![]() Personally, I have grown especially fond of 16-bit style graphics in recent years, in large part due to my love for Stardew Valley. Graphics, of course, are a very subjective category. ![]() I was not able to finish the game before posting the review, but in the approximately 9 hours in which I played the game I got a very good feel for all of the important elements you may need to know (According to, it should take most players between 7 and 15 hours to complete the main story of Unsighted, but if you know me you know I am usually the most leisurely of players and I take my time enjoying the story, characters, and environments so I tend to fall on the longer end of the play-time spectrum, meaning that I played maybe about half the game.) Screenshot of a dog being petted by Alma. References to other games and even to gaming culture abound, and my favorite reference is to which is apparent in achievements you receive when you, naturally, pet the dog. ![]() Veteran gamers will notice subtle references to the Legend of Zelda series: in the music, sound effects, collection of items, and especially in the fairy automaton companion who travels with Alma in her journey to save her friends. Unsighted is an original game with a science fiction setting where the majority of characters are automatons, including the game's protagonist, Alma. While I played the PC version, this game is also available on Switch, X-Box, and PS4. If you want a simple, relaxing set of puzzles to keep you busy, this will not disappoint.For my first official act of Sci-Fi Month 2021, I played the new indie game Unsighted by Studio Pixel Punk (check it out on Steam here). I certainly burned nearly 10 hours snapping little scenes of Mount Fuji and torii gates together and don’t regret a minute of it. I don’t think there’s a real high bar to clear for a jigsaw game, and wherever it is Pixel Puzzles manages to clear it. It’s no dealbreaker, but does hint at the budget nature of the title.īeyond that there’s a nice variety of scenes, and the pieces for each puzzle have different and unique connections that make them distinct. Something about the mouse selection is terribly random at times, which can be a bit frustrating if you’re trying to nab an elusive corner piece. What is a problem is how difficult it can be to grab the piece you want from the pond on the larger puzzles. Sadly you cannot snap individual pieces together before finding their place on the board, but with puzzles this small that’s generally not a problem. Pieces snap into place once you get them in roughly the right spot, so you can do a little guessing to fill in harder parts. You can even poke a few things in the background if you need a little break from puzzling. The presentation is lovely and soothing, with peaceful music playing over the animated monk and fishes. Each image is a filtered photograph of some quintessentially Japanese thing, with your loose pieces floating around in a koi pond and the frame for assembly a sort of zen garden. The smallest puzzles are 60 pieces, and the largest is only 350, so don’t expect any marathon jigsawing here. Once you complete a couple in your current level, the next level unlocks, with higher levels having more pieces. You get a total of 21 puzzles to assemble, most arranged in a series of levels to unlock. Pixel Puzzles: Japan has managed to sate my hunger for puzzles for a good many hours, and for that I am grateful. I had a 1500-piece puzzle of a meticulously-detailed cartoon space station when I was a kid that probably messed me up for life, dooming me to an eternity of sifting through little cardboard pieces. ![]() ![]() There have been a few times that I’ve been out shopping for something and felt myself strangely compelled to buy a jigsaw puzzle to do at home. ![]()
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