Colortone
- October 29, 2015
- Greendev.
Get on Steam"Colortone" is a Metroidvania-style action-adventure game where you must use your brain to solve puzzles and escape a trap-filled environment. With brain upgrades at every level and increasingly complex puzzles, players must rely on their wits to progress. The game also features trade maps for additional challenges. Wishlist now on Steam.
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Reviews
- The game features nice graphics and a pleasant visual style that stands out.
- It offers a fun and entertaining puzzle experience, with unique mechanics that encourage experimentation.
- The game is inexpensive and can provide a short, enjoyable time for puzzle enthusiasts.
- The game suffers from significant bugs, including inconsistent mechanics and a lack of audio, making it feel unfinished.
- There are only 14 levels, and many players find the puzzles repetitive and lacking in challenge, leading to a short overall experience.
- Controls are awkward and unintuitive, with frustrating mechanics that can lead to players getting stuck or having to restart levels unnecessarily.
- gameplay48 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay is centered around a color-based mechanic that many players feel is insufficient to sustain the experience, leading to a lack of engagement and enjoyment. While the mechanics are introduced well and the game attempts to innovate with puzzles, execution issues, buggy mechanics, and a lack of harmony between different gameplay elements detract from the overall experience. Despite some interesting ideas, the gameplay often feels inconsistent and unsmooth, making it a chore rather than a rewarding challenge.
“The graphic is simple and the mechanics are fairly immediate to understand.”
“It is nice to see a puzzle game with a new core mechanic (colors in this case).”
“The mechanics are properly introduced, and while the gameplay isn't perfect, it doesn't suffer from any major issues which often plague indie games.”
“Buggy mechanics, very bare bones, and feels like a chore.”
“The mechanics and the puzzles aren't in harmony; they are fighting against each other.”
“It's just not fun, and I think it's because the mechanics want to pull the game in one direction (clever recoloring puzzles), but the actual puzzles pull it in another (platforming and classic 'adventure game' puzzles).”
- music40 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players enjoying the upbeat tracks while others find the soundtrack limited and repetitive, leading to frustration. Several users noted the absence of sound effects and a lack of coherence in the music, which detracts from the overall experience. Additionally, the inability to adjust music and sound volumes separately has been criticized, making the audio aspect feel less essential to the gameplay.
“Simple in its design, pleasant in musical accompaniment, difficult in the process, albeit short, but worth the money.”
“The music is fun and upbeat; I don't even know if it's original, but it's got music so you aren't just walking around in silence.”
“I heard a little bit of what I think was a guitar song that carried over to a little bit of the start of the next level.”
“The soundtrack is very limited and at a certain point it becomes repetitive and a bit frustrating.”
“Beyond the criticism I could move towards some of the puzzles, I can't in good conscience recommend this game: there is no music, so you'll walk around in a deafening silence, broken every now and then by sporadic sound effects.”
“The soundtrack is seemingly incoherent, as I can piece together just from listening to these two completely different-sounding tracks.”
- graphics22 mentions
- 9 % positive mentions
- 77 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are described as simple and functional, with a straightforward art style that allows players to focus on gameplay. While some users appreciate the smooth performance and adjustable quality settings, others express concerns about the static color palette and occasional lag despite low frame rates. Overall, the graphics are considered adequate but not particularly impressive.
“Not a bad game, nice graphics.”
“You can adjust the graphics quality, which means the game could even run on a fairly old computer, provided that the lowest graphics settings allow for that.”
“The graphics are simple, and the mechanics are fairly immediate to understand.”
“My problem with the graphics is the static color that is present everywhere, whether you're looking at the colored squares or the white walls.”
“There isn't really much in the way of graphics, as most of it is just putting colored balls into squares.”
- stability16 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is plagued by numerous bugs and glitches, which can make gameplay feel frustrating and bare bones. While some players note that these issues don't completely ruin the experience, the overall stability is considered poor, leading to a sense of it being a chore to play.
“Buggy mechanics, very bare bones, and feels like a chore.”
“The puzzles are okay, but the solutions and levels are buggy.”
“Extremely buggy and sensitive.”
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and boring, with initial excitement quickly fading after the first level. The gameplay becomes repetitive, leading to frustration, especially when losing progress upon dying. While the game's concept is appreciated, the grinding experience detracts from overall enjoyment.
“The game's concept is good, but the gameplay is tedious and boring. If you die with a platform or ball, well, tough luck because you're not getting that back.”
“I mean, on the first level it was great; I got spooked a little like I did something wrong, but after level 1 it gets tedious and it isn't something I look forward to.”
“That's tedious.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting significant lag and a lack of polish, suggesting it feels unfinished and abandoned by the developer. While some players with high-end systems experience smoother performance, the overall consensus highlights severe optimization issues, exacerbated by the developer losing the source code.
“It also runs smoothly on my computer, but that might be from the fact that it has something like 2 graphics cards in it.”
“Laggy, un-optimized, unfinished and abandoned by the developer.”
“The game is laggy, it's un-optimized and the developer had to abandon it because he literally lost the source code.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is highlighted by the irony of a Steam coupon being offered for a 99-cent title that has been abandoned for years, which users find amusing. This reflects a lighthearted take on the game's obscure status and pricing.
“I only found out about the game through a Steam coupon, which I find pretty funny that they have a coupon for a 99 cent game that was abandoned years ago.”
- story2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story conveys a powerful message about resilience and the unpredictability of life, emphasizing 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.”
