Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood

Really cute game that you can play in your free time, on Mac, and literally on autopilot! The game really doesn't ask much from you, as there's literally one combat mechanic to learn and even that is autopilot. One thing I do have to say is some of the puzzles can be unnecessarily hard or time consuming to complete. I spent a few hours going in circles in the catacombs with zero instructions from the game on what to do to get out of this. It's a good thing that there's just enough tutorials online to not call this game too niche lmao. It gets you thinking a little bit.

Cute narrative puzzle game inspired by The Wizard of Oz

Cute puzzler. The clues are there and logical. Nothing moon-logicy. Graphics are good and controls aren't bad. One annoyance is that you if you finish the main thing in an area, the area ends and you can't find the other things there.

It's cute and I enjoyed it, seems like there's a bit of replay value since there are multiple endings since you can solve each chapter a couple of different ways. But I wouldn't necessarily say there's a ton of it, since you're going to have to repeat a fair amount of the same stuff. Also, the sort of run and dodge elements are very tacked on and mostly unnecessary when it's mostly just a walk around puzzler. But they're simple enough that they didn't drag anything for me. I you can get it on sale for a light puzzler with a kind of charming vibe that you'll knock out in an afternoon or two give it a look.

It's the good old: point and click, escape the room type of puzzle game but fairy tale references. Some really good puzzles to make you think and make you feel like a genius when you manage to solve them. With what appears to be 3 endings (with some variations depending on what you did to solve the final puzzle of each area) you'll stroll through some areas to get hints, get items, sometimes avoid the big bad wolf and buy stuff to aid you in your journey. Overall, hoping for a sequel or spin-off someday.

I wobbled back and forth on this one, but ultimately? It's an old-timey adventure game, and we always need more of those. This one's different to, say, a SCUMMVM game, where the strengths are usually the voice acting and puzzle design. Here the strengths are the art and the music. The puzzles aren't quite "moon logic" but there were a couple points where I had to look up the solutions, and the gameplay is interspersed with characters hunting or fighting you. I didn't like this system AT ALL, but it's really easy so I'm neutral towards it. The game's runtime isn't "short" exactly, but it feels a bit like it's padded by the multiple endings and collectible items. Since it's full of puzzles, you wouldn't really want to replay it, but even on a single play through it's decently long. So in the end, it's a pretty good adventure game that's playable with a controller. You already know if it's worth $15 to you.