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This game is not intuitive at all. The controls suck. Moreover, the momentum calculations are terrible. The idea has potential, but it seems to me this game was released prematurely.
Reviews for "Cogitate"
I guess I must be stupid
I'm not horribly stupid, but the tutorial could have had like practice leves which then could have made the game a little bit easier to play. If I could have figured out how to play it, I would have liked it better.
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jesus christ, im here to play a game not start a account...
Above Average
To the Author:
Overall an okay game, graphics are clean and smooth, physics functioning.
But the good points aren't plentifull, the game is glitchy, hard to figure out, and restraining the player.
The choices for power, gears and beams are wide, yet they are seem eternally limited when you get to the mid-levels. I would have liked to see some sort of 'bolts' or 'nails' anything to fix those beams.
How the pivod points automatically fixed really annoyed me, some way of removing individual points without moving the entire object would have been nice.
The gears.. *sigh* ..only too many have pointed it out: They are very nitpicky, any auto-snap would be greeted with a smile. Alternatively make it possible for the player to rotates the gears.
Something that would be a welcome addition is some sort of beam that could be angled as demanded, like the 2nd beam, just adjustable.
I also noticed a 'bug' or two:
It is possible to delete objects while the machine is active.
If you use the basic 'force' to propel the golden cog, it may behave a bit like rubber or a spring. Im no chemist, but i know gold isn't very elastic or bouncy.
(Some of these things might already be possible, but since the tutorial is very minimalistic, I have no way to find out)
The negatives may seem many, but they didn't prevent me from having a blast while I played. The game is a true challenge to the mind - perfect. It requires thinking, time, and lots of attempts.
The idea is brilliant, but this game lacks so much. Fix the problems and you will atleast deserve a 9!
(I believe some sort of 'hint' system would be a welcome addition aswell)
pretty good
the controls are very hard if you don't know anything or didn't read the instructions
but once you get the hang of it its kind of cool...but hard... which sucks