Azada Ancient Magic

August 13, 2010 | By In Software |

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5 Comments so far

  1. Linda J. Lewis on August 13th, 2010

    This game is a delicious sequel to the first Azada. The story line is intriging and mysterious with more challenging mini puzzles to solve, adding to the fun of the game. I particularly liked the sleuthing aspect in discovering suspects of the crime. It was my first time to experience the back-n-forth movement but that’s part of sleuthing. Overall, a game well worth the value.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. Happy Reader on August 13th, 2010

    I play a lot of adventure games and puzzle games, with a few hidden object games thrown in. I give Azada Ancient Magic five stars for fun and four stars overall. The point off is because the game is mid-level difficulty (versus harder puzzles/gaming, which I like), and it’s just a little short. Not obnoxiously short, but a bit short. As I write this review, amazon has it for sale at less than $5 (plus shipping), so Azada Ancient Magic is a top value for your dollar.

    The storyline is fun. You enter famous books and interact with their characters, such as Sherlock Holmes and Baron Von Munchausen. I think the scenes are delightfully drawn. There isn’t a lot of moving/video action, but that doesn’t bother me – not every game needs to be a sim.

    The game is a great mixture of puzzle gaming and adventure gaming.

    Puzzles: The puzzles are all different and creative. Some are quite simple, such as matching rock samples. Some take a while to figure out the best approach, such as the drop puzzle, where you have to create wood blocks, stacking them in such a way that colored liquid drops unite to form a large drop (rather than seeping out the box). [Hard to explain, guess you need to try it to understand!] Some are common types, but take patience to figure out – and you can run out of time! An example of this is a pipe puzzle, where you have to turn pieces of pipe so that everything is connected.

    Overall, I found the puzzles a lot of fun and some are wonderfully unusual (creating moons). I would rate them medium difficulty. A nice challenge for a 10-12 year old, and fun but not super demanding for an adult.

    The other part of Azada Ancient Magic is adventure point and click/inventory/combination, etc. Example: You need a crow feather so you have to attract a crow to a bird feeder. In one room, you find a crust of bread and a meat grinder. You combine these two inventory items to get bread crumbs which you take to the bird feeder. In addition, before you can take the bread and meat grinder, you have to figure out a way to get the restaurant owner out of the dining room so you can “borrow” them.

    Some of the adventure moves are very creative. I don’t want to give it away but I’ll say that I loved the Jekyll & Hyde set up! I would say that the adventure part of Azada Ancient Magic is also medium difficulty. I did get stuck a couple times, which is aggravating at the time, but also makes the game good!

    I have no idea why this game is going so cheap because I really had a good time playing it. It’s put out by Big Fish games and Activision. I do tend to like anything with the Big Fish label, though I think most of its games are more pure puzzle, such match three.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  3. Cynthia M. Shipley on August 13th, 2010

    At first I wasn’t sure if I liked the game because it was different from others I played. But I got hooked quickly. It’s relatively easy but has you thinking on some puzzles. The graphics are great and the game is broken up into Chapters or Books so you can stop and start whenever you wish. The value was excellent for the price.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. Carter's Mom on August 13th, 2010

    I enjoyed playing this game. It was not terribly challenging, but the puzzles held my interest. The whole game took about 4 hours to play which seems to be about average for these types of downloads. They were a good variety of puzzles, so it was not repetitive. The hint system worked well with two hints in each chapter. However, if you really got stuck you could restart the chapter and be given fresh hints each time. My eight year old son enjoyed helping out with the chapters; however, he was very disturbed by the genie in the last book. Frankly, it wasn’t terribly scary and there is no blood and/or violence — but enough to freak out the little guys. I would definitely buy another game similar to this one! There are hidden objects as part of the puzzles, but they really aren’t the focus of this game. If you like purely hidden object games, try Return to Ravenhurst, it is one of the best.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  5. C. Cage on August 13th, 2010

    I thought this was a very good game, very exciting and interesting. I just wish it was a little bit longer or had some other added features after you finish the main game.
    Rating: 4 / 5

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