![]() ![]() The sound is also a nice and calming, lulling you to be half as mad as you really should be. The outer space background also provides a nice, uncluttered background for the madness before you. Along with the structures, the effects of some of the substances, particularly the lasers and the plasma, are really nice on the eyes. Being 3D, the graphics have quite a bit more depth than they did on the first game. I just want you to grasp this.Īside from the puzzle aspect, the game is really quite pretty. Once again, just to pound this into your head, each level, all 50 of them, is entirely in 3D. As mentioned earlier, each of these items can now be rotated in 3D, giving you depth (or infinite frustration) that you definitely didn't have in the first Enigmo. As early as level 6, there is this button that changes the gravity of an area, making things go up instead of down. Each level gives you a certain amount of items to move the substances around with, including great items such as drums, mirrors, and slides, along with some triggers on the walls that must be hit for certain things to happen. The goal of the game, just like the original, is to get whatever substance you have (water, lasers, or plasma) into its corresponding receptacle, which is probably hidden behind a shield or a wall. Its almost necessary to view everything from all angles, just so you know you get the right part in the right place. The puzzles themselves aren't really so different than those in the first Enigmo, other than the fact that you have full 3D control over placement, adding much added frustration to the experience. Each level is presented to you in outer space, with the puzzle spinning towards you like an out of control Mir Spacestation. I mean, I'm sure it is, but wrapping my head around the game is painful at times. It was hard as all get out, but you knew that, with the tools at your disposal, you could get the little water droplets to do your bidding.Įnigmo 2 is a bit different from the first Enigmo, because I'm never quite sure if my goal is even possible. The nice thing about Enigmo was that there were boundaries. It happened to me, so I'm sure it happened to you. People would play a few levels, get sucked in, and then cry themselves to sleep when they got stuck. In the beginning months of the App Store, Enigmo was a certified hit, making people that had no interest in the iPhone think twice. In 2003, Enigmo was the most popular game put out by Pangea because of its visual simplicity but ultimate vicious complexity. Most of their games are shooters of some variety, most of which are 3rd person 3D adventures, but they seemed to have struck gold with the Enigmo series. Pangea, the creators of Enigmo and Enigmo 2, have been making games for Apple computers for years, most (if not all) of which are ported onto your favorite iDevice. Enigmo 2 is the most cruel of all these puzzles because it throws things at you that just seem impossible.Ī little background first. You see a Sudoku puzzle, or even a game like Myst for that matter, and you know what you are getting. What's nice about puzzles is that you can take them at face value. There are typically boundaries and rules given to make the experience controlled, but still challenging. from 'paper' puzzles like crossword puzzles and Sudoku puzzles to digital puzzles like Tetris and Myst, they all make you think slightly outside the box. ![]() Typically puzzles involve some kind of order or knowledge. You can then email these games to your friends to try playing, or even post them to your web site.Nothing in the world drives me more insane that puzzles, because knowing that I can't solve something makes me just a tad bit insane. In addition to the 50 levels that come with Enigmo, there is also a built-in level editor which allows you to create your own entire games. The faster you complete each level, the more bonus you will recieve. You move and rotate into postion various types of bumpers, sliders, accelerators, and sponges in order to divert the flow of the falling droplets. Liquids (water, oil, and lava) fall from "droppers" and will bounce around the walls of a mechanism. Enigmo is a 3D puzzle game where you move various streams of flowing liquid so that the droplets get to their destination. Enigmo is the most unique game that Pangea Software has ever created, and it is a departure from our action-adventure games which we are known for. ![]()
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