“An Alright Block Puzzler”
For a simple puzzle game on the Nintendo Switch, “Pic-A-Pix Deluxe” sure packs a lot of content under the hood. It’s not a game that tries anything particularly new in the genre, and it doesn’t expand its own ideas much at all throughout subsequent levels, but it's a decent time-waster that lets you rack your brain a bit. I would’ve preferred some gameplay twists added to the mix to spice things up, or some unlockables to give a greater sense of progression, but it is a fine title in its own right.
Puzzles revolve around completing portraits of things/animals by abiding to the rules set forth in each row/column. You have to deduce which colors go where, and eventually you’ll be able to complete each level pretty efficiently. They do get more complicated as time goes on, but not so much in terms of difficulty - rather, they just start taking forever to finish. This gameplay loop just doesn’t have a lot of depth with the way the game decides to use it, and I wish more aspects were added in order to change things up. There’s a very generous helping of levels, so if you don’t find the game boring you could find yourself playing for months.
This game has some addicting aspects to it early on, but it doesn’t really shake things up at all. It’s a solid puzzler with a simple gameplay loop, but it needed some unlockables or different types of levels in order to keep things interesting. I would personally Not Recommend this one due to its cheap price tag and simple puzzle style. If this formula was tweaked it would result in something greater…
Final Verdict: 5/10 (Average)
For a simple puzzle game on the Nintendo Switch, “Pic-A-Pix Deluxe” sure packs a lot of content under the hood. It’s not a game that tries anything particularly new in the genre, and it doesn’t expand its own ideas much at all throughout subsequent levels, but it's a decent time-waster that lets you rack your brain a bit. I would’ve preferred some gameplay twists added to the mix to spice things up, or some unlockables to give a greater sense of progression, but it is a fine title in its own right.
Puzzles revolve around completing portraits of things/animals by abiding to the rules set forth in each row/column. You have to deduce which colors go where, and eventually you’ll be able to complete each level pretty efficiently. They do get more complicated as time goes on, but not so much in terms of difficulty - rather, they just start taking forever to finish. This gameplay loop just doesn’t have a lot of depth with the way the game decides to use it, and I wish more aspects were added in order to change things up. There’s a very generous helping of levels, so if you don’t find the game boring you could find yourself playing for months.
This game has some addicting aspects to it early on, but it doesn’t really shake things up at all. It’s a solid puzzler with a simple gameplay loop, but it needed some unlockables or different types of levels in order to keep things interesting. I would personally Not Recommend this one due to its cheap price tag and simple puzzle style. If this formula was tweaked it would result in something greater…
Final Verdict: 5/10 (Average)