The world of Pictoria is in danger! All the magical paintings that were so highly valued by the inhabitants of the country have been stolen by the terrible villain Moonface!
Only brave heroes will be able to set out on a dangerous journey through lands teeming with monsters to return the magical paintings and rid the world of the power of evil!
😍Liked:
👍 Availability of achievements
👍 Localization into several languages, including Russian
👍 Simple controls
👍 Pixel art images
👍 Anime style
👍 Boss battles
👍 Two heroes to choose from
👍 Availability of additional tasks
👍 Character upgrades
👍 A variety of bonuses
👍 More than 100 pictures
👍 Constantly increasing difficulty
🤢Disliked:
👎 Machine translation with errors.
👎 Choosing a hero doesn't make sense, since the characters move together.
👎 A bug with the Wooden Boss's dialogue, in which the same phrase is repeated several times by all the characters.
👎 A bug with the Mermaid's dialogue, in which there is untranslated French text.
Conclusion:
"PictoQuest: The Cursed Grids" is a small sudoku puzzle created in an anime style by NanoPiko. In this game, you will have to show your logic and deduction to recreate images. Be prepared for difficult puzzles that not everyone can handle!
Although the game is translated into several languages, the quality of localization leaves much to be desired - an online translator was used for translation, which has a limited vocabulary. Because of this, when reading the characters' dialogues, you may encounter errors and incorrectly translated words. However, localization does not affect the gameplay itself, where words do not play a key role.
At the beginning of the game, you can choose one of two heroes, who differ not only in gender, but also in backstory, which, unfortunately, does not affect the gameplay or the ending of the game. And the choice of character actually does not matter much either, because the heroes will move around the playing field and participate in dialogues and cutscenes - together. The choice is made only for the sake of visual display of the selected hero on the map.
The gameplay is quite simple: the player needs to gradually clear the playing field of enemies by drawing the required images according to the rules of classic sudoku. However, for the dynamics and excitement, monsters and bosses were introduced into the game, which attack the player if they make a mistake or after a certain amount of time. Therefore, players have to quickly and accurately select the correct cells on the field to avoid damage, because the death of the character will force you to start the current level over again.
For the convenience of the player, “PictoQuest” has an in-game store where you can buy items that speed up the drawing of a picture or add “hearts” to increase the maximum amount of health. Coins are awarded for completing levels, but their number is limited, so you often have to rely on logic and luck. It is important to remember that after death, used bonuses are not restored for re-use
Buying items in the store is not the only way to get bonuses. There are NPCs on the map who need help. If you solve their puzzles, you can get free items and bonuses.
The second way to get free bonuses is to act quickly while solving Sudoku. Sometimes the game offers bonuses for coloring certain lines in the image. If you color the desired area correctly and manage to do it before the offer ends, the bonus will be added to your inventory and will be available for use at any time. But remember that the inventory is limited and it holds quite a few items, so you will have to choose which bonuses to use now and which to save for the next battle, or the Orc's shop, where the prices for the goods you sell are reduced by almost three times (which makes selling extremely unprofitable)
In addition to fighting monsters, you can also stumble upon chests, mistakes in solving puzzles in which do not spend the character's health, but his gold. This can lead to the fact that in some situations you will lose more gold than you get for solving the puzzle. However, completing them is necessary to advance the plot, so be patient and have money.
"PictoQuest: The Cursed Grids" is a small but addictive puzzle game that will provide many hours of enjoyment for those who love complex tasks. Thanks to its simple gameplay and stylish anime design, the game is suitable for players of all ages and skill levels. If you like solving Sudoku, then this game will definitely become your new favorite.
2.5