Full Bore

A cool metroidbrania game with a very nice early-2010's aesthetic. This doesn't play like most puzzle games; its approach to timing puzzles and movement might be frustrating to some players. But for me, its unique approach to puzzle gameplay is charming.

An semi-open-world block puzzle with great graphics and music. Some of the puzzles can get fairly difficult so no shame in looking up help if you get stuck.

本评测没有有效剧透，可放心食用 本人为一名资深的puzzlehunt和解谜游戏以及银河战士恶魔城玩家，玩过动物井，fez，见证者都是我最喜欢的游戏类型，这款可以放心冲，简直就是动物井，fez这类解谜银河城的绝佳小甜品代餐。主要机制是推箱子，找隐藏和最后的[spoiler] meta世界以及boss [/spoiler]部分体验蛮好的，不足就是可能体量有点小，本人动物井玩了六十多个小时，不包括（以下动物井剧透内容，谨慎点开）[spoiler] 找兔子，没自己找，还有最后的全地图谜题环节，全部蛋自己找的 [/spoiler]，这个游戏大概全部玩完了，不包括那个low%通关成就花了32.5小时，可以对比看看体量。但是玩下来个人而言绝对是荡气回肠的，推箱子太好玩啦，而且真的性价比不错，当个小代餐挺好的owo 二编：完成全成就了，low%那个成就的几个注意事项（剧透）[spoiler] 第一部分的关键道具是赛跑的奖励（不用赢），然后在第二个世界不要走ash run的路线，后面会被卡住，其他的就正常走不收集即可 [/spoiler]，很可惜没有攻略，如遇到卡关可以来小黑盒找我私聊（和steam名字一样）

Very few games can hold my attention as long as this game did. To be honest, it took me a few failed attempts at this game before I could get into it, I'd start then get overwhelmed by how open it is then get lost then give up. But once it clicked, I fell in love with the game. Be warned tho, although this game is tagged as casual, it is far from easy. It's fairly challenging to even get the incomplete first ending, and quite difficult to get the proper ending. The puzzles are extremely well designed, and very satisfying to solve. I loved these puzzles so much that I intended to 100% the game and cleared almost every challenge, but gave up because of the race and the final boss chase sequence. Unfortunately, any sequence in this game that involves time pressure really highlights the clunkiness of the controls and how broken the time rewind feature is. The most frustrating part with the controls during these sequences is the delay before your character jumps off a ledge. It makes sense in puzzles because it prevents you from falling accidentally and screwing up a puzzle and having to rewind, but during a race or a chase, it's frustrating having to hold the direction for two seconds before your character decides to finally move his ass, and I end up mistiming my inputs because I didn't hold the direction long enough for your character to actually jump. As for the time rewind, it's unreliable and broken. When you rewind, the points in time you go back to are few and extremely random and change every time you rewind. So if you want to redo a specific sequence multiple times, good luck, because the next time you rewind you may end up twice as far back as you were the first time you rewind. And in the final boss sequence, the very long gauntlet-like chase sequence, the rewind would sometimes instantly teleport me back to the start. I'd hold down rewind and then be teleported back to the start before even letting go of the button and lose all my progress and have to do the whole darn thing over again. That's what made me give up. Looking at youtube, the actual fight is equally tedious and frustrating, so it's not worth it to me. That's a lot of complaining, but keep in mind that my complaints only apply to about 5% of the game, and absolutely adore the other 95% of the game. This game might be rough around the edges, but it's still an amazing puzzle platformer with great atmosphere and a good story to tie it all together. Would highly recommend.

It's criminal that this game is so underreviewed. If you like exploratory puzzle games, you should give this a shot.

Full Bore caught me completely off guard — I picked it up in a bundle expecting a forgettable little digging game and ended up sinking 20+ hours into one of the most cleverly designed puzzle games I've played in years. The block manipulation mechanics seem simple at first, but the variety and elegance of the puzzles is genuinely impressive, and that satisfying 'aha' moment when you finally crack a tough one never gets old. The open world exploration has a real Fez-like quality to it, with a surprisingly compelling lore hidden in terminals and texts scattered throughout the underground world. Fair warning: the controls take some getting used to, and a couple of timed sections feel out of place in an otherwise thoughtful, unhurried game — but the rewind mechanic saves you from most frustration. If you enjoy puzzle games and don't mind doing a bit of wandering, this is absolutely worth your time.

Fun game for people that like puzzles.