Rayland 2

Enjoyable, logic puzzle game, with only 50 easy levels with no timer. Playable a mouse and keyboard (letter R = rotation puzzle-element) or controller. middle mouse-button = rotation screen left mouse-button = select and move puzzle-element. Recommended for the casual puzzler.

The game is sold for a very reasonable price, but it is relatively short. There are 50 puzzles in total and it took me just over an hour to solve them all at a relaxed pace. I think the puzzles may need a bit more playtesting as many of the puzzles were solvable without using all of the supplied pieces. Multiple-solution puzzles are nice but if there are too many pieces it makes the puzzle a bit too easy. The music is a bit repetitive, but the graphics look polished, as do the animations. I will be keen to try the next instalment.

I love these types of "reflect the lasers to their targets"-type of games and this is no disappointment. Yes, it is very small, so don't expect hours upon hours of gameplay (1 or 2 hours is enough to finish it), but for the tiny game it is, it is well executed. Would therefore recommend, as its small price properly reflects its length. One thing I do miss is the ability to actually do something with multi-colored lasers. When blue and red lasers combine, the new laser properly turns purple, but there was not a single level where that was actually a viable / required strategy. Missed opportunity there... Note I did get some kind of bug (once) where one of the reflective blocks was skewed, aiming the laser wrong and making the level unplayable. Luckily it was an early level, so restarting didn't cause too much of a hassle.