HEXA-WORLD-3D

HEXA WORLD 3D is one of those hidden gem puzzle games that you can sink hours into without even noticing. The mix of strategy, progression and relaxing atmosphere is perfect, you can either chill in Infinity mode or push yourself in Competitive and Level modes. What I really enjoy is the attention to detail: the sound of stacking tiles, the music, the responsive developer who keeps updating the game. It feels alive and polished. If you love puzzle games like Tetris, Hexcells or Dorfromantik, this is absolutely worth picking up. It’s affordable, addictive, and has the potential to grow into something big with community support. Highly recommend to both casual players and puzzle enthusiasts.

6.5/10 Stack merging puzzle TLDR: Despite pleasant presentation and an interesting premise, the game stumbles on the seemingly unsolvable problem of visual overlaps. They hurt legibility of the current situation. Also, the puzzle mode depends on luck and limits planning too much as you only see the next 3 stacks in the queue. Good: + interesting core idea of placing stacks of colored pieces to bring colors together in 3D + nice environments + pleasant music and sounds So-so: +/- camera controls are there (WASD, right mouse drag). However, flying around with the camera is tedious. I'd want to be able to just rotate the camera around the center of the board (maybe with middle mouse drag) but it's not possible. Also, I'd want to change field of view. In perspective mode, often stacks that are closer to the camera you see from the top (and can't tell which pieces those stacks contain) while other stacks are seen almost from the side, and they block the stacks behind them +/- the core problem is the visual overlap between towers. It can't really be resolved, especially when towers get bigger. For clarity of the stacks, pieces would need to be thicker. But towers stand close together, so the thicker the pieces, the greater the overlap and the visual mess. The game tries to solve this conundrum by showing contents of stacks in a separate area when you mouse over a stack. But that's not very helpful. Also, the tiles under stacks are easy to mix with pieces as they're of the same thickness +/- tactical planning is very limited and your progression thru a session is very random because you only have 3 new stacks to place, and you can't predict what stacks will appear next. On small fields, especially when many of their tiles are locked, too much just depends on luck +/- it's often unclear how the destination stack is picked from the 2 of the same color for the merge. When you just place a new stack, it's usually the one you place (?) But when pieces are removed and new colors are revealed, it seems random. If there is some rule there, it should be explained in the game. Bad: - Snowy reskin (the first that you unlock) makes piece colors illegible. It even has 2 black ones! - in ortho camera mode, most of the allowed camera angles are unworkable. Not sure if this mode is needed at all Maybe the solution to the visual overlap problem could be in replacing hex tiles with islands that are connected by bridges. Pieces could be thick, and stacks would overlap much less simply because there would be more empty space between them. After all, the boards are pretty small here. And pieces jump to neighbor tiles only. The game's banner on Steam is actually much worse than the in-game gfx, which is probably the reason why this game only has 18 reviews atm. I know nobody likes puzzles but in all fairness, with these production values, this game deserved more attention. [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]

Понравилось: Простая но интересная и затягивающая головоломка После каждого матча потраченные инструменты компенсируются, пусть хоть и частично Активный и дружелюбный разработчик, который фиксит баги и добавляет нужные функции, делая игру еще лучше. Не понравилось: поначалу были проблемы с камерой - было не удобно ее постоянно крутить, но в последнем обновлении это было исправлено Текстуры почти всех скинов (солнце, море, пляж и т.д. на желтых и белых гексах почти сливаются с фоном и их почти не видно. Вывод: хорошая игра, которая со временем станет только лучше, как мне кажется.

This game is delightful, relaxing, just hard enough to want to keep going. A great little dopamine rush. You should get it.

I am enjoying this relaxing and surprisingly addictive hexagon game. It is very pleasing to the eye and features different "maps" and chip "skins" as it progresses. I'm only on Level 9 so I'm not sure if game play will change as it goes along but basically you are strategically placing chips on a hexagon cell board to build like colors of hexagons to a certain height to gain points towards the next level. So far I have only played the "Level" mode but plan to try the other two soon. I will update this review if I feel it warrants when I do so. It is not very difficult so far (I rarely need to use a "booster") but it is very relaxing when you want a few minutes (that sometimes turns into a lot of minutes) to chill. I recommend this game.

As a player, I can say this: A very pleasant and relaxing game. In level mode, you can keep progressing endlessly and collect boosters, which is really addictive. In competitive mode, you need quick calculation - it all comes down to reaction, fast thinking, and a bit of luck. The endless mode is also great - no timer, your score and board are saved between sessions, so you can play at your own pace. Overall - I recommend it!

This plays like a hexagonal version of Klax from the arcade which is a game I play a lot. The dev is VERY apt to take ideas and implement them (I'm sure within reason) - I have seen 2 updates - release and then 1.0.1 that have been things brought up in discussion or in the discord. I highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys puzzle type games that just wouldn't work as a board game. Great gameplay all around.

Игра залипательная, музыка подходящая. стоит копейки. Сами хексы нарисованы хорошо, анимация их перемещения тоже, но вот меню и локации - господи, прости... Можно будет остаться в дефолтной серой коробке? Мне был бы ближе минимализм в духе shapez, или что-то под dorf romantic. но у автора такое видение )

Played for about 4 hours and really enjoyed it. The world looks beautiful, and the hexagonal structure makes it feel unique. The atmosphere is calm and immersive, it’s nice just to explore and look around. Controls are simple and easy to get used to. A great game to relax with after work. I recommend giving it a try!

I haven't played it too much yet, maybe just 30 minutes. So far its pretty fun and very satisfying when the towers crumble. I like the unlock system, the items and boosters make it feel like an rpg which is nice. The 3d worlds are cozy and comfy. The strategy aspect is a little light as I was expecting something more brain busting, but this reminds me more of tetris where positioning and planning ahead is more important that logical deduction.