![]() ![]() Puzzles are unlocked, gradually, through accomplishments that come from either completing or failing each and every puzzle. With Dude, Stop, the presentation makes you feel like thinking outside of the box is the name of the game, and you quickly acclimatise to the tone of how everything should be played. ![]() Which, as you quickly find out, is where the heart of the whole operation lies. ![]() The objective is simple: either be a good little player, or a naughty one, and, more often than not, you have to be both, and the results become pretty explosive for the poor developer. Several “puzzle packs” have been created, which will unlock as you achieve the desired results per pack. In fact, there are more than a few of the puzzles (especially from the very beginning) that you cannot move past unless you do the wrong thing. However, you, the tester, are, shall we say, not exactly obedient. You’re a nameless, faceless tester who is running a series of logic puzzles in a game that a developer has worked very, very hard on. Or, in the case of Team Halfbeard, it’s making a game where being an unrelenting pain is three quarters of the fun.ĭude, Stop is a sort of narrative puzzle game with a storyline behind it, though the story is neither immediately apparent nor really necessary. Sometimes it’s a touch of story, or a bit of atmospheric whimsy, or even a dash of trickery that makes the puzzles less obvious and thus more intriguing. Some puzzle games, though, have a special element that make you stick around a bit longer. Take a few minutes, fit blocks in holes or whatever, go off and do something else. Puzzle games are a great escape on the Switch because, hey, you don’t usually want to work on puzzles forever. ![]()
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