GFB: "The Mystery of the Crystal Portal is a Playstation Mini that takes the find an object concept and throws substance behind it. Usually the path taken with a game like this revolves around the basic concept of finding objects and throwing together preschooler finger painting for the background graphics and calling it a day. Crystal Portal delivers such a complete package for a game in this genre with graphics, audio and even a plot."
The Mystery of the Crystal Portal debuted the 'PlayStation Minis' category back in 2010, promoting cross-buying between PS3 and PSP.
Twinfinite writes, "Hidden object adventure games are relaxing little treats amid the common chaos of video games. Publisher G5 Entertainment understands this, and wants to make the word a better place by offering Artogan's The Mystery of the Crystal Portal completely free of charge for a limited time."
The Electronic Farmyard writes:
Nicole Rankwist is a journalist from New York who after her archaeologist father goes missing; heads out on an eye-popping quest to find him and discover the truth behind something call the Crystal Portal. In The Mystery of the Crystal Portal (TMotCP) your job as Nicole, is to search the four corners of the Earth whilst solving hidden object gameplay in what is surprisingly an addictive and pleasantly presented story driven mystery game.
