The Room

The Room

A cute, short, puzzle room.

Overview

The Room is a beautiful puzzle game reminiscent of the sorts of puzzles you would find in a puzzle room. The genre is point and click, but that term evokes a more simplistic game. The game this mostly reminds of is The Seventh Guest. 

Critique

Nice graphics and sound provide a pleasant atmosphere for puzzle solving. The pacing is good and interesting animations keep you engaged. The story is mediocre. It starts to build towards something interesting but never gets there.The puzzles are all quite simple. There would have been moments of frustration, like trying to find a patch of wood with a slightly different color. However the hint system is pretty decent and I was able to get help with the parts of the game I found tedious. 

As I said, the puzzles are pretty simple. Many can be solved through trial and error. However, I'm an excellent puzzler and still enjoyed the game. 

Should You Buy It?

If a three or four hour puzzle game sounds fun, then yes. I put the sequel on my wishlist.