The Bench

The game is fun, but the bugs are just not doable...... Puzzlewise it's really thinking outside of the box and its very diverse in what to do. Its been a while since a game had me stuck My main love is the pidgeon army and the customizations!!! Love it! But yeah.... the heckin bugs....... so many...... had to restart the game so many times, it was honestly frustrating. So unfortunatly even though I l9ve this game its patience wise not doable to ever play this again......

A fun escape room style adventure with an intersting mechanic of pigeon-mancy.

I really, really wanted to love this game after playing the demo. The bugs are frustrating (yes, I've reported them), but even worse is the inconsistency in the in-game logic. What works for one puzzle doesn't work for another. If this game had a hint section for when you're really stuck, I could probably enjoy it but being stuck for hours is frustrating and demoralising. I like the concept of the game, bhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3183410/The_Bench/#ut so far (just got to the city), the story is very light and the puzzles are too punishing (seriously, why won't the box go down the hole in the 4-bench sewer puzzle??? There just isn't enough of the good parts to outweigh the negatives. Sorry!

A good solid game that can be played by many people, even if they are great at puzzles or not. Playing the story through is only the icing on top of all of the extra puzzle content when completing the game. Recommended to those who want to play something a little silly, intriguing and gets your brain to think more than the average game. I loved the creativity of the options to customize the pigeons. Note: A few reviews talk about the graphics being intensive or unoptimized. I only experienced a graphical issue once, and a simple reload fixed this quickly. A little rough around the edges, but a solid game throughout.

Very buggy.

Interesting at first, but soon you realize how bad the game really is. Performing acts in the game is just not intuitive. Once you get a feel for it, it's still awkward. And 0MG don't get me started on the pigeon sounds and animations, as well as a very limited sound track that really grate on your nerves after a while. Plenty of bugs throughout this game, even 8 months after launch. Characters and objects can get stuck, forcing you to exit to menu to reset things. Then when you do continue your game, other items you wanted to remain changed (such as hedges trimmed/cut) respawn again. You could perform this to knock the same character down the steps over and over again for all eternity. Not to mention the connect-the-dots games that have rules but then somehow fail to adhere to those rules if you don't proceed the way the developers expected. Also, some stamps are missed permanently, meaning you have to start over if you're trying to get Steam achievements. But that's not the worst aspect of this game... The puzzles are just guessing games to find out what the game wants in order to proceed. Just like rolling dice or throwing darts in the dark, hoping to hit something. They are …