The Secret of Hildegards

Only play this if you are a hardcore fan of hidden-object games, and even then only if you're run out of what to play.

It's pretty much a pure, old, low resolution hidden-object game. There are plenty of good hidden-object scenes, the puzzles are very nice, but there's little else: the story is thin and there's no real point-and-click adventuring.

The graphics are OK, but the music is painfully repetitive.

Unfortunately, several small bugs force me to give this a thumbs down. There are instances where you are asked to find an item and there are several items on screen that would logically match but only one is "correct." Worst, the objects might be wrong: in one scene I was told to find a "hammer" but through trial and error I found out that the required object was actually a chalice. YOU HAD ONE JOB.

Also, when there is some point-and-click to do, there is no indication of where you're supposed to click on screen. For example, at one point you're supposed to use a paperclip to unlock a door, but the cursor doesn't change or otherwise indicate that the door is not part of the scenery.

Still, I'm giving this a thumbs up for hardcore fans only: there are so many hidden-object scenes that it's still fun to play despite the problems.