Разработчик: Pixel Puzzles
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ПУЗЛИ В ЦИФРОВУЮ ЭПОХУ
С более чем 32 БЕСПЛАТНЫМИ головоломками включенными в игру, Pixel Puzzles Ultimate предлагает широкий ассортимент пазлов разных размеров, которые вы можете попробовать и наслаждаться БЕСПЛАТНО.
КАЖДАЯ ГОЛОВОЛОМКА УНИКАЛЬНА
Каждая головоломка уникальна и имеет формы, которые невозможно воссоздать в физических пазлах.
Наша коллекция пазлов включает количество деталей от 21 и до огромных 1410 элементов. Pixel Puzzles Ultimate представляет вам профессиональные пазлы полноценного размера в цифровом мире.
Бесконечные возможности с цифровыми пазлами.
Возможность выбирать множество вариантов ориентации изображений, включая квадратные, прямоугольные и широкие панорамные изображения, в огромном разнообразии тематических пакетов пазлов, содержащих только лучшие изображения.
Выбирайте и решайте те головоломки, которые действительно хотите собирать.
Участвуйте каждый месяц в нашей БЕСПЛАТНОЙ ежемесячной головоломке-призыве, и вы будете зарабатывать особые "Ultimate Puzzle Pieces", которые можно использовать в Pixel Puzzles Ultimate KIOSK.
Зарабатывайте Golden Puzzle Pieces, собирая пазлы.
Используйте свои Golden Puzzle Pieces, чтобы разблокировать широкий спектр бонусных предметов, включая дополнительные пазлы, темы, настройки пользовательского интерфейса и многое другое. Это похоже на обмен билетов на призы в старых аркадных автоматах.
ЭТО НОВЫЙ СПОСОБ СОБИРАТЬ ПАЗЛЫ
Настройте игру так, как вы хотите, с полным набором опций и настроек для тонкой настройки игры по вашему вкусу.
Собирайте пазлы по-своему!
Множество тематических игровых окружений, полностью настраиваемых, чтобы вы могли настроить свой опыт сборки пазла.
ДРУГИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ:
- Полный набор размеров от 21 до 1410 элементов.
- Прекрасные изображения пазлов.
- Автосохранение, никогда не потеряете свой прогресс.
- Мирная атмосфера головоломок.
- Традиционный игровой процесс сборки пазлов.
- Широкий выбор настроек и кастомизации.
- Несколько интерактивных игровых окружений.
- Подсказки и усилители для помощи в решении головоломок.
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate - определенно лучшие цифровые пазлы для ПК
Больше не придется искать последний элемент головоломки, больше никогда не будет кухонный стол усыпан маленькими деревянными фигурками.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, spanish - spain, spanish - latin america, simplified chinese, german, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС: Windows
- Процессор: Intel® Core 2 Duo
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
- Место на диске: 300 MB
- Звуковая карта: Generic Sound Device
- ОС *: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP
- Процессор: Intel® Quad Core
- Оперативная память: 4 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
- Место на диске: 300 MB
- Звуковая карта: Generic Sound Device
Отзывы пользователей
It was enjoyable for me for a good while, casually puzzling away - until a big UI update happened that broke a few things. Some of which may have been fixed by now, I suppose. But I don't know how to describe it, I'm not generally against changes per se; something just took away my enthusiasm with the new update. I've been crawling my way through the packs I have already purchased to try and get as close to 100% as I can. But I also realized over time that this game is going to be an achievement hunter's nightmare because even if you finished it a year ago, new DLC will keep coming and coming and coming... And then you'll have to decide, can you deal with having -1 perfect game, previously completed, or will you buy the new DLC? And if so, will you wait for a discount or get it asap to get that +1 back?
Don't get me wrong, a game constantly and consistently updating is generally a good thing. New challenges now and then, for a game that is, at its core, free, what's not to like? I guess I'm just suffering from exhaustion at the thought of never being able to catch up. Games like Age of Empires II can be hella grindy with their achievements (I didn't get those 400+ hours for naught) but at least the end is in sight. There is a finite goalpost.
If I could give it a neutral review, I'd do that, but right now I'm more inclined to recommend against it than for it - from the perspective of someone who likes to wrap things up and get that 100%. If not having all achievements is not a problem for you, then by all means, give it a shot. You can unlock more than the initial freebies thanks to rewards for challenge puzzles, and I recommend waiting for a triple gold month if you really wanna make the most out of F2P, since you get triple rewards for regular completions which means you'll be able to unlock stuff faster as well. The new UI isn't all bad and if you haven't started this game prior to the update you might even wonder what the issue is. There's definitely some QoL improvements made. Me, I'm probably falling hook line and sinker for the sunk cost fallacy and keep going, haha. Fingers cross I 100% it one day, or at least that I 100% the packs that I've already purchased.
One nitpick I have is that I've seen some of the images in the dev's other puzzle games. I distinctly remember finishing a Challenge or Flash Puzzle with a certain purple-hued butterfly image either here or in the Traditional PP game, and later discovering the same image but in different hue in one of the DLC packs. I couldn't tell you which came first. And I think it happened with other images as well but after a while you do kinda lose track I suppose.
From what I understand there is currently only one dev, so I don't mean to be too harsh. Like I said, if I could I'd give a neutral recommendation.
Wish me luck in accumulation however many extra hours it may take to wrap this up. I'm currently not quite there yet, haha.
The new UI Sucks. The old one was simply better and i hope they return to that one
After the dev's for some reason decided to rework the UI,the game is now a broken and buggy mess. It is now cluttered, ugly and many part is so buggy they do not even work.
For those that think achivments matter the dev's have decided to remove earned achivments without explanation or notificaton. So beware in the future if the dev for whatever reason decide to remove some achivments.
Some Puzzles are also broken, giving wrong info, with confusing new Puzzle UI, that also is partly broken, and partly not even made to function at launch.
i use to enjoy this a lot (as you can probably tell by looking at the number of hours i played it). however, recently and out of nowhere the developper decided to replace the existing ui (which wasn't exactly a 10/10 tbh, but it very much served its purpose and added a lot to the overall relaxing vibes) with something that can only be described as GARBAGE. no one asked for a stressful ui that doesn't even display all the stuff you want to know. no one asked for a removal of the miniature pizzle preview. no one asked for flashing, trembling buttons. the game was good the way it was. right now i can't play it anymore.
don't get this, not even on discount. the current ui isn't worth a single cent.
It's a calm, chill game that saves progress as you go. For someone like me that may only have a few minutes while resetting my brain for the next task...this game is perfect since I can simply place a few pieces and pick up where I left off next time. It's got some customizations for backgrounds and other stuff, as well as the ability to get more puzzles and stuff just for solving puzzles.
One of the big complaints I see from others is instead of having over 300 individual games, the developer simply adds puzzles and associated achievements to the existing game as DLC. So while some scream about hundreds of dollars of DLC, I for one appreciate not having to scroll through over 300 pixel puzzle games alone in my library every time I want to move from "O" to "Q" in my game list. Talk about something that would drive me crazy every day!
I realize it isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that is especially true of achievement hunters who want to one and done a game. This game is not designed for achievement hunters - it will constantly drop you out of 100% by adding monthly challenge puzzles and new packs. You will have to spend more money without increasing your game library count if you want a chance to 100% the game again. I know it's a real crying shame that you can't buy the whole Pixel Puzzles franchise and add over 300 perfect games to your profile. If you can't handle having a game that you can't 100%...don't buy this game. There are over 50,000 games on Steam specifically geared for achievement hunters. Leave this one alone please K? Thanks, bye!
My personal favorite game for digital Puzzles. Perfect to calm down after a stressful day to relax with some music or a podcast in the background.
The game has a good number of free Puzzles so you can get a feel for it and how it plays. There is a huge amount of DLC packs, so everyone can find motives they enjoy for sure. Mostly they are fairly priced and many of the packs are often on Sale, so if you have a bit of patience, you can get your favorite packs for a great deal a couple of times a year!
Besides that, there is a Free Challenge Puzzle each month for you to enjoy.
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate offers a hint system with 3 different kind of hints you can activate. They cost hint tokens to use which you will earn after you placed a certain amount of pieces correctly. After each completely Puzzle you earn Golden Puzzle Pieces, which can be used to purchase new Cursers, Backgrounds, Music and many new Puzzles in the Kiosk.
What PPU is missing, is a system that matching puzzle pieces can click together anywhere on the board. The Puzzle pieces only lock in their spot when they are in the right place. I don’t mind that, but I can see how this is a turn of for some, so I wanted to mention it.
The Music that comes with the game is relaxing but gets repetitive after a while. But it’s the perfect game to listen to something you enjoy in the background.
If you are a fan of Jigsaw Puzzles, I absolutely recommend you to give Pixel Puzzles Ultimate a try!
I am a junkie for jigsaw puzzles and have tried every jigsaw game I could find on Steam. This one has among probably the highest production value, and yet is one of the worst to actually play for two reasons that make putting puzzles together an exercise in frustration rather than relaxation.
1. You can't interlock loose pieces together, pieces only snap to their place on the board.
2. Many of the puzzles use weird formats that make it hard to tell from looking at the pieces' tabs and slots which fit together. There are puzzles in which edge pieces are virtually indistinguishable from non-edge pieces because they're flat. This would be a lot more tolerable if loose pieces could be snapped together, so you end up not being sure which flat edges go together if they're solid colors.
If they ever add the ability to lock loose pieces, a feature even cheap perv jigsaw games seem to have no trouble implementing, then I will change my review to a thumbs up...but until then, the experience playing this just kind of sucks.
This is a rare case of a game I actually sometimes play but can't recommend, for some very simple reasons. Why can't you connect pieces to each other? Why can't you change the cut of puzzles? Why is the DLC, which must be nearly no cost to "develop," so expensive per image? And WHY, if all the game does is puzzles, do the images seem to have no thought behind them as to what makes an image fun to assemble?
In summary, why would I invest in a bunch of DLC when someone could easily put a better jigsaw puzzle game on Steam and I literally would have no reason to ever come back to this mediocre option again...
...and now I think someone did. I'm going to check out Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations.
Anyway, play the three Animated Jigsaws games instead. They are fantastic.
Rating: Average
Price: DLC Paywall
Masquerades as a free puzzle game. For anyone interested in playing this for the achievements you're going to be paying up big cash a looong time. The price for each DLC is way too high for me to even consider it any further, even on sale! Big NO from me.
A simple puzzle game
Pixel puzzles is what it is – a jigsaw puzzle game. Free to play so worth trying at least, great for relaxation when you’re tired form other games. It comes with a good amount of free puzzles and DLC is quite affordable when on sale. The good thing is you get choose from a bunch of differently themed puzzles, so anyone can find a puzzle pack for his taste.
What I would add is music packs. I usually listen to my music when playing this but music packs matching the theme would be nice also. Like Halloween, Christmas themed music and something to match different puzzle packs, like 60’s music for pin-up girls pack for example.
Each month a huge free challenge puzzle being unlocked which takes several days to finish.
And of course the game has a ton of achievements. Each completed puzzle gives you one or two achievements.
Really nice that developers do this. It keeps me coming back to the game,
Just try this game it’s fun you won’t lose anything.
Pros
- It’s free
- Relaxing
Cons
[*]Could have some music tracks
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Well I suppose after 1,000 hours I've played enough to write a review. ;-)
This is the Ultimate jigsaw puzzle game on Steam. For one thing, it's FREE! And not only the program is free but they also give you quite a few free puzzles so you can try it out and see if you like it. Then, if you do like the game, there are tons of DLC puzzle packs to buy, each with a theme like Halloween, Christmas, Trains, and for the dudes who think puzzle games are lame they have Pin-Up Girls (ooo-la-la!). You can pick which theme interests you and only buy those. Or be like me and just buy them all. Piece size ranges from 100 to 1,000, though most of the time they are in the 200-300 range with a couple bigger ones like 450, 640. And the pieces themselves have weird cut-out shapes on some of the puzzles. They are not always the traditional cut-out shape. That could be a pro or con depending on if you like variety or would rather just stick with the traditional style.
Features:
Play the way you want to play. There are settings for how fast the pieces float in the river, and if they rotate, and other things I've forgotten.
There are different backgrounds behind the puzzle that you can choose from, so you're not stuck with the koi pond.
Kiosk! You earn stars and gold which you can use to buy a variety of cursors, headers for the main page, and unique puzzles in shapes!, plus some extra puzzles.
Every month there is a Challenge Puzzle. And some of them have been quite the challenge. 640-1,000 piece range. I tend to use a lot of cheats.
Oh, I haven't mentioned the cheats before! There are 3 of them: Flash image of entire picture for a few seconds, Show the location of the piece you are holding, and...something I've forgotten. You use the blue stars for the cheats, and each has a different number of stars they cost.
Music tracks to choose from (I turn off the music because I listen to podcasts while I'm puzzling)
You can replay a puzzle that you have finished, like if a family member wants to do a puzzle you have done.
Achievement hunters, I got bad news for you. You'll probably never 100% this game. Because there are achievements for each puzzle in each pack, and they keep adding packs once in a while throughout the year. Unless you spend your entire day doing puzzles you'll never come close to 100%.
So tldr:
It's FREE with lots of FREE puzzles to do
DLC Puzzle Packs that have themes - buy the ones you like
Lots of customizable settings
There are a few puzzles with a FROG as the subject, so there you go that's all you need to insta-buy! P-)
Did I mention it's FREE? Just download it and try it out. You will become a pixel puzzle addict like me (I play every day. No joke. Every. Day!!!)
Pixel Puzzle Ultimate is a jigsaw puzzle STORE FRONT for Pixel Puzzle puzzle packs. I call this "game" a store front simply because once downloaded it is filled with various FREE puzzles, an actual truthfully FREE monthly challenge puzzle, the occassional FREE bonus puzzle, and internal ways to generate gold and ultimate pieces to "buy" other puzzles and kiosk items (music, avatars, backgrounds, etc.) There are NO micro transactions involved and the player only buys additional content if desired through DLCs puzzle packages. Plus if the player happens to own previously purchased Pixel Puzzle packages these puzzle packages can be downloaded in the Pixel Puzzle Ultimate store front and consolidated there.
Many comment/complain about the puzzle package DLCs, and I do wonder why? The packages range from 0.49 cents US to around $11.99 US. These DLCs frequently go on sale containing anywhere between 1-25 jigsaw puzzles. That is actually a very good deal for those souls out there who enjoy putting jigsaw puzzles together for the sake of putting a puzzle together.
Others make comments/compliants about achievements. Anyone even remotely aware of the game achievements will understand there are and will be an unending amount of achievements since every new puzzle package released contains its own achievements. (FYI: I do believe AStats - an achievement tracking group - only recognizes the first 100 achievements due to Pixel Puzzle constantly adding achievements.) So do stop complaining.
I highly recommend for jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts downloading this Store Front as a way of consolidating any or all of the Pixel Puzzle packages one has. Plus there are free puzzles available and an actual FREE monthly challenge puzzle which if completed the player gets to keep. There are a huge variety of puzzles to put together from variety packages, seasonal packages to specialized packages. No money required and DLC buys available only if wanted.
Took me a while to choose between a Negative or Positive review for this game, as i found it a very enjoyable Jigsaw puzzle game. But alas, i decided the Con's outweighed the Pro's.
Pro's:
- Highly customizable settings.
- Plenty of jigsaws to complete ( see Con's ).
- Monthly Challenges.
- Many size and shape variations.
Con's:
- Extra Jigsaws are mostly found by purchasing DLC's that lack content for the prices offered.
- individual unsnapped jigsaw pieces cannot be snapped together unless attached to the board.
- Many images contain pieces that can be hard to identify, thus resulting in guesswork. (randomly placing pieces upon the board til they snap into place).
As i mentioned, i personally felt that the cons outweighed the Pro's. This could be easily rectified, by:
- Making DLC packs contain many times the number of Jigsaws worthy of the price, OR,
- Remove the DLC's altogether and add the extra content to the game and charge a purchase fee for the game.
[*]Allow loose jigsaw pieces to be snapped together.
This would be the best Jigsaw game i have played, if the above notes were added. But this is just my own opinion. Unfortunatly, due to those points, and until rectified, i feel like i cannot recommend the game.
Here's the thing.. if you enjoiy jigsaw puzzles you WILL like this game. That being said.
Points of good or bad elements
1. While the base game is free and there are free packs available.
You are going to have to frequently pony up for new puzzles.
Yes if you owened an earlier version of this developer's puzzle game you get those old puzzles for free added.
But honestly that makes this game a puzzle drug dealer.. just the way I feel about it.
2. All the earlier game version anoyances have been removed.
3. The challange puzzle is rediculously HARD. So many pieces as to be blindingly fiddly. Eye aching puzzle images.
So is it worth buying, yes. But I'd wait for bundles and sales for your pack buying expenses. You'll feel less ripped off that way.
If you like puzzles, then this is an okay game. I say it's only okay because as many other people have pointed out, most of the puzzles in the game are DLC. When bought on sale or in a bundle, it's not too bad, but some puzzle packs are like, 6 bucks or more, and they add up very quickly. I think I got most of mine on sale or in bundles, so I haven't spent too much on DLC, but I think I bought a bundle of them through the Steam Store (on sale) for like, $20! That's expensive DLC. I bought it partially because I just love puzzle games and plan on doing all of them (even if it takes me a really long time) but also because I like the sense of accomplishment of getting the entire collection and of getting all of the achievements. Honestly, this game is an achiement hunter's worst nightmare. As of writing this, I think there's over 700 achievements, and you NEED to buy DLC to get them all, because a vast majority of them are finishing puzzles and entire puzzle packs. On an interesting note, if you bought any of the stand alone pixel puzzles games, you already have all of those puzzles in this game free, and they are slightly different because they have different amounts of pieces and possibly different shaped pieces.
Just due to the amount of DLC and the cost of the DLC, I don't think I can recommend this game, unless you don't care about earning achievements, or you really, really, REALLY love puzzles.
You know what I like about puzzles? Finding pieces to put together. You know what I don't like about this game? Every design decision that makes putting pieces together hard. Stupid piece patterns? Inability to zoom in a way that doesn't hinder your UI? Outrageous DLC cost? Yes yes and hell yes.
I really am enjoying Pixel Puzzles, it's one of those games that kind of sneaks up on you and turns out to be much more fun than you expected. While it is a free game with downloadable content in the form of extra puzzles there is plenty in the base game to keep you busy and the new content is pretty good and certainly adds to the game. Would recommend this for anyone that is a fan of jigsaw puzzles, puzzles in general or just wants to play something a little different.
Life, as every other great teacher with sense of humor, mocks you along the way. It's not Life's fault - it's your own.
Being young, inexperienced and lacking knowledge about fundamentals of jigsaw puzzles, I thought putting together small pieces is as interesting as watching paint dry on the wall or slowly and painfully dying with morphine just out of reach. One day, who knows what rendition of digital jigsaw puzzles reintroduced me to concept and voila! here I am, playing and enjoying jigsaw games.
Latest installment in Decaying Logic's Pixel Puzzle series is Pixel Puzzles Ultimate, free-to-play title that doesn't radically differ from other PP titles, although it manages to fix certain problems I've encountered while playing Pixel Puzzles UndeadZ, game that I didn't like at all.
For starters, Pixel Puzzles Ultimate is not limited to certain theme. It allows players to put together different motifs ranging from animals (cats, dogs, reptiles...) to country motifs (Montana, Thailand, Japan, Korea...). Being free to play game, Pixel Puzzle Ultimate employs paid DLC content the expected way: you pay to unlock more themes. Puzzles are organized in theme packs and content varies from pack to pack - from one up to fifteen puzzles per pack. Unlike Microsoft Jigsaw, one of the most polished jigsaw puzzle experiences on PC unfortunately available only to Windows 8 and Windows 10 users, Pixel Puzzles Ultimate will not allow you to earn free puzzles simply by playing. This restricts puzzles behind paywalls and basic users are given three free sets and one complimentary DLC download. This means you will get 13 puzzles ranging from 112 to 1000 pieces which should suffice for several hours. Without paying a cent, you will be able to judge do you want to invest more money in the game.
First time you enter the game, you will be able to accommodate to game controls via short interactive tutorial that also allows you to setup your gaming experience. This includes limiting or turning off annoying floating pieces and customizing rotation and snap to grid options. Snap to grid allows your puzzles to be automatically placed down on board when in correct place and rotated correctly. It is VERY useful if you're running out of patience fast.
You are putting together your puzzles in different themes. Now, themes are pretty interesting concept and can be further customized, depending on a theme. Each consists of different graphic background, sounds and music. Music is definitely a great addition to Pixel Puzzle Ultimate. Each theme consists of several tracks and it's pity you can't mix themes and music - tracks are locked to themes and if you like tracks of one theme and graphic design of another, you will need to decide will you go easy on your eyes or ears.
It's pretty easy to master the PPU's control scheme. You can use mouse/mouse-keyboard combo or controller to move, rotate and place pieces. Pieces can be further categorized with the usage of drawers. Unfortunately, game doesn't allow selecting multiple pieces and moving them at the same time, which makes sorting a grueling task of drag and dropping. It's not that hard when you're working on 112 pieces puzzle, but imagine 1000 pieces. Yes. Drag and drop, all the way.
However, there are few crippling problems that PPU suffers from and these make time spent playing Pixel Puzzle Ultimate less enjoyable.
First of all, Decaying Logic stubbornly insists of strange patterns of puzzle pieces. What's known as traditional puzzle piece design is basically non-existent here and majority of puzzles are made of weird cutouts. This is not the first time Decaying Logic is promoting this contemporary approach to puzzling, it is well known from their other games. I get it, you want to modernize the game, but new isn't always the best, you know? While at one point players can get used to different patterns and use contemporary shapes to easily find missing pieces, players wanting more traditional approach may suffer from lack of enjoyment putting these puzzles together. Also, apparently due to limitations of their engine, puzzles are locked to pieces number. You like Horses DLC's puzzle? Well, get ready to lose your eyesight with 1000 pieces puzzle. No way you can learn about joys of puzzling or maybe introduce your kids to it by working on 50 pieces horses picture. I know, I know, real life puzzles couldn't change number of pieces, but it's 2016 and we're talking digital, and digital should allow us to abolish certain limitations.
Most people know that putting huge puzzles together requires you to (usually) connect bordering pieces, then categorize pieces according to their colors and then build different sections that you later put together. I simply can't understand why PPU doesn't allow players to snap different pieces together outside of main game area. Yes, this means you will not be able to connect pieces that go together and save them for later. This makes sessions so much more exhausting.
Zooming in should help us deal with puzzles more easily. Unfortunately, due to Decaying Logic's implementation of low quality pictures, zooming in only brings another set of problems. If you're working on puzzles with more than 300 pieces, you will need to zoom in to check some details. However, upon zooming in, picture becomes truly blurry. Eyesore causes eyeache and this is the primary reason why I don't recommend anyone with any kind of eye problems and/or headaches caused by straining your eyesight working on anything bigger than 300 pieces and only in session of one hour or so. Puzzle preview can't be zoomed in separately, so using the integrated zoom in question accomplishes nothing.
Low quality pictures aren't the only problem concerning graphics. Beside unintuitive UI that makes puzzle area feel cramped, most packs are bringing boring motifs that don't really get you excited about spending your time hunting for miniature pieces. If you can, try Microsoft Jigsaw and see their packs. Or try mobile jigsaw aps by Kristanix Games and Bandagames and witness the excitement of putting together beautiful photographies. See their cats packs and then come here and see what PPU is offering. PPU' packs seem lazy, lacking quality control and I firmly believe they would make their BEST PACK ever by only asking amateur photographers to submit their photos. Yes, that's how average their packs are.
Here's the first time that I'm aching from the fact we don't have Not Sure recommendation button on Steam. Truth be told, I'm more on red than blue thumb button (no, this is not Trump reference). It seems we only get P2W and badly ported mobile games here on Steam lately and I pray to all the cosmos forces to see Microsoft Jigsaw or similar good mobile game here on Steam. Putting the pieces together should be fun, mind engaging and relaxing experience; however, due to bunch of problems (majority of packs locked behind paywall, low quality photographs, lack of advanced control options and any kind of customization), Pixel Puzzle Ultimate leaves a lot to be desired.
However, due to the fact it's free and it will provide you with few hours of fun with its 13 free (and who knows how many more at some point) puzzles, unless you can't stand weird patterns, I am rating it positively. But if Decaying Logic continues being stuborn and doesn't allow players more freedom, both in controlling options, gameplay experience and free content, the first sign of another puzzle game with different motifs and traditional approach and I'm outta here.
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I absolutely love these jigsaw puzzle games.
Pixel Puzzle Ultimate is basically every other Pixel Puzzle game with the jigsaw puzzles as paid DLCs and a few puzzles you can try out for free.
This concept is great as no one will then not know what they are getting into with regards to how the puzzle mechanics works and what the limitations are.
Problem is, the puzzles themselves are just too expensive.
The 40% off intro discount was perfectly fine for a starter pack, but €3 for Angel Wings, which contains one single 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, feels like a rip-off, and €4 for Cats, though there are 6 puzzles here, is also at the high end. Especially when you look at Pixel Puzzle Japan, the stand-alone game, that contains 19 puzzles for €7, or Pixel Puzzle Birds, another standalone, with 25 puzzles for €9. (all prices are without any timed discounts).
So my advice: Try out the free puzzle and see if this game is for you, then wait until a sale comes around and grab the puzzle packs for a reasonable price.
I've been a big fan of Decaying Logic's work, and have all the puzzles they put out to date, including the newest ones. I like aspects of this game and how they incorporated some elements from old games and made the new UI, but the new puzzle snap settings (tried all 5) are too tricky for PC-based puzzling, IMHO, and much less tolerant than past versions.
As to the new pay as you go model, with DLC...
It is good that the base game is free and has some puzzles that come with it, but it really should be priced against other PP2 games, which are $10US for 25+ puzzles. Charging 2-3 times that for a puzzle pack is not going to work. Overpricing then discounting is tacky. The only well-priced puzzle at the start is Ukiyo-e for 99c, and then the starter bundle is only slightly overpriced. 4 puzzles for $1US is - trust me on this - the pricepoint to strive for.
As it stands I am going to give a positive review, but I am basing that on optimism that Decaying Logic will market this respectfully and not just make it into a cheap cashgrab.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Pixel Puzzles |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 21.12.2024 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 80% положительных (285) |