It takes some time to work through the early puzzles in order to get to the meat of the game. There are around 200 puzzles to complete, and to be honest, they're all fairly straightforward. One thing you won't find too much of in World Mosaics 2 is challenge. Most entries are quirky observations about the world from the time-stranded traveler's point of view, and any casual game that references Monty Python is ok in my book. Once I read a few, however, I realized they add a lot to the game. At first I just clicked past, not bothering to read the paragraphs because I wanted to keep picrossing. who needs an excuse to play picross? Fugazo did a good job integrating it with the rest of the game in the form of diary entries after you complete each puzzle. The story is one element that's entirely unnecessary in World Mosaics 2. The latter is unusual in the picross realm, but it's not entirely unwelcome, as doing these puzzles is all about precision, not guesswork. The game only allows you to make a few mistakes each level, and mistakes include marking blocks that shouldn't be filled as well as x-ing squares that must be colored in. It's easy to switch between filling and x-ing squares, and drawing long lines is a snap. World Mosaics 2 falls squarely under the "yes" category, largely due to its attractive design and unobtrusive interface. Pretty simple stuff, but that's exactly what picross needs!Īnalysis: I'm a bit of a picross fan, and by "bit" I mean OMGPICROSS!!!! Naturally this makes me a huge critic of the picross games out there. To cancel a move, press the mouse button you aren't currently holding. The game confines your drawing to that row or column, so don't worry about your cursor slipping, you'll be fine. To fill entire rows, simply click and drag the mouse. To mark a space as empty, right click it. To fill in a square, simply left click it. Interface is of monumental importance here, and I'm pleased to say World Mosaics 2 gets it right. Picross is a pen and paper game, so making the leap to your computer screen can leave players scratching their heads. Using these tiles you must solve "mosaic" puzzles (picross!) to help repair the hourglass and get yourself back home. You stumble upon a diary entry from an old friend along with a bag of Time Tiles. A strange hourglass artifact has thrown you back in time, leaving you stranded in a prehistoric world and shattering itself in the process. World Mosaics 2 puts a bit of a story-style spin on picross and picks up where the original World Mosaics left off. By using logic you can gradually narrow down the possibilities until each segment is a certainty. For example, if a row says "2 3 1", you know there are two blocks that need to be filled in, followed by at least once space, followed by three more filled blocks, followed by a single filled square. What they don't tell you, however, is how many empty spaces there are. Numbers line the top and left sides of the grid, each indicating a number of blocks to fill. Plenty of puzzles, both easy and difficult, and a little story thrown in for good measure make World Mosaics 2 a great choice for all types of puzzle fans.įor the uninitiated, picross puzzles are logic puzzles where you fill in squares on a grid to form a picture. Fans of picross (also known as nonograms, paint by numbers, picture crosswords, etc.) will appreciate World Mosaic's straightforward interface and attractive visual design, while everyone else will get a great introduction to the world of picross.
Picross has returned in World Mosaics 2, a brand new puzzle game from Fugazo.
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