Downloaded and installed no problems now that I've worked out how to turn off my updated security. It looks like a nice little game for a short break with a coffee. I will keep it just for that as I think for longer periods it would become boring. This is a keeper for me, at least until I've mastered all the levels. Thank you MPC and GOTD and Whiterabbit for your review which I always read first.

Windows10 64bit Home. Loaded and play no problem. However, when playing the game in Training Mode was okay but next stage you had to make sure you was in Training Mode. After finishing the first game in the second page, you went back to the first page. So you were constantly remembering Training Mode, second page, then play. Hospital scene on second page does will not open. Some of the items to find were left to the imagination. Like Peanut was actually peanut butter. etc etc Graphics wasn't that great so went into Compatibility mode and clicked the DPI scaling and it seemed a little better. Quite boring game actually. Meh. Next. But thanks.

I have downloaded this game because I like this kind of games, I have tried several times to play this game only to have the game stall at the point of hitting the play arrow. Game then goes to a faded screen, I have never had this happen with MyPlayCity games. Please check your game files to see if this game is working on your end. I run windows 7 pro

I received the same DLL error that many other users commented on. I am not willing to jump through any hoops to try to get this to work so I will uninstall via reboot. Thank you for the effort. BTW this is the first time any MPC game has failed to work for me so their track record is still very good.

Missing .dll, tried workaround given here with vcredist_86.exe file, still have missing .dll error. Deleting. Not worth my time.

Hello, I have been using this site for long time. and I love it.
I have never commented here before till now. I thank its great I only down load the games I think I,ll like and most have been great. so yes if other people are complaining about the quality of the games or other software then they should go buy what they want. just saying thanks to the site and keep up the good work.

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Thank you Charles.

Cannot run this on XP SP3.
Get the error message: The procedure entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll
However, The "InitializeCriticalSectionEx" function does not exist in the XP version of Kernel32.dll, even with SP3 installed. It was not introduced until Vista.

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check THIS out, and see Mikes comment.

I also had the missing .dll file alert. downloaded the service pack from Microsoft, the file is now on my computer but the game will not start. also copied the file to the game folder, same result. I am used to having to adjust things with MPC games for them to work on my pc, but this is a new problem. disappointed. thanks anyway.

I thought I recognized this game by the stills. I found the game a bit dark and boring, I was hoping for a bit more puzzles and at least a story line but this game has neither. I also didn't like the timer feature. I had hoped for a play that wasn't timed. If there was such a feature, I couldn't find it.

This game was just a marathon of finding hidden objects. No motivation and the game is just flat. The graphics are so-so and uninteresting. Typical images with very little effort to at least make the graphics pop.

This is just a no frills hidden object game.

If you like just scene after scene of hunting random images, this is your game. If you want exciting villains, to save a loved one trapped in some time portal or to save the world through fixing what's broken, you're going to be disappointed.

GREAT give away today folks !! This game downloaded quickly, and will no issues...I mean just a few seconds on high speed. The game is fine, although it has no "options" selection, so I used my laptop to turn down the volume of the music a bit. No false positives by Norton Antivirus. The game is a Hidden Object game, and the items are well hidden, so one really has to look for them, and do it quickly, or you have to try again. The art work is not at all bad, though the backgrounds look a little faded in the images of them online. In reality, they are well coloured, and hide things well. This is a keeper, for sure. Thanks to GAOTD for the great game, and of course, My Play City.

I installed the game in Win10.
And there was a file missing MSVCR100.DLL.
That did not bothered me, seen that for many times.
I started my PC in Win8.1 and I did get a warning from AVG.
So I sent the file GAME.exe to virustotal.com and there were 4 warnings:
https://www.virustotal.com/nl/file/3b8d00fa4b4e1c932431a0511000e89a9f5dedb2d8eda631a0af9cd25f5a9b39/analysis/1501939288/
Never there was found a virus in a game of GOTD and this time all warnings are different.
So nothing to worry.
In Win10 there has something missing. Maybe this link will help:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

Was missing two files (as noted by Jennifer); found in another game, copied and pasted and now works. Basic HOG except timed. Dark graphics, no storyline, only meaningless points given for "winning" so no incentive to keep playing. Music annoying after first few minutes. Boring (and I usually like HOGs). Worth a try but won't play again or keep.

Not what I usually do, but I delete the game already, as stated before you have to find more items as soon as you succeed, it is timed.

The objects to find are very washed out so very hard to recognize, the description didn't suit me either i.e. 'peanut', turned out to be a fallen over bag full of peanuts. 'bolster' was as far as I could see a balloon in the top of the screen.

After 10 attempts I gave up because I still was on the first scene.

Anyway, thanks GGOTD en Playrix Games, not every game can be to one's liking.

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The updated version available via Steam is far superior to this game. with respect to the timed game, you can play each of the 55 hidden Object scenes without ma timed mode by selecting training. All objects remain in the same place, but you can rep[lay each one in training mode at least a couple of times, though the more you play each scene, the more objects will appear in the list that you've already found previously. Still, with 55 levels, it's actually not that bad. as for the timed levels, I gave up after about the third try and I couldn't finish in time and would have to restart. I purchased the updated version via Steam when it was released over 2 years ago.

Time limits are opposite to what most HOG fans are looking for. HOGs are popular because they offer a relaxed game play without limits or the possibility of failure.

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Hi Michael

If you select training you get5 an un-timed mode.

I have downloaded the file twice, installed three times. I get this error message every time.

engine.exe - System Error
"The program can't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

I assumed that they had forgotten a file but I see that others have managed to start playing the game so I went looking and find that I have several copies of that file on my computer. I copied one of them to the game folder. Now it's bellyaching about needing MSVCP110.dll.

Just how many files am I going to have to go looking for before this game will do its job? And why didn't the game come with the files it needed?

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I've seen this before in older games created before the latest operating systems. see Ootje comment below for help.

"The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP120.dll was not found". Ah well. Maybe I'll have better luck with tomorrow's giveaway.

Never got beyond the first page. Very basic hidden object game against the clock. You start needing 3 then more ... then more ... until you fail. I didn't get to succeed and decided I was wasting my time.

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Select training to play the 55 un-timed levels. You do need to click on training each time otherwise it defaults to the timed mode.

Well, Hidden Object Games are one of my favorite genres but this one is definitely NOT one of my favorites. For starters, I like a storyline with my HOGs, I don't think this one has one. The only options you have in this game are to be able to mute the sound & the hint button does recharge quickly. All HO scenes are timed - immediate bad mark from me! The graphics are really nice, though. You're timed & graded. *shakes head* Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I don't think people who like HOGs generally enjoy being timed & graded. And there's a pause button you can use but it doesn't just pause the game, it gives you a "You Lose!" message with a bad grade. There are TONS of location....I scrolled through and it looks like there are 11 screens with 6 locations on each page. I'm not sure what the buttons are for below the locations mean.

And to be completely honest, I didn't play very long at all....I was too disgusted with it to give it a "girl scout" try! I think I tried like 5 HO scenes (on the same location) before I just closed the game. *shakes head*

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The updated version which I've linked to in my review above is far superior and more like what we are used to in a HOG. Though it's not free.

Just a nit-picking question - the website actually says:

'This game is brought to you by our sponsors.
It is always free. NO TIME LIMITS!
Play absolutely FREE'

So where does the $9.99 come from?

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Hi Kestrel

Since the financial meltdown of 2008, game prices crashed dramatically (for example most arcade games such as today's game would have cost you almost £20). Over a very short period, prices crashed to as low as a few dollars for a game. Becasue of this many small development houses went out of buisness and even some of the big AAA developers (eg THQ the developer of several big name games such as the red Faction franchise and 2K games the developer of the BioshockFranchise). Various solutions that enabled developers to earn money from their creations started to pop up, for example the indie bundle that starte with the Humble Bundle in 2010s, where you could get up to 95% off games and even several copies of each to give to your friends by buying them in bundles of from 4 to 12 games. Another way developers can now money was to allow sites such as MyPlaycity, Gametop, FreeGamePick, Jenkat games and others to give away the games; however, the catch with that was that all those games included at a minimum low level adware that at the very least opened your browser to the site that was giving away those games and if allowed installed toolbars, changed your home page and browser and in some cases added malicious software to your computer. Each time you play one of these free games from the sites mentioned above your browser will be redirected, back to their site and they earn cash; part of which goes to the developer for allowing their game to be given away. This way, the developer still earns cash from these games, the middleman earns cash and the punter, i.e. you, get a game for free. That said, these games are still commercial games, sold at various oulets for £9.99 and elsewhere maybe a little cheaper. The difference being that paying for them ensures you have a totally clean game with no adware or malware. The giveaway versions of these games have [part of the adware removed, so it is better to get the game from here than from those other free games sites.