The Puzzle Games Thread

This one’s reduced a little bit in the sale. The puzzles can get kinda complicated.

Heh, that’s actually what led me to Qbeh yesterday.

Friday the 13th : Killer Puzzle , from the makers of Slayaway Camp!

This is already available in the US on the App Store, FYI. For anyone who’s waiting for the global launch later.

Is this a slayaway reskin or something new?

Definitely looks like the same type of game, but I don’t think it’s literally a re-skin. Can’t say for sure though, never played Slayaway.

Its out and its free! They offer an optional DLC for purchase with a few extra missions and some skins.

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6255/Mrs_Voorhees_Motherly_Love_Mega_Bundle/

This trailer makes me 6 kinds of happy.

Is this hex-based minesweeper?

Hexcells is hex-based minesweeper. This looks like hex-based sudoku, in a way.

Yes, it is more like hex-based sudoku

Ah, I see it now. Or a bit like Picross.

Speaking of Picross, anyone know if Picross 3D Round 2 for the 3DS ever goes on sale? I guess I could bite the bullet, I just like $20 better than $30 as a price point.

I’ve unfortunately never seen it on sale. I was a bit put off by the price point, too, but after I bought it I didn’t regret it. If you liked any of the other 3DS Picross games, 2d or 3d, you really can’t go wrong with Round 2. It’s by far the best handheld Picross game.

Once it tilts, that game is absolutely delightful. You probably don’t need to be told that, but I had to let it out.

I grabbed and finished Escape Goat 2 over the week-end. It was light fun for the most part, when it didn’t fall into the traps of the first game and became a lousy action-platforming game (the last 2 stages were remarkably bad on this front). While the peaceful atmosphere of the first game was there, the game remarkably lacked any sort of payoff. It was the strangest ending, with a fake first ending to tease you into pursuing a new ending… that gave no extra reward whatsoever. I guess the game was rushed when it was released 3 years ago?
In any case, I can’t recommend this sort of experience in a Stephen’s Sausage/Into the Breach/Snakebirtd/and-potentially-Talos-Principle-which-I-have-just-begun world anymore.

Figured we need an post here with the release of the second game in series.

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

FYI the first game and all the dlc is $1 over on Fanatical for the next 6 days.

I loved the first game but creepy clown = no buy.

Hate clowns. Ugggh.

Enjoying Glass Masquerade 2 a lot so far. Puzzles seem harder than the first. I’m not playing on crazy hard ‘have to rotate the pieces’ mode yet.

Finished up A Good Snowman is Hard to Build , it was relaxing and unique, if it hits $1-2 bucks again I recommend it.