Crystals and Curses

Crystals and Curses reminds me in many ways to Witness. Remove the three dimensional perspective puzzles of Witness but keep the line puzzles and the way Witness teaches the player and you have Crystals and Curses. Each world uses the same line puzzle while introducing a new mechanic. This mechanic is present in the puzzle, but not taught so that the player must piece together the solution themselves with a simple one and then returning to normal pace. The game does a very good job of getting to the meat and potatoes quickly. It doesn't force the player to do a bunch of stupidly easy puzzles just to get to the good ones. In addition, you only need to clear half the puzzles in a world to be able to progress to the next so the player should never be locked off from progressing through the game. The game technically has a story, but I would give it the "Mario and Bowser" rating of "The story isn't the point, and it's not in your face so who cares?"

Lovely art style (including a gorgeous chapter map), challenging puzzles, and an actual storyline - you'll not regret bewitching yourself by playing Crystals & Curses!