This is the hardest puzzle game I have ever played.
Upon completion of all of the level sets, I'm still not sure if that is an overstatement or not! If not, it's the hardest puzzle game I have ever completed.
This game basically leaves no concept, no matter how devious, untouched. It gets so complex, you really have to rewire your brain just to handle it. In my most desperate moments, I tried writing down what was happening, but even that was difficult and in the end I felt like gaining skill with the mechanics was superior to a more methodical, slow approach.
Running into paradoxes was both frustrating and exciting, especially when you don't expect it. On the one hand, you're attempt at the level is dead. On the other, HERE'S ANOTHER TOTALLY DIFFERENT REALLY HARD LEVEL! I think overall I appreciated that an end wasn't completely an end, however...
Losing all your progress in a level can really suck. The set-ups get pretty intricate and if nothing else, re-setting them up becomes a chore. The last thing I want to do after reaching a sort of Game Over state is commit myself to a totally different puzzle.
Other gripe is that this game hardly makes any sort of attempt or even guiding hand towards its more intricate mechanics. It took me far too long to understand how exactly the enchanted items were functioning and how some paradoxes were occurring, and the most help I got was the ring man going "oh geez, looks like something strange is happening here. Oh dear oh my". I stopped using the ring about 10 levels in when I realized it was not really adding to my experience.
Still a great puzzle game. Love it. Just add a rewind feature and it's nearly perfect.
Upon completion of all of the level sets, I'm still not sure if that is an overstatement or not! If not, it's the hardest puzzle game I have ever completed.
This game basically leaves no concept, no matter how devious, untouched. It gets so complex, you really have to rewire your brain just to handle it. In my most desperate moments, I tried writing down what was happening, but even that was difficult and in the end I felt like gaining skill with the mechanics was superior to a more methodical, slow approach.
Running into paradoxes was both frustrating and exciting, especially when you don't expect it. On the one hand, you're attempt at the level is dead. On the other, HERE'S ANOTHER TOTALLY DIFFERENT REALLY HARD LEVEL! I think overall I appreciated that an end wasn't completely an end, however...
Losing all your progress in a level can really suck. The set-ups get pretty intricate and if nothing else, re-setting them up becomes a chore. The last thing I want to do after reaching a sort of Game Over state is commit myself to a totally different puzzle.
Other gripe is that this game hardly makes any sort of attempt or even guiding hand towards its more intricate mechanics. It took me far too long to understand how exactly the enchanted items were functioning and how some paradoxes were occurring, and the most help I got was the ring man going "oh geez, looks like something strange is happening here. Oh dear oh my". I stopped using the ring about 10 levels in when I realized it was not really adding to my experience.
Still a great puzzle game. Love it. Just add a rewind feature and it's nearly perfect.