Customer Reviews

I Spy Spooky Mansion

5 star:		(35)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

We purchased this software for our daughters, ages 5 and 9, after enjoying the books. While the content is great, we were extremely disappointed that once you finish the game and exit the mansion that's it. The label on the package states " multi-leveled games encourage replayability". We assumed that meant when you completed the game you could begin again with new clues. WRONG! For thirty dollars I expect my child to be able to use the software again.

My daughter, 6, loves this game. The graphics are fun and entertaining. She loves receiving the certificate at the end. My only complaint is that you once you play this game, no new clues are found. It would be nice to play again with another set of clues.

My son is only three and a half, so my husband bought the game with the intention of saving it until our son was older. I got it out for him, and even though it is rated for ages 6-10, it is one of our son's favorites. Given that he can't read, I had to help him at first, but once I showed him where to click to get the riddles read to him, he could play independently (for hours on end). I keep two different user files -- one of a completed game so that he can make all seven ghosts (which requires completing the game); and one uncompleted, so when he completes puzzles the skeleton gives him new puzzle pieces. Other reviewers said that the game was not interesting once played through, but we have not found that to be the case. Our son was _more_ interested in the repetition once he'd got the hang of it. Also, of all the games we have, this is the most pleasant and interesting for the adult helping the child.

Santa brought this game for my 6 yr. old for Christmas. She and I and her 3 1/2yr. old brother opened it the day after Christmas. It is very interesting with 10 rooms to explore and 26 riddles to decipher. After completing each riddle, you're given a piece to the final puzzle which in turn instructs you how to finally get out of the mansion. My daughter stuck with it for the first 13 riddles, and suprisingly my 3yr. old wanted to keep playing until the end. We received the "certificate of completion" that very day. When we signed back on to play a "new game", we were soooo disappointed - there isn't any new game. Same 26 riddles to solve. We'll have to wait a year or so, in the hopes that we'll forget where everything is. (Or just give it to all our neighbors, family, shool chums etc.). Obviously, the I Spy books have limitations, but the software could and should give many additional games/levels.

My daughter was five years old when we bought this for her, and while some of the items were difficult for her to find she loved looking at everything and figuring out which items moved when touched. The game helped her to look at things from a different perspective, such as bat being both an animal and a sports object, and especially loved the attic flashlight search. Since she wasn't very comfortable with her reading skills when she first started playing this I was glad that the search items were spoken for her, but now she loves making her own search pages. I thought she might get tired of it after she had completed the puzzle, but she plays it quite often still, and now works at completing the entire puzzle faster each time. This software is a great way of masking a learning game!

Two kids at heart played the whole way thru this game and loved it....it was a bit easy for us, but the effects were amusing and impressive. After we tape the box up and give it to our niece, we are going to order one to have here at the house for any big kids who come to visit.

I bought this for my nephew when he was 6, and even now (he's 8)he enjoys it. Slightly spooky (complete with screams and halloween music)and challenging even with repeated playings, this game is rewarding for a 6-8 year old to play alone, but we also had a lot of fun figuring out the puzzles together. The combination of deductive reasoning (in the clues) and great graphics makes this an educational and addictive game.

This is one fantastic CD...that I would not call a game, at least in the typical sense. I "worked" with my 6-year-old daughter, through the various rooms, and we were constantly challenged by the clues and really had to think to successfully think through the riddles. We spent a couple of hours as she would say "working as a team." Great product...stretch the thinking process...definitely a "recommend" for friends.

My 7 year old daughter absolutely loves this. The game asks the child to type their name in the beginning to "sign in," and then the name appears incorporated in the graphics throughout the game. As my daughter is a beginning reader, we both appreciate the feature that "reads" the list of items to be found aloud. I would recommend this game as a quiet alternative to the loud, intense-motion titles that abound.

My daughter (almost 7 years old) cannot get enough of this wonderful game! It is extremely well done and I can't take myself away from watching her play it (and occasionally helping her!) I highly recommend this I Spy game.