
REVIEW
If time isn’t on your side these days, here’s the “quick and dirty” on Between the Worlds: it’s a blasé hidden object game that suffers from many annoying shortcomings.
If you’re the type of person who needs more details, however, keep on reading for a deeper look at this flawed puzzler.
The concept behind Between the Worlds is hard to swallow, but it has to do with the city of Los Angeles struck by a crime wave. You play as a seasoned male or female detective (you choose one or the other at the start of the game) tapped by the County Sherriff to help solve the crimes. Not sure why you’re needed to find objects strewn around streets and homes – such as a cucumber, TV remote, saxophone, butterfly and corkscrew, for example – but apparently this is savvy police work! Oh, and then things get even weirder when you meet a sorcerer who is behind the mayhem and he wants to use his magic to control the city. Sigh. I told you it was bad. As a male detective, you also have a busty assistant, Lea, who gives you some background info when you need her. Girl detectives get the cute Alex. Read more...