Cubotrox Reviews

Did you ever play Guru Logic Champ, the Game Boy Advance title that never made it out of Japan? This is a block rotating puzzle game very much in the same genre, only with a greater focus on accuracy and speed.

In my opinion, this is the best game of 2016. Its a hardcore puzzle game based on the ever-popular artstyle of old video game consoles, and when I say hardcore, don't take that word lightly. These puzzles range from fast-paced clickathons to more thought-provoking levels. The campaign is 100 levels long and is accompanied by a short-but-sweet 80s style soundtrack, and obscure to not-so-obscure pop culture references. From approximately level 70 onwards, Cubotrox will become your worst enemy, testing your limits and pushing your patience to periods previously unfathomable by man. If you're a skilled gamer that maybe fiddled around with FPSes, and used the WASD keys a lot and the mouse, get this game.

Very easy to learn but hard to master puzzle game with simple and easy controls. Lots of levels and good music. For such a low price, this is definitively a must buy if you like puzzle games.

RUINED! by Time Attack levels! I would love this game but the time atack levels just ruin any fun i'm having by turning it into just frustration. The limited moves levels are fine, you have to think about getting it right etc but time attack and limited moves levels with annoying time attack just completely destroy any fun into controller destorying crap. Play the demo and realise the last demo level, the time attack one isn't a rare occurance but happens level after level after level in a row!

You gotta match the squares fast and precisely, it's very addictive and clever. You have to classify the squares carefully because every time you throw one an other appears, no matter if you made a succesful move or a mistake, so you can easily be overwhelmed by their number, and they can hide the layout. Also the levels are made so you often have to put blocks in wrong places to use them as holds for other cubes because you have to match them in difficult places to reach. Very smart game design and excellent gameplay feel with a gamepad in hand. The scoring is dependant of your ability to analyse, adapt, speed and overall precision and you can compete on leaderbords for every level. I totally recommend this game! PS : The last levels are incredibly hard and possibly frustrating. Sometimes squares falls into a place where they match but where you don't want them to match yet, blocking the way and giving you a game over without you being able to do anything, just contemplate game over after game over until the blocks stops falling into the bad places. There should be a script preventing that to happen because sometimes you are doing incredibly well into the hardest levels and then game over because a block falled into a wrong spot. There are so many blocks falling everywhere at each second into the last level that it is nearly impossible to prevent this to happen manually.

A real hidden gem. Think about Tetris but with the ability to rotate the board: square pieces with different colours keep appearing on the game screen and you have to pick them up and position them correctly to complete a pixel art picture. Very challenging sometimes but without being frustrating.

I had the opportunity to play the game before at a gaming event, and the first thing that caught my attention were its visuals and the music. The developers have done a fantastic job creating a tron-like visual style, with a music that plays very nicely with it. But it is after that first impression, when you grab the controller and start playing you see where does Cubotrox really shine. The gameplay is actually very simple: there is a pixel art figure with holes which you've got to fill with blocks that fall from the sides. You can rotate the picture to get into blocks on the other side, and rotate the blocks to fit them in the right position. After you play the tutorial (in maybe 15 minutes most) you're more than ready to play. But even though the game mechanics are simple, it isn't easy at all. Some levels have a time limit, other levels have a movement limit, forcing you to think your way really carefully. You've got to combine skill (moving the picture and the cubes) as well as thinking. On the beginning you'll be messing up rotating the wrong way or placing the wrong cube at the wrong place, but it gets better with each level. Besides the core gameplay, it also has a leaderboard which is nice and many levels feature cameos from other indie games. Overall, I think the game is 100% worth its price. Absolutelly recommended.

This game is really addicting and competitive. If you like puzzle games, this is your game. When you try it you cannot stop it. PROS: - Brutal game feel with gamepad. - Always want to play one level more. - Good learning curve. - Tribute Maps are so cool. - Frenetic and original experience. CONS: - Not yet. I think for the content, this game is really cheap.

Okay, lets just start with a littany of issues, -The control system is fiddly, you get used to it but it can take _a long time_ before you are fast enough to cope with higher levels. -Feedback about overflowing the board, time running out, and moves running out are all denoted by the same sound. -The warning sound doesnt go off if any warning is still in place, so solve a problem and you can end up missing that a second problem silently turned up. -Any visual indicator of issues is often lost in the mess of whats being displayed. -RNG renders it a difficulty rollercoaster rather than curve. -It cant decide whether it is testing your reflexes or giving you puzzles, and consequently both suffer. -Pieces come in pseudo randomly so annoyingly often you can lose just by chance. -Blocks enter so fast on some levels that trying to grab or place will often leave you with the wrong block. -The game deliberately uses poorly coloured blocks on a half dozen levels to increase difficulty by blinding you to whats happening. -Some of the later levels are so deliberately maze like, while passing in blocks so fast, that you have to print screen and examine the board to stand a chance. (There is no ingame function to do this, and the alternative is losing over and over until you work it out.) -If blocks come in fast and land in the wrong place you lose instantly, no real way of avoiding it. -If a piece enters the board at the same time as another lands you lose instantly, no warning. -Seriously, losing instantly because of the computer dropping in blocks, when later levels drop them so fast and with move limits that mean you cant keep things entirely clear... screw that 'mechanic', the last level was literally a case of 2 in 3 games failing through no fault of your own. There is a lot of problems, its kind of a mess, and in a bunch of cases Im fairly sure there are pretty trivial ways to fix the issues up. (Like change some of the damn colours.) Yet, I gave it a recommend... because ultimately it kept me coming back for more. While all of the above can make it unfair regardless of your skill level, when things do go right then you noticably become far superior at polishing off levels. There is some real skill to this under all the problems, there is some really unique gameplay despite the issues with mechanics, and you do get a hankering for just one more game... Id be tempted to give it a neutral if I could because Im really not sure if drawing me back in for hours on end is enough. You can make something addictive that isnt necessarily good, but there is enough to it that I think its worth most people giving it a shot, especially if you can pick it up on sale.