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Try to keep it to one entry per post. Make sure to link to the wishlist. Please take the time to cast your vote for the games that interest you.

Hidden Folks
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
The Wizard's Pen
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
Frankly, only Hidden Folks.

I've played and enjoyed many h.o.g. and found the concept delightful when it was new (the mystery case files series), but i grew to loathe it as a genre. As a very very very derivative and endlessly mindlessly cloned genre. I grew allergic to their plots, characters, hidden object and minigames justification, vaguely mystical or mythological atmosphere, and now i see them as the horrible cheap purple litterature shelves in the bookshop. There is none of them that i personally wish to acquire.

So, maybe gog should have the Mystery Files for historical purposes, maybe the Travelogue 360 too for the panoramic gimmick (have they thought of putting it in VR?). But beyond that, there is zero title that I'd point to for a wishlist.

But Hidden Folks makes something fresh and fun with the concept, so, I voted for it (and showed it in the Screenshot Thread a while ago). And also :

Hero of the Kingdom 1&2. It's very very casual, but, like Hidden Folks, it takes the "find # items on the screen" concept to make something a bit different with it. So, I prefer that sort of game rather than the 649873th version of "find your husband stolen by the witch ghost in the cursed theme park because of the malediction of the pharaos/lochness/bermudatriangle/quetzacoatl/lastthingwereadaboutinthatsummermagazine". Seriously, the whole genre now feels 100% written by Stephenie Meyer.

Edit : Regardless of plots and settings, I'd also be interested in H.O.G. that offer a particularly wide variety of selectabl languages, because they are excellent training tools. But I don't have specific exemples in mind.
Post edited August 05, 2018 by Telika
Grim Legends 2: Song Of The Dark Swan
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Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
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Barry_Woodward: The Room
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Barry_Woodward: The Room Two
They are excellent puzzle games but have absolutely nothing to do with H.O.G. There is no list of objects to find in the screen. It's only about resolving the magical/mechanical puzzles of a "lament configuration"-like box, by turning it around, finding triggers, removing bits to use them elsewhere, etc. It's a lot like the puzzles sections in "Agatha Christie's the ABC murders" on GOG.

So, completely unrelated genre. But great games.
Post edited August 05, 2018 by Telika
For what it's worth, Steam categorizes them as hidden object games. (see here)
As does Games Radar. (see here)

Under Leaves
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass And Ink
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
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Barry_Woodward: There are letters in the games with hints that direct players to find various objects. Wouldn't that fulfill your "list of objects to find" requirement for the genre?
Really not. By these standards, every point and click and most RPGs ("Find and bring back the ring of Nüflug", "Click on 20 rats with your sword") would qualify as "hidden object games".

I sure hope GOG will put a bit more thought into their labels than Steam. Because frankly, that's misleading for people going after H.O.G. It's not as synonymous to "casual adventure" as it tends to become.
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Barry_Woodward: There are letters in the games with clues that direct players to find various objects as well as an optional hint system. Wouldn't that fulfill your "list of objects to find" requirement for the genre? For what it's worth, Steam categories them as hidden object games.

The Room: Old Sins
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I agree with Telika. The Room is part of a different sub-genre: Room Escape games. Single locations, heavy puzzle oriented and does not have the "search a picture for a list of things" that HOG's have
Alright, you've convinced me. I've replaced the earlier posts with alternate games.

Adam Wolfe
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Post edited August 05, 2018 by Barry_Woodward
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Barry_Woodward: Alright, you've convinced me. I've replaced the earlier posts with alternate games.

Adam Wolfe
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I just gave this a +1. I played the first game and am looking forward to playing the others.
How a put, find the non-hyper inflated price shovelware in the catalog. That's a tricky one.
Abyss: The Wraiths Of Eden
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