Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is an accessible, inviting puzzler with a wonderful variety of mechanics that will absolutely test your puzzling skills. It’s a no-brainer for puzzle aficionados, even if everything doesn’t quite come together in the end.

64%Game Brain Score

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94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

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Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a single player casual quiz game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by GrimTalin and was released on May 28, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a relaxing puzzle game combined with a modern fairy tale told in rhyme. Experience a beautiful colorful world and follow the story of a brave princess striving for freedom and adventure when everyone around her tries to keep her in line with the status quo.

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Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Relaxing and charming puzzle gameplay with a nice balance of challenge and accessibility.
Beautiful graphics, relaxing music, and thoughtful presentation including voiced rhyming story and ambiance.
Well-designed mechanics with unlimited undo, a hint system, and quality of life features enhancing overall experience.

Some players find the chromatic aberration effect uncomfortable or nauseating.
Hint system can feel limited or confusing, and instructions are sometimes vague.
Move limits on main story levels can feel restrictive, leading to tight solutions that limit player creativity.

story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
37%
38%
The game features a rhyming, voiced story delivered through collectible feathers across five chapters, but the narrative is considered thin. Players must complete story levels twice, which, combined with strict move limits, can make progression feel restrictive and limit creative problem-solving. Despite this, the voice acting adds charm to the otherwise light storyline.
- “The twist on top of the addiction of finishing levels with all 3 stars is the narrated and voiced story behind the game.”
- “To my surprise, it also has some very nice voice acting going on there as you progress the story.”
- “Story levels have to be completed twice: first to grab feathers that tell the paper-thin but voiced story in rhymes, then again to collect coins and get a 3-gem rating based on the mandatory move limit.”
- “While it is fun to replay stages to get coins and unlock the extra levels, it is pretty irritating how a lot of the main story levels are just so tight on moves, to the point that it feels like there’s little room for a-ha moments of your own.”
- “Story levels have to be completed twice: first to grab feathers that tell the paper-thin but voiced story in rhymes, then again to collect coins and get a 3-gem rating based on the mandatory move limit.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The graphics are widely praised for their attractive, non-minimalist visuals and high-quality artwork, comparable to standout mobile games. Additionally, the game offers extensive graphical settings and customization options, enhancing both functionality and player experience.
- “There's really nice music and the visuals are gorgeous as well.”
- “It looks like all those pretty mobile games with great artwork, but this one has functionality to match, which is incredibly rare these days.”
- “Resolutions, windowed mode, vsync, separate volume settings, brightness slider, toggles for vibration, hints and the undo flash effect, graphics quality settings, anti-aliasing and shadows, all available while playing, plus in-game representation of achievements and a rhyming how to play section.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
83%
17%
The music is consistently praised as nice and relaxing, complementing the game's beautiful visuals and casual puzzle gameplay. Players especially appreciate the inclusion of a unique song after every chapter, which can be replayed from the journal.
- “There's even a song after every chapter and you can listen to them again from the journal.”
- “A nice and relaxing casual puzzle game, with beautiful art and music, based on the classic roll the ball until it stops mechanic.”
- “The music is relaxing, the graphics are good and the game itself is quite enjoyable.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The gameplay offers a relaxing yet challenging puzzle experience, featuring a classic roll-the-ball mechanic enriched by a variety of intriguing and progressively complex mechanics that effectively test players' skills.
- “Love the puzzle mechanics that get more and more intriguing as you progress.”
- “The puzzles are actually pretty challenging but there's always interesting new mechanics being thrown at the player.”
- “Long ago: a puzzle tale is an accessible, inviting puzzler with a wonderful variety of mechanics that will absolutely test your puzzling skills.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor is mild and somewhat funny, providing occasional light amusement without being a major highlight of the experience.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the replayability enhanced by bonus levels and coins but feel the core game is a repetitive brainteaser with progression gating that feels more like padding than meaningful incentive to replay.

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70%Critics’ scoreBased on 3 critic reviews

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Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a casual quiz game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox One and others.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale was released on May 28, 2021.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale was developed by GrimTalin.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a single player game.

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