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  1. Seems like every other piece of media is getting into multiverse shenanigans, so why not Piczle too? Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse by developer Score Studios and publisher Rainy Frog is another logic puzzle game jam-packed with addictive puzzle challenges that can easily eat up all of your free time. The core gameplay may not be changed much, but if it's not broken why bother fixing it. Into the Puzzleverse once again stars Score-chan, Professor Matrix, and their cat Dbug. After Score-chan foolishly used powerful piczle dust as kitty litter, Dbug is now lost in the Puzzleverse, somewhere in the books on Professor Matrix's shelves. To find the cat, you'll need to dive into each one and solve all of the puzzles within. Like other Piczle games from Score Studios, the humor is very goofy, with plenty of 4th-wall-breaking and self-referential jokes. It's a puzzle game after all, the story is never going to be the focus, so why not have some fun with it with comic-book-style cutscenes and a light-hearted tone. Piczles—PICture puzZLES—are logic puzzles that create an image when completed. All you have to do is fill in squares by connecting colored numbers with their corresponding twin with a line. The number indicates how many squares need to be filled in, e.g. a red 6 connects to another red 6 for a total of 6 squares. This is pretty simple for small numbers—there are only so many ways to create a 3 square line—but it can be trickier with larger numbers since there are more ways to connect lines and you need to make sure every line fits. Sometimes you might fill in a line only to later discover that it cuts off another line, so you'll need to erase and reconsider. Finishing the entire puzzle yields a picture—the first set of puzzles in the story mode is pirate themed so you'll get pictures of pirate hats, cutlasses, cannons, etc. Like all great logic puzzles, it's a very simple concept to understand but can be repeated nigh indefinitely with all manner of images. It definitely appeals to the mentality of putting everything neatly in its place, and the more you play the better you'll be at recognizing basic go-to shapes, which is awfully satisfying. It's a wonderfully addictive gameplay formula that truly will burn away hours and hours if you let it. One of the nice things about Into the Puzzleverse is that the story mode kind of assumes you know how to play. There's a tutorial sure, but it doesn't take long at all for the puzzles to ramp up in complexity. It's nice for veteran Piczle Lines fans to be able to jump right into the meat of the game rather than having to quickly rush through a bunch of extremely easy puzzles first. Sometimes the story puzzles do get perhaps too complicated though—spending an hour on a single puzzle is a little tiring. If you do need to warm up to the gameplay a bit, the non-story Puzzle Mode starts off at a much easier pace, which is also perfect if you want to do a couple puzzles without committing too much time to the game. The game also offers a handful of assistance options, including ways to check for mistakes or focus mode which clues you into the next correct move. So even though the puzzles are massive here, beginners can still get through them with a bit of help. There are also several customization options to change the look of the UI and background, as well as achievements to add another little goal to the gameplay. Completing one puzzle after another already creates a nice chain of incentives to keep going, but it's still good to have a couple other reasons to master everything in this game. Given the number of puzzles and their gargantuan sizes, it's not really an exaggeration to say Into the Puzzleverse can keep you busy for 100 hours. Even just completing the story mode should last dozens of hours, not to mention the additional 100+ puzzles in Puzzle Mode. If you still can't get enough Piczle Lines, there are also paid DLC puzzle packs for additional content. Even with just the base game though you're more than getting your money's worth. Presentation is obviously not a priority in a puzzle game like this, but Into the Puzzleverse still looks good. The story mode cutscenes and dioramas are cute and fun and definitely add the Piczle personality to the game. And even within the square-based art of the puzzles themselves, it's kind of impressive to see what kind of art the developers are able to create. The soundtrack is also quite nice. You'll be hearing a lot of it when you play, but it has a nice jazzy sound to it that's perfect for background vibes while you solve puzzle after puzzle. Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse is tailor made for logic puzzle fans. Obviously if you enjoyed the previous Piczle Line game you'll obviously feel right at home here, but if you at all enjoy puzzle games like Picross or Sudoku that allow you to just zen out and complete puzzles, you'll find a true treasure trove of content here that will keep you busy for weeks as you are sucked into this game's puzzleverse. Rating: 8 out of 10 Puzzles Review copy provided by publisher Piczle Lines 2: Into the Puzzleverse will be available on the Switch eShop on 2/22 for $14.99. Pre-order now for 10% off.
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