I enjoyed the puzzles in Isotiles, but they weren't super challeging, and the game felt a bit cheap (in terms of production) with some poor design decisions. The puzzles require you to eliminate all the tiles, with only being able to pass through a given tile a set amount of times - usually 1. It also employs a few other mechanics such as locks & keys, moving tiles, and arrow tiles, to make all of the levels feel interesting. The controls felt really nice in that you could hold down the keys and make sudden stops and the character would move as you intended. The music wasn't suberb, but it also wasn't annoying. It was just there and was strangely catchy for such a short loop.
The windowblind effect displayed anytime you change screens or reset a level is awful. You see it a lot, and it just feels like something that'd be put in someone's powerpoint who'd just discovered the animations. In addition, having this type of game with an isometric view is a poor decision, as it complicates the mental mapping between the controls (arrow keys) and the movement (diagonal). Just looking at the menu screen gives (pictured below) give you a pretty good indication as to how little to expect from this game in terms of visual polish. It does what it needs to do in terms of menus and controls, but nothing more (it wasn't missing anything, and I didn't have any issues with it, I'll give it that). No part of the game's execution was memorable, simply functional.
The underlying puzzles here are quite good, and fun, but the execution is very basic. A little under an hour of gameplay for me, but worth the price for the puzzles, especially if on sale.
Title screen picture (referenced above):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1289708537
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