I was not prepared to like this game. In fact, in the beginning I actually didn’t like it. But a friend of mine kept encouraging me to play the game and complete the levels to find the lost tomb. He kept saying “dewd, it is so worth it” over and over so I decided to give it a go and see what all the hub bub was about.

As many of you know, I am not the best one to critique another hidden object game. Yes, I have given some good reviews to a few, but if you look at how many are out there, the number I approve is minuscule. I was going to add Amazing Adventures The Lost Tomb to my list as just another wannabe until my friend convinced me to complete everything and find the lost tomb. BAM! What a reward!

Now the fact that this one takes place in Egypt is pretty cool to begin with. I mean you get to visit all the really neat places like the pyramids, the sphinx, the Nile River and Cairo to name a few. Look how great all the Mummy movies were using this type of location. So the game got off to a pretty good start just from that standpoint alone. You also just start off with two rooms to poke around in and you also control what scene you want to use. Finding some items was pretty easy. But then it started to get challenging. Some items were hidden under other items that you could not remove in order to get your hands on what you knew was under there. Frustrating! I found you absolutely had to use the hint button to acquire those hidden objects! And some items are not even on the screen! Back to the hint button once more.

I needed a pretty big reward for what I had gone through to find the hidden tomb. The game delivered! You are rewarded with the secret game mode and two completely unique rooms that are ten times better then the first ones you plowed through. It was worth the work to get here. Now you can play any scene in the game at will. You are in control. In addition, the two additional new rooms made the first rooms look like grammar school with the bonus rooms being Ivy League. They are that much more challenging.

So if your into the hidden object genre, you just have to test drive this one. And don’t give up till you find the tomb. Its what makes it all worthwhile.