Magic Pixel Picross

I love picross-type games, but this is sadly a bad example of such a game. Cumbersome controls, lots of the puzzles rely on pure guesswork, internal achievements not integrated into Steam etc. A positive aspect is the 9 by 9 grid game type, but it's not enough to lift it up to a positive rating.

Eventually you get to a point where the rewards for completing each puzzle aren't enough for you to continue playing making it impossible to complete. It also won't let you save custom puzzles. Edit: Tested again on 2018/06/13, still broken. Looks like the dev's abandoned it.

I can't recommend it because the list of negative aspect is greater than the positive one: Positive points: +I en joy the design of the tiles (corners cut, flag is embedded into the tile which is cute) +I like the little explosion of stars when you finish a puzzle Negative points: -There is a single sound track on repeat that I find annoying -The resolution by default is wide but the game only take the center part?! It looks like it was a game made for phones -Right click to cross tile is not implemented, you need to select the flag and do a left mouse click to apply it -Sometime, the final picture is flickering/glitching -Some of the 5x5 puzzles can't be solved with pure logic, I got myself caught while trying to complete 'horse' and the 's' shape. -There is no reset button, you need to go back to menu and found + click your puzzle again to retry it -'Smiling face' puzzle is not smiling :P -I can't seems to buy more stars int he shop -The fact that there is a shop to buy stars, to unlock more puzzle is a bit weird -I was not able to submit my drawing even though the label says 0/5 send today and there is no save button :'( -There is no menu to quit the game -There is no achievem…

Terrible. The developer created pixel art with no concern over whether they function as picross. As a result, you are regularly left with multiple viable solutions and simply have to guess, fundamentally failing the most basic requirement of a logic puzzle. Beyond that, most of the puzzles inexplicably have to be unlocked, 1 by 1, with "stars". You can earn a maximum of 4 stars for a perfect solve, and the *minimum* price to unlock a puzzle is 5 stars... I'm sure you can see this is an inherently broken in-game economy, but the devs evidently could not - or, less charitably, they were planning this as a mobile game and intended to have in-app purchases, and wanted to make sure people were forced to pay in order to play. As I said - terrible. Don't buy, at any price.

This game looks quite innocent and friendly. Just some good old picross. What's to hate? The answer is: Everything, this game is bad. Let me explain.. You need stars to progress. You get those stars for completing puzzles. There simply isn't enough obtainable stars. And so... You will get softlocked eventually. Unable to progress further, unable to finish. There is literally no way to get 100% in this. People have reported it multiple times now. And the developer just simply doesn't care. Last update came out in 2017, just terrible. Game clearly abandoned in a broken state. This does deserve a huge negative review. Don't waste your cash on broken garbage.

https://youtu.be/vvner0Sa52k It's a bit, by the numbers, but this picross game does a far job with its included puzzles, has additional modes to switch things up, and online sharing earn a recommendation.