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Old 03-12-2011, 09:25 PM   #6
Giles Habibula
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Location: Bismarck, North Dakota USA
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Dislike currently:
1. Many HOGs use unattractive pictures with the hidden objects placed scattershot. The pictures have too many objects in them, resulting in areas that look like I'm visiting the home of a hoarder. Really unpleasant to look at.

2. Games that don't have a "relaxed play" option. I really, really hate any game that has a timer. If you have to have a timer, make it optional. Or at least don't force the game to end when the timer runs out. A timer would be fine, if I can use it as a way of simply measuring my personal best, and then trying to beat it.

3. Most HOGs use low-res images for better compatibility with low-end computers, and thus look terrible. I'd love to play one that can take advantage of my 1920 x 1200 screen.

Likes:
1. I like the ones that break up the object seeking with clever puzzles in between.

2. Relaxing, ambient sounds. Or if it's a scary game, non-relaxing ambient sounds. And use long sample loops, so that they don't repeat so often. Better yet, have multiple ambient soundtracks that change randomly with each play. Variety!

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