Cubiques is a very relaxing and minimalistic puzzle game, that reminded me a lot as always of all the years I spent on Kongregate and similar websites xD
Maybe one can argue that 4€/$ is a price a little bit too high for such a small game, but still in my view it deserves to be played if you like puzzle/logic games - especially minimalistic ones with short levels - and more than all, you can often find this one in bundles and such!
Unfortunately, I applied some months ago to translate at least the descriptions of the games but for some reasons my apply was denied so, well, here we have fortunately only a Steam translation which is as always unreadable and full of errors and repetitions (I always wonder who's the Italian translator, it's ok that I took two degrees in these fields at the university many years ago but really I can't think about some Italian mother tongue speakers translating games' descriptions in such bad ways).
Apart from that, anyways, the game's really minimalistic and you won't need any text in order to play it. You'll be put right into the action!
Being made with Unity, you'll get the usual menu in which you'll have to choose resolution and graphics quality (by the way it's the first time that I see a game which starts from High and has Low at the last position - usually it's the contrary xD) - of course, the game's very simple so you won't need to change graphics quality but for a better playthrough I'd definitely suggest you not to keep it windowed or too small, since you'll need to see the cubes and the paths in a big and bright way!
The game features a very simple soundtrack and doesn't run in tray, but I'd suggest you to mute it from the main menu settings page since it can become quite annoying after some minutes of loop.
Try it for yourself if you want, but on a big gaming laptop I had lots of difficulties even in reading the various menu settings xD
So, go for full screen :)
Anyways you'll be able to choose from many language but even if you're not a native English speaker like me I'd recommend you to keep it in English - the text isn't definitely important and there's of course no plot at all, being just a logic puzzle game. Apart from some sound settings though, and a reset game option, there won't be much else.
Controls are simple - WASD to move your cube, R to reset the level and Esc to go back.
I didn't like the absence of a tutorial, but the game's mechanics are rather simple and you'll learn everything step by step.
There will be 70 levels of increasing difficulty (you're forced to beat them all in order, and you'll be able of course to replay them) and you'll be in control of a red cube; you'll start on a blue tile and your goal will be to reach the orange tile while at the same time having stepped on every other white tile.
Quite easy, although there's nothing explained in-game xD
Of course, the maps will increase in size and difficulty netting you some challenges, adding also 3D elements. You'll have to face different blocks: the grey tiles appearing as you go through the game will allow you a double step (this reminds me of some Pokémon games xD), and there will also be other colored tiles that won't disappear but, of course, since you can't move your cube on a single tile you'll be forced to think about every step to take in order not to get stuck (and the R key will prove to be very useful).
Some said that this is a mobile port, but in my view it runs perfectly. Of course, the game mechanics aren't that new - we've been playing these puzzles for years and years. But still, it's relaxing and gets also challenging with time, the levels are well designed and there are no bugs or negative things of any sort. I saw reviews of older (probably) versions of this game pointing out various negative things (the lack of sound settings, the lack of an exit and restart button etc.) but as of April, 2018 everything's fixed anyways.
Oh, of course the directional keys work too.. there's no remap option, but having both those and the WASD ones is perfect to me, I'd never remap these keys for such a game.
All the levels are short, although many of them (for me, at least!) will require some serious thinking and some hours overall to be finished, so maybe it's not worth the full price but definitely it's a puzzle/logic minimalistic game that I'd recommend to those who like this genre :)
