How large do the grids get?

[Shkspr]

Hoping for bigger than 15x15.

[Melodia]

The only real thing I hope for is you're not punished for a misclick like you are in the stupid Picross games.

[Dohi64]

Originally posted by Melodia:

The only real thing I hope for is you're not punished for a misclick like you are in the stupid Picross games.

agreed. can't see a timer on the screenshots, that's already a good sign

[alexanderlucard]

Most of the puzzles aren’t timed, but the hacking ones are.

[Dohi64]

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

Most of the puzzles aren’t timed, but the hacking ones are.

that's not good news sight unseen.

[alexanderlucard]

Originally posted by Dohi64:

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

Most of the puzzles aren’t timed, but the hacking ones are.

that's not good news sight unseen.

It's not bad. The timed once occur once per chapter and it's a set of three or five 5x5 puzzles. They're not hard at all. If you don't make the time, you instantly get to redo them with no consequence.

[Dohi64]

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

Originally posted by Dohi64:

that's not good news sight unseen.

It's not bad. The timed once occur once per chapter and it's a set of three or five 5x5 puzzles. They're not hard at all. If you don't make the time, you instantly get to redo them with no consequence.

thanks, doesn't sound bad enough to be a dealbreaker.

[Rhadamante]

Any idea of the total number of grids ?

[alexanderlucard]

By the end of Chapter Three, the most I've had is 15x15. It's possible that there are bigger ones with some of the other puzzles out there though, either in the Scout Memories or in Chapter Four.

[Dohi64]

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

By the end of Chapter Three, the most I've had is 15x15. It's possible that there are bigger ones with some of the other puzzles out there though, either in the Scout Memories or in Chapter Four.

I get that it's a visual novel first and a nonogram game second, but it's still disappointing if 15x15 is the biggest.

[Peregrin Took]

Originally posted by Dohi64:

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

By the end of Chapter Three, the most I've had is 15x15. It's possible that there are bigger ones with some of the other puzzles out there though, either in the Scout Memories or in Chapter Four.

I get that it's a visual novel first and a nonogram game second, but it's still disappointing if 15x15 is the biggest.

That is quite disappointing as a Picross veteran. I might not buy this if it remains pretty easy throughout. Hoping that someone can pitch in with some comments on late-game puzzles.

If anyone is looking for huge grids, there's a great nonogram game on Steam called 'Paint It Black'. It's got ridiculously large grids and hundreds of puzzles. The larger grids (like 40x20) can be split up into smaller sections (like 10x10) if you so choose. It's nice to sit down with a big puzzle like that for an hour or so!

[~Zarkith]

I just finished all of Scout's Memories, and the largest puzzle is 20x15, but it's the only puzzle bigger than 15x15 in the whole game.
A little disappointing unless there's DLC cases planned or something.

I can understand them wanting to keep things small during the cases for the sake of pacing, but it definitely feels like they used maybe a little too much restraint for the Memories.

[Bewn]

I get that feeling, any of those games i touched put way too many tiny "puzzles" in, which are just busy work, you don't even think in those. 15x15 it slowly starts to feel like puzzles. In addition the pictures you resolve in tiny puzzles look like ♥♥♥♥ too! ^^

[necrogirl55]

Originally posted by alexanderlucard:

Originally posted by Dohi64:

that's not good news sight unseen.

It's not bad. The timed once occur once per chapter and it's a set of three or five 5x5 puzzles. They're not hard at all. If you don't make the time, you instantly get to redo them with no consequence.

actually the hacking occurs 4 times in case 3, not sure about case 4 yet.