Taking photographs have never been so dimensionally interesting before! Click click, snap, place a photograph and BAM all of its content and layers are now in the tangible third dimension. It makes for some very intuitive puzzles and solutions, from negative space to MC Escher illusions. The mechanics progress and evolve with such great pacing that each level rarely feels recycled, and for a short narrative puzzle game that's quite the achievement.
Unfortunately, yes, it's far too short (and somewhat overpriced for its length). All that unique creativity easily could've been stretched out to a decently sized 6-8 hour adventure. And then there's the stupid final level that decided to include a 5-minute timer to solve 9 puzzles in a row. Timer in a casual puzzle game? Na-uh! It's not a well-reasoned "difficulty spike" that tests your understanding of the mechanics, it's just a gimmick to make you stress in a exploratory casual game. Not needed.
It found a view, but needed to really paint more of its interesting puzzle designs into the picture.
Unfortunately, yes, it's far too short (and somewhat overpriced for its length). All that unique creativity easily could've been stretched out to a decently sized 6-8 hour adventure. And then there's the stupid final level that decided to include a 5-minute timer to solve 9 puzzles in a row. Timer in a casual puzzle game? Na-uh! It's not a well-reasoned "difficulty spike" that tests your understanding of the mechanics, it's just a gimmick to make you stress in a exploratory casual game. Not needed.
It found a view, but needed to really paint more of its interesting puzzle designs into the picture.