PictoQuest Reviews

PictoQuest is a fun Nonogram puzzle game with a handful of RPG elements. If you're looking for RPG fun, this is not the place to look for it. The only RPG elements here is the combat system and the shop system. Everything else are puzzle elements. The achievements aren't challenging as you can complete them by finishing the playthrough. I would love to have achievements that would make me play seriously. There is only one achievement here that would pose a challenge but is more grindy than brain-crunching. The game is pretty straightforward with the puzzle difficulty rising up gradually in every area. If you are a fan of Nonogram puzzle and are looking for something to spice up your puzzle-solving skills, this game is for you.

Approximate amount of time to 100%: 12h
Estimated achievement difficulty: 2/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: You don't need a guide
How many people have completed this game at the time I'm writing this review: 1 on Astats

Multiplayer achievements: No
Missable achievements: No
Grinding Achievements: Yes, at this moment there is 1 grindy achievement, but the developers are thinking about making it less grindy.
DLC-Only achievements: No
Time-gated achievements: No
RNG-achievements: No
Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty option
Unobtainable/glitched achievements: No

This is a fun picross game, with an RPG theme loosely pasted on. I didn't feel the theme, but that didn't matter, because I still had a lot of fun and the game looked very nice with this theme. It is most of all just a picross game, but you have 3 lives and monsters will attack you when you make an error in the puzzle and after every few minutes the monster(s) attack. You can buy 2 more hearts during the game to make it easier.

The achievements in this game are nice: you get around 80% of them for just playing all the levels and use some of the in-game items, like health potions or spells with different effects. The grindy one at this moment is getting 5k. I highly suggest getting that one before buying any health upgrade, because the health upgrades cost 1k gold each. That means you'll have to grind 2k more if you bought the health upgrades before you unlocked that achievement. To get to 5k, just play the game as far as you can and enjoy it. When it gets too hard for your taste, go back to the beginning and keep completing the star level which gives 10 gold for every time you complete it. You can complete that level in a few seconds. As stated in the list above, the developers might change that achievement to make it less grindy.

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