Treasure Cove is a fun addition to the Super Solvers series. Having grown up on this series (Treasure Mountain, that one with the robots at the school, and the spelling bee one), I can honestly say that Treasure Cove follows suit with other games in the series in its somewhat formulaic structure, but is unique in its gameplay (and it's freaking underwater! all right).
Players find three things that are the same color or something (three related things) after finding clues telling them what they need to find, and then advance to the next stage (water depth).
You are a swimming scuba diver that flipper kicks from screen to screen solving the clues. Plus, at the end of the three stages, you dodge sharks! Scary. It would seem the game is short- or is it? No. It isn't. At the end, your rating increases (depending on how many times you've played through it). And guess what? Each time is different. Well, not different, but different in the sense that Treasure Mountain is different each time. Once again, it is very formulaic, and almost identical in concept to other games in the Super Solvers series, so if you have a huge problem with straightforwardly routine games, Treasure Cove may not be the game for you. However, at least for me, I like the formula of
these games. That's probably why they made more games like Treasure Mountain- because it was just so awesome like that.
The graphics, you ask? The graphics are about as good as you would expect them to be for a game in the Super Solvers series, although they are slightly better than those of Treasure Mountain. Not quite as pristine as, say, Halo 2 or Fight Night Round 3, but for a two dimensional side scrolling clue solving adventure made when it was, Treasure Cove neither exceeds nor sucks in comparison to what most people would expect from it.
The game, however, is probably best for people like me who played it as a kid and want to revisit it for some nostalgic pleasure. My review is most definitely biased, by the way, for as I said before, I grew up on these games and looking back brings a joyful tear to my eye. Well, almost. I'm no crybaby. If you've never played Treasure Cove, and/or you remember Treasure Mountain in all its glory and want to experience something like it, check this game out.
