Beglitched

Beglitched is a great game. Most of its puzzles are difficult enough to leave you thinking about the solution for some minutes, but at the same time they aren't hard to the point of making you feel like you need a break. I think of Beglitched as a game of intuition that gives you subtle clues to the solutions (and goes beyond in-grid puzzles). You gather information that seems random at first but, once you understand the logic behind every item and resource, you start putting the pieces together one step at a time (the game makes you do that in a very comfortable pace) until all makes sense once you finish it. Highly recommended!

If you like lighthearted match-3 type situations and you're not a leftclicker that's scared of cute graphics, this is a fun little romp through cyberspace.

Adorable and fun! Waiting for the day I might ever find another game like this.

I really liked this game. While many people might be frustrated by the beginning, I believe that brief learning portion is the best part of the game. Using the unfamiliar controls, like a magician reciting spells for the first time. Pulling off amazing things, although you may not understand how you did them. There is some serious magic in the way you learn how to use this mysterious computer. Though some may anguish at the difficulty, enjoy the beginning of the game. When the magic is still magic. Because when you finally understand what the magic is, it disappears.

A puzzle game largely based on the match3 mechanic, but also introduces new rules in every chapter, sometimes making it almost a tactic game. The approach feels fresh and the result clever, It is a very good example of trying to invent something out of existing, traditional game mechanics. The humor ranges from clever to a bit random to me, but they comes mostly in short form text notes, so it doesn't distract or hinder you from the main game much.

Beglitched might feel frustrating and unfair sometimes, but mostly because unlike other match-3 games, you don't necessarily have a fair chance at the start of each puzzle screen, you're supposed to create your own luck. The fact the puzzle screen stays the same from the end of a "fight" to the start of the next is the real meat of the game, allowing you to plan ahead to push through an entire level, something especially important to do for the later ones, where an unprepared puzzle screen will irredeemably result in a slow and painful death. The game isn't without flaws, of course. The possibility to die in one wrong move in Catnet, resetting the level after half an hour of playing it, or the ambiguous wager rules in Ratnet, can feel very unfair. But that also comes from the game's approach on tutorials, which are mostly absent in Beglitched. You're supposed to understand how things work on your own, experimenting with mechanics as you play. And even though it results in some unfortunate frustrations sometimes, I still think that was the right approach. You start Beglitched confused and lost, but by the time you finish it, you'll have achieved true understandings of its many mechanics. And that feels good.