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Panopticon: Path of Reflections was available as a giveaway on June 19, 2016!
Enter a world in which the border between reality and illusion is paper thin and the answer to a mystery will test the limits of human understanding!
Guide Senior Inspector John Perry as he sets out to find magician Andy Fox and his assistant, who vanished into thin air while using a new machine during one of Andy's performances. Explore far off locations in which the unexpected is expected, scour alternate dimensions for clues and hidden objects, and employ your skills as a virtual sleuth to solve cunning puzzles. Along the way, you'll perform magic tricks, interact with the Great Houdini, and outsmart a scheming shop keeper!
The world of Panopticon is filled with twists and turns, and will keep you guessing until the truth is revealed in the final, stunning moment of the game. Are you prepared for an adventure unlike any other?
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Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and MyPlayCity! No third-party advertising and browser add-ons!
Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8; CPU: 1.4 GHz; RAM: 1024 MB; DirectX: 9.0; Hard Drive: 1431 MB
922 MB
$9.99
Panopticon: Path of Reflections
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Wow, Whiterabbit, sounds like your new site is going to be fantastic! A new bookmark in my browser, most probably.
And I'm very glad to hear that you will still be moderating GGOTD.
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Ok I have been playing this game with my daughter and it has been a lot of fun. The story line is good and the graphics are nice and don't distract from the game. The only issues that we came across were:
Finger tip/ pointer has to be exactly on object or it will not work
Some guidelines as to where to go or what to do were not available so had to use the hint button to get you moving in the right direction
Currently we are in the police office again and told to zoom into the file cabinet and the message that says this does not go away from the screen and the game freezes and tells you to look at drawer even with hint button but it will not allow you to look into file drawer. So we decided to try things to look into it and nothing worked. Then we tried to exit file cabinet and it will not let you leave. So we exited game and restarted scene and same thing still happens. I even went so far as to reboot the computer the game is on to help fix issue and it did not work. This game was enjoyable until now and I don't know if I will ever get to the end of game.
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Still free at Myplaycity........
http://www.myplaycity.com/panopticon/
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Why was my comment deleted? I had a legitimate question regarding whether or not anyone else had a Trojan alert during the install process. I wanted to know so that I could take 'games.exe' out of quarantine if that what was keeping the game from running. The moderator could have at least reassured me that this was a 'clean' game and that there was nothing to worry about. I know that this offer has expired but I am hoping SOMEBODY will give me an answer. I waited 12+ hours for this program to download; I would like to be a to play it, but not at the expense of getting a Trojan. If this comment is deleted too, I will have to assume that there is some kind of censorship going on. There wouldn't be any reason for that, though. I was not being malicious, just really needed an answer to my question.
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I actually had to wait for my open bandwidth time to download this which is a period between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am. At 11:00 at night it took only 10 minutes to fully download and activation took less then 2 minutes - this is completely normal. To me that means that the problem earlier today could be a server overload problem. If the ones that can wait would wait, many of the problem could resolve J/S. There's a lot of "it should just work" attitude in the comments (on a freebie no less) Ok, now onto the game, I didn't get to play it all the way through but I can tell the whole family will enjoy it. I even got my friend to download, she's addicted to these sorts of games. Beautiful graphics fun game play - ty for the great game.
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I have fibre op which is normally 300/150 but by the time this downloaded, the Giveaway period had Expired. LLOLL
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Downloaded twice but it seems it can't verify that the offer is still valid. "Failed to launch." error after displaying verifying message for a long time. Server tied up with downloads?
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Hi,
I did it get it to open after long download. The graphics are great. I could not get the fish. I put on regular cursor and clicked on perspective or whatever the option. After several more times I did get the fish. I felt like there was a glitch with it and not meant to take that long. I do like a challenge and not just click on items from a list, but for them to be hung up for some time wouldn't make sense. Once I got past the fish, everything followed in order without much challenge. Only one or two things go backwards, everything goes forward so far. I couldn't continue right now and will soon. I went through to the circus and.....
Thank you!! and have a great week!
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I got Free Download Manager, and it downloaded in 8 min, no problem. Now, I can't get it to install. I get a notice, do I want Giveawayoftheday to modify my computer. I tap yes, it activates, but then just disappears. :(
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Seems like it might be a nice game, but right off the bat it's aggravating because something does't work. In the first HOG, the fishing pole - it doesn't catch any fish, and I have tried about 100 times. This game is going in the trash can, because you can't progress without finishing the HOG.
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I have to echo some of the negative comments I've read. I downloaded twice; it downloaded very slow on an Extremely High Speed Connection. Attempted to Install twice; failed to launch both times.
I should know better than to trust a MyPlayCity game.
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This game took a while to download, but I was very pleased that it was a direct and not through email or Steam!
The visuals are wonderful and I enjoyed playing, as I enjoy puzzle/hidden object games. This was a winner for me.
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Finally got it downloaded, but didn't notice that this was because GGOtD had switched to the MyPlayCity site, which included the usual load of crapware.
DEEPLY unhappy!
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I downloaded this game directly from MyPlayCity because of the long-download-time comments, and because when I download MPC games through GGOTD, I get an odd "Click to enable extension" greyed screen (Google Chrome browser). The direct download took 15 minutes, but I still got the "Click to enable extension" (just click through or click Cancel to get rid of that); and the loading pop-up where you have to uncheck "Set MPC as homepage", "Set MPC as search page".
MPC games are always free and I've never had malware from them (my computer wears a condom under a haz-mat suit with a bomb-squad turnout on top, so I'd know. Yes, that does slow it down), but resetting your homepage and search page is a pain, so be careful to uncheck the boxes. the MPC homepage opening when you exit the game is a small price to pay for some great free games, so I play along by disabling AdBlocker on that site so they get some ad revenue from me.
Thanks for the great review, Whiterabbit. MPC have some "meh" games and a few duds, but they don't have enough of a description for you to tell: this game is beautifully done, a pleasure to look at, and an easy HOG with lots of good puzzles -- a gem!
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If this is a 'clean' download, why did Panda antivirus detect a Trojan in the games.exe file during the install process? Panda quarantined the file and the game will not load. Now I am wondering whether I should take games.exe out of quarantine so the program will run, just in case this is one of those false/positive things that happens with antivirus programs. Has anyone else had that problem?
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Ok Windows 10 x64 Pro. Tried Bigfish and site never opened. That MyPlayCity did work and pretty fast compares to the mega month download here! Geez. Do be careful w/ MPC junk 'extras'. Uncheck it all & kill desktop icons other than the game made one. Installer did seem to auto install to C drive w/ no choice. Guess could copy from C to D if want to save SSD space.
Very sweet graphics and gameplay in easy mode. Really gets you into it. Usual side puzzles that can skip but usually solve them once catch theme. This HOG+ will be kept. 9/10 for fans. Thanks guys for pointing d/l options.
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9 hours to download and then at least 30 mins stuck on the activating dialog box, I'm starting to wonder if it's even going to activate today since it's still sitting there. This is ridiculous, I really do hope you figure out what the problem is so this can be fixed. At this point anyone who didn't start downloading it atleast 5 hours ago or start downloading it now using a download manager, won't even be able install this game in time. It's no wonder so many others just gave up rather than wait.
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I set it to download and then checked on it every couple hours and finally got it, sooner than expected. Yay! Looks good. Thanks Gaotd and MyPlayCity!
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This is a first for me! Never took more than several minutes for something to download from here before.
Thought something was wrong, then came in and saw the comments. Wow! Is it worth it? and why so long?
Probably won't get it, since download will run past the time to get it, because we were celebrating father's day!
This site has been so disappointing lately! Don't know what's up!!
Happy Father's day to all!
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Thanks for reminding us that this is included with the Hidden Objects 6-in-1 collection. I purchased a bundle that included this just last week, and have just installed it on Steam (joining the 4-in-1 and 5-in-1 collections).
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I was glad to find out that "Panopticon: Path of Reflections" had a casual mode. I found the music to be very soothing and sometimes eerie. The voices all were very expressive and intriguing.
The journal really adds to the storyline. I really like the story itself. I found myself reading the journal on every entry. There is even a love interest associated with our hero.
I particularly liked the yellow items in the hidden object scenes. I like having to put things together. It gives an added twist.
I appreciated being able to hover over the items in the inventory for a description. The coin looked like a brooch to me. I usually check for a description for my own peace of mind.
I tried to post an improvement in the feedback area, but I couldn't get it to take. The only thing that I would change is the font in the journal. I found the cursive style font difficult to read.
The game was easy for me to follow and the hint function helped out twice. There are definitely good hints in this game. The graphics are very crisp and easy on the eyes.
Thanks MyPlayCity and GGOTD for the gift. Stephen, I want to thank you for the heads up on the Daily Indie Game offering. I was able to get a Steam key for "Crystals of Time". It looks like a good one. You know how I love HOGs.
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Why would you put such a problem game on GOTD. I have d/loaded it, extracted it, it says it is activated, never went to the activation page, set up a desk icon and when I click on it in hopes of playing the game I get Odysseus" Long Way Home. I do not like that game, got it back in 2014. Am I upset, oh yes, I have danced around this download all day thinking I would get the game offered. I'm passed disappointed! My Play City was kind enough to put two other game icons on as well, so I just deleted them along with their icon. What a waste of my day!
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Took HOURS to download - then got error message 'failed to launch the program'
I would like to play this - are you going to fix this or extend it? Saw both of those messages below!!!!
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Iris Lewars, I (and others here) downloaded from myplaycity.com with no problem and no waiting. It's a good game! Just make sure to uncheck the boxes that ask you to change your home page, etc.
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I'm having a different problem than what I'm reading from other people... I finally managed to download it (took hours!) and now I can't install it. Tried on my old faithful XP SP3 and get an error of "Failed to launch program". Tried on Vista and it just sits there (has been for like 25 minutes so far). Guess I'm just not meant to have it... :(
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Okay, after 30 minutes of sitting there and staring at the "activating" screen, the Vista system finally allowed me to install it. Not so with the XP SP3. I remember this happening long ago with another large game giveaway and thought the problem had been fixed- apparently not. Guess it's not important to fix this for us outdated XP users... Sucks.
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Trying 2 b Helpful, this happened to me and I disabled my antivirus program (AVG). It installed fine after that. I hope this helps.
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what a waste of time, four downloads stopped partway through, finally got to open the fifth only to find the zip code invalid...... won't be spending any more
time on it, not that is enough left!
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I would really like to try this hidden object game out. Alawar has some nice stuph out there. Cant understand why my system keeps telling me it will be a 6+ hour download. What the hell is that about? I would say keep up the good work but someone dropped the ball on this one.
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started download at 3:40 pm - now 9:27 pm still says 3 hours - WTH is going on? If it finishes before I fall asleep - it better activate!!
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says it is going to take 11 hours to download time for activation will be over. Amazing 11 hours to download 922 mb
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This thing is so phukd.... I finally get the d/l done and now the goddamn thing 'unable to connect' or 'failed to launch program'. This is after I full stopped on AVG, the only thing I've ever had to do before and sht still don't work. Love wasting the entire day babysitting this worthless piece of sht. F this site! I used to deal with it but no more.
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I wound up getting a completely different game. I got The Longest Journey, which I already have, and which is a long and, in my opinion, dull game.
It took hours and several tries to get the thing finally downloaded and now I'm getting a different game! The name is right and I didn't change anything when I ran the setup.
So what gives?
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SublimeOne, I'll be happy to swap with you I got Odysseus: Long Way Home, didn't like it the first time I got it. The Longest Journey was great, have disk but don't think it will work on my Win 8.1.
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11 hours to download this. I always do this in the morning when there is not so much traffic so I waited 10 mins and it says 7 hours. No way. Go to MPC and it downloads in 10mins tops. I see everyone else is also having problems. And this is not the first time I've had this problem.
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Damn - I totally forgot about this - I am on holiday in Vienna and now it says downloading is longer than giveaway time.
Thinks for those who pointed to My Play City *phew*
I cannot tell anything about the game until at least Tuesday cause I won't be back home before.
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Far too slow to download even at off-peak time. Gave up.
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Had to pause and resume the download to get the file. Took about 7 hours. Clicked on Setup and took about 17 minutes to install. Opened the game fine. No time to play today.
Looks like a great game.
Will repost if any problem.
Thank You again GGOTD!
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It did take a while to download (5 hrs) and I was able to use my computer for other things while it downloaded. After it downloaded I installed without any problems to my 7 yr old windows 10 computer. I've only played thru a few screens but it looks like it will be a lot of fun. The graphics are great. I love Hog's and mini games. I think this is a keeper. Even tho it takes a long time to download (which is a bummer), I think once you get it installed it will be worth it.
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Have just played several "rooms" of the game. Did have one problem though. Used the start up tutorial, and it was fine. However, it didn't tell me exactly how to do one part.... Possible spoiler, but it is near the very start, so.... You need to use a fishing rod to catch a fish. I don't know how many times I clicked, dragged, clicked; clicked, dragged, moved, clicked; started the clicking and dragging again; clicked the hint button which only highlighted the fishing pole; left the spot and came back; tried just about anything and everything except----finally through trial and error, discovered I needed to click, move, and double click. Would have been nice to be told that part....
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80-120 KB/s in 2016? Insane :D Go to http://files.myplaycity.com/files_downloader_temp/panopticon_setup.exe
- 3-5 MB/s or faster :)
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This took 6 hours to download and the game is not worth it
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I downloaded this in 30 min direct from my play city folks.
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Started this download and it was a slow 95 KBs. After about 1.5 hours went for a bike ride. Got back 1.5 hours later and IE11 DL mgr had "Resume" highlighted. Clicked resume and IE11 crashed and reloaded with entire DL gone. Started again. 42.2 KBs!!!! Is it 1998? Feels dialup days are here again. Right now it is stuck at 92% and nothing is happening.
It would have been much faster to place a link on P2P.
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Waited for several hours for it to download only to have trouble installing. Kept saying the file was empty and invalid.
Went to My Play City, downloaded faster but then it wouldn't complete the set up, supposedly because of a firewall setting?????
But, this is a nice supprise to have a game that could just be downloaded and not have to get keys.
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I tried to download the game a third time (after a came come) and a again it would have taken 8 hours. After reading all the comments I tried the tip downloading using the Free Download manager. The download took about 45 minutes after installing the Download Manager and the game installed fine. So far playing the game seems ok. Never before I used a Download Manager (I was always a bit weary of them) for any download, but this time it worked out fine.
Thanks and Happy Hogging ;-)
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I will give my impressions of the game first... then I'll address the nightmare of a download process.
The game itself loaded fine on my Windows 10 64 computer. The graphics are very well done, and the story line is intriguing. I always opt for the tutorial in case there's something unique to a game. In this case, I only played to the first hidden object screen. I've enjoyed the little bit I've played so far. I find the music pleasant and non-intrusive. I think I'm really going to enjoy this game.
Now the download process. I use Opera as my browser, my computer is a quad-core and reasonably quick. I have a 6MPS DSL line and it has always been reasonably fast for me. I started the download around 10AM. The best download speed I could get was around 34kps - briefly - and then slower. It originally told me 19 hours and then settled to 10-11 hours - ugh. I decided to do other things and let it go. I got the free Steam key to Crystals of Time that WhiteRabbit mentioned, went out to lunch, came home...... Then it was 4:45PM. 71% done - 3 hours to go. I found reference to Free Download Manager and decided to give it a try, figuring things couldn't be any worse than they already were. I downloaded and installed it and paused the marathon download at 71%. Started Free Download and was getting speeds of 300-350+kbs. Long story short, what hadn't finished in 7 hours plus was download in 45 minutes. There is something seriously wrong somewhere.......
Because of Free Download Manager, I will continue to try to get games here. This one very nearly drove me over the edge!!!! Thanks for what looks to be a challenging HOG game......
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A complete waste of time.
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It was nice to see a change from the usual "contest" that has been here every week lately. Especially this type of game, which I really enjoy. Unfortunately, I had the same problem as everyone else. The download showed over three hours to go, which is ridiculous on this computer. But I went about my business and came back later. I'm not sure when the download stopped, but it did. A total waste of time.
As others have suggested, I went to MyPlayCity because the game did seem interesting, and it downloaded and set up in about three minutes. Having to uncheck a box every time I open the game is far less aggravating than dealing with whatever GOTD has become.
Some have also suggested installing a download manager. That's fine if you actually need one, but I'm not about to download extra programs to deal with a problem that is obviously this site's and not my computer's. You can blame the problems on negative feedback, or whiners, or whatever you want. But GOTD has gone steadily downhill since they overhauled the site. I'm sure they have their reasons, and I have my reasons for going elsewhere to try out software.
At any rate, I've found that this is actually very good game, if you like this genre. But I strongly suggest getting it from MyPlayCity. (Just remember to uncheck the boxes.)
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A complete waste of time.
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To all those who come here late(r) and frustrated:
Please read my reply to Ginette, quite a few posts below. Chances are that you might get lucky!
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Extremely slow download. What a shame. Would've like to try this one...
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This better be "GIVEAWAYOFTHEWEEK". Otherwise there is no way many of us will get it in time.
Seriously.....
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Why does it take so long for these to down load this is 2016 and I have 200meg broadband also this is not the only time, lately its been every week. !! the down load times are varying from 24 hours to 14 hours then 9, back up to 12 then down to 4 and out of the 900 + mb it has only downloaded 28mb in 1.5 hours. If it's your way of losing followers I have to tell you this is gonna do it.
I have been on this for the last 9 hours and only got just over 50% and it still says 11 hours left.
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