Developed by Lazy 8 Studios.
Cogs is an award-winning puzzle game where players build an incredible variety of machines from sliding tiles. Immersed in a steampunk world with stunning visual design, Cogs is beautifully made. It has 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. Pretty addicting, if you ask me. Developed by Lazy 8 Studios for PC, Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
We've all agonized over the solution to a sliding tile puzzle at some point. There's always a couple of pieces that just don't want to co-operate, and then once you've got those in the right position, now others have moved out of place. Really frustrating for people like me who rarely have the kind of patience for this type of game.
All elements of play are in full 3D, although only on specific levels can the user rotate the playfield through a whole 360 degrees. With this kind of game the graphical style isn't exactly the most important element, so it's reassuring to see so much effort being put into looks.
Of course, with this kind of setup, the material is bound to be limited and later puzzles less varied, but Lazy 8 have managed to squeeze every idea possible out of the genre and then shadow any acts of repetition with clever objectives and outcomes. Not every puzzle features cogs, with some using pipes and the like.
Cogs is also rather difficult. As much as I love puzzle games like this one, I was actually frustrated by Cogs. I had to unlock stars by finishing the puzzle with the shortest time possible, with the least number of moves I could.
All in all, Cogs is a great game. I highly recommend it, and at a price of $9.99, I think it's a steal. Then again, if you aren't that sure about buying it, you could always try the demo version.
similar to the game pipes?
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a different and more enhanced version of pipes. It still a puzzle game, though. Still a weird one too but I like the inventor mode.
ReplyDeletePlayed this game lots. :) It's more like another take in the old sliding pictures puzzle. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't let the pipe distract you! All you really need is to slide the panels so all the "moving" parts are connected.
nice :) keep up the good work :)
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of an old game..... :DD
ReplyDeleteI remember a game like this when I was a kid. Haha.
ReplyDeleteToo bad that the HD version does not work on the iPhone. Bought that and got zip. Tap on the app and you get booted back to the OS pronto. Best way to waste $4.99 if you ask me. Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous on the iPad though.
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