Picross S

Genre: Picross Puzzle

Players: 1-2 Co-Op (Local)

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Review:

Picross S is of course a Picross game that offers players two different types of Picross-style puzzles – the game includes 150 traditional Picross puzzles, and 150 “Mega Picross”-style puzzles where some of the numerical hints combine multiple rows or columns at once.

It’s a decent amount of content, and this content is paired with a pretty good presentation, with clean, colorful visuals and three relaxing songs to choose between while you play.

Beyond this, the controls are good, the options and tutorials are solid, there’s decent 2-player Co-Op… really, this game does just about everything I want in a good Picross game, save for one thing – this game has absolutely no touchscreen controls, which I’d argue is kinda’ a staple of this genre on any platform with a touchscreen.

I should also mention one other flaw this game has – not all of its puzzles are original. Rather, the Mega Picross mode re-uses some of the puzzles from the traditional Picross mode. It’s fine, as the different modes make each of these puzzles play differently, but it’s still a bit of a let-down to solve a puzzle and see an image you already have in your collection.

Without touchscreen controls, Picross S is unfortunately an imperfect iteration of the Picross formula, which is a shame because in every other respect, this is a pretty ideal version of Picross. If you enjoy Puzzle games and play them mainly in docked mode or don’t mind the lack of touchscreen controls, you should definitely get Picross S, as it is otherwise a phenomenal entry in the genre. However, if you expect your Picross games to make use of this feature, you may find Picross S to be disappointing.

tl;dr – Picross S is a Picross game with 150 traditional Picross puzzles and 150 Mega Picross puzzles, with a superb presentation and plenty of game options. It’s a bit unfortunate then that this nearly-ideal version of Picross falls short of perfection due to a lack of touchscreen controls.

Grade: B-

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