Re: Awakening Series
[Re: oldbroad]
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08/29/19 11:29 AM
08/29/19 11:29 AM
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Reenie
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I played the seven games in this series that I know of, and now wonder if there are more. They are pretty uneven, and I liked Sunhook Spire the most, because it was long, had great puzzles, and wasn't overloaded with HO scenes. I like a game when it forces me to take out pen and paper or even resort to cutting up pieces (like tangram) and figuring out how to put them together correctly. Some of the earlier games in this series felt a bit short to me. Sunhook was a long game, in terms of it taking me a couple of days to get through it. Golden Age and Redleaf Forest were the next tier down. The only game in the series that I disliked was Goblin Kingdom because it was too easy and too "cutesy" for my taste. I bailed on the Demo for that one.
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Re: Awakening Series
[Re: oldbroad]
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08/29/19 12:51 PM
08/29/19 12:51 PM
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Thanks for your input Reenie. Sunhook Spire is next on the list. I finished Skyward Castle the other day after skipping one puzzle (which I most never do). I enjoy using pen and paper while gaming but I did find Skyward Castle to be a bit tedious. It repeated several of the puzzles several times and it finally just got too much for me. Everyone always says they play casual games because they are more relaxing and don't make you think as much, but for me, sometimes they seem harder than adventure games .
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Re: Awakening Series
[Re: oldbroad]
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09/22/19 11:08 AM
09/22/19 11:08 AM
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Reenie
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I started this old series in April. I'm enjoying the games but this 4th one (The Skyward Castle) is wearing me out. I'm finding myself not knowing what to do or where to go and tonight I actually had to use an Excel spreadsheet to work out a puzzle. I've also used the hint button quite a bit which is something I don't do too often. I'll be glad to finish this game and am hoping the next three aren't as hard. Sometimes, I don't think the game designers realize how difficult a puzzle is after they have created it. As for me, I love the games with real head-scratchers, and, like you, have frequently resorted to graph paper or a calculator or some other means to solve them. I happily will put in an hour or more trying to figure out and then solve a puzzle, but if it is simply random movements that you have to shuffle your way through over and over, it starts being a chore rather than a challenge. My husband knows I am really happy with a BF game when he sees me pull out paper, colored pencils, scissors, tape or a calculator to solve a puzzle. I've only played seven of the Awakening games, and wasn't maintaining a Comments list on the early ones, like Golden Age. I have no notes on Skyward Castle, either. The game I thought had the best puzzles was Sunhook Spire, and that was an excellent, challenging and long game overall. Second and third are Golden Age and Redleaf Forest. I bailed on the demo for Goblin Kingdom because I found it too cartoony and cutesy, so have no notes on it at all.
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Re: Awakening Series
[Re: oldbroad]
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09/22/19 01:11 PM
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Everyone always says they play casual games because they are more relaxing and don't make you think as much, but for me, sometimes they seem harder than adventure games . I think this can be explained at least in part by assuming that people who make such a statement just use the skip button on the puzzles. Which is a shame, really, because many of the puzzles are quite interesting and I imagine they take a good bit of time to create. If you are not constantly hitting the skip button, these games become considerably more challenging.
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Re: Awakening Series
[Re: Marian]
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10/07/19 08:34 AM
10/07/19 08:34 AM
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Which might slightly contradict the text under the Casuals Board Title ?? "Do you enjoy playing those 'coffee break games'? Talk about it here." Getting to be rather more than that description these days I reckon ??
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