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i think my favorite part about this game versus the others like it is that you don't have lives. if you're going for time then missing a square matters, but if you just want to play casually you can do that and not have to start over halfway through the huge puzzles. and the different colors are nice too :)
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Quinn's Review: Ah, now here I'm at home - I love puzzlers that involve patient logical induction, and Picma is as patient and logical as they come. The premise is a simple classic: you know the number of elements in each row and column but not their exact position. The da Vinci graphics are a huge appeal, and I love the shading effect when you fill squares. The music isn't up to much, but you're likely to play this in a background window while working so it's not a primary concern. The main issues are the lack of an undo button, and the scaling on the larger puzzles making those levels all but unplayable. However for me the game is at its best in the Journeyman and Expert levels - that's where the logical reasoning is at its strongest, and more puzzles at those difficulties would be most welcome. Picma is a very schmick implementation of the logic game, and with a little tweaking of the higher levels it could be superb.
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Great puzzles... I've never seen different colours used before. I don't know if that's original or not, but it's a new concept to me! Haha, great game... agreed, the sizing needs some adjustments. It's a shame that the larger puzzles stop being enjoyable then. In some instances it's actually impossible to see all the numbers even when zoomed out. That said, it's a great game and I find it thoroughly entertaining :)
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I love picross! Anyone who's just "clicking the screen to win" is completely missing the point. That said, the levels larger than 20x20 are too much of a hassle to scroll through/too small when zoomed out, and even 20x20 strains the eyes a bit. I still think this game is awesome though. 5/5
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great concept, too bad the advanced levels were too big for the screen. I was really enjoying myself until the master levels, after two of those, straining to read numbers, i put it down. Grand Master, ha, you would need a full screen. 3/5, and what a shame, the concept was so good.
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Aha! I finally noticed the magnifier. (It's so stylish I thought it was just set dressing.) It makes it much easier to shrink the larger puzzles. I suggest that you default every puzzle to showing at a size that shows all the numbers, and highlight the magnifying glass the first time a player does a puzzle that has to be shrunk (possibly with a pop-up).
Also, trying to resume a saved game freezes the entire flash module for me (no response from clicking anything), which is kind of a bummer, as I want to play the complex puzzles on breaks.
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Do you say that about every game ebmonkey? Because it's true of every game. Pity the game at Kaetheryan Chronicles is really slow to load/sometimes doesn't load at all.
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I can't believe people are still "just clicking alll boxes". There is a way to turn that mode off if you prefer a little more challenge. Hopefully if they add badges the harder ones will require you to play in free mode.
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@Prunelord: it isn't considered to be bad grammar on Language Log (a linguistics blog). They do have a hatred of prescriptivists though. And I've not seen "s/he" used in a long long time. A lot of people use "ze" though, which I will adopt when it becomes mainstream (like singular they has ;))
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I really enjoyed this game, but I agree that it's nearly impossible to do anything past 20x20. If you can fix that, then it would be perfect.
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@Kactus04 it's also considered to be bad grammar, none the less it's still a handy useage as it's shorter than saying 'he or she' but let's us avoid rediculous contructs such as 's/he'.