At normal 100% zoom level, you can see pixelation/aliasing on some of the pages. At 150%, you see pixelation as well as compression artifacts on most of it, even on the text descriptions. The quality of this "artbook" is definitely sub-par. They should not be charging money for it with this quality level.
A big draw of the "Alex Murphy Edition" is the art book. However, even at normal 100% zoom level, you can see pixelation/aliasing on some of the pages, and at 150%, you definitely see pixelation as well as compression artifacts, even on the text descriptions. The quality of the "art book" is definitely sub-par. There is absolutely no way they should be charging for it at this quality level.
I know it's free, but still, advertising it as "Warhammer Skulls 2025 Wallpapers" and "Battlesector Wallpapers" is, to me, misleading. There are only two wallpapers for each, and the ones for Warhammer Skulls are what you see at the top of this product page -- the graphic and the "Warhammer Skulls Festival of Video Games" text (without the "Digital Goodie Bag" text). As for the discounts, the Cubicle 7 discount is a 20% discount on all Warhammer products (excluding sale and preorder items) available on Cubicle 7's website, "Valid from 22nd May to June 5th", and the Warhammer Art discount is a 20% discount on products from URL "warhammerart.com/collections/customizable-products", "valid from May 22 to May 31".
On the surface, Blocks That Matter is a cute, fun puzzle game. Once you start playing, though, you'll quickly realize that underneath, it's a precision platformer, and I do mean PRECISION. You will often have to figure things out via trial-and-error, then restart the level to attempt to step through your intended solution, make a minor mistake, have to restart the level again, and repeat. You will be put in situations where you need split-second timing, then jump and switch to block-placing mode to place your collected blocks, then proceed with more split-second timing requirements. You will also be put in situations in which you have blocks which fall when you walk on them, but not if you jump and land right on the edge, and you WILL need to time your jumps and your movement perfectly to ensure that you land on the edges, repeatedly, because you need to get past those blocks in order to prepare something else, then jump over them to get back to the starting point, and then finally walk over them to let them fall. As if all that wasn't bad enough, there are also chase levels, in which "Big Mama" slime chases you (one-touch kill) while you're trying to do precision platforming and going into and out of block placement mode to place, then drill to re-collect, your blocks. When it's a puzzle game, it's fun, except for the lack of rewind button. Having to restart a level because you made one minor mistake is not fun, and the block placement method makes it easy to make a mistake. On the levels in which it is a precision platformer, however, it is anything but fun (at least for this puzzle game enthusiast). If you like puzzle games and you are good at precision platforming, then you will probably enjoy this game. If you like puzzle games, but are NOT good at precision platforming, then you will most likely get extremely frustrated and end up rage-quitting and uninstalling it.
I remember playing this in the past and remember that it was both fun and frustrating. According to GOG Galaxy, I played it 7 years ago. Replaying it now, I see that time has colored my perception of the game. Yes, there certainly are parts of it that are fun, but (for me) it is much more frustrating than fun. This is definitely what you would call a precision platformer. The levels are designed so that you need to be nearly-pixel-perfect precise with the grapple and rocket boot mechanics. It doesn't help that you don't know what you can grapple onto until it is "in range" (which sometimes means you have only about 0.05 seconds or less to see, process, and change the object to which you're grappled). Additionally, you frequently need to run and boost-jump off of ledges, but that mechanic doesn't always work (it's as if it drops the jump input). As if that isn't bad enough, the game frequently does not give any hints as to where you need to go next or where you have been, so it's very easy to not know where to go (especially when you get disoriented from the grapple-swinging), which only adds to your frustration. Lastly, as others have pointed out, when grappling onto rocks (which is most of the game), you frequently bump into the rock, which causes your grapple to disengage and you immediately fall (usually to your death, causing you to replay from the last checkpoint). Thankfully, the checkpoints appear to be relatively close, but there are still extremely frustrating sections with extremely precise grapple-swinging required, so even with close checkpoints, it's a frustrating chore. I do enjoy the game A LOT when the mechanics work well, but it is not fun having to replay the same section 20+ times, even if each attempt takes only 20-30 seconds. The gameplay may be non-violent, but the frustration caused by the precision required may very well drive YOU to violence. This is definitely a rage-inducing game if you are not good at precision platforming.
Great music, but buy the FULL soundtrack on Austin Wintory's Bandcamp page.
Great music, but buy the FULL soundtrack on Austin Wintory's Bandcamp page.
Great music, but buy the FULL soundtrack on Austin Wintory's Bandcamp page.
Great music, but buy the FULL soundtrack on Austin Wintory's Bandcamp page.
