Duline Reviews

This is a completely unique set of puzzle rules, that feel like they should have been invented and published by Nikoli sometime in the 1980s, but that we somehow collectively missed discovering until now. Rather than a unique solution pencil puzzle however, this game takes those rules and builds an optimization challenge with a surprising amount of depth: the levels, which may look a little intimidating or messy at first, are all carefully designed, full of interesting logical realizations, and incredibly challenging. They can be approached in two ways: either "chain par" (successfully completing a level at all in no more than a set amount of chains, but possibly using more blocks than needed), or "block par" (successfully completing a level with the minimum amount of placed blocks). The game tries to steer you away from attempting the block par by hiding those targets until you have completed a few levels normally, and I recommend you heed its advice - while finding the "chain par" solutions can already be unexpectedly difficult, finding the "block par" is the absolute true challenge that will keep you up for many hours. A very good game for its price, if you are into these types of puzzles you will definitely have a great time figuring it all out.