The Last Cube
- March 10, 2022
- Improx Game
- 3h median play time
The Last Cube is a challenging (but fair) logic game that can be enjoyed by both casual and hard-core puzzle solvers. The interesting visuals and strict focus on the puzzles create an atmosphere in which it’s easy to stay lost even when frustration starts to set in.
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Get on Xbox Games Store"The Last Cube" is a single-player puzzle game where players navigate a mysterious cube through challenging, grid-based stages. By rotating and matching colors, players solve intricate puzzles to unlock the cube's secrets, explore a desolate world, and uncover the truth behind the cube's existence. With over 150 levels and increasing complexity, this game combines logic, spatial reasoning, and strategy.
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Reviews
- The Last Cube features well-designed puzzles that provide a satisfying challenge without being overly frustrating, leading to rewarding 'Aha!' moments.
- The game boasts beautiful graphics and a charming atmosphere, with unique mechanics that keep gameplay fresh and engaging.
- It offers a good amount of content, including bonus challenges and collectibles, which enhance replayability and encourage exploration.
- Some players find the game repetitive over time, with a limited number of main levels and a desire for more content or community support.
- The narrative is considered weak and not very engaging, which detracts from the overall experience for some players.
- There are complaints about the lack of customizable controls, making it difficult for some players to adapt the game to their preferences.
- gameplay75 mentions
- 41 % positive mentions
- 55 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its unique and ingenious puzzle mechanics, which are introduced at a well-paced rate, keeping players engaged and challenged throughout. Players appreciate the clever design of puzzles that gradually increase in complexity, alongside a variety of fun mechanics that enhance the overall experience. While the visuals could use some polish, the combination of enjoyable gameplay and a captivating atmosphere makes it a standout puzzle game.
“Even after beating the main game's levels and getting all the trinkets (including the hub ones), the game was still throwing new ways to use its mechanics at me.”
“The game mechanics are fun and different from other puzzle games that I have played; the puzzles start off fairly simple to ease you into things, and then gradually get trickier before introducing new mechanics.”
“The last cube is an excellent puzzle game that shines in its gameplay, atmosphere, and execution.”
“Environment and textures could be more polished though, the gameplay deserves it.”
“I played a bit of the demo a few months back and while I already liked the core game mechanic and was looking forward to the full release, I was a bit afraid it would feel repetitive or even boring soon.”
“But to my knowledge, I've only unlocked 4 bonus levels through all of my gameplay.”
- graphics41 mentions
- 66 % positive mentions
- 27 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received high praise for their beauty and attention to detail, featuring realistic lighting and charming aesthetics that enhance the overall experience. Many players noted that the visuals exceeded expectations, even on lower-end hardware, and complemented the engaging puzzle design. While not classified as next-gen, the graphics are considered more than sufficient for a puzzle game, contributing to a pleasant and immersive atmosphere.
“The graphics, art, and sound design are phenomenal for a puzzle game, and it's absolutely gorgeous in ultra-wide.”
“The graphics are actually amazing for a little block game, and the puzzles are long enough that it feels nice once you accomplish your task, only to find out there's another puzzle before the level is over.”
“The design and graphics are nicely stylized, the lighting effects look good, and the world is nice to look at and explore.”
“This is definitely not next-gen AAA graphics; if that is a dealbreaker for you, then you should probably look elsewhere.”
“The graphics are fine, but they don't stand out in any significant way.”
“While the aesthetics are charming, they lack the polish and detail expected from modern games.”
- story29 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 69 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The game's story is described as a silent narrative that unfolds through puzzle-solving and exploration, with players gradually uncovering lore about the cubes and their world. While some reviewers found the story to be somewhat unclear and minimal, others appreciated its depth and integration with gameplay, noting that it enhances the experience without being intrusive. Overall, the game offers a balance between engaging puzzles and a developing narrative, appealing to both story enthusiasts and gameplay-focused players.
“The whole point of the game is to go through the main 'story', 3 levels for each different color the cube has, to introduce and to solve different kinds of puzzles for the different movement that these colors introduce.”
“Great 3D puzzle world increasing in difficulty and abilities while progressing through the storyline of the last cube walking the path of its ancestors to restore their broken world.”
“'Story-rich 3D puzzle platformer with fully developed lore and universe/world and unique mechanics' is a rare combination.”
“The story and lore isn't the most clear so far, as you're mostly collecting secrets to figure out what's going on in this silent narrative.”
“Its lack of story was a mild letdown, but not one I'm too bothered by since I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay.”
“I'd reckon it was about 4-4.5 actual hours of 'main story' gameplay.”
- music18 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its lush, atmospheric quality, enhancing the overall experience alongside the stunning visuals. Reviewers highlight the soundtrack as a standout feature, describing it as both epic and relaxing, which complements the imaginative puzzles and engaging environments. Overall, the audio design significantly contributes to a pleasant and immersive puzzle-solving experience.
“The audio and music are especially top notch.”
“The clean, attractive visual style and lush atmospheric soundtrack is just the icing on the cake.”
“The environment art, musical score and sound design come together to create an enjoyable setting to move and solve puzzles in.”
- atmosphere15 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 27 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is highly praised for its detailed environments, polished interactions, and impressive atmospheric lighting. Reviewers highlight the clean visual style and lush soundtrack, which enhance the overall experience, making it a captivating backdrop for the well-designed gameplay and puzzles. This combination creates an immersive environment that keeps players engaged, even during challenging moments.
“They could have easily gotten away with a highly minimalist design, but the environments are all incredibly detailed with amazing atmospheric lighting.”
“The clean, attractive visual style and lush atmospheric soundtrack is just the icing on the cake.”
“The interesting visuals and strict focus on the puzzles create an atmosphere in which it’s easy to stay lost even when frustration starts to set in.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be extensive, often requiring significant time investment, but the engaging puzzles provide rewarding "aha!" moments that prevent the experience from feeling tedious or frustrating.
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by tongue-in-cheek writing and clever, funny mechanics, such as a unique sticker system. Reviewers appreciate the lighthearted tone and engaging level design, contributing to an overall positive experience.
“Funny writing, unique sticker mechanic, great level design.”
“Really good brain teaser with basic graphics, story, and tongue-in-cheek humor: 8.5/10.”
- optimization4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its charming aesthetics that do not demand high performance, allowing it to run smoothly even on older hardware like a GTX 1050 Ti. Players report consistently good performance and appreciate the well-balanced difficulty curve.
“Charming aesthetics while not being overly performance-hungry; nice difficulty curve that is challenging but not overly steep.”
“I always got good performance, even on an old laptop with a GTX 1050 Ti GPU.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The game offers notable replayability through various challenges and hidden secrets, encouraging players to revisit levels for a more complete experience. Some challenges are particularly difficult, adding to the incentive to replay and explore secret areas.
“The challenges add a bit of replayability to the levels, and some are actually quite challenging. Blue 2 I still haven't quite done yet! There are also secret areas to find.”
“The challenges add a bit of replayability to the levels, and there are secret areas to discover as well.”
“The challenges add a bit of replayability to the levels - and some are actually quite challenging - Blue 2 I still haven't quite done yet! There are secret areas to find too.”
“There is replayability with some challenges and secrets, which is nice.”
“The challenges add a bit of replayability to the levels, and some are actually quite challenging.”
Critic Reviews
The Last Cube (Nintendo Switch)
The Last Cube is a challenging (but fair) logic game that can be enjoyed by both casual and hard-core puzzle solvers. The interesting visuals and strict focus on the puzzles create an atmosphere in which it’s easy to stay lost even when frustration starts to set in.
75%The Last Cube Review (PC)
The Last Cube is a solid puzzle and platforming mix, with a focus on solid planning and careful execution. I like the pure nature of moving through the levels, constantly trying to keep in mind which face of the cube can interact with what element of the environment. But this is an experience enjoyed in small doses before the drabness of the universe gets to you. The narrative is the weakest part of the game, which would have been overlooked a few years ago. But the genre is getting increasingly crowded. The Last Cube can have good ideas and implementation but it also needed an interesting universe and better presentation to stand out. Review code provided by the publisher.
75%The Last Cube Review
The Last Cube's genius levels had me perplexed, as I scratched my head throughout the cleverly-built puzzles just trying to figure out how to proceed. Its lack of story was a mild letdown, but not one I'm too bothered by since I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay.
85%
