Playtime:
75 minutes
[b]4/10[/b]
Jigsaw puzzles with atoms.
[b]What is it:[/b] This mostly resembles a jigsaw puzzle, but instead of shaped pieces forming a picture, you have to assemble atoms into molecules. There is already a scaffolding in place on which you must place the atoms, and the atoms already have all the electrons in the right place to make connections. That is good because you know where each atom goes, but it's bad because you cannot put any Hydrogen in a spot, you must find the Hydrogen with it's electron on the left. And this becomes worse as the molecules get more complicated, you have to distinguish between the Hydrogen with its electron at 72 degrees and the one at 60 degrees, and all the Carbons with electrons at different angles.
The good aspect is that this is educational, fairly accurate depiction of the molecules. The bad aspect is... everything else. The game always offers me Portuguese at the start, even though I select English every time. The controls are buggy, if I click too fast atoms get jumbled up, and sometimes they even become unresponsive and I have to restart it. You can swap two atoms already in the scaffolding, but you cannot bring an atom from outside over an occupied spot. The atoms on the blackboard (starting with Oxygen in level 14) often are unresponsive, you cannot take them off the blackboard. There's some story text that shows up with a typewriter effect, and is unskippable, and is shown every time you open the corresponding level. Atoms often show up behind the text and I have to search for them. Barely any settings, no progress reset, random difficulty swings, no cloud saving, sometimes you have to push Space, sometimes you have to click a button, so both mouse and keyboard are required, rudimentary graphics, useless "anti-atoms" that are only an inconvenience.
Overall impression: could be a useful educational tool, but the implementation is much too broken.
[b]How hard is it:[/b] Easy.
[b]How long is it:[/b] 52 levels, can be finished in an hour. No level skipping.
[b]Level design:[/b] Good selection of molecules, especially after the first few "-ane" that are almost all the same but longer, weirdly ordered. The game could do so much more, the game graphics show Sulphur and Phosphorus which are never used in game.
[b]Quality:[/b] Bad.
[b]Worth the price:[/b] No, wait for a big discount.
[b]Most positive aspect for me:[/b] Educational.
[b]Most negative aspect for me:[/b] Bad controls.
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👍 : 5 |
😃 : 0