Griddlers Legend Of The Pirates
- November 4, 2019
- Somer Games
"Griddlers Legend Of The Pirates" is a puzzle game that transports you to the age of piracy, where you must solve griddlers to help your crew find safe seas and hidden treasure. With 120 unique puzzles, over 10 hours of gameplay, and pirate-themed music, this game offers a fun and engaging challenge. The game also includes an easy tutorial, special quests, and colorful trophies for added replayability.
Reviews
- The game offers straightforward logic puzzles that can be satisfying to solve, especially when everything falls into place.
- It features a pirate theme with puzzles that include various sea-related images, which adds a fun twist to the Nonogram format.
- The controls are standard for a Nonogram game, allowing players to mark solutions and incorrect guesses easily.
- The game suffers from poor graphics and a lack of customization options, making it feel outdated and visually unappealing.
- The user interface is clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences, including lag and accidental misclicks.
- There is no story or depth to the game, making it feel shallow and more like a mobile app than a proper PC game.
- story8 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The reviews indicate a significant disappointment with the game's lack of a story, particularly given its pirate theme, which many felt was underutilized. In contrast, players noted that other games, like the Arizona Rose series, successfully incorporate engaging narratives without the drawbacks of poor user interface design.
“The Arizona Rose games have a story, and the whole 'limited mistakes' mechanic isn't hindered by a poor user interface.”
“There was no story.”
“They had pirates and didn't do any story!”
“Oh, no story?”
- graphics6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have been criticized for their low quality and lack of customization options, including the inability to change resolution or adjust settings. This has led to disappointment among PC gamers, who expect a higher standard of visual fidelity. Overall, the graphics are seen as subpar and not reflective of the capabilities typically associated with PC gaming.
“There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low quality graphics.”
“Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
- music6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game has been criticized for being repetitive and uninspired, with many users noting that it consists mainly of the same trailer music played on loop, leading to a lack of engagement and excitement.
“The music was boring.”
“Wait, the soundtrack is just that trailer music playing endlessly?”
“The music was boring.”