A file-folder sorting puzzle early in the game had me so stumped that I just decided to skip it and have the points deducted from my score total (either that or the puzzle itself is simply glitched.)
Mata hari game review how to#
You can skip any puzzle, which might be required for ones where it’s just not clear enough how to solve it. Instructions are a bit vague at times, and text betrays the occasional typo like "Start the carreer." When a text box appears (and they occur pretty frequently), you can’t just click anywhere on the screen to make it go away but instead you actually have to scroll your mouse over and click on the text box itself. When you use the wrong item in a location, or simply click on a hotspot to investigate, the game doesn’t offer any information or hints but just repeats the same line that you can’t use it there. Secret Missions also suffers from an interface that just isn’t as pleasant to use as other adventure games. Sometimes, though, the hints aren’t all that helpful because it will simply illuminate a spot that you’re supposed to use an item on but not tell you which item to use or when. The game offers unlimited hints, with a hint meter that recharges over time. There are a couple of interesting recurring puzzles in between levels one is based on color and the other involves connecting nodes on a grid using a line that can only travel horizontally, vertically or diagonally. And unlike the excellent dress-up game Jojo’s Fashion Show, it seems like there’s only one correct clothing combination in Secret Missions, even though other outfits seem to fit the games’ vague clues well enough. In the game’s Easy mode the game tells you when you’ve selected the correct outfit, but in Hard mode you just have to take a guess. Sometimes Mata Hari doesn’t have enough information about the man right away, so you have to search his room or examine a photograph of him with a magnifying glass to look for clues. For example, Major John Williams likes eccentric and exotic women, and the color green. This involves a dress-up mini-game where you enter Mata Hari’s closet and browse through clothing, hats and accessories to choose the correct outfit based on information you’ve provided about each man’s taste in women. Besides snooping, the other thing Mata Hari does is use her feminine charms to "seduce" suspicious men to get information from them.