This is an outstanding HOPA, full of both HO scenes and puzzles. Highly recommended, though for the greatest enjoyment, I suggest playing the first game in the series first (The Charleston Curse, which is finally available on Steam). The Lair of the Witch Queen is the second game in the Witches' Legacy series, and one of the best "old school" HOPA games I've played.

The Short Version: 10/10

The Long Version:

- Plentiful excellent HO scenes (word lists with a few "extra action required" challenges)
- Lots of different puzzles, ranging from easy to moderately challenging
- Beautiful art
- Lovely music that is rarely annoying or intrusive
- Excellent voice acting (the stressed out teen is a little extra at times, but it does fit the character, and she's also allowed to be mature and competent at times as well)
- Likeable, intelligent protagonist
- Well-presented story-line: nothing new, no real twists, and the secondary characters and villains are pretty two dimensional, but it's all appropriate to the fantasy / fairy tale feel of the story
- Smooth controls, despite the age of the game
- Fully interactive map with all the modern conveniences
- Fully integrated Strategy Guide that includes all collectable object locations (if you want it, it's there)
- Full bonus chapter that serves as the conclusion to the main game (I'd argue that it's really just part of the main game, but both the game and "bonus" are a good length)

I have very little negative to say about this game. The graphics are a little dated, but even that's not bad. The introductory, "tutorial" portion of the game is the part I found the hardest to get into, and I suspect that's because I didn't use the tutorial. In a couple of HO scenes there were a couple of items with very picky hit boxes.

Sadly, there are no Steam achievements (only in-game) or trading cards for this game. I wish there were, since the game deserves them.

The game is worth full-price, but is also available as part of the Witches' Legacy bundle, and will periodically be on sale like most Steam games.

This is an outstanding HOPA, full of both HO scenes and puzzles. Highly recommended, though for the greatest enjoyment, I suggest playing the first game in the series first (The Charleston Curse, which is finally available on Steam). The Lair of the Witch Queen is the second game in the Witches' Legacy series, and one of the best "old school" HOPA games I've played. The Short Version: 10/10 The Long Version: - Plentiful excellent HO scenes (word lists with a few "extra action required" challenges) - Lots of different puzzles, ranging from easy to moderately challenging - Beautiful art - Lovely music that is rarely annoying or intrusive - Excellent voice acting (the stressed out teen is a little extra at times, but it does fit the character, and she's also allowed to be mature and competent at times as well) - Likeable, intelligent protagonist - Well-presented story-line: nothing new, no real twists, and the secondary characters and villains are pretty two dimensional, but it's all appropriate to the fantasy / fairy tale feel of the story - Smooth controls, despite the age of the game - Fully interactive map with all the modern conveniences - Fully integrated Strategy Guide that includes all collectable object locations (if you want it, it's there) - Full bonus chapter that serves as the conclusion to the main game (I'd argue that it's really just part of the main game, but both the game and "bonus" are a good length) I have very little negative to say about this game. The graphics are a little dated, but even that's not bad. The introductory, "tutorial" portion of the game is the part I found the hardest to get into, and I suspect that's because I didn't use the tutorial. In a couple of HO scenes there were a couple of items with very picky hit boxes. Sadly, there are no Steam achievements (only in-game) or trading cards for this game. I wish there were, since the game deserves them. The game is worth full-price, but is also available as part of the Witches' Legacy bundle, and will periodically be on sale like most Steam games.