We found 10 of the best Picross games on Switch, many with other gameplay elements and concepts to shake up the formula. The term Picross comes from “picture crossword”, and Nintendo devices from the Game Boy to the Switch have housed these games. Also known as a nonogram, Picross puzzles are games of logic, where players fill in a grid to form an image, using numbers as hints.
#Pixel puzzle makeout league review portable
If you enjoy these types of puzzles and are curious how you can mack on a jigsaw puzzle piece, then perhaps give Pixel Puzzle Makeout League a try.Puzzle games are a perfect fit for any portable console, and the Picross subgenre in particular has always had a home with Nintendo platforms. I can’t help but think that the developer just really liked this style of puzzle, and so they hammered a story around the puzzles, like hammering in a square peg into a round hole.
While the story had an interesting conclusion, it still left open so many questions that just do not make sense.
I never once thought the puzzle solving meant or amounted to anything. That said, though, it’s still an incredible reach to try to bind all of this together. For this twist, and the super secret ending that I did not see coming, I give PPML a round of applause.
After completing all of Pixel Girl’s romance routes, the finale begins with everyone, even Pixel Girl, remembering that she dated all of them. Here is where PPML takes its first interesting turn. In fact, the only way you can see the ending is if you follow through all four routes (which yes, includes the puzzle piece). However, unlike typical otome, where the story can end with your choice, the story does not end with a culminating romance. When not storming the Tower, you can pair Pixel Girl up with another member of the League and watch them fawn all over each other way too fast. Yeah, I really have no idea why other than reasons. For whatever reason, only the Puzzle League can stop him. He even summons a Puzzle Tower to execute his nefarious schemes. At this point, why not, right?Īs they work together in their Puzzle League to sort out how they can be useful, Villain shows up (seriously, his name is Villain) and threatens to destroy the world. Last, but not least, is a literal piece of a jigsaw puzzle, Piecea, who is an alien from the Puzzle Planet. I’ll let you figure out what their abilities are. Then there’s Chess, Sudoku, and Crossword. The player character is Pixel Girl, a superhero with the ability to solve pixel puzzles. It features five wannabe superheroes who have the most useless super powers since the Inhuman who had barfing-up-objects powers in Marvel’s Secret Empire. Whereas that game’s story fit in with all of the puzzle solving, PPML tries to force the puzzles to fit like the wicked step-sisters trying on Cinderella’s glass slippers. While I agree it can be challenging connecting a puzzle game with a story, especially a dating sim, I will happily point to Murder by Numb3rs as a game that does it extraordinarily well. It’s a good thing they take up about 75% of the game, because they’re one of the game’s only saving graces. There are really no problems with the pixel puzzles themselves. After my first failure with a 15×15 puzzle, that baby went bye-bye. Timers ruin most games for me anyway, and I don’t like feeling rushed when solving a puzzle. If the timer runs out before completion, you have to start over. One thing I did turn off within five puzzles was the timer. You can customize your puzzle-solving experience as well, such as auto-filling completed rows/columns and turning hints on or off. I enjoy pixel puzzles, so it’s hardly surprising that I loved the puzzle portions of the game. When it comes to otome and dating sims, that’s saying quite a bit. While the gameplay is fun, if you enjoy Picross puzzles, the story holds water as well as a sieve. Pixel Puzzle Makeout League unfortunately doesn’t have much of either. There’s just something sickeningly sweet about a romance-choose-your-own adventure, especially when they have deep stories, or, at the very least, a fun hook to them. I’ve made my love of otome games rather clear.
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