Flow Free: Shapes 4+

i’ve got to be honest, i am absolutely enamored with this game. i’ve been playing this game for so many years. started off when i was in summer camp probably like 10 years old…i’m now in college and i’ve been playing this game religiously. i finished the game officially in 2017 on a trip to boston and even still i’ve continued to play this game everyday. i was really excited when the original game added daily and weekly puzzles bc i just craved something new. honestly, im not the biggest fan of the hexes, warped, or the bridges so i haven’t gotten those games and was really looking forward to a few new puzzles and just a few days ago, i got a notification that a new game was released of shapes… i am HOOKED!!! i am honestly so impressed bc i feel like i’ve been training for this game since i started playing it. i do wish that i didn’t have to pay for the full version or have any ads but i guess that’s just the new norm these days but i will pay bc i do not want to be disturbed while i’m playing. i love flow and i now am loving flow shapes!

I have been playing the flow free series of games for a decade now. OG, bridges, and hexes are great. Warps can be a slog, but still good. Shapes is ambitious and trippy. The primary game mechanic is smooth and intuitive as in the others. The additional pack/ad free purchase is great value as always. But everything else is weird. The first weekly pack called “bricks” was hard on the eyes and not intuitive to complete. The 3D packs in the extreme category have links that are hidden by other ones e.g. the skyscraper pack. The mountain pack is very difficult to get your line going where you want it. Jumbo cubes look squashed or stretched depending on layout of the links. And the worst part of the game is the button layout. They eliminated the level navigation buttons, and put the hint button in their place. They also moved the reset level button to the corner where the hint button is in all the other games. This alone knocked a star off. You have four other games laid out in one specific way. Why would you change that for the fifth? In summary. I will finish all the packs eventually. But will I have a 3000 day daily streak like I do in the original, or do the weekly’s? I doubt it. I would’ve preferred additional packs to be released for the other games than getting this one. They were ambitious. Props for the effort. But after several hundred levels, my biggest takeaway is that my eyes hurt. Cheers.

The other flow free apps got me through Covid lockdown. Thanks very much! I’ve only played today’s Daily challenges and a few of the free plays, but it’s clear these new puzzles are a new take on the other formats, and deserve 5 stars. Pretty, not too challenging, and they help me into a zen trance. My only recommendations are that, once completed, the grid outline fades to nothing, and that you don’t immediately block the view of the completed puzzle. Let me admire your and my handiwork and tap somewhere to advance to the next puzzle when I’m ready.
Thanks again! Without you I’d have resorted to home crafts or baking. The world is better off without those!

Checking in to add a 6th star one day after the above review. Today’s daily challenge shapes are incredibly cool to look at and fun to navigate. Thanks again!