A mansion full of seeds to grow and puzzles to solve! The game aims to be cozy, but at times it becomes frustrating when you're not sure what to do next.

In Botany Mansion, every seed that you grow is a puzzle to figure out. You collect clues around the area that ultimately are supposed lead you to growing this plant. While I enjoyed the first few plants in the game, the puzzles get unnecessarily difficult as you go.

I found myself rereading clues over and over again on certain plants just to figure out what I had to do and some times it eventually added up and I figured it out, some times it felt like luck. Other times I had to look up a guide and I would say out loud "How would I have ever thought of that?"

I also ran into a couple bugs, like the game misplacing an object I needed for the last plant (I quit the game while holding it, which I guess is a huge no no). I looked around for it for a long time and eventually found it somewhere I would've never expected, which was very odd.

Overall, great premise for a game and at times, it can be fun but the times where it's not, it's frustrating. Maybe I just wasn't smart enough for this one, which is a shame because I LOVE puzzle games.

Reviewed on Apr 30, 2024


Comments