing an American Flag impaling Shakespeare killing him instantly. Twain looked down at Shakespeares dead body saying, "Sic Semper Tyrannis". Shakespeare uttered his dying words to Twain, "You can strike me down, but my theatrical literary works will become more powerful then you can possibly imagine!". Shakespeare's diabolical plot to invent "Homework" had succeeded. Children all over the world were forced to read the works of Shakespeare instilling hatred for generations to come.
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Grahics and imaging was brilliant. I enjoyed playing the game, it was just too short

I have been playing these in order...this one was the best for me so far, 4 hrs playing through with the bonus chapter as well. Fun hidden puzzle game, this one has a few more puzzles of other types for a little variety. Graphics in the "cut scenes" have improved some otherwise very similar style to #2. If you liked Midnight Mysteries 1 and 2 then I would think you would like this one. (If you didn't like the first 2, then this one will not change your mind). There is probably a couple more hours if you try to complete everything (finding all the clovers and then the unlimited hidden object puzzles). On to # 4 now... :)

Hidden objects plus a basic point and click type thing with a nice and spooky theme. And the achievements work on this one. Yay! It all works together reasonably well although at some points as you move through environments which can be completed with only a couple of clicks you do start to wonder why they bothered carefully drawing so many locations. The puzzles are mostly quite simple and if you get stuck you do have the option to skip them, The stacking puzzles were the least fun to play as the physics are a bit wonky and you couldn't rotate the stones but this was a minor annoyance.

By the end of the game I was starting to miss the hidden object side of the game but not to worry as completing the game unlocks a bonus chapter very light on plot and heavy on hidden objects as well as a nice game mode that allows you to find *every* object in the game.

The collectibles are well hidden and there is no freeplay option available so you do need to collect them all as you progress through the game, meaning that you will likely have to play through several times to spot them all.

All in all it's a very nicely put together game and well worth it if you like this genre or fancy something casual to play that doesn't feel cheap.

kinda spooky hidden object

Fun once through, and then never again. Don't pay more than $2 for this game.

Nice click-and-point mystery.

Well here we find ourselves yet another Midnight Mysteries video game… This one felt a little unusual to be completely honest! The point in these games and the way they last a long time is to manage to find the items you need and then figure out what you need to do with them… This one however has a strategy guide built into the game so you can basically just follow the whole damn game without ever even thinking about anything! That felt a little dumb, but I guess some would look at that as bonus content… If you enjoy point and click adventures with many hidden object mini-games then I can’t fail to recommend this to you!

Le meilleur et le plus abouti de la série, je recommande de commencer par le 1 et le 2 histoire d'être bien dans l'ambiance (et d'oublier que le 4 existe!!!).

Gameplay is identical to the 2nd one--just a different story and maybe a little more of it. It is as good as the 2nd one and maintains interest throughout, but doesn't offer anything unique that makes it stand apart from its predecessors.

Fun way to spend 5 hours. 3 has substantially more scene "scavenger hunts" (not sure what they're actually called) which are my personal favorite part. These scenes also have started to include more crossword-type puzzles than the earlier games did. The story of Mark Twain and his fictional characters was equally good. The cutscene graphics are good enough here. It's still very linear, but it's worth a few bucks -- as long as you aren't an achievement hunter.

Just like Salem Witch Trials, this one is definitely more involved than the Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy with the puzzle-solving aspect, but has some *seriously* revisionist history going on in the story. Only recommended if you like hidden object games and if you buy it in a bundle with the other three Midnight Mysteries.
Rating: 3/5

The Midnight Mysteries series contains some of my favorite hidden object games. These are the more typical hybrid type games, that have some adventure elements (puzzles, moving between locations, talking to people) as opposed to the find-objects-only style.

Midnight Mysteries are interesting in that they are based on real historical events, then add some fictional what-ifs to fill in blanks or give alternate explanations for known events. As a result, not only are the fun as a game but they spark some interest in reading about the real events on Wikipedia.

MM3 goes into Mark Twain's past and the story of what happened to his brother. Very interesting stuff.

I am currently stuck at 91% percent on this game and will likely never finish this because its bugged out. There is one section of the game towards the end where you have to stack rocks. If you click on solve it the game bugs out and you will get no rocks and no way to move out of the puzzle area. I have looked on forums and the answer seems to be tough luck. Do not buy this game if you ignore this advice do not click on solve it. Great game until that point. Others have had this exact same issue and it looks to me like there are not going to fix this. $10 dollars for a buggy game is a little on the high side. Avoid.

great game, a lot a fun a scarry moments. Very interesting and its definately something what will move Youre brain cells to teh edge!!:)

As a Hidden Object Game, this is rather frustrating. The animations take ages to complete, and whilst happening, you can't do anything. In each room you'll be asked to collect about 18 things, but after that, one more item. You may already sense what the object is, but for some reason, until the others are gathered you are barred from collecting it!

Could be more streamlined, especially without the tedious and poorly explained "puzzles" between the hidden object areas. Unless this is in a bundle and you can't avoid, pass this title. The plot is also rather poor, to the point where I began wondering why it was even included in the game. Another issue is having to go through several rooms because an item was left behind. An item you had no idea you needed, like "coal bombs". What the heck are those? They're lumps of coal with a fuse hanging out of it.

Much better out there, and because of the slow and burgeoning animated segments, I can't recommend this. However, it doesn't crash, so it's technically functional. It's just not a lot of fun.

This is a Hidden Object/puzzle game and it's pretty fun. The puzzles are a good balance between easy and hard (though I did get stumped a couple times) and the Hidden Object scenes are quite detailed. The story took me about 2 and a half hours but once you finish it, a bunch more stuff unlocks to keep you going for a long time to come!