Pennmom Reviews: Nature Escapes 4 Collector’s Edition

SHHH, I’M NATURE ESCAPING

When searching for a new game to play, we usually choose a mid to hardcore game to challenge our minds and entertain us. But there’s just something about a simple HOG that delights me and brings to mind a bit of nostalgia and plenty of Zen! Nature Escapes has been one of my favorite series because of the abundance of Flora and Fauna.

HIDDEN FLOWER PHOTO/PLANT FUN FACTS:

Each Nature Escapes scene has a Hidden Photo that converts to Coins that allow you to purchase 20 Plants and Flowers in the My Garden Section. You can choose where to place the plants and even select multiples of the same plant. You can also click the Camera icon to take a picture of your arrangement and save it to the document folder. There are 24 Plant Fun Facts (one fun fact given after each Hidden Object Scene).

Personally, I would prefer to arrange the plants freestyle versus placing them on preset snap points, such as grouping a set of plants together. I wish the developer would change the flower selection from game to game and add more flower selections with bigger flowerpots to keep the concept interesting. It would be cool if they added a feature to customize the flowerpots after selecting a specific flower to purchase. (When you buy a flower, a popup window will allow you to view the flower in three or four different types of flowerpots)

SHAPESHIFTING-MORPHING OBJECTS:

Each scene also has three Morphing Objects (72 total) that are incredibly well-blended. Not only do they morph at a very slow pace, but they shapeshift into a similar object, making them quite challenging to spot! Each Morphing Object found converts to a flower you can plant in the wild within the Nature Album.

NATURE ALBUM:

There are 24 Wildflowers to plant in the Nature Album Each Morphing Object you find converts into 3 puzzle pieces, and each wildflower has 9 square puzzle pieces to place correctly before “planting” the flower.

MINI-GAMES & PUZZLES:

After playing the main Hidden Object Scene, you will play two subgames. These range from a side-by-side Hidden Object Scene to Spot The Differences between scenes, Memory Match Games, Painting games, or various Rotate, Swap, Slide, Drag, or Rotate & Swap puzzles. Each puzzle has unique shapes, and many of the puzzles require swapping ( rotating pieces between two different pictures, side-by-side. I love that the Mini-games are nature-themed and that they are designed to be relaxing and enjoyable…except for those two games that required me to slide square puzzle pieces around using an empty square to unscramble the image…aaarrrggghhh Those are my only nemesis!

PAINT BY PIXEL:

After completing the Main levels, you will earn a Nature Badge that awards you 5 Paint By Pixel scenes.

OBSERVATION:

I have played the previous games in this series, and I felt that the scenes in this game were too overcrowded with “filler” objects. I think Tiny Little Lion games should consider removing any objects that aren’t related to nature, such as neckties, telephones, stuffed animals, etc., and concentrate on the Nature of Nature Escapes. However, I absolutely love the fact that they included all kinds of unique wildlife and rare plants…they tested my knowledge of many of these objects!

COLLECTOR’S EDITION EXTRAS:

18 Main Scene Levels, +6 CE Bonus Levels, 12 CE Bonus Mini-games, 24 Wallpapers, 10 Dev Plants +5 CE Bonus Dev Plants, 20 Plants to purchase in My Garden, 13 Music Soundtracks, 3 Shapeshifting Morphs per scene (72 total) that converts to puzzle pieces to plant flowers in the Nature Album Section, 1 Hidden Flower Photo per scene (24 total) that convert to coins to purchase flowers in the My Garden Section, 20 Flowers & Plants to purchase & place (multiples of plants can be selected), 24 Flower Fun Facts, 5 Color By Pixel scenes in the Nature Badge section.

MORPHING OBJECTS & PHOTO LOCATION GUIDES:

I have created a Guide on Steam showing the location of all Flower Photos and Morphing Objects: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3026042440

Find the Nature Escapes series, including this game, in the Nature Escapes Collection – 5 Pack

Happy gaming!