The House of Da Vinci 3

It’s a rare sight to see a game series of this caliber available on mobile without drastic cuts to quality. I discovered this series during the pandemic and fell in love with it. I bought the second game immediately when it came out and played multiple times. Scrolling through the App Store yesterday I was ecstatic to see the third iteration was out. The story is captivating, the puzzles are genuinely difficult and require you to think three steps ahead and sometimes behind ;). The graphics aren’t great sometimes, and touch controls can be annoying on mobile, but honestly I didn’t notice. Tie all this together with a beautiful soundtrack, amazingly satisfying sound effects, and this is one game that everyone who enjoys puzzle games needs to play as soon as possible. I cannot recommend this game enough and anxiously await the developers’ next release.

I have seen VERY few games available on a phone as good as this series. This is what a game built for the app store should be and could be when the developers actually put effort into making a good game. The story is pretty interesting, if you ignore the fact that Da vinci somehow managed to make a time machine that can fit in your hand lol. This is not a story game though, it is an amazing puzzle game and the story does perfect in tying together the puzzles and making them relevant to each other. None of the puzzle are the same, in a few instances you may find a puzzle that at first seems like one you have already completed, only for you to realize there is a whole additional layer to it. The story provides enough intrigue to keep you invested and excited to move to the next chapter for more reasons than just the new puzzles. The difficulty in these games is perfect for me, fairly difficult but not difficult enough for me the spend hours unraveling a single chapter. Even if you run into a point where you are stumped, the optional hints are more than helpful for getting you back on track. This is a 10/10 for me and there are only 3 others on that list.

I have not been disappointed at all with this latest release of Davinci. So far there have been no glitches, issues, complaints. I am on my 4th evening of playing (about 3-4 hours per night - best guesstimate) and I am pretty sure that I am on the last chapter. I have depended on the hint system a lot more in this release than in past releases. I try very hard not to use hints, but I found that this game was a bit less intuitive in parts. Sometimes I just needed a nudge to figure out where to focus my efforts but a couple of times I needed full out help. All in all, the game was fantastic! The graphics were great. I enjoyed the plot (which I usually dont care about), and I did not encounter any glitches on my 9th gen iPad. The movement of the character wasnt as smooth as previous games but it did not impede the game in any way as you typically focused on bigger areas in this game and less on secret compartments etc. All in all, fantastic. Thanks for a great game. Please continue making similar releases in the future. Edit - game took 10 hours to play. Just finished. Still thrilled with it!!