Star Battle Go - Logic Puzzles 4+

If you are looking for a simple and extremely (at least for me) difficult puzzle, Star Battle Go is for you! They are difficult from the very first one. The rules as simple. The solution is complicated. I have spent hours and days working through the first two levels. They present an interesting challenge and are solvable without having to resort to trial and error. They all have a key discovery to be made. Once made, the solution spreads out before you. Enjoy!

Very addictive and in general very well implemented.

Yes, there’s no hint button, but you can of course guess and try again.

My complaint is about the order/sequencing of puzzles. I’ve solved (or ok, in a couple of instances guessed) all the easy set and about 20% of the hard level, but although I can solve or make progress with some, I get stuck on some, and would prefer to bypass the hardest ones and come back to them later, hopefully after having learned new techniques that make them solveable. Instead, I keep getting rerouted to the same 15 or 20 that I’ve gotten stuck on before, and have to ask for a new puzzle dozens of time before arriving at a fresh one. A completely randomized order would be so much better.

I love the app. My only complaint is that there is too big a gap between “easy” and “hard”. I can solve all of the easy ones very quickly, including the add-on batch that I purchased, but I still can’t solve the hard ones at all, except occasionally via a lucky guess. I can’t even imagine what “expert” must be like. I would like to see an “intermediate” class that is hard enough to be interesting without being completely impossible for someone relatively new to the game. Alternatively (or in addition), the built-in tutorial could includes some tips on advanced techniques relevant to the “hard” and “expert” puzzles.