Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

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Registered: 09-10-2005
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What happens when puzzle pros make a great game and just sort of drop it on steam with no actual publicity campaign? Nothing good aside from the game itself. It's pretty great though. Grid-based logic puzzles crafted by the pros, miscellaneous other cool stuff, and very pretty. Get it while it lasts.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2071500/Islands_of_Insight/

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Gordius
Level: Delver
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Registered: 12-16-2008
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I've been playing it a while and it's...fine. My main problem is that it's extremely resource heavy for a puzzle game. It's crashed my fairly new and generally adequate computer several times. It's also (and related to being resource heavy) a multi-player environment for no clear reason. I haven't ever spoken to another person and no one has ever spoken to me. There are no cooperative puzzles, so all you could really do with other people is ask for hints. I don't see how to choose a server to join, so I don't think you could actively try to play with friends. You'd all end up just wherever.

And then, finally, the "mysteries" are inconsistently implemented. When they show up in the main area, where puzzles change regularly, I've had the relevant puzzle change to something that didn't meet the requirements of the mystery, making me think I'd interpreted it wrong. Then I went back a few days later and the new puzzle in the same place did fit the criteria and I solved it the way the mystery suggested. There's at least one other place where I think this is currently happening to me. It's a clever and fun idea that's damaged by sloppy implementation.

Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
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The multiplayer did them no favors with Gamers, yeah. Always online but also not mmo is a great way to get attacked from two opposing angles at once. Haven't had stability issues though.

I haven't had mystery trouble either, but also have yet to find the appropriate locations for the ones in the main area. Something to look forward to, I guess.

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