The House of Da Vinci Reviews

I almost rage-quit a few minutes into the game, because it is so fidgety and just not working the way it is supposed to. When you have to slide a panel to the right and it does finally so after you tried it several times and - out of desperation - wobbled the mouse for several minutes in every direction - the fun goes out the window. At this point I stayed persistent, but it did not get much better. I finally gave it up. The puzzles are only sometimes logical and sometimes it just works by trial and error. I really wanted to like it, but it is one of the worst puzzle games I've played in my life.

The three games in this series tell one continuous story, so this is really "part 1", and the other two games are quite good. This one is pretty ropy, and without the occult conceits of The Room series the aggressively silly escape room puzzles don't make much sense. But if you get this and the other two together, you have one long casual puzzler that has some really cool moments later on as the story builds up. Recommended as a set of games. Don't get this one alone.

I had a lot of fun figuring out the different puzzles throughout the game, though one or two I think need better hints as I ended up having to google what I was meant to do. For example, in the last chapter i could not figure out what to do with the box. It is clear there was a lot of hard work and love put into the game, with the soundtrack and design working really well to set the mood and vibe, without any issues of lighting or bugs.

Completely disappointing controls: in some moments (I remember at least three cases, which is more than enough for a 6-hour game) you have to make 5-6 mouse movements just to open the lid of another box, simply because for some reason you can’t rotate the camera in that particular scene, and the preset angle is inconvenient. No fun. There really aren’t any genuine puzzles in the game: once you figure out where to insert the next key/lever/detail, all that’s left is to turn it, and the puzzle is solved. There were a couple of sliding puzzles with nine pieces, the most challenging ones I can remember. But often, figuring out where the next key goes is so unclear that you can only determine the solution by trying all possible options. Sometimes it even feels like the game is deliberately toying with you: for example, in the mission next to the last, after all previous missios were completely linear, the game decides to place the final lock at the beginning of the level, without any logical lead-up. Unfortunately, I too was deceived into thinking this was some hidden gem in the puzzle genre, inspired by that warm, soulful forbbidden manuscript aesthetic, but in reality, even $6 on sale felt like a waste.

its clunky, unintuitive, and the lenses are tacked on and annoying.

amazing puzzles and graphics definitely worth the money

Puzzles are unintuitive and clunky, some left for just being pure trial and error but with actions having to be done for each failed attempt

This game is very similar to The Room but for me, this one took me longer to finish as there were times I had to redo the same things two or more times. I don't know if it's a bug or if the games blocks you from certain actions until you should get there. For example, I was inspecting an object, clicked everywhere, nothing. Later on, the hint says to inspect the object and then I can move a part. My goal was to go through it without using any hints but half way through the game it was almost impossible. I still enjoyed it and highly recommend it. Can't wait to try the 2nd and 3rd.

Loved the game. loads of puzzles to solve in Da Vinci's house with brilliant graphics and animation

The game is similar to "The room". The first chapters were easy and intuitive to do. However, around half-way through the game, the puzzles got harder and ended up requiring a lot of help. Nevertheless, I'd still recommend this game to whoever enjoys puzzle games!