Yosumin!
- December 31, 2006
- Square Enix
Get on Steam"Yosumin! is a puzzle game where you make rectangles of matching yosumin pieces to make them disappear. The adventure mode follows the story of the Yosumin tribe's quest to find the missing pieces of their treasured stained-glass window, which was stolen and shattered. With two game modes and special treats to help along the way, it's a simple yet challenging and enjoyable experience."
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Reviews
- Yosumin! features a unique puzzle mechanic that requires players to match corners of squares, offering a fresh take on the matching genre.
- The game has charming graphics and sound design, making it visually appealing and enjoyable to play.
- It's a simple and casual game that can be fun for short bursts, making it a good time-waster for puzzle enthusiasts.
- The gameplay can become repetitive quickly, with a lack of depth and variety in challenges, leading to boredom.
- The game suffers from poor resolution options and technical issues, such as lag and an unresponsive menu system.
- Many players find the difficulty curve inconsistent, with levels swinging between being too easy and frustratingly difficult due to reliance on random number generation.
- gameplay30 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a unique but overly simplistic puzzle mechanic that quickly becomes repetitive and lacks depth, leading to a frustrating difficulty curve that swings between being too easy and excessively challenging. While the game features smooth controls and an appealing aesthetic, many players find the core mechanics unengaging and reliant on luck rather than skill, resulting in a short-lived experience that fails to maintain interest. Overall, the innovative concept is undermined by its execution, making it a less rewarding puzzle game.
“Interesting puzzle game with a unique mechanic that I don't believe I've seen elsewhere.”
“The menus are responsive and easy to navigate, the control in-game is smooth and fluid, offering different styles of selecting yosumin to fit multiple gameplay styles, and the aesthetic is great.”
“Initially, the gameplay can feel overly easy, but the difficulty ramps up quickly as each stage demands a slightly different type of square size or special blocks to complete in a given timeframe.”
“The puzzle gameplay is quite simple and straightforward, and lacks in depth, which makes the difficulty curve poor, and therefore, the game shifts between laughably easy to annoyingly difficult, especially at the last levels.”
“The gameplay, while unique, is boring.”
“Unfortunately the difficulty imposed by the timer, the randomness, and the simple gameplay makes this game short-lived, and a little too frustrating.”
- music26 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players enjoying its upbeat and cute themes reminiscent of classic titles like Katamari Damacy and Kirby, while others find it repetitive and anxiety-inducing, particularly the sped-up tracks during time constraints. Although the soundtrack is generally considered pleasant, it lacks memorable qualities, and some sound effects can be annoying. Overall, while the music adds to the game's charm, it may not appeal to everyone.
“The best part in the game is the soundtrack; the music is wonderful, reminding me of classic games like Katamari Damacy, and while it doesn't seem to have that many tracks, I found myself playing just to listen to the music.”
“The music is peppy and upbeat, and I haven't gotten sick of it, so that says something good.”
“Great game with nice music, cute graphics, and fun puzzles.”
“I ended up turning the music entirely off because the way it sped up as time ran out made me too anxious.”
“Not only that, but as your timer runs low, they give you that panic-inducing sped up music to really help stress you out.”
“The music, while adding to the cute theme of the game, doesn't really have any memorable traits to it, and the music for when time is running out is kind of annoying more than adding to the rush factor.”
- story17 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The story in the game revolves around the quest to collect shards of a shattered stained glass window, featuring a light and quirky narrative that adds charm to the gameplay. While some players find the story enjoyable and fitting for a puzzle game, others feel it lacks depth and is merely a backdrop to the puzzles, with progress being slow and requiring numerous matches to advance the narrative. Overall, the story is considered cute but not essential to the gaming experience.
“The story is like a beautiful glass mirror or painting that has been shattered, and you have to collect the shards to fix it.”
“It's pretty darn cute and even has a nice light story to go along with its adventure mode.”
“One of my favorite puzzle games on here, the story mode is fun and challenging in its own little way.”
“The story and final stained glass art didn't make up for that.”
“There's barely a semblance of story, and it only progresses after you've played about 40 matches for each stage.”
“Since it's a puzzle game, I won't go on about the little bit of story that I've played through, other than that it's just there for show and doesn't add to the game experience.”
- graphics15 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are consistently praised for their bright, colorful, and adorable artwork, contributing to a cheerful and relaxing atmosphere. While some users note a lack of graphical options and suggest that the visuals could be improved, the overall aesthetic is described as cute and engaging, enhancing the casual gameplay experience.
“It's a simple and fun little game with nice graphics and voices.”
“The graphics are bright and cheerful, and the little faces on each of the pieces are adorable.”
“The graphics are bright, colorful, and clear.”
“No real graphical options (and it chose a ridiculously low resolution by default).”
“The cutesy Japanese artwork and voiceovers may be a turn off to some, but overall Yosumin!”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be manageable, though it can become tedious due to a lack of noticeable progress compared to other matching puzzle games.
“Because of this lack of progress being felt, it gets more tedious than other matching puzzle games.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is hit-or-miss, with some players enjoying the quirky elements like the amusing "running out of time" music and the comical rap by the final boss. However, while it can elicit laughter, many feel it doesn't justify the game's overall value.
“I would find myself losing levels on purpose to listen to the running out of time music, and the terrible rap sung by the final boss had me laughing for a while.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players have noted that the game suffers from slow loading times and sluggish transitions between screens, indicating a lack of optimization.
“Additionally, the game has loading bars, and the transition from screen to screen is slow and feels seriously unoptimized.”
“The performance issues are frustrating; the game frequently stutters and lags, making it hard to enjoy.”
“I encountered numerous bugs that hindered gameplay, indicating a lack of proper optimization.”
