It Happened Here 1: Streaming

Love this series but I can’t progress past the faucet in the garage. The third wheel for the gas pump disappeared from the faucet area and won’t reappear. I can’t move on now. Otherwise, I look forward to more games from this series.

Like other reviewers I’m happy to have a crime game set in modern day without ghouls, fools and demon magic. For the most part, the gameplay is smooth with only a few hitches here and there. My concerns are with design. The X button for the popup scenes is too close to the triple bar menu box and that takes some getting used to since most games place the X in the corner of the popup. I found myself opening the menu too often when trying to close the pop up. The journal opens without warning and is often partially obscured by the upper chyron. And while we’re on the subject of the journal, why no option to open again? Sometimes I would like to re-read the entry, but I have no way of knowing how to get the journal back — if there is one, I haven’t seen it. And finally, the font in the guide cheats is ridiculously old-fashioned and very difficult to read — this is a modern game so use a modern Sans serif font please. Minor concerns to be sure and I’m hoping some were addressed in the second installment. All in all, a pretty good new title, and I hope to see more.

Since I prefer the sub genre of crime rather than fantasy (sick of Domini and evil beings stealing souls), this storyline was intriguing to me. The protagonist, a widow named Emily, aids the police and then does podcasts about the crimes. In this installment, someone with a medical background is stealing organs and murdering the victims afterwards. It is up to Emily to stop this criminal. Gameplay was fast-paced and addictive, inventory usage was unique, and there were some innovative HO scenes. The mini-games had a decent variety. Unfortunately, the puzzle where you must create a pattern on a tablet by connecting nodes did not function properly, and it had to be skipped. Also, the game was rather brief, inclusive of the bonus adventure. Hence my rating of 4 stars. Note to Elephant: in case you’re wondering why your f2p versions are rated so low and you’re not earning as much revenue as you’d like, take some advice from me. My iOS population of gamers (which is very large) won’t ever play these games. They all know that f2p is way more expensive than a one-time game unlock. You would be better off creating more full-length collector’s edition games instead. I can promise you that my gamers will buy ALL of them! In case you haven’t realized it by now, I basically control the HOAG genre on iOS. I took Domini from the brink of bankruptcy to major success, and turned Friendly Fox from developer to distributor, also increasing their player base and revenues. I wheel and deal and I am very good at what I do. So if I am giving you free advice, I suggest you take it. Note to all gamers: if you want more games from Elephant, take five minutes to rate and review. This developer deserves recognition. Their games are original and exciting, so kindly purchase them and write a review. It doesn’t need to be long, but it needs to be done! Thank you!

When I try to use the knitting needle the game freezes.

Game is great until the part where the knitting needle is needed. The game glitches here and I can’t progress. Thanks!

Good graphics and interesting storyline plus good variety of HOGs. Plus it is a full game which I am 100% supportive vs. episodic money grab from Domini. Please keep them coming

Other developers take note! This is how these mystery genre games should be! Great graphics, seamless play, functioning map, great story line, nice variety of tasks, and so on and so on. I loved this one!