Pictooi

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  1. Pure Nintendo
    Jul 9, 2021
    75
    Pictooi is a fun picross game with a simple and well-presented style. It’s lacking a few features, but the puzzles are enjoyable and the daily brain training element is a nice feature for anyone who likes to flex that particular muscle.

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  1. SCOUND_REL
    Jun 9, 2022
    6
    Loading times when you finish a puzzle are extremely long for such a simple puzzle game. The cursor when doing puzzles sometimes isn'tLoading times when you finish a puzzle are extremely long for such a simple puzzle game. The cursor when doing puzzles sometimes isn't displayed correctly (lighting up the wrong row or column). The cursor can't wrap around the grid. You can't change the cursor's speed. The diorama mode is pretty cool, although you'll be lost if you don't know these games. Some puzzles force you to go into hypothesis mode with the orange markers, more than other picross games do, which isn't bad, just surprising. No tutorial for more advanced strategies, which are required for a few puzzles. Overall not bad, but this shouldn't be your first picross game, else you'll hate it.… Full Review »
  2. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 17, 2021
    8
    The Switch has had quite a 3 (or 4, depending on how deep you’re looking to go in the roster) way race in the Picross puzzling space, withThe Switch has had quite a 3 (or 4, depending on how deep you’re looking to go in the roster) way race in the Picross puzzling space, with each series having their own flair. I would have thought that meant the space was completely full and in need of no further options but now PiCTOOi has arrived to set me straight. The core gameplay is still the same, featuring various pictograph images of varying sizes that you’ll need to use your savvy as you look at the numbered patterns on the horizontal and vertical axes to plot out carefully. Now, to be clear, while some competitors feature multi-color puzzles this is more old school with only one set, so its complexity is lower. This really has more of a purist feel with less focus on trying to provide feedback to help you complete puzzles in the interface, giving it more of a Sudoku feel where you’ll need to grit your teeth and carefully work out which spaces get a colored block and which should be disabled. Somewhat in that vein the other major feature is its Brain Age-esque presentation, complete with a little robot (I reject him being a lightbulb!) who’ll gladly give you supplemental info about each puzzle, and a calendar feature so you can track your consistent play as a mental exercise towards your health. Fans of Mutant Mudds (and some other Atooi franchises) will also likely be tickled by a diorama mode that will reveal a number of game art pieces bit by bit as you complete collections of puzzles. About its only weak point is what feels like a painfully long pause as you close each puzzle to go back to the menu but in general I’d say Picross fans now have 4 legitimate contenders for the crown that will likely see a winner tied more to personal tastes as each has their own distinctive flavor.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/07/mini-reviews-july-8th-edition-nintendo.html    … Full Review »