Inbento is gorgeous and challenging and I desperately wanted to love it as much as Golf Peaks by the same developer, but it didn't reach the same heights for me.

Aesthetically there isn't really a flaw I can point to - beautifully drawn with charming animations, great music, thematically pretty strong. If you wanna chill out with something for a while there are plenty of way worse options, and the way it looks and feels to be in the game might be enough to keep you engaged all the way.

Unfortunately, while the mechanics were very unique and interesting the variety was low (at least as far as I saw), and some puzzle solutions were far too obtuse. I ended up giving up about halfway through after I spent 15 minutes on a puzzle with no solution in sight, and was not tempted to push through at all.

This game is still really great! I may have persisted if there wasn't such a huge number of puzzle games in this bundle - I've got plenty to move onto if I want to scratch some brain itches, so unfortunately I'm putting this one down (for now).

Reviewed on Jun 09, 2022


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