Hidden Memory - Neko's Life Reviews

A nice experience, the graphics and music are very comforting. Good to challenge the memory. Worth the low price.

The game's a little too short imo... rather than memory game this is more like replacing an object with another shape game? kinda like the math X=Y thingy, so it's not very puzzle-like... I have a feeling the author is having more fun turning the puzzle into a cute artwork than me having fun solving the puzzle...

I got this game as part of a cat-themed bundle. While the images are pretty, the way that the rules change almost randomly and the drag-and-drop nature of the game means that it doesn't have the flow of a puzzle game and it doesn't feel particularly engaging. Doing a few levels, having to leave the game, and coming back ended with guessing randomly what the rules were because I could not remember them from last time. Lovely visuals, but a deeply underwhelming 'game'.

With the same beautiful look as Hidden Memory, it is a good way to relax, while solving puzzles that test your memory and encourage logical thinking.

A relaxing game, both in music and in gameplay, which despite being simple, can at times be challenging. I finished the game and it was certainly worth the purchase. I recommend!

Hidden Memory is a soothing game with simple puzzles which tells a heart-warming story about a street cat's life. If you like cats and puzzles this short game is perfect for you to relax. ^ㅅ^ miau~

to be honest, the game is not fun. it's a mix of being relaxing and boring at the same time: + it's relaxing because of the soundtrack and environment. - you have to remember what shape goes with which shape and it keeps going till the end without the game evolving to it's full potential with adding some unique mechanics. (just the ability to move some of the boxes from point A to B with clicking on their arrows won't add depth or complication)

It's a fairly short puzzle game, it has 30 levels, 4 of which have 2 solutions, it took me just over half an hour to do all the puzzles and replay the ones that got more than one solution. Like Hidden Memory - Nature it uses the same idea for puzzles where one shape means the next shape which means the next shape, this can change between each level, but it's clearly shown all the shapes for each level so it isn't as confusing as it sounds. Each puzzle makes a beautiful piece of art and it follows a little story of two cats and the city they live in. The music was okay, and it has separate volume control settings, both for the music and for the game sounds which is always nice.

[b]hidden memory: neko's life[/b] is the follow-up to [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/dohi64/recommended/1426980]hidden memory: nature[/url], [b]the same exact thing[/b], a minimalist puzzler that has you placing various shapes into slots to turn them into other ones that ultimately form a bigger shape, which in turn changes into part of a picture once the level is solved. sadly, nice nature related images were replaced with cat stuff, because that's clearly the only animal on the entire planet. the game would work just as well with anything else. conversion rules (square means circle, circle means triangle, etc.) can be brought up while playing, but [b]there's no visual representation of any of the shape changes[/b], so placing a square into a slot will still show a square in the slot, and the big shape won't change at all either, but this is the whole point of the game, [b]visualizing how to recreate that thing with other shapes[/b]. certain levels introduce new rules on a separate screen that won't be part of the ruleset until the next level, but you can look at them again by clicking the left arrow. there are [b]30 levels[/b] this time, shapes can be used more than once if necessary, and a few levels (marked on the level select screen) have an alternate way to solve, not necessarily utilizing every slot. if you get stuck, a [b]hint button is available[/b] to help with one of the solutions. clicking it divides the big shape into whatever pieces you need to create, or you can break out paint and draw over the screenshots. end-of-level animations are still unskippable and not fast enough, but the presentation is good otherwise, [b]beautiful minimalist art[/b], except I didn't like the music this time. bringing up the menu shows the current level number too. separate audio toggles, volume settings, and a resizable window in windowed mode are also available, but [b]the outro animation ignores audio settings and it's unskippable[/b], and since it just shows all the levels you just solved again, it's really annoying and completely unnecessary. despite this being more of the same, [b]I found the first game better[/b], but if you're looking for more, grab this as well. being familiar with the mechanics means this one won't take more than 30-40 minutes, otherwise probably 1-2 hours. good stuff still, doesn't cost much, shame about the incredibly overused cat theme.

HMNL is a Rock Paper Scissors-esque shape matching game with ridiculously unclear instructions and no learning curve because the "rules" are constantly changing. It’s not quite a puzzle game, but I guess that’s the closest genre that might apply. It’s not a hidden object game either, despite the tags. The only “hidden” aspect is a series of line art backgrounds that get revealed after you complete each level. I found it more frustrating than relaxing, because even when looking at the Steam guide and kind of getting the gist of the X —> Y theme, I still don’t really understand the logic behind many of the solutions. There are also a handful of levels with alternate solutions, which you wouldn’t even know exist unless you looked at the achievement list or checked the overall level map. As a mild heads up, the last achievement is misnamed, since it implies there’s a 31st puzzle to complete. All that happens after finishing level 30 is an unnecessarily long and uninterruptible slideshow of all 30 images you’ve already seen. I had to Alt+F4 when I accidentally triggered it a second time, because I wasn’t going to sit through another five minute+ long PowerPoint art show. The "Complete Puzzle 31" achievement automatically pops after you complete all levels, including alternate solutions. The general idea is cute and the art is sweet, but overall HMNL is not really worth slogging through unless you’re desperate for the achievements or bored out or your mind with nothing else to play.