The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition

If you found this game you should probably play it. I'd wager that if you're reading this, you've already played A Monsters Expedition and rightfully loved the experience. I'd also wager that if you're reading this, you'd enjoy more puzzles like those in A Monsters Expedition. So this is me confirming: Yes, this game is more of that style. Yes, it does use entirely different mechanics. Yes, it is much shorter. And yes this game is a lot of fun.

cute, albeit very short

Doesn't quite hold itself up to A Monster's Expedition - in pure numbers, it's a quarter of the price but certainly less than a quarter of the game, though maybe that's more the original game's incredible value - but it's still a solid puzzle game with some extra bits. I enjoyed the mechanics, and there were some fun discoveries to be had as you explore, but honestly I feel like the game didn't take them far enough. The core mechanic may not quite have as much nuance and surprises as the tree-pushing of the original, but it does feel like the elements that it does have are underused rather than having the extra creativity and surprising puzzles squeezed from them that they could do. This results in a much easier experience than the original. The extra bit of puzzling to get the better ending is quite fun, and is definitely worth appreciating as a lighter and more accessible bonus metapuzzle compared to some other similar games, a bit more of a gateway for the less hardcore puzzler. That said, backtracking being impossible, while I suppose necessary to support the puzzles, leads to a bit of frustration when it comes to achieving this ending, as you essentially have to start the game from the very beginning if you don't succeed in solving it enough. Still pretty great though, and definitely worth the low price tag.