FRAMED Collection

 PC
User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. TitaniumDragon
    Sep 13, 2021
    6
    Framed is a puzzle game that centers around rearranging animated comic book panels to get a character from the start of the page to the end without getting in trouble.

    This collection includes both the first Framed game as well as Framed 2, which is related to the first game and includes some of the same characters. In both games, the protagonists of the game are criminals, or perhaps    Framed is a puzzle game that centers around rearranging animated comic book panels to get a character from the start of the page to the end without getting in trouble.

    This collection includes both the first Framed game as well as Framed 2, which is related to the first game and includes some of the same characters. In both games, the protagonists of the game are criminals, or perhaps spies, who are on the run from the police; their goal is to navigate their way through the world, often while carrying around a briefcase or envelope containing something important.

    Each of the two games forms a single continuous story. As you go through the game, a few new mechanics are introduced; while it starts out as simply rearranging the panels, some of the later levels include rotating panels (sometimes which are two panels long, resulting in a change to the comic book layout that also needs to be taken into account) and reusing the same panels multiple times after a delay (allowing you to change each scene multiple times – for instance, having someone go by, knock out a guard, and then come back from a different direction within the panel to go through the panel a way that previously would have gotten them arrested).

    Each page includes some “fixed” panels (typically the one at the start and the very end, though this varies by page) and some that you can move around. This forces you to set things up to suit particular needs.

    A key part of the game is that many of the panels can be entered from multiple directions or be recontextualized depending on what happened in previous panels; for instance, you might be able to don a disguise by going through the right panel, allowing you to bypass a guard, or you might be walking along the higher path rather than a lower one, allowing you to not have to go the way that the guard is looking.

    Playing around with the order of events is what makes this game work, and while the mechanics are simple, the game manages to do a number of clever things in order to mix things up. Things from disguises to activating power switches to running along conveyor belts, even fight scenes, can all be rendered in this way, and there twists on even higher levels of rearrangement that can recontextualize what has been going on.

    These games are simple, but clever, which extends to the art style, which is simplistic but still looks really great. The whole thing flows really well, and presents a number of interesting challenges.

    There are only two real caveats. The first is that the game is very short; both games, combined, take maybe three or four hours to beat. While getting some achievements might extend this, you’re not likely to see it take more than five hours all told. Secondly, even at the very short length of these games, they do end up getting a little bit repetitive at times; there are only a very small number of mechanics, and while they do remix them in interesting ways, they still do feel like they kind of end up repeating some puzzles in some ways.

    All in all, though, this is a pretty cool game, and if you are interested in puzzle games and it sounds cool to you, you’ll probably like it. That said, it won't knock your socks off; it is pretty simple overall, so it is merely good, not great.    … Expand
  2. Keskin
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    it is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is goodit is good
  3. gameking
    Feb 12, 2022
    6
    It is a very different puzzle game. It is boring sometimes but if you like puzzle games then you should try.
  4. Babutto
    May 18, 2020
    8
    Pros.:
    - Nice puzzled;
    - Noir style;
    - Movement of the characters. I have really enjoyed;
    - Simple twists.

    Cons.:
    - Music is too repeating.

    Anyways for the game of this genre, the quality is awesome. I used it also as puzzled for the kids I teach sometimes.
  5. Baltifru
    Jun 16, 2022
    7
    Frame Collection is a short but original puzzle game where you swap the tiles of a comic to write a good ending for your story. The puzzles are well usually well designed, except for a few that have quite harebrained solutions. Nice jazzy music complements the graphical style perfectly to give the game an old-school gangster style.

    Although the game in itself is nice, two weird things    Frame Collection is a short but original puzzle game where you swap the tiles of a comic to write a good ending for your story. The puzzles are well usually well designed, except for a few that have quite harebrained solutions. Nice jazzy music complements the graphical style perfectly to give the game an old-school gangster style.

    Although the game in itself is nice, two weird things bothered me:
    - In spite of the appearant sobriety of the game, my CPU (Ryzen 5 5600x) is constantly used at more than 20%, rapidly reaching a temperature of 70-75°C once I launch the game. This is a temperature I hardly ever reach even on very demanding recent games, so there is definitely an optimisation problem there.
    - When I reached the ending of the first episode, the game just crashed without any error message (just as if the task had been killed), preventing me from getting one or two achievements.

    Besides these few weird bugs, Frame is quite an original, enjoyable puzzle game.    … Expand
  6. TomKing13
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    c: ........................................................................
  7. JonasB7
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    Very cool and interesting design of the game, play in a comic book, something that isn't seen that much in the gaming world. The puzzles are nice and do-able tho further into the game they get so hard you might spend 10 minutes or more on a single puzzle. The Story is fun to follow and for how cheap the game is, why not try it out?

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
tbd

No score yet - based on 2 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Destructoid
    May 17, 2018
    85
    If you’re a fan of noir thrillers, puzzle games or just creatively presented ideas, you’re bound to find something you’ll enjoy here. It also won’t require a massive time investment, which is always a plus.
    Read full review
  2. GameSpot
    May 17, 2018
    70
    If you've already played Framed 1 and 2 on mobile there's not much reason to come back, but if you haven't these are the best versions of the unique and enduring puzzle games.
    Read full review