There is no telling to how many games are present in the casual games market that belong in the HOG section which is probably the biggest one of them all, but I didn’t count so I can’t say with 100 % certainty. The different themes of usage present an opportunity and a challenge in the same time because most of the people know what they are looking for, but what about the ones that are sick and tired with playing the same games over and over again. Most of the gamers have had enough of the dark castles lost friends and relatives or pets for that matter. There is a theme that is not used to a point of saturation and can be used in many ways and drain it until it gets saturated too. Magic realms are becoming more and more incorporated and used by game manufactures and this is one of them. Wispa Forest is a game about a magical realm of the fairies and their way of peaceful life and harmony. There is a Queen that rules the whole realm, but something is going wrong for some time now as some kind of evil is present and the fairies can feel it. Your job is to help a little fairy named Lyia investigate a darkness that she senses is encroaching onto her idyllic homeland. More and more items are appearing in that realm that is not from that world. A curse is causing objects from the human world to gather near Winding Branch, and the Fairy Queen could be behind it, because of hers suspicious behavior. Lyia’s job is obvious. She must collect all of the stranded objects and get them from her realm as the corruption is starting to take effect on the magical kingdom. Lyia collects objects with your help, as you are the one who finds them. She is always present on the screen and when you click on the item that needs to be picked-up she fly’s to it and picks it up. Wispa Forest doesn't deviate from the hidden object standard, but it does make things interesting within these confines. Each screen has a number of items stashed amongst the greenery and a pictograph list to tell you what to find. There is a combo option if you are fast enough. Lyia flies really fast, so you have to be also real fast if you are planning to make a combo. To do that you hover above the objects you have on the list, memorize their location and the quickly click one after another to get that combo. Along the way you must help Lyias human friend Ara escape the clutches of the evil Fairy Queen, then work together to lift the curse that has been cast on the Land of Underwood. Along the way, Lyia encounters obstacles like forest baddies, which she must vanquish with her powers; a match-3 variant called Mana Match, where you have to match magical symbols over the "corrupted tiles" to get rid of them. The nice thing about this mini-game is that you get to play against an opponent, so don’t think it will be that easy to beat it. If you don’t feel like playing mini-games you can skip it, but with a cost. The cost is mana points, and you will need them… Mana points are earned by collecting items in the game, but they are also used as a resource for the hint system. The hint system is separated into three categories or three levels if you prefer. The three different hints consume different amount of mana; the one that consumes the smallest amount is a vague hint, which kind of gets you pretty much nowhere; the more expensive one is logically the more accurate one, but still it doesn’t precise the exact position; And finally the last one that consumes the most is the hint that tells you the exact location where the item you search for is hidden. The thing that characterizes this game the most is its graphics. Most of the elements that I listed in the review can be found in other different games, probably presented in a better way, but the thing that gets you going for this game are absolutely gorgeous graphics. The colors of the realm will be a delightful delicacy for any player, but the ones who will enjoy the most are probably younger players. Unfortunately other minor flaws of the game could ruin the whole atmosphere of the game, like the sound of the game, as it can get repetitive after a while… It’s a nice game to play ad enjoy but everybody has different tastes, so it is up to you to write a review about the game in your head and decide whether it is worth your time and money by downloading the demo. But with 12 different locations, every a work of art for itself, the decision shouldn’t be too hard…
