Tekling

not a good game but i upvote

gamesense

Игра 'Tekling' – это захватывающая головоломка, требующая быстрой реакции и стратегического мышления. Простой, но addictive геймплей затягивает на долгие часы. Цель игры – соединять падающие блоки одного цвета, чтобы очистить игровое поле, но чем дальше продвигаешься, тем быстрее они падают, создавая настоящий хаос! Визуальный стиль минималистичный, но приятный глазу, а электронная музыка отлично дополняет динамичный процесс. Управление интуитивно понятное, что позволяет с легкостью освоить механику игры. Несмотря на кажущуюся простоту, игра предлагает достаточно высокий уровень сложности, который бросает вызов игрокам. 'Tekling' – прекрасный выбор для тех, кто ищет короткие и увлекательные сессии, чтобы скоротать время, или для тех, кто хочет испытать свои рефлексы и умение быстро принимать решения. Рекомендую всем любителям головоломок!

"Tekling" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. It's worth mentioning this game was developed by the special needs adults at the non-Pareil institute and it's commendable that they worked hard and developed a video game with 70 levels. This is a commendable effort, but I must preface this review with a reminder that my reviews are not written for developers, but rather, for gamers, and reflect only on the value that product as it stands for gamers. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. 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. On the topic of visuals, the weak looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app. 3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid 1990's with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D, there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2025. That alone is enough to disqualify this for recommendation. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. This game is fairly dated at 7 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $1 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. Since free games don't contribute to your game collector badge and other profile stuff, is this a worthwhile addition to your Steam library? This one scores a "nope". While it won't necessarily cost you money, the time and hard drive space it requires could be better invested in one of the many higher-quality alternatives on Steam.

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