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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 7.0 hrs on record
Posted: 28 Jun, 2016 @ 2:53am
Updated: 15 Jul, 2016 @ 6:02am

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Rating
Must Play

Family rating
Everyone

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Play time needed (perfect)
about 7 hours or more
Gaming level
Casual
Achievement level
Casual
Game style
Jigsaw
Game modes
Jigsaw selection
Graphics
Good.
Story
Help a "monk" to reach enlightenment
Playthrough
One
Voice
None
Music
Very good / relaxing
Controls
Mouse only
Tutorial
Yes.
Unmissable / backtracking content
Yes.
Download contents DLC
None.
Glitches / bugs
No.
Worth price
It deserve its full price if you accept the (#) point below.

- Review below ----------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the first jigsaw I play from Decaying Logic and I love it. The game features a jigsaw selecting screen with 19 puzzles in a range of sizes from 60 to 350 pieces. You'll relax yourself for more than 6 hours listening to the music and taking your time to finish each puzzle. You'll hear or not (depends on you) the Japanese bamboo after it delivers the water.

While doing a puzzle, you'll have the same river in the upper and left hand corner where each piece is rocked by the water. You may experience some issue while trying to catch the piece you want, please read carefully the (#) point at the end. If you place the jigsaw piece at the right spot, the piece will be stuck. Also when you placed enough pieces, you'll unlock an enlightenment mode which can be used to reveal the finished puzzle on the background for limited amount of time. One last thing about the gameplay is you can change the background color at any time and it can be easier that way to find a lost one.

For the achievements you'll mostly need to finish all puzzles of the games excluding some extra one. You'll also need to interact with the environment for some of them.

(#) :
As I said a little about it, it can be frustrating while selecting the piece you want in the river. So you need to learn the "trick", you need to click on the right spot. If I remember you need to do it at the edge or in the corner. Also when you release a piece on the water, be sure to release it away from any piece you want. When you do it will shatter all the pieces around it away.

Finally I can say that this game is quite good : it represents many aspects of the Japanese culture.
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