Rated 4 out of 5 by FishyFemale from Complexity within its simplicityThis is an objective review of my completely subjective experience with Cardboard Castle. I truly have a soft spot for this charming little game as it is so deliciously simplistic looking yet deceptively challenging at the same time. It's labelled in its description as an arcade game yet it's categorized in the adventure genre but it's really more of a puzzle/logic game played against the backdrop of the knight's adventures. Many people wrote this game off as a child's game judging by the way it looks but I assure you that it is not. Although I don't consider myself an expert gamer by my own definition, I'm very experienced in the adventure game genre and go back to its inception when there were no graphics and games were entirely text based. So with that being said, I came upon this game because the title aroused my curiosity and I just had to try it. I have fond memories of my childhood and am very nostalgic when I come across anything that reminds me of it. This game has very cute visuals in the way that the characters and props are drawn and colored, and the many animations and sounds throughout are very creatively rendered.Obviously, you can't take this game too seriously. I mean just read the description of its 'unspeakable dangers, hideous monsters and horrendous hellfire'. It's nothing but cardboard cutouts drawn with crayons so just how seriously should one take this game anyway? It's totally tongue-in-cheek charm all the way and I just climbed on board and rode away with it. What kicks the game up a notch for me is not what you're supposed to do within each scene but more HOW to do it. The gameplay is linear but you're only allowed to see a portion of the entire scene at a time because you have to scroll your mouse from side to side to 'see' the entire picture. I think this is a genius technique on the dev's part because you tend to forget what you've just seen and the scrolling back and forth gets you thinking about where you're supposed to use any particular item you have in view before you. And some of the items to pick up are ridiculously oversized. Why should there be a huge pair of scissors or a glass of water hanging in the sky instead of on the ground like in other games? Why indeed? That's what's brilliant about this game. You're thrown off by what you're seeing because sometimes it visually doesn't make sense. And because it's a fairy tale, the logic involved in completing the tasks may not always make sense either. Yes, the earlier levels are easy but it gets progessively harder quite quickly and I'm stumped right now because I haven't figured out the sequence correctly yet after having tried many different ways many times now.Luckily, you can replay each level until you get it so I'm still working on it and enjoy the fact that it's got me so stymied. The hint system is helpful to a point. You can collect coins for them but sometimes it'll give hints to tasks you've already accomplished so it's wasted. There's a walkthrough available elsewhere that's somewhat helpful but it's all in pictures and specific steps that are normally written out in other walkthroughs would be very helpful here but are absent. So it's more of just depending on your own smarts to figure it out. This is not a bad thing as too many of us (me included) have become too spoiled with the available help given within games nowadays so having to rely on your intuition is actually a good thing. This game forces you to think outside the box. The scenes here aren't cluttered so the sequence of tasks can eventually be discovered but it can just take a little time. The last level is timed so that's an added challenge but I'm nowhere near getting to that part yet. I'm just having fun where I am right now and come to this game when I want to take a break from playing the more complicated games that I normally play. I know it's not a game that most people will like but I thought it was very brave of the devs to attempt it with its distinctive style. And it's very unique in that there's no other game like it anywhere that I've seen. Expert puzzlers may not find replayability in Cardboard Castle so it's a good game to put aside for a long time after mastering it before you play it through again, but please don't write this one off too quickly before trying the demo hour. I was surprised when the time ran out but knew I had to buy it. In all honesty, I don't think it's worth the full price (I always wait for sales) so I bought it on a half off sale and think it was a good deal.
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