bigfishgames.com

== **** www.bigfishgames.com **** ==

I found 'Big Fish games' whilst bored and looking for free sim games to play to waste an afternoon....Bored ? Here you will find online games suitable for Kids and us Big Kids alike, adults and children can play games online for FREE with quite a variety to choose from you're sure to find something to amuse for a while.
There's a download section where you can choose a game and download ...
...basically a try before you buy feature, careful though I tried and despite promising myself otherwise I bought a game....

=== The Site... ===

The site itself is set-out well, but may appear crowded at first glance with all the game pictures. It's well organised and sectioned which makes navigating the site simple once you decide what you're looking for. To the left of the screen you will find 'Featured areas' which ... more

**** www.bigfishgames.com ****

I found 'Big Fish games' whilst bored and looking for free sim games to play to waste an afternoon....Bored ? Here you will find online games suitable for Kids and us Big Kids alike, adults and children can play games online for FREE with quite a variety to choose from you're sure to find something to amuse for a while.
There's a download section where you can choose a game and download a trial version to play for an hour. This is basically a try before you buy feature, careful though I tried and despite promising myself otherwise I bought a game....

The Site...

The site itself is set-out well, but may appear crowded at first glance with all the game pictures. It's well organised and sectioned which makes navigating the site simple once you decide what you're looking for. To the left of the screen you will find 'Featured areas' which is a handy list of 'types' of game to help you find what you're looking for eg: Puzzle/Action/Hidden object/ Kids Games.
There's a new game to be found here every day too and 'Today's New Release' box shows the latest offering. The menu at the top is well divided into clear titled sections and if you don't want to trawl through hundreds of titles there's good search options to find something for your gaming pleasure, whatever your taste in the download section

Register / Getting an Account

You will need an account to buy games and use other site features, but it's free easy and fast to activate. Only requirement is you need to be AGE 18+ for your free Big Fish Games account to purchase things but also to play in the online games 'community' (also free).Normal procedure applies, once you register you will receive an e-mail to confirm, once confirmed you can buy your game /use the games community to play games for points.

Games Community

Here if you are grown-up and have an account you can earn points while playing games, points are used to enter into competitions for prizes. You don't need an account to play just if you want to collect points....and use the member chat function, there's also a friends list function. Some games have more points than others with lots to choose from. Looking today for example at today's new 'Online Game' Has 21,988 players all "..Canoneering in the land of fairy.."

Only thing to mention with the online games is the annoying wait looking at an advert but don't despair! the wait isn't that long only around 15 seconds. Pretty simple games here for the most part, all have clear instructions/help - Always good to know what you're meant to be trying to do...may amuse you for half an hour or so but am not to taken with the online game side of the site - not enough time as it is without messing around here !

Download Section

I have a Pc so Pc games for me but there is a Mac games section too. The page brings up Top Picks and the like which makes browsing easy if you're not after anything in particular. Selecting Kids games or new releases will bring up hundreds of games to check out there also plus the top 100 games which are the most popular /most downloaded.

The Kids section has Dora Explorer and Spongebob games in at the minute to name just 2, there's a fair few 'character games' to be found here as well as many others. Worth a look to amuse the children and a good excuse to play...sorry.._TEST_ games for an hour yourself to see if suitable for your little 'un before buying..
Maybe not a good idea for kids in some ways, I can well imagine tantrums after the hour demo is up and they want the game. Which will cost you around £11.99 if you just want the one game.

Save some £££££

Savings can be made using the 'game club options' which are very worthwhile checking out if you find a few games you want for example if you buy 12 games in next 12 months will be £3.49 a game....or 2 games in 2 months £5 each - So definite savings to be had.

I however payed my £11.99 to download the full version of my game and an extra £3.99 for a 'back-up' CD (which has my chosen game plus a random free game on) AND Tax of £2.80 - Doesn't work out cheap does it ? Total of £18.78 for a game...which is a good game but not that good - another review for another time. I had a moment of madness and out came the credit card...enough said.

Buying Full Game

I tried a game and liked it, the trouble with sim/simulation type games is you know an hour is not enough, so it's silly to try the demo', if you like it chances are you may very well buy it. Have done the same on another site and is pretty much all the same procedure.
You need to be signed in to your account to confirm purchase of the game - out with the plastic money - in with the magic numbers - Hey presto! you can now download full version of your game right away - and pick up where you left off in the demo if you wish.
You have the option of a back-up CD which is a bit steep at £3.99 you don't have to buy but if you do then you'll get another random game for free on it.

Service

The game downloaded fast and fine, but when I tried to play it kept crashing, in a word - problems. When it was running the graphics went squiffy and it kept shutting down every so often. Not good, however my email to customer support was answered quickly and my problem solved. Very helpful people and fixed my problem - Top Marks for After-Sales support they were very happy to help ( should think so for that price..)

I was sent many e-mails keeping me up to date with my purchase which was good. I got an email confirming I'd bought the game, another when my CD was posted - Good marks here as well - the CD too as arrived within a couple of days sooner than expected.

The CD packaging left something to be desired - The Cardboard envelope which has " The CD you ordered + More free Trial Games! " on the front. Just screams "Steal Me!" if you ask me, especially if you have a dodgy postman don't you think ?

The CD within is in a plain cardboard sleeve within and the CD itself looks... well 'cheap' I guess, but it works and it arrived so am not complaining (much). I also got another mail from Bigfishgames asking if I'd received my CD, and if not then follow link to report and get another sent out, good after sales care all round really and not had any spam as a result of registering - always good because I get enough junk as it is.

Recommend ?

Definitely a site worth a look if you have nothing better to do, if you do have things to do then don't go as you may download a trial game end up buying said game....lose a whole afternoon getting the said game working properly....then waste your time the rest of the week playing your new game...
Seriously though there are some decent free trails to play, from puzzles and things to action /simulation and classic games. There's something to amuse everyone on here somewhere, a very wide range of games to play.
May keep kids entertained for a while too, though be ready for potential tantrums if playing the one hour demos, maybe better off playing the 'online' ones.
Overall a good site, well designed and easy to navigate your way around. Great after-sales service from my experience with them, the only thing I'd recommend is TAKE the 'game club options' offer as it will work out cheaper. If I buy again I will definately use it as with a single game costing £18.78 you're better of taking one of the packages offered, now I've actually purchased from the site I'd trust them enough to take up the option. I've bought 'download' games cheaper from other sites but taking up the offer would save some cash.

Well here's to another afternoon *gone* spent reading and writing reviews hope it's been useful...

See for yourself...._go on...have a couple of hours off and go PLAY !!!_

www.bigfishgames.com

Thanks for reading,

Manda :o)

Can also be found elsewhere under same name. 

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