Edit: Also seems up for pre-purchase on the JP eshop. Not sure why anyone would do that but it's your money!
There also doesn't seem to be any kind of penalty for mistakes -- no time limit, not # of hits allowed, which is odd but kinda nice.
Anyone play the demo? Game seems pretty good, but these tutorials are annoying the crap out of me.
Edit: Also seems up for pre-purchase on the JP eshop. Not sure why anyone would do that but it's your money!
Finished the demo. I like the new mechanics but it's pretty easy to slip up and use the wrong kind of marking. There also doesn't seem to be any kind of penalty for mistakes -- no time limit, not # of hits allowed, which is odd but kinda nice. Might not be that way for the full game.
I hope there are lots of free download courses like the first game!
If you "purchase" the demo on amazon.jp you'll get a coupon applied to your Amazon account for 500 yen off the download version. That brings it down to ¥2416 which is pretty hard to pass up.
The coupon lasts until November 19th so even if you aren't planning on grabbing it right away I'd suggest getting the demo through Amazon.
If you "purchase" the demo on amazon.jp you'll get a coupon applied to your Amazon account for 500 yen off the download version. That brings it down to ¥2416 which is pretty hard to pass up.
The coupon lasts until November 19th so even if you aren't planning on grabbing it right away I'd suggest getting the demo through Amazon.
The digital version is unlocked.
Don't mean to keep spamming this page but I played a few levels and have some impressions:
Anyone else start playing this? Could maybe make an import OT but I imagine this will come out internationally soon enough.
- They let you skip the tutorial, which is much appreciated
- You can choose a difficulty to play on before the levels: sweet, mild, and bitter. This affects how many hints you get on the blocks. Sweet seems to just tell you everything, bitter gives you the bare minimum, mild somewhere in between.
- The bomb is amazing for the early levels at least -- saves a lot of time
- So far the blue/orange setup is working well, it adds a nice layer of depth to Picross 3D.
- You can customize the controls if you don't like the default
whats the pencil on the left ?
Wondering whether to buy this. Never played any of the series. I enjoyed Pullbox or whatever it was called, so I'm open to charming puzzle games. Any indication if there is enough content to justify the price? I'm still playing box boy and that cost me about 1/4 of the price of this game.
Thanks, I went ahead and bought it. So far so good, but still learning through the tutorials.Picross games are nothing if not time eaters. I just spent 40 hours finishing every puzzle in Picross e6, a $6.50 purchase (on the Australian eShop, at least). I don't know about 3D 2, but I can't imagine how many hours I spent playing the first 3D.
Won't be playing it for a few more days, but I loved the first Rittai Picross and the demo for this one.
I've done, for now, 60-ish puzzles (most of them on Mild for now, some on Bitter).
Also don't want any miss on the report card.
So far it's been a blast.
One thing I haven't figured out yet is the Technic 16 from Book 13. I can't get this one to validate at all...it says that if I use the "marking" ability it's easy, but I don't get it
I'm applying the marking then I try to erase blocks but everything misses.
No it's not the last one in that book.
It's a square (I think 7x7) with only one block of depth and each side is something like that:
nothing-nothing-(Orange 2)-(Blue 2)-(Orange 2)-nothing-nothing ||||| (Color Number) means it's a circle-shaped Number of that Color
So the markings make a cross on the inside of the square
Just destroy the crossing blocks?
To those bumping the thread, thanks. Swore this came out in the middle of October. Going in on digital purchase. Unless anyone has a link for lower than retail price?
Am I crazy or is there only like one song that ever plays during puzzles?
Edit: OK I checked and there's actually a lot. I think it's tied to the puzzle, cause for the last 12 maybe I've gotten nothing but "Challenge." I've changed the setting to "Random" (from "Default") and now I'm getting a different song each time.
I think that's the one I'm partway through. That's Challenge. I like a good sax but that's way too much.I need to do this. The one in the festival float big puzzle makes me want to break things now.
Is there any chance this comes to EU? It's the perfect game for my trips on the train to work.
I don't see any reason it wouldn't. It took a full year for Picross 3D (DS) to release internationally... maybe they're just waiting for the right gap in the release calendar.
Is Picross the sort of game that needs a gap in the calendar though? It's a given for me the second it's out, as picross games in general are my go-to thing to play while watching TV that doesn't need my eyeballs.
I always feel the music is trolling me when I'm stuck. All bitter, no miss, no hint is really tough.