About Millionaire Empire Tycoon:
Welcome to the Hidden Object Game Show” says the ever so glib, top hat and tuxedo wearing Master of Ceremony with the Clockwork Orange eyes and a maniacal laugh that puts the Joker to shame. Okay, gramps what have you managed to get yourself into besides a cage along with 5 other caged ‘contestants’. For accuracy’s sake two people are in one cage, making 5 cages total. Despite this bizarre and slightly unnerving introduction the only thing any of this has to do with gameplay is releasing the trapped and caged ‘contestants‘. (Making this game 5 levels in total.) I read all the reviews after I played the game and the negative ones did nothing to dampened my enthusiam about recommending this game. Firstly, this is an old-school HO game, without a map/travel or inventory management puzzles. Like many of the older games, it’s just finding objects in a scene packed with dozens upon dozens of items. If you are looking for something like the new Artifex Mundi games which are more intricate and have more features, you probably won’t be thrilled with this. Per Dryspace’s comment on this review, I looked up BridgetFisher’s review and tried the fix for the resolution issue I had. With that fix in place, I was able to play the game and finish it, though I doubt I’ll complete the Extended Play in Jirard-style completionism. So, I change my review to a recommend with that. The plot is basically non-existent, but the antagonist’s voice acting is some of the best I’ve encountered in an HO game. The various game modes give this game a bit of something different.
