The Directed Reviews

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When I purchased this game I loved it. The difficulty setting seemed fair and the puzzles were solvable. As you move forward the levels get tougher. Then you hit the wall. A really tough level. You sleep on it and the next day you come back and solve it and feel like you really accomplished something. The trouble is, the next five levels are so easy you just cruise through them. Then you hit another clanger. You sleep on it again, and the next day you solve it and then move ahead another bunch of levels. This continues ad infinitum until you hit level 38. After you spend ages on it, you suddenly realize it's not about solving the problem in the most efficient way, it's about solving the problem according to the mind of someone who really doesn't want you to win. This is the point of the game when I decided I'd had enough. I don't have ESP. I'm not a mind reader. I'm not wasting any more time on this. Even though beating those "hit the wall" levels is so satisfying, I can't recommend this. The puzzles are in the most bizarre order. Multiple easy levels followed by one super hard level, followed by multiple easy levels again. You are provided with the amount of moves the programmer decided were adequate to solve the puzzle. Sometimes I used less moves which made me wonder what his end game was (because the idea is to use the exact amount of moves to solve the puzzle), then, when I hit level 38, I questioned the movement/direction count and was told it was correct. I can solve it if one arrow direction is changed. I plodded on but after 5 days I gave up. I hope you can get past level 38 and enjoy the rest of the game but sadly level 38 has destroyed my desire to continue and I've lost all passion in playing this.