The Mystery of the Crystal Portal HD (Full) for iPad app review

The Mystery of the Crystal Portal HD (Full)

Price: Free

The Mystery of the Crystal Portal HD (Full) by G5 Entertainment is a hidden object based game that offers addictive, challenging, and fun game play on your iPad.

This game manages to combine full-screen graphics, an involved and interesting storyline, and innovative gameplay in the category of hidden objects.

The backstory of the game centers on Nicole whose father made a shocking discovery that could ultimately "change the course of humanity." After making this discover he suddenly has gone missing. You'll be playing as Nicole as she searches the world for clues for what this invention was really about.

There are 22 mini-games and levels to play, with seven different settings. Use the pinch and zoom feature to help you search for clues and make use of the free hints when you find yourself getting stuck. If you run out of free hints you can also buy more. Be prepared to really test your brain though and your ability to look closely to find those clues.

Fans of this game will want to check out The Mystery of the Crystal Portal 2 HD to continue the action.

This version features some bug fixes which has resulted in better performance of the game.

The Mystery of the Crystal Portal HD (Full) was updated on Dec. 13, 2011 and currently has 451 customer ratings with an average rating of four and a half out of five stars.

Because I’m a huge fan of hidden object games I went into this one excited and full of expectations. I found that it followed through on all areas offering solid and fun game play that challenged me at each level.

For: iPad with iOS 3.2 or later