"The Framed Collection is the compilation of the the critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, noir-puzzle games Framed and Framed 2, where you re-arrange panels of a comic book to change the outcome of the story. Change the Order, Change the Outcome. The games have been completely overhauled and redesigned for the platform and given extra love and care for our PC players to enjoy the high quality experience that is the Framed universe."


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A good puzzle with the idea of ​​rearranging frames of action scenes and playing them in perspective, thanks to which the logic completely changes and forces you to consistently think through further actions. The collection includes 2 parts of Framed at once, but they themselves are very short, the idea and concept for the completion of the second part is squeezed out like a lemon, thanks to the fact that the game is downloaded on time.

Неплохая головоломка с идеей перестановки кадров сцен действий и их игрой в перспективу, благодаря которой меняется полностью логика и заставляет последовательно продумывать дальнейшие действия. Коллекция включает в себе сразу 2 части Framed, но сами по себе они очень короткие, идея и концепт к завершению второй части, выжата как лимон, на то и спасибо, что вовремя закачивается игра.

Framed Collection is an okay game, but probably should've stayed on mobile only. Never really had any "fun" while playing it and the story was uninteresting, but for some reason, I kept playing. It wasn't worth it. Don't play unless you want a mediocre puzzle game.

İki oyundan oluşan, müzikleri ile tek seferde bile bitirmeniz için sizi bağlayan puzzle oyunu serisi. Oynadığım ilk puzzle oyunu oldu.

Oynanışı adı üstünde, karelerin yerini değiştirerek doğru senaryoya ulaşmak ve sonuca doğru güzel müzikler eşliğinde gitmek.

Hikayesi de güzeldir.

Jogo de celular bem interessante. Os puzzles são geralmente interessantes e numa dificuldade razoável. Me fez ficar preso algumas poucas vezes. Não há muito além disso. Valeu a pena pelo preço.

Sights & Sounds
- I know that these were originally iOS games, but the minimalist comic book style translates well to any platform, it seems
- So does the music. If you like your noir with a heaping helping of jazz, then you'll enjoy the soundtrack

Story & Vibes
- The minimalism of the visual design bleeds over into the storytelling. There's no voice acting or text bubbles to be found; the story unfolds with the scene you create when you solve each puzzle as well as the occasional cutscene
- Although this is, of course, a collection containing a pair of games, both stories can be summarized as mini crime thrillers where you're trying to evade capture from the police
- The relationship between the male and female leads is interesting, and Framed 2 appears to provide a bit of backstory
- Collectively, the package tells a neat little multilayered narrative and does so without any bells or whistles. I think the real critics would use the term "elegant"

Playability & Replayability
- The puzzles are pretty neat at first, but after a while, the small number of mechanics that get introduced leads to a little bit of repetition. You can only play so many variations of "pathing puzzle with cops as dead ends" before things begin feeling same-y
- Additionally, some of the narrative puzzles that don't directly involve forming a path can require a little bit of guess-and-check. You can intuit the solution sometimes, but the solutions to these sorts of puzzles aren't always obvious
- Complaining aside, some of the puzzles are really neat. The one with the multicolored doors and 4 exits sticks out in particular

Overall Impressions & Performance
- It's a mobile game from 2014. You could run this on basically any hardware. It certainly ran fine on the Steam Deck
- It's a roughly 4 hour experience that pulls off some very stylish narrative tricks. Just wish the puzzles evolved a little more

Final Verdict
- 7/10. It's a fun little game that's really good on the Steam Deck. The storytelling (moreso than the plot) leaves an impression. Worth wishlisting for a sale

Puzzle game. Interesting. Entertaining. Not bad at all