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REVIEWIt's a good news/bad news situation in Mystery of the Crystal Portal: Beyond the Horizon. The good news is that after spending all of the first Mystery of the Crystal Portal game looking for your father, you've finally found him. The bad news is that now you're both trapped with no apparent way home.
The portal that brought you, your dad, and your pal Igor to this mysterious and beautiful realm of floating islands – supposedly the remnants of Atlantis – was one-way only. Your father thinks he knows a way to get you all home, but he's going to need you to do the legwork, which is where the hidden object searching comes in.
The item searches in MCP: Beyond the Horizon are a little different than your typical HOG. Each level begins with you being given a task, such as unlocking a gate or finding some maps. To accomplish that goal, you'll have to complete a series of other tasks – repairing broken machinery, cleaning up a basement, and so on. Items that need your attention are highlighted with a helpful sparkle, and clicking on them brings up a group of circles displaying pictures of objects you need to collect to complete that particular goal. To complete that task, you must find all of the displayed items and deliver them to their respective circles. The images are a bit on the small side, so sometimes it can be hard to tell what you're looking for, but moving your cursor over a circle will display the name of the object in question. Read more...
