Houston, We Have A Problem
HIGH Stringing together a complex puzzle using simple geometry.
LOW No controller support in handheld mode.
WTF Why can’t I use the controller in handheld mode!?
Tag: Puzzle
Tetris Effect Review
Mizuguchi Does Tetris
HIGH The VR integration works beautifully.
LOW There’s no adversarial multiplayer.
WTF Why is the default camera zoomed out so far?
Flood Of Light Review
Leave It Underwater
HIGH Fixing the little robots.
LOW Ending a stage just out of position to light up a wick.
WTF I guess it just… ends.
The Gardens Between Review
Memento More, Please
HIGH Consistent, new uses for time manipulation.
LOW Wishing there were just two or three more puzzle sets.
WTF Being somehow nostalgic for things I didn’t experience.
Pode Review
Catch A Rising Star
HIGH Strong, iterative puzzle design.
LOW The pulled-back perspective frequently leads to missed jumps.
WTF The Rock can teleport by swallowing the Star.
Youropa Review
Puzzle-Platformer Youtopia
HIGH Outmaneuvering rain.
LOW Frantically kicking through swarms of dogs.
WTF An underexplored paint theme.
Subaeria Review
Repeatedly Wrecked By Ruthless Robots
HIGH Finally figuring out the attack patterns and beating the first boss
LOW dying over and over, only to start from the very beginning of the game every time
WTF Why is Styx sending herself messages?
Etherborn Preview
Gravity has had an odd place in gaming history, often serving as a secondary embellishment to the action in brawlers or platformers instead of earning its own place at the forefront as a central mechanic. Not so in Altered Matter’s puzzle-platformer Etherborn, where the entire game design revolves around the manipulation of gravity, both figuratively and literally.
Pop-Up Pilgrims Review
Heavenly Demonic
HIGH Charming Japanese design.
LOW Difficult, frustrating control scheme.
WTF This game is a literal pain in the neck.
The Fall, Part 2: Unbound Review
Must Recompile
HIGH I still love ARID.
LOW Getting stuck in unintuitive scenarios over and over again.
WTF The train sequence near the end was a singular level of awfulness.
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