Hidden Expedition: Titanic, by Big Fish Games, is a seemingly simple game of finding objects in a picture. The pictures have a mostly antique, nautical theme, and you need to find all of the objects on your list before your oxygen runs out. As you progress through the levels, the number of rooms you need to explore within the time frame increases. If you're really stuck, you can press the Hint button, but at the price of losing some of your oxygen. You can boost the oxygen if you click on an oxygen tank hidden in the picture, but of course that depends on there being an oxygen tank available...
Whenever you pass a level, you're shown some trivia about the Titanic. Did you know that the price of a single first-class ticket cost the equivalent of $50,000 today? In addition, there are bonus puzzles between levels. You've won the game when you successfully crack the code to the King's safe and find the crown.
Analysis: This visually gorgeous game is much harder than I've made it sound. For a start, its antique theme makes it quite challenging to find things like a "hydrant" or a "telephone". (The antique theme isn't necessarily consistent—one of the "guitars" is a perfectly modern-looking Les Paul.) There are several pictures for each description, so if you've found a "snake" in one room, you can't assume you'll find that exact same object the next time "snake" appears on your list. I also got caught on "leaf lettuce", which is called bok choy where I live (I spent quite some time looking for iceberg lettuce before pressing the hint button). Finally, a "spade" could describe a number of different objects!
Some of you may find this game a little too easy—even I completed it in about an hour—but the changing list of items and the sheer loveliness of the illustrations make its replay value very attractive. It's a lot of fun to play with your kids, too. The links above allow you to play a sample online version of the game or, for a more complete experience, download the limited trial version for Windows.
Windows:
Download the demo
Order the full version.
Mac OS X:
Not available. Use Boot Camp or Parallels.
Try Mystery Case Files instead.
ArcadeTown also offer similar object finder games such as the Mystery Case Files series, Huntsville and Prime Suspects, and Travelogue 360M, which add extra gameplay elements.
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What a charming game. Very atmospheric calming, with eerie overtones. I might just have to buy it!
Posted by: Imok20
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January 14, 2007 1:51 AM
OK, so....I have a Mac, and it works fine. So....the music is lovely and atmospheric and all....but sweet Jesus I wish there was a way to turn it off because it's distracting me.
Posted by: *Jacob*
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January 14, 2007 7:31 AM
Jacob - you can, there's a music volume slider in the options menu.
Nice game, though it gets tedious after a while - specifically: "jeez, how many dives are there? I'm on #13 already..."
Posted by: Valarauka | January 14, 2007 8:55 AM
cool music, and some how more-ish!
very difficult however but after a while does get repeatative.
Posted by: theprogram00 | January 14, 2007 3:14 PM
I agree about the repetitiveness. It may help to find a small child to share the game with - mine did fairly well, but didn't know what a hydrant was, let alone an antique one, so we kinda shared the burden equally.
Also, has anyone got to the end where you need to find the combination to the safe? I got through that basically by clicking everywhere as fast as possible, which isn't playing a game, it's just guessing. Does anyone know if there's a pattern or code to solve, or is it just a matter of clicking anything with a reference to numbers?
Posted by: Ms .45
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January 14, 2007 7:11 PM
I found this game (online part) surprisingly easy, as I own and have played the MCF: Prime Suspects game. Thanks to that game I knew that 'spade' was referring to either a type of shovel or a card symbol. I also knew what the antique objects looked like, so that wasn't that hard. Still, a refreshing change of scenery and music. Does anyone know what the 'gems' are for?
Posted by: Fishy | January 14, 2007 9:35 PM
Ms. 45 - I just did the safe part, I figured out the reasoning behind it: the hint says the captain hid stuff around the chest to remind him of the code, right? So - when you start there's a number highlighted on the safe (e.g. 5). The goal then is to find and click an object around the safe that has that property (like a hand with five fingers, or a number '5' somewhere, or a roman numeral 'V', or dice or a domino with 5 dots, etc.) - this will then highlight the next number you need to look for.
Fishy - I have no idea what the gems are for ... some sort of score, I guess... I had 232 when I finished.
Posted by: Valarauka | January 15, 2007 3:24 AM
gosh never had a post deleted befor besides i was talking bout the game jay i have seen posts of much less relovence SHAME !!!!
by the way i know this post will be delted go ahead :( i was just trying to be heared
Posted by: motzo | January 15, 2007 6:06 AM
:sigh: I tried a demo of MCF... wasn't too happy at the time-limit though (I'm a slow puzzle-solver), so I doubt I'd enjoy this. Looks nice though.
Posted by: Ben | January 15, 2007 2:01 PM
Hmmm...some of these items look suspiciously like some of the items in MCF...and by 'suspiciously' I mean exactly.
Posted by: Fishy | January 15, 2007 7:13 PM
the gems are to click the items faster so you can solve the picture first and get more time
but you have to collect five gems each picture .. and be quick or you are going to lose the "magic"
other tip: you have to click the second object while the first is on that "balloon" going up.. be quick
Good Luck!
Posted by: Vivi | March 22, 2007 7:33 PM
What are the cleverly-hidden clues? Is it the items on the list to your left, that you need to find in the game? And are the crown jewels are the ones that you see in some of the ship's rooms and the jewel count will go up? Please someone help me I'm just a little bit confused.
Posted by: Steven | June 3, 2007 3:54 PM
Can anyone tell me the best resolution to use to see the whole picture. I have tried full screen and window and still miss objects just off the edges. For titanic and everest.
Thanks
Posted by: bev
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February 28, 2008 3:17 PM
Hi bev -
That's a tough question to answer since there are a several factors that could influence what you see:
That being said, I prefer Windowed mode (not Fullscreen) since the image appears normal (not stretched), and I believe that's the way the developer intended it to look.
If you're missing items off the edge, then perhaps your screen resolution needs to be bumped up a bit, thereby reducing the size of the pixels so more of them fit on your screen.
I believe a standard 1024x768 should be sufficient for most games.
However, whether you are able to set your resolution to that (via control panel->Display->Settings on Windows) depends on your video card. If you are unable to, I think it's about time you upgrade. :)
I hope that helped.
Posted by: Jay
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February 28, 2008 3:28 PM
Does anyone know what the GREEN GLOW that sometimes appears midway up on the right side of the screen is? I've tried clicking it, etc. but nothing happens except that I lose some air.
Posted by: Gretta | May 11, 2008 2:02 PM