Hexologic

Sodoku on Steroids

I love puzzle games, and I spent hours solving these puzzles! The juice effects and the visuals are also quite satisfying :D

This is a fantastic puzzle game! If you're a fan of mathematics and logic puzzles involving numbers, this game is absolutely worth it even at full price. I feel like I got an insane deal getting this on sale, it is seriously a steal even at the game's full price simply considering puzzle quantity (over 100 puzzles + infinite replay mode for each themed level) and diversity (multiple biomes with a different puzzle theme). Beyond the well-designed mathematics/logic puzzles that become diverse through themed levels, there is absolute excellence in visual and audio design, the difficulty progression, the user-experience, and the secrets + the infinity levels. This game is so pleasant to look at and listen to (a bit subjective but still)! I have been playing this game on-and-off for a while now, and I can say that this game fits both "a puzzle a day" or "complete all these puzzles in one go!!!" play-styles. Further, as an achievement goblin, I enjoyed both being challenged by puzzles (each themed zone starts easy and becomes more difficult) AND getting a nice little achievement when completely finishing a zone's tougher, secret puzzles. For me, the secret puzzles and the infinity mode puzzles really are the cherry on top for this game, as it solidifies the game's replay value! Regarding difficulty, you can either play on regular mode, where rows will light up once you have the correct row values, or on hard mode where you don't get visual feedback on row value being correct (so you have to keep values of the row in your head, makes it tougher to see if you made a mistake somewhere, etc.). There are some achievements associated with hard mode; but there are extensive guides for this game on the community page if needed, and it's easy to mix and match which mode you want to play depending on your own style and preference for a specific level. Another thing I am only now realizing on reflection-- this game involves no language. Everything is communicated visually, in a way that is (in my opinion) generally intuitive. Hence, there is little to no language barrier involved for this puzzle game, which can be a bonus for some people :) In addition, looking through the community pages, the devs were responsive with fixing an achievement bug through a patch, which further shows the care the devs have put into the quality of this game. Fantastic game, I really think it deserves more love! Give it a chance :) P.S, in terms of total gameplay hours, For the base game, I would say the basic 90 levels can take anywhere between 2-5 hours depending on game-mode; secret levels add about 2 hours on top of that, and then there is infinity mode which adds more gameplay time. With about 3 hours on-record playing on hard mode, I'm currently at level 70 (out of 90) with about 15 (out of 21?) secret levels completed. Might edit this once I am fully done game. Edited to Add: last two biomes went quicker than expected, completely done the game with about 3.7 hours, I can expect more gameplay from playing infinite levels, going back to harder levels over time, and checking out the community workshop levels! Overall, you're likely getting at least 5 hours of puzzling gameplay out of this, probably more if you come back to it every once in a while throughout the years. Most reviews that seem to have completed most of the game range at least 8 hours, some even hitting over 20 hours. Genuinely one of my favorite logic games at the moment! P.P.S. There is also an android version of this game available for a bit less $ which some reviews point out. But on steam this does go on sale for about the same price, if not cheaper. I personally enjoyed the computer version + having access on steam (community workshop, achievements, etc.), but a phone/tablet/touch-screen can be better for some, which is something to consider.

We are learning to count with this one! 9/10 This is a simple puzzle game where you have to fill the hexagons with the correct number of dots. Short and sweet, but it also has endless modes. Easy mode shows you which spaces are filled correctly, in hard mode you have to check yourself. The music is amazing and changes when you progress in the game. Peak game for relaxing and logic training. Absolutely worth it.

A fairly easy and quick to beat puzzle game. 100% in 4.5 hours. There are some things I would change: * Allow the 'marking' tool on normal levels - not just special levels. This will not 'confuse players'. Please don't use that excuse. Hexcells, Tametsi, etc all manage similar ideas just fine. * Give players the ability to mark cells/columns/rows as complete If you do those things, easy mode doesn't need to exist. I think it's too braindead and doesn't really belong in a deduction game. You're not deducing anything at that point, you're just clicking on colored hexes. Otherwise, it's OK. It's $5 for a few hours of puzzles.

very short, but fun. managed to feel relaxing while still very engaging at the same time. not too easy but not hard enough to reach the point of frustration or trial and error

A pretty good logic puzzle game with nice escalating difficulty on both the difficulty settings.