Stack & Crack

[url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32482033/]Crim's Humble Opinion Curator[/url] Avid puzzle fans will enjoy this title. I can see myself enjoying this but I have no shame in admitting that it is a bit over my head as far as just how mind boggling the puzzles are. The game starts off simple enough in the first ten stages and progressively gets harder over the 8 areas you will be playing. There are a new elements added into each area that make the title get harder. Nearing one hour play I have yet to make it through the 2nd area. High difficulty does not make this a bad game. It runs very well and has some intuitive design. You can undo moves for trial and error to work your way through it. The minimilistic color scheme and design works really well for this game. Combine that with the atmospheric relaxation music and you create a nice puzzle world to spend some time in. The music and sound can't be scaled in any way which may have you turning down both if you want to have the music be just a bit quieter. Other options are limited which make the title feel mobile preferred. This title is available on ios and android. Both versions are cheaper, so take that as you will. S…

Game seems different and okay, but it locks locks Up after completing Level 10 of "Learn to Stack". So I never received the acheivement for finishing it. And there's no option to replay it again.

Great puzzle game that had me grinding my teeth quite a few times: "What in the world am I missing?" :)

It’s been a long time since I’ve played a minimalist puzzle game that has stretched the limits of my ability to solve something. I’ve both enjoyed and dreaded the puzzles that lay ahead of me here, and it’s really an experience I didn’t expect. This is actually a good thing, because I’ve been able to see a level of personality the puzzle designers have, which are delicately tucked into some of the trickier conundrums. There’s actually a puzzle which features a red herring, which essentially means it’s a decoy thrown in that has no use whatsoever, it’s simply there to confuse you. In a puzzle game, this is a unique feature I haven’t seen in a while. Usually there’s a blockage that’s put into a puzzle that has to be conquered for you to progress; but this is not always the case in Stack and Crack. For that reason, and a few others, I’m pleased with the way this game has unfolded. At the time of writing this review, I’m only about halfway through the game. There’s been a few features introduced within each new section, so the game always keeps you on your toes. The first zone is simply learning how to stack, and figuring out how the four “boxies” work with each other. Once y…

Nice puzzle game which lasted me a good 4.5h. In each of the first 7 parts of the game, a new element of gameplay is introduced. You have between 10 and 15 levels to learn how it works and interacts with the other ones. The 8th and last part of the game feels like a treat: nothing is new, you just have 13 more levels to have fun with. In other words, the level design was good. I was only wondering a few times why some elements were there, because I did not use them at all: it was probably due to levels having multiple solutions. The very last level was brilliant: it took me quite some time to solve it, but I really enjoyed the thought process of getting to the solution. The look and feel of the game is a perfect fit for the genre: the visuals are beautiful but clear, the interface does not go in your way, and the ambiant music is great to focus on the puzzles. Overall, a solid game. Bonus point for working flawlessly on Linux-based systems.