✍️ Review Chronicles

Reviews and feedback shared by CosmoVibe with the puzzle community

3 years ago

What makes this level so tough is that the solutions are usually the most aggressive cuts, but here you need to hold back a little bit, which interestingly could make the solution much trickier. This is a great test of a player's ability to analyze step counts.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Higgs Boson

I think this is objectively the best possible 4x4 classic level you can make.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

All Locked Up

Never got around to reviewing this before, but when I first beat this level, it was one of the most baffling solutions, as it was the very last possibility I considered. Upon analysis, it began to make perfect sense, but it's shocking how cleanly executed the concept is.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

🔥 "24" 🔥

Is it tricky? Sure. Is it well designed? I'd say so. Is it satisfying to solve? The trick is just unexpected enough that trying to blindly feel your way through the level might cause you to overlook it, but if you analyze the level, it becomes no different from any other false path level, where you're just going through every possibility until you stumble on the right one, making it more of a frustration than a satisfying challenge. Personally, I appreciate the construction far more than the experience of solving it.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Precipice Blade 3

This entire set of levels is so cute. Each solution is super distinct, and not at all trivial.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Minimum Miscibility Pressure

The cut started to make sense, then it didn't, a dash of black magic.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Wingnut

Last 2 cut is subtle.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Chaw

I notice that there are two solutions, but they are relatively similar and they both retain the interesting bits of the solution design, so I guess I'm fine with it.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Le Maze de Triomphe

My intuition interestingly failed me here, the correct solution was one of the last possible routes to take.

CosmoVibe

3 years ago

Percussion Drilling

The trick is very subtle. In levels without holes, it's very hard to hide it, but because of all the backtracking and pushing around holes, it becomes way harder to spot.

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