Continuing with what has apparently become an obsessive quest to play all the puzzle games, Branbekka has decided to add LYNE (pronounced la-yen-eh, maybe) to the already massive list of games to review. How does it rate on the Kami-scale (the metric by which all semi-cooperative puzzle games are judged)?
LYNE, like another puzzle game which will not be mentioned, is
deceptively simple™. In it, you are tasked with connecting a set of shapes from a beginning to end "node" without crossing lines. Since that description is only slightly less than not at all helpful, here is a visual aid:
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| Figure 1.1: ————————► |
It starts out (deceptively) simple enough, connecting a shape here and there with little effort. But it begins to add elements steadily to complicate things. Things like this box which has to be penetrated a certain amount of times.
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| Don't cross the streams. |
Then it's three shapes. THREE. You're just breezing along, thinking "Yeah, I got this shit. Triangles and diamonds". And then the game's like
And who
KNOWS what the hell they expect us to do with that! *dramatic arm movement*
It just gets more and more complex and there's like a billion puzzles so you and your Australian girlfriend will be plenty busy.
Nice review babes. I bet if there was a leader board, Slayer would be WAY at the bottom.
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