Spacechem

I'm sorry to be the one to ruin the perfect score, but I simply do not think this game is worthy of the 5 star rating it currently holds. First, this game does a terrible job explaining how the mechanics and general game play works, and for this reason it lost a star. Second, I simply did not find this game all that entertaining, which resulted in the loss of yet another star. It seems clear that this is a very challenging game, and brings a lot of joy to many people ... but I'm not one of those people.

I imagine if you enjoy building efficient machines you will think it's great. If not you will think it's terrible. Probably.

I heard about this game years ago, thinking "it's really cool, but is it really fun to me?". I decided to take a shot, because massively borred about games in general nowadays (grinding is really not fun anymore). I didn't expected to have so much fun. Reflexion and creativity are the only limits to get stuck. Infinite solutions (maybye few perfects or close), and always a way to do better, with no ubber complicated stuff, just some basic commands, and logic combination. You try again and again until it works, not because some unbalance or cheated AI, just your mind not enought effective. There is also a little Trackmania effect with the effectiveness graphics at the end, wich push you to de better. I almost spend 3hours just to /2 the cycles of my shemes, reviewing entirely the reactions. Must have indeed for who love logic, combination, challenges and puzzles.

I had heard about this game but didn't think much of it until I watched my brother play it. In curiosity I downloaded the demo, and played it up until the early hours of the morning. So much time spent, so many mindblown moments! I bought this on Steam, but I will consider buying this on GoG again just so I can port it wherever I go as this is one heck of an awesome puzzle game.

In Spacechem, the question isn't if you can complete the puzzle, it is HOW you complete the puzzle that matters. The game hands you a basically blank board, gives you a slew of abilities you can use and a task to complete, and sets you loose. It's challenging, rewarding, and hugely replayable, and enjoys an utterly massive library of solid community content in addition to the highly enjoyable "campaign". Easily the best puzzler I have ever played. If you even think it is possible that you might like puzzle games, you owe it to yourself to try Spacechem.