All I need to care is “Do you like Picross”? Watched about 8 seconds of footage and bought the thing
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Oh cool, I’m really into picross at the moment.
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Matthewmatosis is the man
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Absolutely. I love Picross, but after you’ve played dozens of Picross games the challenge can get a little easy, even though I still play them.
This game has dozens of puzzles and each one can be challenging. As long as you continue to use the logic the game teaches, you can absolutely reach each puzzle solution without any help, but matthewmatosis does include a little help in the form of a button you can press to give you a rough idea of how many tiles you are off from the correct solution.
It is addicting int he same way that higher level Picross is when you first start working out ways to solve more difficult puzzles and it is not a change of pace in that the rules are quite different, because you’re setting bombs to destroy creatures and sort of creating walls so that these crystal like beings can I guess spread their light without bouncing into each other. It’s very simple, but it gets quite complex quickly.
The one improvement I would make is to ask for a menu selection that explains the rules that you can refer to at any time, because coming back to the game after an extended period means you sometimes have to double check how a rule works. But it’s not that hard because of the interface to go back and see it, it would just be nicer.
Otherwise, a definite buy for people who like puzzles they can really sink their teeth into.
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Is this the game matthewmatosis was working on?
All I need to care is “Do you like Picross”? Watched about 8 seconds of footage and bought the thing
Oh cool, I’m really into picross at the moment.
Matthewmatosis is the man
Absolutely. I love Picross, but after you’ve played dozens of Picross games the challenge can get a little easy, even though I still play them.
This game has dozens of puzzles and each one can be challenging. As long as you continue to use the logic the game teaches, you can absolutely reach each puzzle solution without any help, but matthewmatosis does include a little help in the form of a button you can press to give you a rough idea of how many tiles you are off from the correct solution.
It is addicting int he same way that higher level Picross is when you first start working out ways to solve more difficult puzzles and it is not a change of pace in that the rules are quite different, because you’re setting bombs to destroy creatures and sort of creating walls so that these crystal like beings can I guess spread their light without bouncing into each other. It’s very simple, but it gets quite complex quickly.
The one improvement I would make is to ask for a menu selection that explains the rules that you can refer to at any time, because coming back to the game after an extended period means you sometimes have to double check how a rule works. But it’s not that hard because of the interface to go back and see it, it would just be nicer.
Otherwise, a definite buy for people who like puzzles they can really sink their teeth into.