The Lost Ship

This is a good intro to the Syntaxity games if you want to get a better feel for how to play these games. The other games are much longer and I played them first before I played this. Definitely recommend all the games but start with this one, the puzzles are challenging, but this story is a bit lacking for me. But being that it is shot, it gives a good intro to how they they set up and structure their games. All if them are very similar in style and puzzle, so once you get the hang of one, the others will be less challenging.

I always liked The Lost Ship, played it a number of times, but as others have commented it was already finished just as I was getting into it. Too short. This newest version adds another island, reachable by canoe, and a fort just down a short path from the ship (which no longer factors in this second half of the extended game). I have to say that the new locations are beautifully rendered and fun to traverse. The new puzzles are more challenging and unique than the existing ones. There are a few that I solved only by accident and would not have been able to solve on my own because of a new (to me) arrangement of the clue icons across a horizontal surface. Even when I had the puzzles “solved” (by accident) I still could not make head nor tail of the cryptic clues. Aside from that, this puzzle adventure app runs smoothly and without a hitch. A mature child could play and enjoy this game, perhaps with the aid of a savvy grownup, or a modicum of luck. The people at Synchrony are VERY good at this kind of thing, and from what I’ve seen, probably the best.

WHAT...are you sitting here, reading this for?? YOU ARE SERIOUSLY WASTING TIME...GET GOING! This is such an EXcellent game!! I admit, I had to FIGHT my way through, pulling of hair, gnashing of teeth,etc.! But, would you really want a game with ANYthing LESS?? HELLFIRE & BRIMSTONE, NOOOOOOO!!! CLASS *A* CREATION!!! Which I totally THANK the developers, for!! Hate to leave YOU behind,bud, but there's a NEWER GAME by this developer on my horizon, so that's where I'll be. YOU can be, too...IF you have patience, an open mind, & say...THERE IS NO 📦! You may still be right behind ME, but you'll be happier than a 🐷 in 💩!

The graphics are pretty and the puzzles are tricky enough to frustrate you just enough to be challenging but not SO difficult to make you want to quit. The background music is pleasant and not distracting. A fun afternoon diversion. This would be a good game to play quietly while waiting for your car to get serviced. Time flies by while playing. Addendum: New content has been added since my review and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Now worthy of a five star rating. Thank you for the fun.

Bug Is Fixed. 5 Stars😀 Ilike all the games these devs make and the expansion of Lost Ship looks great. However, there is a fatal bug a the cuckoo clock scene 51 - when you click on the clock there is no clock face and the app freezes - no way to get back. I am sure they will discover this and fix soon. I can’t wait to finish the game. Thanks for all your games!