Escape Lighthouse.114

I dislike a bad review because someone didn’t understand how to play. This game was very immersive which was exactly how I like them. If one put the pieces together it wasn’t necessary to use the hint system at all. And what a glorious challenge! Such satisfaction in reaching the solutions as they were evident but not obvious! Great job!

fun game, clever puzzles, interesting art design, and you rarely “clear” an area completely, which i love because it makes the puzzles and world feel more interconnected and less linear. that said, there are some glitchy elements that keep this review from getting five stars: some of the black screens between areas last a weirdly long time, which can be extra annoying when you have to jump between multiple locations; occasionally, pressing the back arrow moves you two or three times, which means more long black screens to get back to where you left off. i had a hard time with some of the “arcade-style” puzzles (thinking specifically of the one where you have to time your taps to the yellow lights – no matter what i did, i couldn’t get the fourth one, and i actually started to think i misunderstood the puzzle), but the skip option is easily accessible, which was nice. for most of the puzzles, if you’re struggling, playing around to see how the pieces might move and what you can interact with is a big help, and i liked that the game doesn’t hold the player’s hand

We were impressed by the cleverness of this game. A few moments of feeling unsure what to do next, but overall fun and lots of challenging puzzles. (Wasn’t personally a fan of of the puzzle with adding and subtracting boxes, but just a personal preference.) Definitely worth the download.