Enchanted Path Reviews

Atmospheric isometric puzzler. Collect green crystals to open the portal that brings you to the next level. Find the right path and don’t fall into the abyss. The game has 30 levels. Later levels will be more challenging and more different tiles will be introduced. The player moves on a grid of tiles. Some of these tiles will be disappearing when you are stepping off it and others will teleport you to another place. One tile acts as a cage with another that will free you from entrapment. There is even a tile that creates more tiles!

Actually a good, but short game. Leveldesign is pretty lazy tough. Only 1-2 levels are a little bit harder (probably solved one of them the wrong way) and the rest is basically the same over and over again. But you get 20-30 minues of entertainment for less than 2 bucks, so come on.

Excellent little casual puzzle game that offers key rebinding and the ability to choose resolutions, full screen off or on, as well as the ability to turn on/off the music and sound effects. This is a very inexpensive games and even though there are only 30 levels to conquer, I feel like this game offers a good value overall. You can watch my "First Play on Launch Day" Review right HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C21LxOHyMFk&feature=youtu.be My score is an 81% based on my impressions in the above video. If you like these casual kind of puzzle games, you should have no regrets with this purchase. Recommended! =)

An OK idea, poorly implemented. The most glaring issue is the user interface itself: the game is isometric, but it is controlled by the arrow keys. Hence I spent a lot of time guessing whether pressing "up" would move northeast or northwest. Walking out of the platform means death, so several times I died close to the end because I guessed wrong. Since this is meant to be a puzzle game, having to remember which way is up is an unnecessary cognitive burden that soured my perception of the game. The difficulty is very uneven. The first 20-or-so levels introduce several different mechanisms, culminating in the somewhat difficult level 26. But the last 10 levels only use the very basic tiles, being significantly easier. So not only the levels are easier, but they also abandon the mechanics introduced in the first part of the game. Finally, a few mechanics themselves are out of place in a puzzle game. The fact that the end is only revealed after I collect all crystals means that I have to try out the level before having all information about the level. Some tiles activate other tiles, and again I have to try out before having all information about the level. And a few tiles are timed, which means I have to act quickly... in a puzzle game. At least the game is short; I finished it in half an hour.

[h1]Pleasant puzzle game but with some trial-and-error elements[/h1] [b]As other Nannings titles, this one has [url=https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/721025]a free version[/url] available on browser.[/b] A pathing puzzle, [i]Enchanted Path[/i] is an isometric game, with arrows (re-bindable) or gamepad moving the protagonist in diagonal directions. This kind of control is always confusing for me. You can opt to use mouse, like I did, to click the control in the right-hand corner. Your task is to grab all the gems, then head for the revealed exit. As some paths are usually locked after visiting once or twice, you need to plan the route beforehand. [h1]Trial-and-error in puzzles[/h1] The exit is not always where you think it will be, and as it only reveals itself after gathering all the gems. This exposes a trial-and-error element. Also, there's no zoom. Some levels are big enough that you have to try twice or thrice before getting it right because not knowing where the exit appears or where a previously hidden path appears. [h1]Repetitive puzzles[/h1] Some puzzles seem like retakes of some previous ones. That said, there are a couple of really nice puzzles that took a minute or in one case ten to complete. The whole game lasted about 45 minutes for me. An alright puzzler in my opinion. [h1]Free vs. paid? [/h1] Steam version has 10 puzzles more than the free version. I got it on sale, so I felt it was appropriate, particularly as an additional support for the dev. That said, it's prudent to wait for a sale nevertheless. [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/9997062/]~Twistorian Curator~[/url]