Traffix

[b]My Playtime:[/b] 5h (finished the game) [h1]Intro[/h1] [i]Traffix[/i] is a game where you control traffic lights to control the traffic flow. It has 32 levels with different setups. [b]Pros:[/b] - 32 levels - Gameplay is easy to understand [b]Cons:[/b] - Boring gameplay - Sometimes, more than one car will pass even though you only want one car to pass - Each level takes too long to finish, especially near the end [b]Specs[/b] Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [h1]Should you buy this game?[/h1] [b]No.[/b] [i]Sadly, the game is too repetitive and mind-numbing for me.[/i] [hr][/hr] [h1]In-Depth Review[/h1] [h3]Visuals[/h3] [i]Traffix[/i] uses simplistic visuals with vibrant colors. Each level has a certain color theme with a gradient that makes them look beautiful. The UI placement is also neat and clean to the eye. [h3]The Game[/h3] [b]Gameplay[/b] In [i]Traffix[/i], you need to control the traffic flow by changing the traffic lights. Red means no car can pass, yellow means only one car can pass—which will move to red after that happens, and green means that all cars can pass. You can control it by using the left mouse click in each traffic ligh…

4/10 its only 5$ get it if you want it the amount of people i got killed this game should be called traffux - double clicking for green an awful idea, why not right click? most of my deaths come from going too fast and it becomes a double click green.... - chaos mode is dumb.... + 32 levels

It's clear that the devs of this game don't care about user experience. It's a really bad mobile port: the level selection is done by clicking and dragging a list up and down, which makes absolutely no sense with a mouse. No wonder another reviewer thought it to be impossible to switch levels. I thought so too at first. Changing traffic lights to green red or yellow is all done by left clicking on the lights. You can imagine how often it happens that you quickly want to change something to red but then accidently turn it to green when it is already stressfull. Ah yes, stressfull. As the play store page claims: "Calming: Traffix will not force you to think too hard. Each new city will amaze your senses and help you to relax." There is nothing calming about this: you simply switch from traffic light to traffic light as quick as possible and try to let cars pass. Trying to watch several lanes at the same time is stressfull as hell. But yes, it is true, it does force you to think too hard, but that's because there is nothing to think about. If the lane is free, you let cars go. There is nothing more to it. Which makes me question how anyone would consider this to be a puzzle ga…

Honestly, this is all about timing and nothing else. There's no real challenge to it, and making one timing mistake just kills your run right there and then. Its too simplistic audiovisuals don't help alleviating the overall very boring gameplay.

It looks nice but it was really frustrating to play.

This is one of the rare games that I'm recommending without actually liking. Whatever possessed me to buy a traffic game when one of the things I like least is traffic management is beyond me - that said, this is a cleanly-presented, interesting concept puzzle game that seems very well put together and reasonably priced. I cannot, however, say I enjoyed it as the moment of extreme rage dredged up were... excessive. That isn't this game's fault (I think), so I won't judge it poorly as a result.