Nonograms

fun

Une valeur sûre pour des Nonograms

Utterly engaging. I love having an almost limitless supply of these to do!

"Nonograms" is as it says on the box, a Nonogram/Griddler/Picross game, only it's absolutely not free, you're expected to pay an eye watering FOURTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS to unlock the puzzles. Disgusting monetization on a weak browser/Flash/mobile tier minigame. What do you do in the game? It's basically a blend of Sudoko and Minesweeper as you colour squares in based on the numerical clues in each row and column of a grid. Not much of a game, I know, and certainly not worth FOURTY BUCKS. While I couldn't find this on the mobile app stores, everything about it looks and feels like it's a mobile app designed for mobile phones... for PC gaming enthusiasts, it's not going to give you a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That alone is enough to disqualify this from any recommendation. We don't spend thousands building gaming rigs so that we can pretend they're iPhones and play iPhone games and mobile apps. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games. Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now. There's no excuse. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. As mentioned, you're expected to pay up $40 USD to unlock content through DLC purchases. The game should not be considered completely unlocked until you empty your wallet for the developer. This is misleading and predatory pricing on a product falsely marketed as "free", and it's awful. In terms of public reception, this failed to appeal to the 130 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at just a dozen or so concurrent players, and now there's basically nobody playing it. Even though it's free. This is a dismal public reception, but it's easy to see why gamers rejected it. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. I didn't pay money, but I still feel ripped off.

Ein gutes Spiel für zwischendurch, man kann hier gut runterfahren und seine Konzentration und seine logischen Fähigkeiten trainieren. Es gibt eine große Anzahl von Aufgaben, welche teilweise schon herausfordernd sind.

I am enjoying this game overall although it is not without at least two really annoying design issues. First the positives: [list] [*] The UI is colorful and the images are engaging. [*] I like the fact that you can make a few mistakes based on the size of a puzzle and not fail the puzzle outright. [*] I enjoy spending time on the 35x35 puzzles. Truly a challenge. [/list] Now some issues: [list] [*] The biggest issue for me is that nonogram puzzles should be solvable using logic and only logic. I am only a few hours into the game and am already running into even some of the smaller puzzles where you just have to guess. I don't think that anyone actually play tested the puzzles. This makes the game feel more like Minesweeper than nonograms. [*] I really don't like the fact that placing an incorrect "not here" marker is considered an error. In other games especially on really large puzzles, I use the markers as a way to visualize potential candidates in a given row or column. Doing this in this game especially in the large puzzles can cause you to fail the puzzle. [/list] Overall good value for the money. I bought all of the DLC. Would recommend the game with changes