ReThink 2

ReThink 2 is a first person puzzle game where the basic concept of each puzzle requires the player to use a variety of cubes to redirect coloured lasers so that they touch switches with the same colour, which unlocks the door to the next puzzle chamber. For example “I” cubes will shine the laser in one direction, while “V” cubes shine in two directions simultaneously. Lasers have three basic colours (red, green, blue), and by shining different colours into the same cube together you can create four more colours (yellow, purple, turquoise and white). If you shine one of the later four colours into a colour splitting cube, you get red, green and blue back out. More advanced puzzles also include cubes which can shine lasers in two or three different directions, but only one at a time, and you can change the active direction with a mouse click. ReThink 2 also added a couple of new mechanics that weren’t in the previous games, such as the ability to place cubes on the walls and ...

Difficulty : 3.5/5 (Hard) Global : 3/5 (Very Good) The first half is easy like ReThink 1. But you quickly realize in the second half that the difficulty drastically went up at some point and you'll be stuck on some puzzles for a long time.

[i]Disclaimer:[/i] As a friend of the developer, i'm biased, so take this review with a grain of salt. And i haven't finished the game yet, because the later puzzles are quite a challenge to me (my playtime is higher then displayed because the time i playtested it didn't count), but i want to give my impression of it so far. And yes, i bought the game myself to support the developer. :P [h1]Visuals:[/h1] I think that the ReThink game series is one of the best looking "only-one-developer-indie-games". Partly because the UE4 is well used here, and partly because most of the Assets are self-made and fit together perfectly. Every room is pleasant to look at and the visuals often compliment the puzzle design (or the other way around). And it runs decently well at 4k with 60fps at medium to high detail settings. [h1]Sounds:[/h1] The music is beautiful and relaxing, the composer did a great job. For the sound design though... you'll notice that free sounds were used. I understand that buyin...

Got stuck on room 40 for anywhere from 2-4 hours, got bored and softlocked myself into room 39 using a laser from room 40. I'm just going to assume that's how the game was meant to end, since I'm not smart enough to figure out 40's actual solution and my pride doesn't allow yet for looking up solutions externally. The first ReThink was easy enough that I assumed later games would similarly be walks in the park, but I cannot salute the developer enough for constantly finding ways to consistently step up the difficulty in every iteration. If you like indie first-person puzzlers, get every game in this series. The mechanics are simple enough to grasp, but still offer a lot of challenge.

Pros: Excellent game series as always. The puzzles are much more difficult. I love these first person puzzle games. Best price in the genre at $10 10/10 Cons: I quit at lvl 40, it just seems too hard after several days. EDIT: I beat lvl 40 finally realizing what I missed, will continue on Game has laser glitches where changing a laser cube may leave connected laser colors that shouldn't be allowed to stay within the game rules.

Fun lazer colour matching puzzle game with relaxing muse

Love these ReThink games. Really fun puzzles. If you like laser lights and mixing colors you will enjoy. The graphics are very nice.

This series gets better and better, and new mechanics keep being added, keeping things fresh without it getting overwhelming. Some really neat switching and 3D elements in this one compared to previous games. This one had a couple of really hard puzzles, two of which took me several hours. But they are all solvable without a guide. A good tip is to work out where there are places that a certain colour MUST go, and start to work backwards from there. It often eliminates a lot of possibilities and lets you focus on a much smaller problem space. Now on to the next one!

Every ReThink game I play I love it more and more. Such a simple premise for a game but the late levels are really hard by mixing those few concepts, what an elegant game design. Definitely recommended for puzzle game lovers, it puts your brain to the test and if you are patient and figure out the solution, it's so satisfying. Even when it looks impossible to solve with the pieces you have keep trying, the solution is probably simpler than what you're trying (at least based on my experience). There are probably multiple ways to solve some of the puzzles, because I ended up with extra pieces after several of them. No doubt these games deserve a spot in the puzzle games hall of fame, it only lacks a storyline to be in the same league as games such as Portal or The Talos Principle. If you don't mind the lack of story, buy it, it's a fair price. Thank you Yaeko, keep them coming please.

Enjoyed it. Generally harder puzzles than previous ReThink games, but still achievable. Only had to "research" the solutions for 3 of the 40+ puzzles. Some minor annoying bugs where some cubes temporarily retain colour after the source beam has been removed, but these are easily worked around and do not distract from the overall enjoyment.