Memorion

It might not last long, but this puzzle has nice presentation and simple gameplay. If you've played any casual adventure or hidden object games, you've probably faced this logic puzzle before. There isn't much to say about the mechanic. A puzzle consists of orbs connected by lines. When you click on an orb, the nearby orbs turn on or off. When all of the orbs are turned on, the puzzle is solved. The game contains 50 puzzles. There's no time pressure, so you can take as long as you want and click without any restrictions. However, you can aim to achieve the best score by turning on all orbs with the fewest amount of clicks possible. This is represented by dots at the top of the screen, with each click removing one dot. There is no undo button; only restart. You'll hear a voice after completing each problem. This is not a game with a deep story because you just get one short phrase. It's about a woman who is struggling to remember something, therefore the orbs could be related to memory. If you don’t care about the best score, the game isn’t that long. You can probably solve it just by clicking on random orbs and suddenly finding a solution.

I love puzzle games, and that is one that I really enjoyed. Something that I really love in Memorion is that there is a story being told - and I love mysteries because I'm really curious. As you advance the levels you get to know more about the person's memories. The art matches the general idea perfectly. Totally worth it.

If you have a natural eye for this type of puzzle, it would be quite a short game (albeit with a nice visual style), and perhaps only value for money if on sale (the over-arching minimalist story didn't add anything of real substance or relevance to the value, I felt). But sadly I don't, so I took over 6 hours to complete it, the majority of which was spent trying to complete the puzzles in the optimum number of moves (I do have tenacity, at least). My feeling when the last puzzle was solved was mostly one of relief rather than pleasure - but that's a reflection of my lack of talent for such games, rather than any shortcoming of Memorion itself. I must remember not to buy such games, I must remember not to buy ... ooh, that Store game looks nice and interesting! Oh dear...