Sokoban: The RPG
- September 6, 2018
- Mike Daas
Get on SteamSokoban: The RPG is a challenging puzzle game with a female protagonist, featuring over 100 traditional sokoban style puzzles, intriguing logic riddles, a custom and immersive instrumental soundtrack and a dark and unsettling story of sacrifice and despair with multiple endings.
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- The game features a wide variety of well-thought-out puzzles that provide a satisfying challenge and a good learning curve.
- It offers a substantial amount of content, with over 100 puzzles that can keep players engaged for many hours.
- The hint system allows players to progress through difficult puzzles without getting stuck, enhancing the overall experience.
- Many puzzles are repetitive and lack variety, leading to a monotonous gameplay experience.
- The game does not deliver on its RPG elements, feeling more like a pure puzzle game instead.
- The level design and art quality are considered mediocre, contributing to a lack of engagement and excitement.
- story5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The game's story serves as a backdrop to its sokoban-style puzzle mechanics, featuring some exploration and multiple endings, though it lacks subtlety and includes profanity that may not appeal to all players. While it is primarily a puzzle game with minimal RPG elements, the engaging narrative and effective skipping system enhance the overall experience, making it enjoyable despite its shortcomings.
“Fortunately, the skipping system allows you to take a break and continue with the story if you're really stuck, which will most likely happen.”
“This game has an excellent learning curve and remains engaging throughout the whole journey, topped off with a weird-in-a-cool-way storyline.”
“In a nutshell, this is Sokoban with a story - there's actually no real RPG content in the traditional sense, but I think there are some secrets to explore, which result in different endings.”
“The story is not bad, but lacks subtlety, and I also wasn't a fan of the profanity. However, since I'm a huge sokoban aficionado, this didn't spoil my overall experience with the game.”
“In a nutshell, this is sokoban with a story - there's actually no real RPG content in the traditional sense, but I think there are some secrets to explore, which result in different endings.”
“It's more of a puzzle game with a story and a few other RPG-ish elements.”
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the emotional aspect of the game rewarding, as overcoming the challenging bonus puzzles instills a sense of achievement and empowerment. The journey of solving these difficult puzzles over time contributes to a fulfilling and triumphant experience.
“These 10 bonus puzzles are utter beasts in difficulty, but I managed to solve every one of them over the course of 3 weeks, and it made me feel like a boss.”
- gameplay1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players appreciate the inclusion of riddles in the gameplay, noting that they offer a refreshing change of pace and add new layers of logical challenge to the experience.
“Every now and then you'll also encounter some riddles, which provide a valuable change of gameplay and new logical depths.”
