読める範囲での感想ですが
ネットを利用する機会が増えて、英語を用いる事が日常的になってしまった現在、語彙を増やしたくて様々なアプリを試している。日本語無しだけど好きなアドベンチャーゲーム「White Night」のオススメ欄にコレを見つけて、ディストピア的な雰囲気やシンプルさに惹かれて 500円だからと入手。でも、ゲームアプリとしての体を成している感じがしない。実際の手紙は墨塗りだろうが貰えば全体に目を通せるが、コレは正しく入力しないと先が読めない。読める所は面白いのでストーリーが気になるけど、いかんせん入力すべき単語を想起できるほど英語に慣れてない。ヒントや何か配慮が有れば凄く楽しめそうだけど、とにかく単語が思いつかないユーザーに冷淡でホント「それまで」なので困ります。それに墨塗りの箇所の条件も少し把握できかねている。結構ザルなのに数字ひとつにも神経を尖らせていたり。センスが好くて魅力的なので、ゲームとしてもう少し何とかして欲しいと思います。
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Wanted to love this
I love adventure games and word puzzles.
But this was a very predictable, cliched story. And the game design is such that you are completely blocked from proceeding if you can’t guess the often arbitrary missing word.
Difficult puzzles should produce an “aha” moment when you solve them, not an “ugh” or “well, that’s done now” feeling. Blackbar has too many of the latter.
Plus there’s a bug that makes it impossible to finish the game.
But this was a very predictable, cliched story. And the game design is such that you are completely blocked from proceeding if you can’t guess the often arbitrary missing word.
Difficult puzzles should produce an “aha” moment when you solve them, not an “ugh” or “well, that’s done now” feeling. Blackbar has too many of the latter.
Plus there’s a bug that makes it impossible to finish the game.
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Kinda good?
I didn’t hate this game. But I didn’t really like it either.
Pros:
—I enjoyed stretching my brain a bit with the word play. There were two words that really stumped me. I admit I had to find a walk-through online to get past those levels. I appreciate that in a game.
Cons:
—It took me a little over two hours to complete it. If I’m paying to play, I expect some more playtime.
—I can definitely understand how some could be confused at the start of the game. A brief explanation could help. Perhaps make it the start to the game, you could write vague instructions (not too vague), with blanks to make it part of the puzzle your starting.
Would I recommend this game? Probably not. It’s a nice little game, but it just needs more.
Pros:
—I enjoyed stretching my brain a bit with the word play. There were two words that really stumped me. I admit I had to find a walk-through online to get past those levels. I appreciate that in a game.
Cons:
—It took me a little over two hours to complete it. If I’m paying to play, I expect some more playtime.
—I can definitely understand how some could be confused at the start of the game. A brief explanation could help. Perhaps make it the start to the game, you could write vague instructions (not too vague), with blanks to make it part of the puzzle your starting.
Would I recommend this game? Probably not. It’s a nice little game, but it just needs more.
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Didn’t work
I downloaded the app after paying but the app does not work on Iphone 13 pro. It just come a first screen and nothing else - no button with “next” Or anything to move from that screen. I shut down, closed all apps, open again and nothing.
patience pays off
Such a clever, well written game. Clearly a lot of passion went behind its creation and it shows. You need a decent amount of patience to work out some of the ‘puzzles’ but it’s not too difficult once you get the hang of it.
