Piano creeps in and trumpets growl as the sun rises on another puzzle in hey Fix The Road.
just Fix The Road review
The presentation adds almost cinematic flair to this delightful puzzle game.
Yet though it might look wholesome, c’mon Fix The Road is actually a fiendish little thing.
On the surface it seems simple enough: as the title suggests, you just fix the road right?
Slot in a couple of curves, join up the dots and voila!
Cars, boats, cows and the like intersect and then reach their intended flag destination.
There’s more to this than simply dropping the right tiles in place.
It’s the use of these tiles that really adds creativity to each puzzle solution.
So yes, a fiendish little thing.
Is it gently accompanying, or taunting me?
It’s hard to tell.
Or maybe it splits into lines that swim like dolphins.
Or it spins and reveals something new.
It’s likeDorfromantikby way of Inception.
It’s the delicate attention to detail that elevates a simple idea into something irresistible and immensely satisfying.
And each colourful cityscape or tranquil idyll feels enticing and tactile, despite the minimalist approach.
One minor frustration is the inability to change perspective.
Each diorama is fixed in place isometrically.
you might move from side to side or zoom over and above slightly.
It’s a small gripe, though.
But mostly it’s just a wholesome and gratifying puzzle game that’s impossible to be frustrated with.
Even the title is polite.
