Bridge It +
- November 18, 2013
- Chronic Logic
- 5h median play time
Get on Steam"Bridge It +" is a physics-based puzzle game where players design and build bridges to support various vehicles. Using an array of materials, players must balance structural stability, aesthetics, and cost while ensuring their constructions can withstand various challenges. With a multiplayer mode, players can also test and compete with friends to create the most efficient and innovative designs.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- Fun and engaging bridge-building gameplay that challenges players to think creatively and strategically.
- Offers a variety of levels with increasing difficulty, providing a good balance between easy and complex challenges.
- Decent graphics and physics that enhance the overall experience, making it enjoyable for both casual and serious gamers.
- The game suffers from bugs and glitches, including issues with saving progress and unresponsive controls.
- Limited content with only a small number of levels, which can lead to a repetitive experience over time.
- Lacks a sandbox mode or level editor, restricting players' ability to experiment with their own designs.
- graphics22 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the crisp visuals and enjoyable design, while others criticize the pixelation and lack of advanced settings, particularly for higher resolutions like 4K. Although the game features a variety of camera options and a clean user interface, many feel that the graphics, while decent for their time, do not significantly enhance the gameplay experience. Overall, the visuals are considered adequate but not groundbreaking, with a balance between aesthetics and functionality.
“The game features 3D graphics and the NVIDIA logo, which is a welcome upgrade from most bridge-building games.”
“Graphics are crisp and enjoyable, and you can rotate around the bridge or view with a cinematic camera, bringing a more interesting feel to the game.”
“A lovely bridge puzzle, with great graphics and physics.”
“There is less variety, less freedom, the controls are worse... and about the graphics, even in 1440p they still look super pixelated and strange.”
“While the game carries the NVIDIA logo and was released in 2013, there's no support for 4K and no decent advanced graphics settings.”
“The 'improved' graphics may be more intensive and pretty, but the GUI is as or more ugly than before, with fewer hotkeys (or at least they are never shown).”
- gameplay11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a progressive difficulty curve, with easy levels serving as a gentle introduction, medium levels requiring strategic thinking, and hard levels presenting significant challenges that may frustrate players unfamiliar with the mechanics. While experienced players may find the game enjoyable and engaging, others may struggle due to a lack of guidance and intuitive understanding of the game's systems. Overall, the gameplay is fun and challenging, but the absence of adequate information can hinder the experience for some players.
“Fun and challenging gameplay.”
“It has many fun gameplays and is an entertaining construction game.”
“Easy levels are easy, medium levels get you thinking for the next stage, hard levels get hard fast, complex levels are impossible if you don't have a proper intuition of how the mechanics of the game and structures work.”
“I wouldn't know because I'm not a mechanical or civil engineer, so a lot of trial and error are needed on my part.”
“All in all, this could have been a nice game, but the lack of proper information and mechanics makes me not recommend this game.”
- story4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The game's story aspect is largely deemed irrelevant, as it is primarily a bridge-building simulation where players feel a narrative is unnecessary. Some users even report technical issues that prevent them from accessing any story elements or tutorials.
“Or maybe this has no story at all.”
“It's a bridge building game; we don't need a story.”
“This game can't even load the tutorial or any other mission...”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has been reported to have stability issues, with multiple users noting that it is quite buggy.
“Quite buggy.”
“A bit buggy.”
- music2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game lacks any music, which has disappointed players, and the sound effects are excessively loud without options for adjusting the volume or muting them.
“There is no music in this game at all.”
“The sound is too loud for my liking, and there's no volume slider or mute button.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, while performance is generally stable and users can run the game with maximum settings without issues, there are suggestions for further optimization to enhance the experience.
“I like the idea, but I think it needs to be a little more optimized.”
“I like the idea, but I really think it needs to be a little more optimized.”
“Performance was never an issue, with max options, and normally I run with 0x or 2x AA, but it's not an intensive game.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
Overall, users have mixed feelings about replayability; while some highlight great replay value, others note that the absence of an unlimited mode significantly limits replay opportunities.
“Great replay value!”
“The game offers a variety of choices that make each playthrough feel unique.”
“With multiple endings and different character paths, I find myself coming back for more.”
“Due to the lack of an unlimited mode, there isn't much replay value.”
“Once you've completed the game, there's little incentive to play it again.”
“The game feels repetitive after the first playthrough, diminishing its replayability.”
