Haunted Hotel 18: Room 18

The game stopped and would not go further. I tried hard booting my phone but it will not proceed. I’m very frustrated!

The game, terrible , you get to buy gems for lighting, or you can watch advertisements and get 20, but every time you make a move it takes at least 7 away, therefore you play for one minute after watching 2 ads . I know this game gets money for every ad. So this game is not fun at this rate.. you already make money with ads, why are you taking so many points away so you can ever finish tasks.

I deleted this game and got stuck a second time trying to lift the rug. I’m then paid for the game and stuck for a third time at the same place. Wasted $6.99 I guess.

All I see are white squares around everything, you can’t even play the game.

Was playing this just fine until I updated to iOS14. Now graphics are completely messed up in all screens except mini movies/cut scenes. Impossible to play and I wish I hadn’t purchased. If there will be an update to work with iOS14.0, I’ll be happy to update this review when everything is fixed.

Short! And the games can sometimes be a little too challenging which ruins the flow of the game and therefore you forget what you’re objective is! What a bummer :-(

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After resetting bonus game the problem was solved. I’m sticking with 5 because I truly enjoyed this game of ghosts on an island hotel. Great music, hos, and games. Also the problem on bonus game had a quick fix for me. Spooky scenes and realistic ghosts made it more like a good scary movie.

I finished, but did have to reload the bonus chapter when it failed to let me take the first dress piece for the concierge’s closet door. After the reload it was fine. I love this series and, while there may have been too many mini-games that were based on chance and not skill, and it was dark in many places, my issue is with how insultingly short this game was. Three of the quickest chapters I’ve ever played! You’d think that since they seem to take over six weeks to release a game now that they could at least add that 4th chapter we’re all used to.