DROD 1+2+3

I always thought this game franchise had potential when I was just 5 playing DROD 1's shareware demo, and it's still proving difficult for me as a 23 yr old. This is the best puzzle computer game anyone could ever get. I'll just list what I think, below: CONSUMER WARNING: You better love solving puzzles that involve multitasking like in a scenario where... -You might have to kill enemies on the right-side of a room, BUT to do that... you have to keep pivoting your sword to the left because an enemy Roach mama is laying eggs that hatch on the left-side of the room THAT YOU CAN'T GET TO... until you deal with the right-side first. You could get trapped VERY EASILY, I'll add, in those type of rooms. Most others in a level are easy to moderately challenging. -Each game has 20 levels, each with ~10-20 rooms. Each room could have monsters in it you must kill with your sword(or other weapons past DROD1) to advance to the next room(depending on design; you could be locked out from proceeding to the next room if a room is not cleared of roach monsters, tar monsters, etc.). Thus, each DROD installment is time-consuming. -When you move, all enemy AI moves (except for some monsters)(Some may move towards you, or flee away from you) -When you pivot your sword CCW/CW, all enemy moves. -Most pathfind in a straight line to you, but each monster AI is designed to be unique. The AI is predictable, but also can be overwhelming. -Each game has an undo button, BUT only 1-turn is reversible... so don't rush. Think. DROD 1: Architect's Edition(The free DROD 1 without secret rooms)... didn't....have... an undo button... It was torture finishing that game. -OG Webfoot music isn't included...but it's online. -Progressing through each level can be thought of like going into an even lower basement level of a KD's castle before SS(You reach the other side of the world)... which is what fascinates me. It has a basic "Underworld Descent" story theme.

I started the first game a few months ago without knowing anything about the series. What a pleasant surprise to see just how deep and enjoyable this game is. It's built off of a deceivingly simple engine of tile and turn based movement and combat. You move one turn, and then the world gets a turn of it's own. And what a world it is. Bugs, slime, soldiers, and other various enemies and impediments will test your strategy, your puzzle solving skills, and your resolve. By the end of the game you will be a true Smitemaster. I finished the first game in 80 hours and now I'm moving on to the second game. The designers have done a fantastic job designing the game in a way that teaches you the game mechanics naturally while challenging you at the same time. There is great character in game as well as you won't soon forget Beethro, the bugs, the soldiers, the switches, the doors, the arrows, the tiles, the slime, or the secret levels. This game is worth full price. If you can sink yourself in to these games they will give you hundreds of hours of fun. And there are level editors.

like posted here already: sometimes you are just stuck with some tar over your eyes and dont see the solution, but overall when you either try around a few times or look around the net you get the missing idea, got a few rooms already that needed a night to sleep over to finally beat em, Good braintwister overall :)

The DROD series are games that deserve much more people to know them. You can dowload user levels and there is more than 400 so check it out in their page.

I don't know if it is the best puzzle game, but I know it is either the best or tied with the best. There's no reason for less than 5 stars! So many interesting puzzles.