City of Secrets
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- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- $0.99
- Adventure Games
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that City of Secrets is a surreal point-and-click adventure game starring a talking mole named Moles and his dog companion, Rex. There's no violence or objectionable content, and the game emphasizes dialog and puzzle-solving rather than action. There's a lot of reading, but all dialogue is fully voiced. A high-definition version called City of Secrets HD is available for the iPad.
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Thought not perfect, CITY OF SECRETS is a creative and funny portable adventure game. Players alternate between Moles the talking mole and his canine companion Rex as they accidentally fall through the ground and end up in Mole City, where they become caught up in a resistance movement to free the town from the oppressive rule of its secretive mayor. Characters frequently break the fourth wall and poke fun at the genre itself, which adventure game fans should get a kick out of. Gameplay is mostly puzzle-solving using inventory items along with a few reflex-based mini-games, such as tilting the device to sort scrap into the proper recycling bins. City of Secrets boasts a decent length and great audio and visual production values, but the only snag is the text, which contains enough obvious grammatical and spelling gaffes to be noticeable. Overall, City of Secrets is a great adventure game that could have benefited from more thorough proofreading.
App details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Price: $0.99
- Release date: April 12, 2011
- Category: Adventure Games
- Publisher: Aidem Media
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated: November 11, 2020
Our editors recommend
For kids who love puzzles and adventure
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