Riddlord: The Consequence 4+

Ok, honestly this game was great. The graphics were phenomenal, the puzzles were VERY hard, especially the red and blue cube one in the beginning, and the cylinder one later on, and I had to search the internet to find out that a skip button pops up after about 10 minutes of not being able to solve the puzzle. Without the skip button, I was going to quit the game. I was that frustrated. But I had a lot of trouble with the majority of the puzzles, not sure why, I’m a seasoned player of this type of game, but this game really gave me a run for my money, literally. The 3rd chapter was beautiful and the most fun to me with all of the colors at the end. The reviews about the controls and the frame rate problem were accurate. I did not like the controls. I had a lot of trouble getting things to fit and it just seemed to lag every so often. Other than the wonky controls and the lagging, the game was really fun and it took me a few hours to complete. It says “to be continued” at the end, and I hope so. It’s really a great game and deserves 5 stars.

I read the reviews about it being frustrating, but love games like The Room, so I threw caution to the wind. Unfortunately, the reviews were right. Even when you know a piece fits in a puzzle, it takes multiple tries to get it to work. This also means that when you are simply trying out different scenarios with items you have collected you may have been correct but the game is so unresponsive you think you are wrong. For example, I knew the bat knob went on the desk drawer in the puzzle room, but it took so many attempts It became extremely frustrating. Also, in the same room there is a small table where you have to pry out the pieces of metal from the top of it with the screwdriver and it took many many unnecessary attempts to get the screwdriver to “stick” and pry off the metal pieces. With most other games like this, including The Room, simply moving the inventory piece over the target area will get it to be accepted. But with this game, it appears that there are specific ways items must be placed and until you finally figure it out you have worked your last nerve. It shouldn’t be so hard to use or place in inventory item. I wanted to love this game, but sadly, it is way to frustrating to play. I hope the developers read these reviews and take some action to address these issues because this could be a much more enjoyable experience and a great game.

So far I am enjoying the concept and style. The camera however, while exploring, does not feel smooth. Almost like the frame rate dips or my device is not able to handle the game (playing on a iPhone 8+ with plenty of remaining storage and up to date) kind of disappointing as when I examine an object, it feels perfect and smooth to rotate the camera around it but far from it when back to the “room” to explore more.

The controls occasionally feel a bit “off” during some puzzles as well. Like others, I find it misreading inputs more than acceptably and it tends to impede what I feel I could otherwise do with minimal effort.

On the plus side.. I do feel like the primary flaws are control and visual stutter while exploring (frame rate?) while this is definitely unfortunate for the time being, I can see this being a great “Room”-like game and very enjoyable to many fans of puzzle and exploration type games. in its current state though, I cannot rate above my very generous 3 stars, and truly hope this game is updated swiftly. The effort shows, and I very much enjoy the premise as well as the “true crime” feel, so I sincerely hope you fix the issues and turn this into the great game it easily could and should be. Will gladly update my review if/when an update hits