My Take: Three Musketeers Secrets: Constance's Mission

Sometimes I just wanna flake out and not *think*.
What's that you say? I never think?

Well you laugh now, but you'll be crying once you experience "Three Musketeers Secrets: Constance's Mission".
It's a derpy little 'hidden object' casual time killer for when you have housework, homework, exercise, or other important tasks you wish to avoid doing.

Why did I pick it? I was reaching complete Skyrim saturation, and needed a break from the ravages of endless questing. Also, I like Three Musketeers stuff, and it was flaunting a sassy rogue:

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Obviously English is not the first language of the game, because the subtitles leave much to be desired.  Forget the intended puzzles - try and solve the mystery of what the game is actually trying to say!

This woman sports the only expression more enigmatic and indecipherable than the Mona Lisa.

This game has some unique additions to the normal 'hidden object' genre: It has fully animated cut scenes with ACTION!! and ADVENTURE!!, interesting* story without being burdensome, and relevant mini games.

(*Well... 'interesting' compared, to... say, watching paint dry.)

The game suffers (or rather the player does) because the actual 'hidden object' part of the game is kinda crap. I've seen it done much MUCH better in other titles. Also, the menu screen theme music for this game is truly awful. It's totally off key. I listened to it for like 5 minutes because I'm a crazy masochist who enjoys pain and suffering.  I wish I could find it and play it for you over and over so you could share in the madness.

I'm big enough to admit that I play these "casual games", albeit infrequently, and I've found most of them endearing because of their little idiosyncrasies, their amusing flaws, and most notably the obvious personal involvement of the game designers and creators reflected in the work.
These are also all the reasons I enjoy trying out indy games as well. 

So while I appear to chastise games and point out their imperfections, to me it's like talking about a crazy and irritating friend and all the stupid stuff he does - but it's all good, because he's fun and life wouldn't be the same without him.

When I drink wine I can get pretty 'demolished' too.

 

 Micheal Jackson! Why you sneakin' round my palace?