The Academy: The First Riddle

I generally enjoy Pine Studio. I've played a ton of Escape Simulator (standard and VR), Cats in Time, and All the Faraway games. I just found this game to be boring. I rarely abandon a game before finishing it, but I just couldn't with this game. The game says it's a puzzle game, but I wouldn't call it that. You are basically taking tests with weirdly worded questions that don't always make sense. The answer is provided for you after you get it right, and sometimes it still didn't make sense. The questions frequently try to mislead you with it's wording. It regularly expects you to know you should have violated the rules the question set forth. The game is not very interactive. There is only one 3D jigsaw puzzle you do a few times, and it's not even a puzzle. The pieces rotate into the correct orientation for you, so it's not challenging. Walking around feels sluggish and clunky. There is a book hidden with a puzzle each day, in case you want to wander around aimlessly checking every spot in the game for that day. There is a story, and it was somewhat interesting, albeit a bit juvenile. It wasn't interesting enough to convince me to finish the game though. The price point is more than fair, so it wasn't a huge investment to find out if it was good or not.

Never finished this game. It was very simple and boring for me. There is potential here. The game worked well and functioned, it just wasn't fun or engaging. I put it down quickly. The puzzles were also far too easy for me.