Mooselutions

It's a good puzzle game. Good theme. Very pretty. The moose are scary like in real life. But the game seems unfinished. There are 7 achievements which are not hard to get. I wasn't trying to get any, just got them by playing the game. The game design is well thought out and there are multiple ways to solve the levels. But I feel like it needs a little more in terms of story and book ending. You beat the game, and there is nothing. No indication that you beat all of the levels. No fanfare. No "You WIN" screen or anything. The game just takes you back to the map, and I'm like.... ok... Can I go inside my log cabin now? ... No?! What do I do here? Not even a thank you for playing cut to credits. Yes, I know there is a credit screen, but that's not a credit roll to end cap the game. Why didn't you do a little more for the end? Show me eating pancakes or something at the end. Yes, it matters. There's a reason almost every game gives you that extra bit leaving you wanting more. I worked really hard to solve all these hard puzzles without looking up a guide and all I got was dumped back out to the map. Booo! The puzzles also have only one win state. So it really isn't so interesting. There is no reason to go back and try to solve the puzzle under a certain time, or a certain number of steps. Therefore it's more of a "cozy" puzzle. But the game is completely dead when you beat it. And again, no fan fair for beating it. Just some steam achievements which are not very interesting either. The game does run very well. Although It did crash on me once. Everything loads up at lightening speed. Not that there is much to load. Also there is undo, and undo is well implemented. It is super quick, and even if you restart, you can undo your restart. But again, having the undo means there are no consequences for making mistakes. You cannot lose. You can only get stuck. The path branching is a way to have the player not get stuck, but if it's not on the main route, then what's the point? That being said, I did the game in order by level number, so I did all of the branches before I progressed on the main route. So it really didn't matter in my case. You don't get anything extra for completing a branch. This game is too simple for that. Therefore I would not recommend this at it's current price. Unless it's on sale for few dollars, you are better off buying something else that has better replay value and more interesting content. There are many other puzzle games with a lot more content at this price. In essence, the game is too lean. All the fat is trimmed away, Which is nice in theory, but this is a COZY game. Cozy games are expected to have more fat in them. And that fat makes the game more fun.