Rimebeard Reviews

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If you like challenging puzzle games, this is it!! I'm usually not that bad in games like these but wow, this gets hard very fast, which is what I like a lot about this game! It's not a game you can rush through and be done with in an hour. You really gotta think and learn all the mechanics to win! Plenty of levels and with this 2nd update it's now even cleaner!

I know the developer a bit so I am slightly biased towards recommending this game, but I bought it of my own accord and still want to give my honest review. I will point out all of the good and bad that I see. Pros: - It's a really cute game in terms of the artwork, I like how it looks despite its simplicity. It actually looks much better when playing the game in comparison to the tiny video and screenshots you see in the Steam store page. I thought I wouldn't like the artwork very much originally, but seeing the game in full screen, I was pleasantly surprised! - I'm an avid puzzle gamer, and surprisingly this went from easy to difficult very quickly. If I didn't like challenges so much, this aspect could be a con, but I really enjoyed being thrust into actual puzzles and having to figure techniques out without getting a long boring introductory series of puzzles to learn the ropes. That's a major gripe I have with many other puzzle games Cons: - I feel like the controls could be a little bit more responsive. A couple of times I found myself hitting keys too quickly and moving off a ledge or block, and since I also already hit the key to place a block as I originally intended, instead I end up removing the block in front of me after the character lands, causing the whole setup to break and requiring a restart. I feel like this will only get more annoying as I get into some of the more complex later levels, however it also might end up not being an issue as I play more and get used to the movement. - The first world did take me a good 15 minutes to complete, and I know it will get harder as I go and the levels will take longer, but it does seem like there's not a whole lot of levels overall. If it's really as short as it seems, I think adding more levels would make the price a bit more worth it. Overall, it still gets a thumbs up from me!

Great puzzle game inspired by an NES classic. Nice mechanics and pleasing graphics. A pleasure to play, even though it gets quite tricky. :)