Nicely, right here we’re, and we’ve acquired nobody however ourselves accountable. Regardless of all of the superior warnings, we’re all the way down to the final dice. After this one’s gone, it’s nothing however cones and cylinders for the remainder of our days.
However this dice shouldn’t be going gently into that good night time. Refusing to easily roll into oblivion, The Final Dice will use all of its skills to navigate a stark, seemingly lifeless world that presents loads of obstacles, however is concurrently conducive to dice exploration.
Your aim is to roll your dice from level A to level B, unlocking the correct path. The traversable grids are largely small and properly contained, however there’s a lot to do alongside the best way.
The essential premise of the puzzles is centered round stickers. There are gateways to unlock, and you have to stamp them with the best sticker to progress. This requires rolling over a sticker to acquire it, then rolling the dice in such a method that the face with the sticker falls onto the lock. It’s a intelligent puzzle system that forces you to assume a couple of strikes forward.
The problem is elevated by the well-placed hazards alongside the best way. Some will erase your stickers, forcing you to roll again to their origin level to select up one other. Some will utterly reset your dice.
Fortunately, the dice has skills of its personal; you’re not at all times caught with merely rolling round. In sure situations, you may rotate the dice with out transferring it ahead, permitting you to correctly place your sticker. Likewise, you may slide ahead with out rolling. Later skills can help you alter the surroundings a bit to succeed in your aim. The Final Dice successfully introduces new components as the sport continues. This helps hold the puzzles contemporary whereas slowly rising the issue.
The issue, after all, shall be an element right here. That’s the very level of puzzle video games, proper? Merely transferring from degree to degree is difficult, however by no means unfair. I discovered that trial-and-error (and occasional use of the built-in trace system) was sufficient to get me by with out giving up in frustration. Many of the blockages I confronted had been (embarrassingly) brought on by my failure to make use of the dice’s capabilities. As such, informal puzzle avid gamers will be capable to benefit from the sport…till they strategy the later ranges, anyway.
This doesn’t imply The Final Dice will take too lengthy to enchantment to hard-core puzzle solvers. The builders have interspersed some very tough “problem” ranges that can positively hearth the synapsis of reward-seekers. They’ve additionally scattered relics round the usual ranges. You’ll miss out on a few of the sport’s lore when you don’t retrieve them, however that’s about it. Completionists, have at it.
The Final Dice can be helped by its stark visuals. They’re concurrently lonely and welcoming, combining (largely) lifeless backgrounds with neon colours that present a pulse of vitality. I feel I’m professionally obligated to incorporate a Tron reference right here, so think about that requirement met.
If the soundtrack had been composed by Wendy Carlos or Daft Punk, it actually would’ve match. However the precise soundtrack suits simply high-quality, making a chill however decidedly melancholy vibe.
I count on numerous avid gamers will see these display captures and instantly know this sport shouldn’t be for them. That’s truthful, as a result of there’s decidedly little to do right here past what’s instantly introduced. However when you’re intrigued by intricate logic puzzles—when you discover that sort of problem enjoyable—then The Final Dice will present what you’re after.
And if this actually is the final dice, don’t you assume it’s vital to be there with it on the finish?
