This game is very unpolished. The worst bug that I have encountered is in a hidden object scene where one of the items is mislabled $_zoom_HD or something to that effect. It seems some items are still in programming code and the game does not recognize the item even if you click on it or use a hint. So you cannot finish the scene! What a terrbile bug.

Do not buy is my advice. At least it was one of the cheaper HOG's. Also the graphics are a bit clunky and not really optimized for widescreens.

This hidden object game has very well hidden objects. I still can't find $zoom_main_HD.

What's not so hidden, are the game breaking bugs. Too bad, because the art and storyline seem alright. If only the developers could fix the bugs so we can actually play the game.

Trust me:
you don't want to spend money on a incredible bugged game like this.

Although I figured out, that HOS are various and you can avoid their bugs by backup user files and recover them.

BUT: now I found that point of no return or no going further in the game.
Never got to end :( sadly...


The graphics, music and story are very good. Therefore I tryed to play a few times. Everytime hopefully to the end....

Whatever you do, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON STEAM. The copy they have here is buggy and broken.

If you want to play this game, please get it somewhere else. Unfortunately, I encountered a bug where the screen was only present on the upperleft side (I'm assuming the scripting wasn't fit to resolution and was left with 800x600) which left me incapable of clicking out of the screen nor solving the puzzle there.

LIKE HERE

I managed to fix this by downloading a copy of the game from Youda and copying its data folder from there to the Steam version, but at a compromise that I had to make do with the tiny 800x600 screen nestled on the upper left of the screen. It worked, I managed to finish the game but it was pretty much a pain at that point and the story wasn't exactly worth doing that in the first place.

Honestly, I don't know what to say about this game. It was a pretty generic HOG, the plot is meaningless and all over the place. Like they couldn't decide if they wanted fantasy, steampunk, or noir. The puzzles are pretty subpar. I don't think I can recommend it in its state. Maybe if they ever came back to this just to fix those bugs/errors. It shouldn't even take very long and the game does seem to work in other websites.

This game has many bugs in it.

Hidden object scene sometimes point to objects that does not exits or are unclickable.

We used hint and it pointed to a lemon that was not clicable.

Another time we had an object named with a random programmer variable name like Object_002 or whatever... we had to use hint and it pointed to something that appeared on the screen.

Another time there was no object in the scene we left the scene and it completed by itself

The english used in the game look like a google traduction.

We were unable to complete the game because of the lemon scene bug...

The player takes the role of James, a successful detective searching for clues regarding several mysterious deaths occurring. Offering his services to the police and adventuring in a world where simple weapons won't work, James must fight a curse to save his own life.

Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign, is an adventure game with a fantastic steampunk influence involved in a noir atmosphere, involving crime, mystery, greed and some deep dark secrets, that remote to the beginning of civilization. Travel from America to remote places such as a spooky village or an isolated island that works as a secret military operation base. Unveil what lurks behind the empire of the most ambitious and rich man of Ritchcity.
As the story goes, this one nails the player to the screen as we enjoy the mix between classic noir and a world of magic unveiling in front of our eyes. This has a major impact for those looking for intense adventures, and rather not predictable, boring concepts that have been squeezed dozens of times before.
James is rather suspicious of such thing as the black arts, but eventually finds himself in a very strange mission, where everything awkward seems to happen. With this, comes NPC's that are also interesting, mysterious, and they are all interactive.
The amazing plot follows the fantastic design, with different areas being available, all in 2D and sometimes a few extras so we can feel a 3D around the corner. It's great to change places and keep the same visual quality, and smartness relating to objects, directions and overall presentation.

The Puzzles are somehow easy, but fun, doesn't feel repetitive at all, and can be enjoyed without much thought into them. The HO's scenes however, can be slightly confusing because the hitbox is far from accurate or polished. Sometimes you really have to click around the object to pick it.
Although Steam has the HD - Director’s Cut Edition, the HO's scenes are still in 4:3 and using old resolution, while everything else looks beautifully in 16:9, and feels HD, probably at 1280x720.
The problems don't stop here, unfortunately for me and everyone else, the first (and possibly the last) adventure of James in Voodoo Chronicles franchise is impossible to complete due to a glitch in the game, very near to the end. This presents the player with no option but to quit the game and content himself with just a half finish adventure, or trying to get the original non HD version at the BigFish Store. (I can't guarantee it will work either!)

Because this game is unplayable, I could never give a positive feedback, and that's really a shame because Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign looks and feels a terrific game from Space Monkey International, I would go even further and say this is their best work in terms of plot, storyline and visuals. Too bad the game suffers from a Glitch that it's impossible to finish such amazing adventure.
Why is this game on sale? Will a patch become available at anytime in the future? Who knows. Until then, do not buy this game under no circumstance.

Many bugs and takes hundreds of clicks to get some of the hidden objects to register. In some places it's impossible to proceed without script editing. Spirit altar, 3/4 of screen black was blacked out, couldn't place monkey head on altar (editing necessary) and the next section, the throne scene, same thing, 3/4 screen black, then after the mini game against Loki, the whole game locked up and refuses to finish. Frustrating rubbish.

The objective in this game seems to be to find a way to finish it without encountering a game breaking bug.
I failed after 20min.

BIG THUMBS DOWN!
Awful game. Stops working after about 40 minutes. Hints do not work. Things you should be able to click on no longer respond. Obtained a refund. Don't even bother trying it, seriously wasting your time.

The game is broken, don't buy as is. items required to complete quests are not visible or are totally missing.