Khimera: Puzzle Island

100%

I love my monster children and the genuinely really good picross set up. I played a lot of Mario Picross and the "you can only do like 5 mistakes then you die" bugged me. This one lets me sit down and feel it out while still giving me some vague hints. Love it!

I did not know of nonograms before landing up here. I had enjoyed [i] Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls, [/i] and on the strength of the goodwill that game raised in me, I bought this title. Luckily for me, I found myself enjoying this one too, even though I'm not much into puzzles. At the outset, I'll say I like every aspect of this game! But, since the point of a puzzle game is the puzzle, I'll start with the gameplay. For an absolute beginner, the initial puzzles are a cinch. The difficulty ramps up at a very manageable pace. If you get stuck somewhere and don't want to start afresh, you can use special items to deal with problems. You can receive these items as rewards, and you can buy them with cookies. Yup, cookies are the in-game currency, earned when you complete puzzles in the "campaign". While you do get penalised for using these items, being able to sidestep frustration is worth it if you're not going for 100%. The gameplay mechanics are simple, and essentially stay the s...