ReSizE

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ReSizE is a single player strategy game. It was developed by VI GAMES LLC and was released on October 12, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

This is a space puzzle to challenge your brain in which you should try to get through all of the rooms.

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Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews

optimization3 positive mentions

monetization3 negative mentions

Innovative core mechanic focused on resizing objects to solve spatial puzzles, providing creative and engaging gameplay.
Minimalist, clean laboratory-style visuals that emphasize puzzle clarity and a chill, subtle soundtrack enhancing the atmosphere.
Puzzle design offers a range of challenges from simple to complex, appealing to players who enjoy cerebral, logic-based problem solving.

Technical issues including clunky controls, buggy physics, lack of customizable settings, and poor optimization affecting gameplay experience.
Limited narrative, environmental variety, and repetitive use of resizing mechanics causing the novelty to wear off quickly.
Suspected use of uncredited asset flipping with mismatched graphics, along with broken achievements and questionable player engagement.

gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Resize delivers a focused first-person puzzle experience centered on the inventive resizing mechanic, providing satisfying and thoughtful challenges. While gameplay remains simple and consistent without much variety, it offers engaging "aha!" moments but may feel repetitive for those seeking diverse mechanics or deep narrative. Overall, Resize excels as a cerebral, logic-driven puzzle game built around its unique core concept.
- “Resize, developed by vi games llc and published by my way games, is a first-person puzzle experience built around a single defining mechanic: the ability to enlarge and shrink objects within a controlled laboratory environment.”
- “Early rooms introduce the resizing mechanic in straightforward ways, allowing players to grasp its limitations and possibilities.”
- “The core mechanic of resizing objects to solve environmental puzzles is simple but leads to some really satisfying "aha!" moments.”
- “While the limited number of mechanics prevents the experience from feeling overwhelming, it also means that the core resizing concept must carry the entire game.”
- “For others, the lack of additional mechanics or environmental variety may cause the novelty to diminish over time.”
- “The developers' thoughts must have been like this: 'Hey, let's take the idea of resizing and make a game with it, because someone else might have the same idea and make something good, but here we are with Resize and lawsuits and stuff', and they made this game just for the sake of being the first to use this kind of mechanics.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics feature a minimalist laboratory aesthetic with simple visuals that support the puzzle-focused gameplay but lack a cohesive or modern style. While some find the atmosphere cozy and unique due to the combined effect of visuals and music, others feel the inconsistent graphic style detracts from the overall experience.
- “Visually, Resize adopts a minimalist laboratory aesthetic.”
- “The atmosphere is also great – the music, visuals, and even the small details create something cozy and unique.”
- “Simple visuals, but the puzzles make you think.”
- “While functional and stable, it does not offer an extensive range of graphical customization or modern interface conveniences.”
- “The puzzles are quite interesting and complex, but they don't fit into the current graphic style at all.”
- “It seems like the game doesn't have a single graphic style at all, which is really off-putting.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music provides a subtle, cozy atmosphere that complements the game's methodical pacing, with a unique blend of classical and seasonal Christmas themes. While generally praised for enhancing the experience, some find the mix of styles unusual.
- “The soundtrack remains subtle throughout, providing a low-key accompaniment that reinforces the methodical pace of the experience.”
- “The atmosphere is also great – the music, visuals, and even the small details create something cozy and unique.”
- “Bombastic soundtrack.”
- “Soundtrack: odd mix between classical and seasonal Christmas music”
- “Soundtrack: odd mix between classical and seasonal Christmas music”
- “Bombastic soundtrack”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization is heavily criticized for relying on asset flipping and plagiarism, with developers repurposing existing game assets and blueprints without credit, resulting in a low-effort cash grab rather than original content.
- “The developers here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets, so this is plagiarism as well as a cash grab shovelware.”
- “The asset flipper took a basic Unreal blueprint for making puzzle games and rearranged it slightly to make a minimum viable product, resulting in more shovelware cash grab asset flip junk.”
- “My Way Games/VI Games LLC have shown a repeated pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or closely linked alternative accounts.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game’s optimization has notably improved, with previous performance issues effectively resolved according to user feedback.
- “Game optimization: performance issues seem to have been resolved.”
- “Game optimization: performance issues seem to have been resolved.”
- “And yeah, the optimization.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in Resize is minimal and primarily serves to frame the puzzle-solving experience, emphasizing clever manipulation of size and scale over traditional narrative or character development. However, it is supported by creative mechanics and enhanced by great voice acting that adds engagement.
- “Resize offers engaging puzzle gameplay, creative mechanics, and a captivating story with great voice acting.”
- “Rather than relying on narrative exposition or character-driven storytelling, Resize keeps its focus tightly on puzzle-solving, presenting each room as a contained problem that must be overcome through clever manipulation of size and scale.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is praised for its cozy and unique vibe, enhanced by thoughtful music, visuals, and detailed design. Despite some minor control issues and a short length, the chill ambiance and smart level design make it a rewarding experience for fans of the genre.
- “The atmosphere is great – the music, visuals, and even the small details create something cozy and unique.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game’s stability is generally solid but occasionally affected by buggy physics, which can disrupt the experience at times.
humor
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The humor in the game, particularly through its Easter eggs, is generally considered unfunny and fails to elicit laughter from players.