I used to do paint by numbers all the time but had to quit as my hands now shake and jerk to much to be able to produce anything that looks good. I was so excited when this came out.
It starts out very simple for the first few paintings but then comes a very beautiful butterfly. I was hooked and purchased after starting the butterfly. One thing I like is that you can work on one of the complicated ones for a while then go to an easier one. It saves your work on any painting you start. Later on there is a very detailed lion to do. It is amazing. Scattered throughout the paintings there are quite a few that are very detailed and beautiful. I have done all the paintings and there is something for any skill level. It's nice to go from complicated to an easy one for a change of pace.
I really hope this game developer comes out with another of these. It will be an immediate purchase for me.
I've played a lot of griddlers in my day and this has got to be the worst I've ever played. It might be fine for children and first time players. I completed 45 1/2 levels in the demo and found only a few that were 4 color and 1 that was 6 color. All grids were small. Maybe the rest get larger but who knows. Also, some of the colors are very similar which makes it hard to tell what is what. Many pictures looked like blobs instead of what the designer said it was supposed to represent. Absolutely none of the 45 levels I completed were challenging. The need to *guess* to fill some spaces instead of using logic on some grids was really annoying. I cannot say as to whether the storyline is good or bad as I didn't read it during the demo. If I purchase a game then I restart it and read the storyline. I prefer to play as many of the puzzles I can during a demo to see how challenging they become after the usual learning curve many have. I won't be purchasing this even with a free game coupon.
I usually never write reviews but I had to on this game since it received several negative reviews based on the black on black. I played for about 20 minutes after it was released but found the black on black drove me nuts. The developers listened to what reviewer's were saying and changed the color of the unused squares. It is now the same color as the rest of the squares with a small black circle to mark them. When the puzzle is completed all those squares turn to black. The finished puzzle looks great that way. I'm glad I hadn't deleted it after those 20 minutes. I installed the update and tried again. I'm sure glad I did as it was a definite buy.
So far all the regular puzzles have been 4-5 color with most being 5 color. The bonus puzzles you have to unlock has been 6 color so far. I'm currently on level 8.2 so can't say how many colors the rest of the puzzles will be.
I have most of the Fantasy Mosaic games but find this one to be much better than the last few of the Fantasy releases. A lot of the challenge is gone in the Penguin games and their latest seemed to have some poorly laid out and oversimplified pictures.