Review: Hidden Through Time (PlayStation 4)
Embark on a colorful hand-drawn journey of discovery through the ages! From missing dinosaur eggs in the stone age to a king’s crown in medieval times, can you find them all? Discover, create and share worlds with your own hidden treasures in Hidden Through Time.
Pros:
- Cutesy cartoon graphics.
- 1.52gb download size.
- 3 modes-Story/map editor/online.
- Platinum trophy.
- Hidden object gameplay.
- The bar at the bottom shows the objects to find and highlight them gives you a clue.
- Fast loading times.
- Animated world.
- Can zoom in/out.
- Smart controls, easy to learn and use.
- Skip level pops up after you find X amount of objects in the current level.
- Click anything in the level and they make noises from Dinosaurs to rocks to Cowboys.
- Click buildings/tents to look inside.
- Online-upload/share/search created levels and each level shows a rating/play count and clear count.
- Map-powerful editor where you can add individual objects to set the objective object and the themes. Surprisingly easy to use.
- Four-time periods-Medieval/Egyptian/Western/Caveman.
- Relaxing Zen-like experience.
- Endless replayability.
- Easy trophy list.
- Chilled out soundtrack.
- Nice change of pace.
Cons:
- Only one control layout.
- No timed/leaderboard integration.
- Map creation does take some time as it houses endless possibilities.
- No actual tutorial.
- No hints button.
- Speed cursor could do with a speed-up button.
- Music does grate over time but it can be turned off.
