Recent reviews by The Accordionist

Relaxed Atmosphere Survival Craft game. This game reminds me of Raft a lot, I guess mostly because of the setting, and the fact that you do a lot of island hopping. And I like Raft, a lot.

This is a great game to just relax a bit. It doesn't have much depth, but the exploration is fun enough and the dungeon crawling/combat is fun enough to keep playing.

I also feel like the game caters well to multiplayer. Example, the skill system has 4 categories, so each player can specialize in their own niche, which makes you think about who does what. It makes each player feel special and rewarded for the things they are good at (because of their chosen skills).

Didn't notice any bugs, apart from this one bush in the middle of our base that we couldn't remove until I spammed some abilities and suddenly it was gone.

Started as a fun word puzzle game, but turned into a completionist nightmare with no indication of where to go next.

As other people mentioned, you eventually spend more time looking for puzzles than actually thinking and solving them. I wouldn't mind this if the puzzles weren't solved really quickly already, meaning that if you eventually find a new puzzle after 5 minutes of wandering around aimlessly with no idea where to go next, you get about 30 seconds of solving fun for a puzzle, and then it's back to square one. And the Escher world gimmick is just frustrating and doesn't add anything to the world other than torture and time wasting.

Better non-frustrating puzzle exploration games exist, e.g. Taiji or Animal Well. If you don't have all the time in the world (like me) for puzzle solving adventures, check out those instead.

To start this review of, I will try to get all achievements for this game. It's enjoyable enough for me, I like puzzles games. I can also see this being a starter puzzle game for someone new to the genre.

If you are a hardcore puzzle game enthusiast or at least played many puzzle games, I'm not sure if I would recommend this game if you're looking for a very fleshed out or super challenging puzzle game.

I think the design of this game is weird in some aspects. To give some examples (not necessarily all bad, just some talking points):
1. The coins don't serve any purpose (I play like a completionist, I don't skip any puzzle really). I always had way too many of them, so it felt obsolete.
2. The main progression through the game through some collectibles didn't really stick with me. It felt like a minor chore instead of being something major to do (maybe has to do with my stance on coins, idk)
3. Visually, the game isn't the most stunning, and color wise there isn't much distinction between areas. I personally do not mind this though.
4. Yes, some puzzles are cheesable, but to that I say just take the time to complete such a puzzle the intended way. I also want to note that some things in this game require a bit out of the box thinking, in the sense that something might feel like cheese, but it isn't (hard to describe, but that's how some things felt).

However, there is a clear amount of time and effort put into this game, and while yes, the difficulty for me was also very much on the easy side, the sections with the powerups/abilities, so far, have been very pleasant, refreshing and challenging. The "filler" puzzles are fine, some are hard, but most of the time I just waltz through them, which I don't mind too much, but can turn people off.

6/10 game for me, which seems low, but I do like the game!

pros: dynamite wagon
cons: moles are demons from the deepest depths of hell sent to torment the human race in it's battle to extend the world train network to connect transport hubs, globalize and conquer the rail empire

A fun multi-perspective logic puzzle game. I just skipped over the story stuff as it didn't interest me and enjoyed the beautiful scenery with its puzzles and all the small easter eggs that can be found throughout the game.

I played this game after Taiji, and have come to realise the similarities the two games share, with Taiji being heavily inspired by The Witness. This game definitely deserves praise.

Great PvE/Server game. Democracy theme is fun, artstyle is nothing too special, but the gameplay is fun and challenging, mechanics are fun to discover, and there is enough diversity in missions and weaponry to not get stale quickly.

Also Sony L

Very large scale diverse puzzle game. Looks stunning for a puzzle game.
I like the way the multiplayer is implemented, where interaction is minimal, and the focus lies on the puzzle solving (it's basically singeplayer lmao).

Edit: Now singleplayer game. Still fun enough

A very in depth and strategic social deduction game, one of the few out there in the world.

In my opinion better than Town of Salem. Every role feels like you have some control over what you do, many roles are more fun than in the old Town of Salem, and developers are constantly working on balancing and other QoL changes which help the game grow.

Very cool logic meta puzzle game. Love the artstyle, music and overall ambience and tranquility when playing.

Minecraft 2D with actual progression and hours upon hours of fun. Great with friends as well.
Devs obviously are passionate about this game, and the modding community is awesome as well.