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Fancy a change of occupation?  If so then you might like to consider becoming an art restorer with a sideline as a general dogsbody as you also take on tasks such as tidying up a house that had been out up for sale.  Offering to provide a digital test of your suitability to these kind of tasks is RestorArt - Fairwood Hills which classifies itself as a puzzle offering.

Developed by Mixo, this title is available in Collector's Edition format bundling a number of bonus items to supplement the main game as you work in the role of art restoration and clutter clearance tasks.  Along with the usual elements of customisation options for adjusting volume levels while opting for Casual, Normal or Extreme difficulty, you get the choice of working a Victorian or more modern style of circumstances. 

You then set out on an exercise, covering the three distinct areas of Fairwood Hills, starting with Maplewood Town.  You will need to satisfy various  residents before moving on to Brookshire and then putting your skills to work in Sunnyside.  With each location, your offers of work will arrive on a map via an email message stating the type of job and the fee being offered.  While you do have the option to reject a job, it is more sensible to accept the work and carry out the task.

In some cases, the job will require you to purchase a certain item, such as a tool or ink of a certain colour, to complete the task.  Generally you will be required to carry out a task that falls into one of five different categories.  You might need to tidy up a room using a Hidden Object style format so that it is suitable for viewing by a prospective purchaser.  This task might involve finding pairs that are initially hidden under stickers which will have to be removed before the connection can be made.  Other types of tasks might involve producing a stain-glass window image using Paint by Numbers approach with the colours being available in random order as you create your finished article.

Often you will be asked to repair a torn of damaged painting.  This task with provide you with the damaged painting and the various sections which have been damaged.  By placing the various section into the original picture, the different elements will meld together so that the join can not be seen.  When all the images are in place, you will have a completed painting.

Once you have made specific progress, you will be granted access to certain bonus features.  These additions will include a Studio, Certificates earned, a Music Player, a background story plus various puzzles grouped as Jigsaws, Stickers and Switch style.  These bonus puzzles have been grouped into themes such as Wildlife, Underwater, Enchanted, Fashion and Tropical to mention just some.

Will its fresh approach to puzzle solving, you downloaded RestorArt - Fairwood Hills from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $19.99.  It is also available from Big Fish Games priced at £15.44.  The game requires a 1.6 GHz processor with 3072MB of RAM and 1.29 GB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.

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