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Far Mills / Jun 3, 2016 / Adventure, Casual, Indie
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CompareThe Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.
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65% positive, 268 reviews
Good game
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-06
Well, it's 2026, and apparently the only fix for a game-breaking bug reported TEN FREAKIN' YEARS AGO, hours into the game, is to restart the entire game from the start. So yeah, don't buy it unless you enjoy frustration and rage. What an absolute waste of time. Bug = there's a chest that has two locks. You put in the keys, aaand then you can't select it to open it, because the place where you click to back out of...
1 found this helpful, 2026-04-04
Kicked the water, barn popped out of bubbles. Built a bridge, fell, turned into frog, wife digs it. Now nightly croon country quacks. Eight lilypads out of ten, dive in smiling!
1 found this helpful, 2026-04-08
I remember playing Dance of Death some time ago - another HOG published by Alawar, yet ended up in the repertoire of RunServer for some reason or the other. That game left me with a bad taste in the mouth, so I wasn't expecting much of a miracle from this one either. Hope Lake presents a somewhat similar experience with the small developer team Far Mills + MysteryTag, and with a more mystery, less supernatural...
60 found this helpful, 2017-01-02
I really wanted to like this hidden object game, especially given how useful and pleasant the map system is (it prevents backtracking, which is for me the major flaw of the genre). But absolutely nothing makes sense. Among things that made all suspension of disbelief impossible for me: • An armed sheriff decides not to go look for the missing girl (who was just abducted) with his deputies but instead ask...
76 found this helpful, 2016-07-16
Hope Lake is, in my opinion, a very well designed hidden object game. The amazing artwork and the good OST, combined with an interesting story make this game very atmospheric. The story itself is pretty lengthy (around 6h). In general, it should be noted, stunning artwork, which very aptly emphasizes the storyline. Abandoned school, the disappearance girls, mystery's, puzzles - through all of this you have to go to...
39 found this helpful, 2016-06-03
I was so looking forward to playing this, and I ended up being fairly disappointed. There is a lot of good in the game in terms of artistic value and plot; it's exactly the sort of dark, mysterious story that I like. Some of the imagery was spot-on wonderful. Sound and voiceover work wasn't terrible comparatively speaking. However, that said.... I cannot make a recommendation on this. The puzzles are the usual...
41 found this helpful, 2016-06-21
The amount of mislabeled items in this game is so far beyond acceptable. Nearly every single HO scene contained items that were mislabeled so far from what they actually were the only way to complete the scenes was to repeatedly hit the hint button or randomly click around. Maddening. I'm not talking about simple mistakes... I'm talking about plumbing pipes being mislabeled as trumpets... and fishing rods...
28 found this helpful, 2016-06-28
I was lucky enough to win this from a promotional giveaway, and I figured the least I could do was complete Hope Lake promptly for a timely review. It was exciting for me to get to dive into it so soon after its released, especially since I love hidden object games. That being said, this fortunate win has no affect on my review, and I am going in as a neutral player. For those who don't want to delve into the...
27 found this helpful, 2016-06-08
Hope Lake is a captivating hidden object game that offers a gripping and dark story line. This is further enhanced by the numerous cut scenes which helps provide more intrigue into the story. My Grandmother use to play these type of games a lot, so I tend to have a soft spot for hidden object games and to be honest, this one would have stood out to her. Unlike many hidden object games that rely heavily and solely...
12 found this helpful, 2024-12-10