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Colt: 3
Enlightenus is a game of compromise: at its heart an staggeringly facile I SPY, the graphics are wonderful, the dialogue snappy, and the puzzle environments initially varied and fresh (they’re recycled a few times). Your quest starts with a letter from your friend asking to help him sort out his disordered stories, promising a voyage of self-discovery. And what a voyage: straightforward memory games and condescending pixel-hunting await. Basically you pair up items in your inventory with items in the environment, each ones name frustratingly literal. Examples: carving knife, unfinished carving, wine for two, wine glass pair, hungry rabbit. Maybe this game is designed for kids? With likable animations and what I glimpsed of the clever writing, Enlightenus could make a great point-and-click. As is, Enlightenus successfully stomps out any flashes of inspiration.

Kayla: 8
Enlightenus is a stunning example of how to do hidden object games right. Between the slickly presented graphics and the many different environments available, I never once found myself growing bored with the game as I played it. In fact, once the one hour demo was complete, I found myself wanting buy the game for the small price of seven dollars. Before I’ve had the misfortune of wasting my spare time on hidden object games, but I didn’t feel the same way about Enlightenus. Enlightenus requires logical deduction; something that’s sorely missing from many games of the same type. Obscure objects aren’t just thrown into the game for you to randomly click around and, by chance, figure out where it goes. No, everything here has a proper home…the only trouble is finding it. Many objects are presented within a level, and the one you may be looking for could be hidden between several other objects, or you must first solve other puzzles within the level first. For example, I was given a bug jar, but couldn’t rightly use it, considering the fact that there were no bugs in sight. After several minutes of deep contemplation, I finally placed a fly in a web, and down came a spider…which just-so-happened to fit wonderfully within that aforementioned jar. One point for me! The graphics were wonderfully presented—some levels were bright and cheerful, like the toy shop; others were dark, dirty, and mysterious like the haunted mansion. The ambient music within the game was only slightly repetitive—in all honesty, I was so preoccupied scouring over the level to find objects that it didn’t agitate me in any way. My only complaint about the game was that it lagged a bit at parts, mainly the cut scenes. Otherwise, the game was wonderful, and I even recommended it to a few friends. You’d be foolish to pass this one over!

Andrew: 5
Enlightenus is a simple adventure game which tasks you with helping a famous author find all of his novels after a mystical force rearranges his stories. It’s a decent premise, and the gameplay and puzzles are decent with a good challenge curve. But the main gameplay unfolds as little more than a point-and-click objects search as you try to find things in a giant mess of objects. It’s decent enough to warrant playing the demo, but I don’t feel like many people will want to continue beyond that point.

Ben: 7
The hidden objects genre has long been a casual games favorite. Enlightenus takes the concept and applies it to a point-and-click adventure game. As a detective, you must track down your favorite author and his magical novels through the fantasy world of Elightenus, a parallel universe where the author goes for inspiration. The casual nature means that the game isn’t terribly challenging (and doles out hints left and right). On the plus side, the game is beautiful and has a fantastic, whimsical feel to it. It’d be great to praise the sound design, too, as the first few minutes of the game are genius. Footsteps and door creaks echo through the old mansion, inviting you to explore. Unfortunately, all of this stops when you enter Enlightenus. If you’re a fan of the hidden object genre, you’ll enjoy this twist on it.

Average: 5.75

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