Recent reviews by numdegased

He really went "it's small mazin' time" and then small mazed all over the place

I've never felt so cool counting to four over and over again and hitting a spacebar whenever I say three

I played this game with the expectation that I would be doing an investigation. Instead I went from place to place using keys to unlock rooms with more keys that also just told me everything that happened. I never had to do any kind of thinking, except to open combination locks with hints littered throughout the town.

Too expensive for the amount and complexity of content.

My poor brain

I'll start with the bad before mentioning the good:

First of all, the story isn't anything special and the cutscenes aren't the best. If you need a good story to go with your puzzles, this might not be for you. Of course, most people come to puzzle games for the puzzles, so that shouldn't be an issue for most people; and admittedly, it has its own charm to it :)

Second, there are some levels where the difficulty comes from not knowing about an interaction that exists. When you have to do something you've never done before in order to solve a puzzle, something you didn't even know you could do, and there is a lot of other things going on in that level as well - it can be a bit frustrating. If you want hints, you have to go to the creator's Discord server, which might also be a turn off for some people.

That said, I still recommend this game, and here's why:

The levels, unlike the cutscenes, look very nice and have a lovely charm to them. They still aren't anything outstanding, but I found them quite pleasant.

And of course, the puzzles themselves; most of them (see above) felt very satisfying to solve and optimize. The mechanics in the game work nicely together, and it feels great when it all comes together and you hit the finish platform right at the last second before you would've ran out of time to get all three stars. The quality of the puzzles is the most important thing for a puzzle game, and among the 60 levels (plus a "boss" level, so to speak) you'll be having a good time for a very large majority.

Secret word: Greed
A curtain moved right before I was asked if a shadow had moved and frankly that was unfair

I was part of the 90%

This is an absolutely spectacular game and all but there are so many times on puzzle 43 where I want to use a uniqueness argument and it is taking a lot of willpower to not do so

10/10

I have never left a review for a game before, but this game is special. I can't think of another game like it, and I hope to any authority that might be listening that I will one day be able to say that I can.