Inkwellers

[b]My Playtime:[/b] 12.7h (11/12 achievement, finished the game twice) [b]My First Playthrough:[/b] 10.4h [b]Grindy Achievement(s):[/b] No. [b]Optional Achievement(s):[/b] Yes (2 achievements). [b]Difficult Achievement(s):[/b] No. [h1]Intro[/h1] [i]Inkwellers[/i] is a 2-player co-op puzzle game where you need to cooperate to solve a series of puzzles. It has 9 chapters in total, each with several unique puzzles in it. [b]Pros:[/b] - 9 levels - Hints in case you are stuck [b]Cons:[/b] - Some puzzles can be solved by brute-forcing the solutions - Some puzzles can be solved solo [b]Specs[/b] AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 16GB RAM, AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT [h1]Should you buy this game?[/h1] [i]Some puzzle clues can be hard to notice, and if you don't manage to find them, you'll end up brute-forcing the puzzle since the game encourages you to do that. Plus, some puzzles can be solved solo, eliminating the need for co-op in a co-op-only game.[/i] [hr][/hr] [h1]In-Depth Review[/h1] [h3]The Game[/h3] [i]Inkwellers[/i] is a puzzle game that can only be played with two people. Both people must purchase a copy of the game to play, in which they will play as either a man or a woman. The characters …

Was a decent co-op puzzle game but I have a few gripes that pushed me to a negative review. -Any puzzle that required an object to move was agonizingly slow so you spend a lot of time just waiting around. -One of the puzzles was completely broken (potions) so we had to restart which locked us out one of the achievements permanently because our note score is now incorrect seemingly forever. -Platforming was jank, and items would occasionally disappear when placed in the spots they were supposed to go. -If you want to tell a story, try to tell it through the gameplay and not 28 collectable paragraphs. Devs for sure have potential, this one just needed more time.

I really wanted to like this game. I liked chapters 1-6 but after that the puzzles didn't work or make sense. The story was ehh. I think there is still alot of work to be done to get it fully playable. Hints were the solutions. The music got annoying after a while. Started out fun but ended in disappointment.

TLDR: Not fun, only annoing. GLHF if you are colorblind like me :D Buggy game with a hint system that just gives the solutions. Puzzles that just takes time to move things around with timings, no skill just frustrating. Very unblanced when the players are split up in terms of what you can do. Music becomes repetitive after some time as well. Story is nothing to write home about.

Pretty cool game

Adorable and fun! the enigmas are cute and not too dfficult but still fun and challenging in some points. loved playing it with my BFF and we both had a great time, the artworks are something i loved deeply.