The Enigma Mansion

I paid for no ads and then paid for some gold for hints, but the hints literally aren’t helpful at all. They are just random solutions to random puzzles, some which you can’t even access yet, so it’s not even worth it. If you have hints they should be related to where you are in the game. If they had been even remotely helpful, possibly would’ve bought more, but as is will just have to sit through a LONG walkthrough to find the solution to a minor issue.

This is a good, long game - totally worth paying for the ad-free version. Lots of fun, challenging, interesting puzzles. It has that Forgotten Hill/ Rusty Lake kind of vibe. I have only two things that were problematic: 1. When you do the puzzle with the scales on an ipad, the #2 weight is practically invisible. It took me a bit to figure out that it was there in the shadow of the screen and I could just manage to grab it to solve the puzzle. 2. On the puzzle right after the scales, when you input the numbers for each of the critters - there are four numbers but only three critters. The fourth looks like the clam but isn’t, and is unrecognizable. I watched the walkthrough to see if I had missed something but there was no fourth critter there, either. In the end I brute forced the puzzle but that seemed like a strange way to design a game, so that part was confusing. But overall, a great game, and I’m looking forward to more from this talented dev!

On the scale, the pans and balance bar can be put on from a distance. However, if you do, they don’t show when you are close up at the scale and therefore you can’t weigh any of the items. Also, I didn’t like how some items and clues were difficult / impossible to see. For the clues, it would have been nice if I could have zoomed in on them (the the shapes in the cabinet.) Also, there was a key on (I think) a lamp and I couldn’t see the key but had tapped there several times. After watching a walkthrough, I went back and eventually tapped in the right spot to get it but it was frustrating. Last, are we supposed to use our imaginations to figure out the ending? What was the cage for?