San Francisco: Big City Adventure Review

In San Francisco: Big City Adventure, you start by selecting a character to play, and immediately start off on your grand adventure exploring San Francisco. Each location you visit (over 20 of them) is beautifully drawn with seamlessly integrated hidden objects. What's also exciting about this game is the amount of things you can learn about the various landmarks around town. Each of the over 60 levels in the game comes with a postcard giving you a brief description and history of the landmark you're visiting.

Visit landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, Nob Hill and Alcatraz island; all the while learning about what made these places famous. And you won't get lost. Every location you visit is beautifully marked on a dynamic map that captures the city's atmosphere, with little icons indicating the landmarks you've visited and levels you've completed.

Where other hidden object games just put you through the paces finding objects and solving puzzles, BCA: San Francisco adds the extra dimension of immersing yourself, exploring and learning things about the city that you never knew before. Do you know which area of the city has the best views of San Francisco Bay?

Once you've completed the hidden puzzle at each landmark, you will encounter a minigame that you will need to solve to find out which location you're headed to next. These games include jigsaw puzzles, matching games, connect games etc. Each puzzle will slowly reveal a beautifully drawn picture of the next place you'll be visiting.

So just sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds (yes, there's authentic and beautiful sounds and music too) of San Francisco, while you play your way through the game.

But the adventure doesn't end in San Francisco. Once you've rested enough, it's time for the long haul flight to the land down under, where the journey continues in BCA: Sydney, Australia. Crikey!

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