A Match - 3 Straight from Hell.
Story:
There's no storyline in Inferno Puzzle, so we're heading straight to graphics.
Graphics:
Looking at the screenshots at the store page, you can very quickly determine that Inferno Puzzle is not a looker. The visuals are rough and very poorly made. The cubes you have to match are poorly cropped and the images are incredibly low quality. It genuinely looks like it was drawn in Microsoft Paint and imported straight into the game without any clean up.
As many other reviews have pointed out, it looks very much like one of those rough sites from the late 90's, just without any of the charm, just very quickly thrown together.
Audio:
Basically all of the audio is pure stock free library. From the music playing throughout the game, to the audio you hear when you match up the 3 of the same cubes and hear them explode. It's so generic and bad, there's really not much to say in this part of the review, the trailer of the game tells you all you need to know.
Gameplay:
Inferno Puzzle is as generic as Match-3 puzzle games come. All you do is match up 3 of the same thing throughout the 19 levels and that's that. However there's basically no challenge here as mostly the game is absurdly easy and not to mention the levels are all basically the same, the only difference being the board layout being "slightly" different.
Most Match-3 games, even the bad ones seem to nail the matching aspect. It always feels good to match up the required item and see those things go boom, however Inferno Puzzle is one of the first times where I felt absolutely nothing, while clearing the objective as it feels so soulless.
It works for the most part, but generally it feels a bit buggy too with a few issues, like switching cube places sometimes doesn't work. With how unfun the game is, that just seals the deal on how bad the game truly is.
Verdict:
With how many Match-3 games there are on steam (let alone in other places) it's not worth nor the money or the time to play this one. It's boring and poorly made to quickly make a buck and you're better off looking for something else.
Final Rating:
1/10
Pros:
N/A
Cons:
- Stock free sound effects are horrible
- Gameplay is boring
- 19 levels that are basically identical
- Buggy
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