Treehouse Riddle is a puzzle title. It means a puzzle with a capital P. If you’re into eating, sleeping, and breathing puzzle games, this game offers a lot of brain-bending content. But sometimes I felt like I was taking the SAT.
The puzzles are wrapped in a unique setting of a giant treehouse with multiple buildings. The story is mysterious and you control a strange girl. I guessed pretty early on where the plot was going, but it’s still not bad, and I appreciate that it managed to avoid some of the overused clichés. I won’t spoil anything about . Unless you point out how ridiculous the older gentleman’s nose is, it counts as a spoiler.
Each area has a series of puzzles, completing them unlocks the final (much harder) puzzle so you can finish and move on. Please think. Layton Encounter an escape room. But while Layton’s games often have good puzzles, Treehouse His Riddle has excellent puzzles. arithmetic In many cases.
Yes, there were too many math puzzles for our tastes (my wife and I). Diversity was not balanced. Occasionally, there were also weird tricky gimmicks that I couldn’t achieve when I solved them.
Speaking of the ending, it felt riddled with backtracking and redundant puzzles. At least the story kept us going until the end. After about five hours, his second mode, which was even more challenging, was unlocked. Content is not the issue here. Instead, it’s a matter of whether the content is interesting enough.
At least the hint system keeps you from getting completely bogged down. The first hint always shows the rules, as many of these puzzles have unclear objectives. Subsequent clues will give you more direction, so if you use the hints liberally you can waste quite a bit of time. We haven’t tried it, but it’s meant to be used in moderation.
The game has some relaxing and sometimes beautiful piano music. However, the second mode begins with a song heard from Mario Kart. It’s about the same as Miri Vanilli leading the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Wisely, it is soon replaced by more appropriate and enjoyable music. So there’s no major complaints with these songs, which are assets for head-scratching puzzles.
Treehouse Riddle isn’t bad for a niche puzzle game. If you’re part of that niche and the idea of using pen and paper to solve complex math problems appeals to you, this is an absolutely satisfying implementation. However, due to the lack of variety, I didn’t enjoy it enough, so I can’t recommend it broadly as a good game. .
