Hidden Expedition: Everest
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Hidden Expedition: Everest is an adventure-puzzle casual game
developed by Big Fish Studios, and distributed by Big Fish Games
. It is the second installment in the Hidden Expedition series (Hidden Expedition: Titanic
, Hidden Expedition: Everest).
Once you arrive in Latin America you must complete a collection of hidden object games, puzzles, and other challenges in hopes of finding enough clues to locate the missing adventurer. Locations you will visit include the Amazon rainforest
, a Bolivia
n witches market, Peru's
Machu Picchu
, Mexico's
El Dorado
, the Mayan Wall
, and the Chichen Itza
ruins.
Once each of the locations in Latin America has been successfully completed, the game moves to Europe, then to Asia, then finally up Everest itself.
To increase the overall pressure on the player, you can monitor how the other expedition clubs you are competing against are doing. This is communicated through an icon at the bottom of the screen.
If you get stuck, you have a couple options. First, you have a limited number of hints you can activate to help you. Second, Hidden Expedition: Everest features world class mountaineer, Ed Viesturs
, to help you with tips and advice throughout game play.
Leading casual games industry outlets such as Gamezebo.com and JayisGames.com have featured extremely positive reviews of Hidden Expedition: Everest.
Casual game
A casual game is a video game targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games can have any type of gameplay, and fit in any genre. They are typically distinguished by their simple rules and lack of commitment required in contrast to more complex hardcore games...
developed by Big Fish Studios, and distributed by Big Fish Games
Big Fish Games
Big Fish Games is a provider of Internet media delivery software and game services based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 2002 by Paul Thelen , and currently employs more than 400 people...
. It is the second installment in the Hidden Expedition series (Hidden Expedition: Titanic
Hidden Expedition: Titanic
Hidden Expedition: Titanic is an adventure-puzzle casual game developed by Big Fish Studios, and distributed by Big Fish Games. It is the first installment in the Hidden Expedition series .- Story :...
, Hidden Expedition: Everest).
Story
On the heels of Hidden Expedition: Titanic, Hidden Expedition: Everest pits the player against the highest mountaineering peak in the world - Mt. Everest. As a member of the Hidden Expedition Club, you are competing against three other expedition clubs (The Scholars, the Scarlet Hat League, and The Gamers) to see who can reach the top of Everest first. Unfortunately, the passage targeted for your ascent is blocked. Your only hope is to find a mysterious adventurer hidden somewhere in Latin America who knows of a hidden passage.Once you arrive in Latin America you must complete a collection of hidden object games, puzzles, and other challenges in hopes of finding enough clues to locate the missing adventurer. Locations you will visit include the Amazon rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, a Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n witches market, Peru's
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for...
, Mexico's
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
El Dorado
El Dorado
El Dorado is the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dived into a highland lake.Later it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold" that has fascinated – and so far eluded – explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors...
, the Mayan Wall
Maya peoples
The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term...
, and the Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán state, present-day Mexico....
ruins.
Once each of the locations in Latin America has been successfully completed, the game moves to Europe, then to Asia, then finally up Everest itself.
Gameplay
Like all Hidden Expedition titles, Hidden Expedition: Everest relies heavily on the hidden object puzzle. However, other challenges have been added to increase the overall challenge. These include jig-saw puzzles, piecing together a skeleton, and other clever mind benders.To increase the overall pressure on the player, you can monitor how the other expedition clubs you are competing against are doing. This is communicated through an icon at the bottom of the screen.
If you get stuck, you have a couple options. First, you have a limited number of hints you can activate to help you. Second, Hidden Expedition: Everest features world class mountaineer, Ed Viesturs
Ed Viesturs
Edmund Viesturs, known as Ed Viesturs is one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers. He is one of only 26 people and the only one from the United States to have climbed all eight-thousander peaks...
, to help you with tips and advice throughout game play.
Theme and production values
Hidden Expedition: Everest features pre-rendered puzzles with many moving parts, as well as high quality orchestral audio and outstanding character voicing. Also, National Geographic images and videos are featured from actual Mt. Everest expeditions.Reception
According to independent tracking site game-sales-charts.com, following its release on June 1, 2007, Hidden Expedition: Everest climbed into the top 10 on nearly every major casual game distribution site. Moreover, it held the #1 sales spot on 6 of these sites.Leading casual games industry outlets such as Gamezebo.com and JayisGames.com have featured extremely positive reviews of Hidden Expedition: Everest.