Puzzler World

[h1]Ma note : 6 /10[/h1] Cette évaluation concerne l’application en français avec un clavier AZERTY. Je n’ai pas testé la version en anglais de [i]Puzzler World[/i] qui, selon moi, surclasse celle que j’ai choisie. Les défis proposent de résoudre différentes sortes de casse-têtes (mots croisés, sudoku, chercher les erreurs entre deux images, le pendu…). Les jeux à base de lettres prédominent. Je me suis souvent demandé quel est le public ciblé par [i]Puzzler World[/i]. Les problèmes [i]Silhouette[/i], heureusement peu nombreux, sont si faciles qu’un enfant de 3 ou 4 ans devrait les réussir. Il offre donc peu d’intérêt pour un adolescent ou un adulte. Par contre, les [i]Mots croisés[/i] et les [i]Mots codés[/i] nécessitent beaucoup plus de connaissances que celles d’un môme. [u][b]Les points positifs :[/b][/u] [list] [*] Traduction française de qualité. [*] Aucun bug bloquant… juste quelques coquilles typographiques. [*] 14 casse-têtes différents (lettres, observation, mathématiques, logique). Cela permet de varier les plaisirs et de ne pas se lasser. [*] Les images et l’animation du pendu ne sont pas dépourvues d’humour. [*] Bon rapport entre le prix et le temps nécessaire pour finir complètement (pléonasme intentionnel) le jeu : 80 heures pour moi en prenant des notes. [/list] [u][b]Les points faibles :[/b][/u] [list] [*] J’ai utilisé un clavier AZERTY, mais l’application considérait qu’il était en QWERTY. Cela m’a gêné, car les jeux de lettres sont nombreux. [*] [i]Puzzler World[/i] ne dispose pas d’un dictionnaire de référence. Il attend seulement les réponses définies par les développeurs. Des propositions correctes sont donc refusées dans les [i]Mots croisés[/i], les [i]Mots codés[/i] et [i]Lettres en chaîne[/i]. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2981633257 [*] Quelques redondances. Exemples : [i]Luxembourg[/i] apparaît 2 fois dans le jeu [i]Le Pendu[/i], une fois pour un pays et une autre pour une capitale ; le terme [i]jazz[/i] » (ou sa variante [i]jazzman[/i]) revient souvent dans les [i]Mots codés[/i]. [*] Trop de mots à trouver sont étrangement mis au pluriel dans [i]Lettres en chaîne[/i]. [*] En résolvant les défis dans l'ordre, on obtient les 14 succès en terminant 157 des 560 défis (28% des défis). Il est possible d'optimiser le choix des problèmes pour réduire encore ce pourcentage. Les succès ne sont pas essentiels, mais ils me motivent. J'aurais apprécié d'en obtenir un pour avoir complété tous les casse-têtes. [/list]

It's a Penny Dell Press Puzzle book (in the US), but multiplied by 100! I love these puzzle books and Puzzler World is great for those who love those puzzles or are looking for a good time killer. You earn hint coins for each solved puzzle, and the hint system helps you along in the form of cheap, tiny hints to expensive, solve-the-puzzle-for-you hints. Price is great for the number of puzzles. Highly recommend!!!

Fun series of puzzles. Nothing groundbreaking here (except for my sweet sweet Link-a-Pix), you've got crosswords, and sudoku, spot the difference and more. All fairly "simple" with the exception of some of the British English answers in the crosswords mainly. Easily worth the 5$ (or less on sale).

Puzzler world is just a collection of mostly-mediocre puzzles that feel aimed at a younger audience. These are the sort of puzzles that you do as a schoolchild on a worksheet, not ones that adults should be finding engaging. Having 6x6 sudoku was just... nonsensical to me. Sure, it's playable and there's so many other puzzle varieties, but... 6x6 sudoku? really? 9x9 is too hard to be in a puzzle game? In addition, the crosswords felt targeted to a British audience, so they'll be awful if you're an english speaker from another country.

loblsbest

Puzzler World is an old but largely entertaining compendium of casual puzzles. It comprises 1120 Challenge Mode puzzles of 14 types (Sodoku, Wordsearch, Hangman, Spot the Difference, Codeword, Crossword etc, but no logic puzzles), grouped into pairs - completing one gives access to its paired puzzle. There are no penalties for failing a puzzle or for using hints (earned by completing puzzles), and puzzles can be replayed without limit. The textual puzzles, particularly Wordsearch And Fitword, dominate, which was a little off-putting for me, as was the one memory game (Picture Quiz), but players who prefer just a few puzzle types can use the Quickplay mode for standalone access to any of 8 types of puzzle. There are 14 easy and undemanding achievements for playing each of the puzzle types ten times. The interface is bold, bright and relatively basic, though handwriting learning & recognition is offered (I haven't tried it). Link-A-Pix (drawing non-overlapping lines between pairs of identically coloured numbers which indicate how long the lines must be) was a particular highlight for me, which would be very frustrating on paper but which worked really well on a screen and with easy options to undo and/or reroute a line. The value for money, at least for me, is without question: 75 hours play for a sale price of just a few UK pounds. Before his retirement more than 20 years ago, my Dad worked in printed publishing in the UK. For decades he was the editor of a long line of children's comics, but his final role was as editor of a set of puzzle magazines (these did not include Puzzler). Towards the end of his career, Dad saw the first tentative steps to utilise IT in the production of comic strips and puzzles; he himself started using an Apple computer for writing & editing scripts, and for creating page layout designs! So, after completing all of the Challenge Mode puzzles, I made some screenshots to show to Dad. We agreed that some puzzle types in this game were, in effect, no different on paper or on screen, a few were perhaps a little more cumbersome on screen than on paper (because of the overheads of the interface), but many were much more attractive in their screen form and/or would be very frustrating or even impossible on paper. So Dad's and my joint verdict is that there is much to enjoy in Puzzler World, and puzzle types which don't appeal can just be skipped without really affecting the value for money.

6/10