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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.2 hrs on record (1.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 30 Apr, 2021 @ 4:10am

Ah man, I love Puzzle Car. It's got that wonderful thing where your brain starts to hum and the patterns you're looking for become second nature; every now I'd solve a level on auto-pilot, and not because it was too easy, because I was in the Puzzle Car zone. In a nutshell, a road system made up of turns, crossroads, traffic lights & tunnels (that link up like portals) are scrambled. You've got to put them in the right order to let your little car reach the end.

I find the difficulty level here very good for a dip-in-and-out experience, it's perfect to play for 15, 20 minutes in between meetings. It was never too easy, and it hasn't become frustrating. All the levels I've solved so far (up to level 30) have been solvable with trial and error, and its really satisfying when you can see that you're drawing closer to the solution.

Each level has an exit to get to and several bonus pickups along the way in the form of oil cans & tools, and while the pickups are optional, the game would be way too easy if you weren't bothered about getting them - you could blow through the whole thing very quickly. If you like what you see when you start the game, go for that 100% from the outset if you want satisfaction.

It's also very relaxing, as promised, and although it could benefit from more variety in the music, the one track (I believe) the game has is subtle enough not to jar you through repetitiveness.

I did encounter a single glitch where, after I'd correctly arranged all the roads, lights & tunnels, the car was nowhere to be seen. On clicking 'go' for the car to move, it would descend from the sky and then drive through impassable objects and off into the void, but that literally has only happened once - no big deal.

Overall, it's great, I picked it up for pennies and I'll almost definitely 100% it.
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