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Nora Roberts: Vision in White

In Brief

A Romantic Hidden Object game based on the novel 'Vision in White' by Nora Roberts. The game starts with a video of the author introducing the game.

Installation:

Nora Roberts: Vision in White downloads to a 98.4 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set-up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives can save games on any drive they wish by replacing the C drive with whatever drive letter they wish the game to be installed to or if you have multiple hard drives you can save games on any drive you wish by replacing the C drive letter in the path with whatever drive letter you wish the game to be installed to. The newly installed game is 105 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Nora Roberts Vision in White

However, if you prefer a different path for installation for example I use G:\Games\ name of game instead of 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity\name of game'. You can edit the default path when the Setup - Nora Roberts Vision in White - Select Destination Location window appears.

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop, three of which can be safely deleted (i.e. Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game). If you don't want to install the games shortcut to the desktop during installation, just make sure the install desktop shortcut is unchecked when the 'additional task's window appears; you will still get two of the other MyPlayCity shortcuts installed i.e. the Play Online Games and MyPlayCity Games shortcuts. Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you also uncheck the appropriate checkbox when the 'additional task's window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window).

Introduction:

When a casual fling turns steamy for a brilliant wedding photographer, life remains less than picture perfect. Relying on girlfriends to cope with the reality of her past, will Mackensie capture the romance, or will her narcissistic mother and fear of commitment be the prophetic snapshot of her future? Take part in Nora Roberts’ best-selling novel in Nora Roberts Vision in White, a fun Hidden Object game.

Reference accessed HERE. 16th March 2019

The Game:

The story, which is adapted from author Nora Roberts’ novel Vision in White, follows on the business and personal life of a wedding photographer named Mackensie, who together with long-time friends Parker, Laurel and Emma runs the most successful wedding planning business in Connecticut.

If you’ve played any of Floodlight’s previous titles, you’ll recognize the same “classic” hidden object game vibe where you’ll be searching for items exclusively (instead of gathering items into an inventory to solve puzzles), and participating in only the occasional mini-game.

Another throwback of sorts is the game’s hint system. You only get a certain number of hints per chapter, and you’ll have to ration them across several scenes. However, you can earn more hints by finding letters that spell out V-O-W-S in each scene, and by successfully completing a mini-game. By default you start the game in a Timed mode that typically gives you between 20 and 25 minutes to find all the objects in a scene. Clicking incorrectly too many times in a row results in you using a few seconds off the clock. There’s also a Carefree (untimed) mode that can be switched to from the Options menu.

The meat of the game – the hidden object scenes – are attractive and fun to search through. You’ll follow Mackensie to various wedding sites as she captures the special moments leading up to the client’s big day. Occasionally, some situations reminded me a little of the “wedding disasters” in the Dream Day series, such as when Mackensie’s keen eye captures a bridesmaid hiding under one of the tables in the ballroom. But Mackensie’s not all work and no play; her personal life also weighs heavily in the story and game play as she explores a romance with a handsome fellow named Carter, and balances relationships with her friends and high-maintenance mother.

Although it’s perhaps a little unfair to be expected to find a snowflake and a white dove in a room dominated by white table cloths and curtains (the game really does live up to the name Vision in White), overall I was impressed by how well the majority of objects were hidden within each scene. Some of the more careless hidden object game developers just seem to dump items randomly on top of a background, but the scenes in Vision in White never devolve to that degree of random clutter. While there is some repetition of the scenes as you travel to locations like Mackensie’s office and the girls’ meeting room multiple times, you’ll find yourself in unexpected places too, like the interior of a limo during a night on the town, or a close-up of Mackensie’s camera bag.

Mini-games don’t happen all that often, but when they do they’re not the usual thoughtless jigsaw puzzle and memory match throwaways. Wedding-themed games like decorating cakes and cropping photographs are actually tied to the story and fun in their own right.

In a genre where rush jobs are becoming far too common, Nora Roberts: Vision in White is a well-made and enjoyable hidden object game that actually injects some gentle challenge back into the mix. Want to skip a mini-game? Fine, but there are consequences (you won’t earn that extra hint). And no, you can’t just keep clicking the Hint button and have it recharge after 20 seconds either.

I only have a handful of complaints: For one thing, if you run out of time in a scene you have to restart the whole chapter from the beginning, not just that particular scene, which means you might have to play some scenes over again. The V-O-W-S letters can be rather cryptically hidden to the degree that you might find yourself wishing you could use a hint just to locate the last letter! And finally, the photography mini-game doesn’t make all the criteria needed for taking the “perfect photo” clear until you’ve failed at least once. It would be nice to know all the things you need to do up front.

Aside from these issues, which are minor in the face of everything the game does right, Nora Roberts: Vision in White is a solid choice for hidden object game fans that don’t mind being challenged a little.

Reference accessed HERE. Originally posted by Erin Bell on Mar 5, 2010, edited and re-posted by Whiterabbit-uk 16th March 2019

Conclusion:

Nora Roberts: Vision in White includes a variety of attractive scenes and decent mini-games. The game also boasts excellent production values and the hidden object scenes are quite challenging (I had to use a magnifying glass to find some of the objects they were camouflaged really well).

Other Reviews and Videos of Nora Roberts: Vision in White:

You can read other comments about Nora Roberts: Vision in White Review HERE.

Also, you can see several in-game videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE.

Suggestions:

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Problems getting the game to work:

If you're having problems installing or activating or getting Nora Roberts: Vision in White Review to work please visit the FAQ's Thread HERE and read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted, for example, a common issue seen since the Themida wrapper was introduced three years ago is that some community members installation of the game are blocked by their security because Themida code has been known to hide malware, (usually an error message is flagged for example 'The executable is corrupted' even though in reality it is not); so as a precaution some anti malware programs will block and even delete the suspect installation files even though the files (i.e. the setup, read me and setup.gcd files are actually totally free from malware. This issue can be solved either by rebooting your computer in safe mode with networking or a quicker method is to temporarily turn off your security software to allow the installation. You could also try white-listing the setup.gcd file. In the almost 12 years this game giveaway site has been operating there has 'never' been a game given away that was infected with malware.

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, you have a game to offer the community, or are unable to download the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve you can do so HERE

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Nora Roberts: Vision in White and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Nora Roberts: Vision in White doesn't interest you, but you still hanker for something new to play, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free HERE (I've not updated the thread in a while, but most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

The rest of the information that used to be posted in the game review can be found in the forums HERE.

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