Busway Islands - Puzzle
- April 20, 2023
- Rising Moon Games
Get on SteamBusway Islands is a puzzle game about organizing roads and rails across a large archipelago. Your goal is to create a safe and efficient route between bus stations, ensuring that all passengers are picked up along the way. Challenge your logical skills with 35 unique and captivating challenges, while enjoying relaxing sound effects and having fun with challenging puzzles in a minimalist and relax…
Nintendo Switch
PC
Reviews
- The puzzles provide a good balance of challenge and relaxation, making it enjoyable to play after a long day.
- The graphics and animations are pleasant, creating a beautiful environment that enhances the gaming experience.
- The game features a decent number of levels (35), and the ability to save progress when quitting is a nice touch.
- The controls are unintuitive and non-rebindable, leading to frustration, especially with the proximity of the restart key to the rotation key.
- There are glitches and errors in certain levels that can hinder progress, such as tiles not matching up perfectly and causing derailments.
- The game is relatively short with no replay value, leaving players wanting more content after completing it.
- music3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the games is generally described as relaxing and fitting well with the visuals, creating a pleasant atmosphere. However, some users find the background music in "Busway Islands - Puzzle" to be harsh and intolerable after a few levels, contrasting with the more soothing tones of "Railways Islands - Puzzle." Overall, while the music enhances the experience for some, it can be a point of contention for others.
“Music is chill, graphics are simple and very pretty.”
“Good enough presentation, relaxing music, colorful little diorama-like towns.”
“My second much smaller complaint is regarding the BGM. In Railways Islands - Puzzle, it was relaxing, but in Busway Islands - Puzzle, the tone/pitch of the bells in the music is very harsh on the ears and not relaxing. After 5 levels, it's simply intolerable.”
“The music is repetitive and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
“While the sound effects are decent, the background music feels out of place and doesn't match the game's theme.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their pleasant and simple aesthetic, complemented by smooth animations. Players appreciate the variety of customizable settings, including resolution, graphics quality, and effects like shadows and HDR, enhancing the overall visual experience.
“Pleasant graphics and animation.”
“Music is chill, graphics are simple and very pretty.”
“Separate volumes, resolutions, windowed mode, some languages, v-sync, graphics quality, shadows, MSAA, SSAO, HDR.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability receives a mixed response, with some users noting a few glitches and a limited number of levels, resulting in only a moderate level of satisfaction.
“It is only one thumb up though, not a lot of levels, and a few glitches here and there.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game offers approximately four and a half hours of gameplay but lacks significant replay value, making it unlikely for players to return after completing it.
“After about four and a half hours of gameplay, I found there was zero replay value.”
“Once you finish the game, there's really no incentive to go back and play it again.”
“The lack of different endings or choices makes it feel like a one-and-done experience.”
