Beautiful Japanese Scenery: Animated Jigsaws
- September 15, 2016
- BottleCube inc.
Get on Steam"Beautiful Japanese Scenery: Animated Jigsaws" is a relaxing jigsaw puzzle game featuring 10 animated scenes of Japan's most breathtaking locations throughout the seasons. With easy-to-use controls, customizable piece sizes and backgrounds, players can enjoy putting together peaceful and lively images of Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Tokyo, and more. Each puzzle piece snaps into place, providing a stress-free puzzle experience for all ages.
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- The animated puzzles feature beautiful Japanese scenery, adding a unique and engaging twist to traditional jigsaw puzzles.
- The game is relaxing and casual, making it a great way to unwind while enjoying aesthetically pleasing visuals.
- The auto-snap feature for connecting pieces and the ability to save progress enhance the overall gameplay experience.
- There are only 10 puzzles available, which can feel repetitive as players must complete each one multiple times to unlock different piece counts.
- The controls can be frustrating, with issues like inaccurate hitboxes and pieces getting stuck to the cursor, making it difficult to select and move pieces.
- The background music is repetitive and can become annoying over time, leading players to mute the game or play their own music instead.
- music48 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally described as calming and fitting for the Japanese scenery, but it quickly becomes repetitive and annoying for many players. While there are three tracks available, most users prefer to mute the game and listen to their own music after a short time. Overall, the music adds a relaxing atmosphere but lacks variety, leading to suggestions for improvement.
“The music is decent and it fits the variety of seasons and places captured in Japan.”
“I absolutely loved the violin music and got hooked; there are 2 tunes.”
“This is a very relaxing and time-killing jigsaw game with nicely animated scenes of beautiful scenery from Japan and some repetitive but calming music.”
“To conclude this complaining streak, I'll also mention that I found the music annoying after a short time, so I just ended up muting the game and listening to podcasts or audiobooks.”
“The only negative thing that I can say about the game is the very repetitive music.”
“Just have the mute button and music player ready; you're going to need both.”
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly when it comes to card farming, which can take 8-10 hours. While the game offers three short music tracks, they quickly become repetitive during long sessions, detracting from the overall experience. Despite these drawbacks, some still recommend it for dedicated farming enthusiasts.
“I want to recommend it, I really do, but the pieces look off from how they should be, so putting them together is tedious.”
“If you are a card farmer, be prepared for a marathon of 8-10 hours of card farming!”
“You can choose between 3 short tracks, and while the tracks are not bad, they will quickly become tedious to listen to for the whole puzzle, let alone for hours.”
- gameplay8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 13 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally enjoyable and visually appealing, with nice sceneries and great background music; however, players express frustration due to fast animations and flickering effects that can cause discomfort. Additionally, the absence of a puzzle rotation mechanic, present in similar games, is noted as a drawback.
“The sceneries are nice and the gameplay is fun, but something about the animations is too fast; lots of water and other effects create flickering that eventually give me a headache.”
“The background music is great, the jigsaws look fantastic, and the gameplay is fine.”
“There's a definite frustration factor to this game that has more to do with play mechanics than it does with puzzle difficulty.”
“There is no puzzle rotation mechanic, which is available in the Pixel Puzzles series.”
“The gameplay mechanics lead to a significant level of frustration, overshadowing the actual puzzle difficulty.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been criticized for poor mouse movement, leading to inaccuracies that detract from the overall experience. While the moving images enhance puzzle-solving, the frustrating controls have caused players to feel more stressed than relaxed.
“The moving images run smoothly and add a different element to solving the puzzles.”
“I lost more nerve cells than I got relaxed completing these hundred-piece puzzles due to bad optimization.”
“The game feels poorly optimized in terms of mouse movement, which makes it somewhat inaccurate and can be really annoying.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics of the jigsaw puzzles are highly praised for their artistic quality, particularly the Japanese scenery, which users find both aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable to work with. The visual appeal enhances the overall puzzle-solving experience, making it a delight for enthusiasts.
“My eyes enjoy revealing the artistry of the photographic scenes.”
“I love doing puzzles and found the Japanese scenery jigsaws aesthetically pleasing!”
“These puzzles are a pleasure to solve, both functionally and aesthetically.”
- story2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story emphasizes resilience and the unpredictability of life, highlighting that perseverance in the face of adversity can lead to unexpected and rewarding outcomes.
“The moral of the story is that you never know what life has in store for you. If I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
