Didnt seem to offer fun or relaxation
I had to mute all sounds in order to turn off that piano music. Then I played for about an hour before deleting the game.
The game functions like a virtual Rubiks cube, but with fewer than 3 x 3 x 3 pieces to manipulate. The first couple puzzles were 2x2x1. By the time I quit, I was up to 3 x 3 x 1.
I actually own a 3x3x1 mini Rubiks cube, so I should have been able to do those puzzles more easily. But as others have mentioned, not knowing what the final shape will look like, and having the whole puzzle spin when you meant to make a move, or accidentally pushing the reset button – all of those make the game frustrating, rather than fun.
I want to support developers for trying something interesting or unique, but I have to give an honest review before people spend their money on (what I consider) a failed experiment.
I got a lot of enjoyment out of the game with kind of similar mechanics: Cogs HD. I cant list all the ways that that game worked, but I would recommend that people give that one a try if youre looking to do some 3-D puzzle solving.
One final note: early reviews of this game mentioned the strict limit on number of moves. The developers, wisely, IMO, removed that restriction. So you know can take as many moves as you want, trying to solve the puzzles.
However, I found the puzzles to be nearly identical, and not very fun, like visiting someone who owns a collection of very similar Rubiks cube type puzzles, and having to solve one after another, while wearing gloves.
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