Giveaway of the Day - Soviet Cypher

Soviet Cypher downloads to a 7.62Mb zip file that unpacks to a read me (that states the terms and conditions) and a wrapped dual activation and set up file. The game installs to the following path:

C:\Games\Soviet Cypher

There is no folder just the games executable. You will have to create your own shortcuts. The installed game is 7.11Mb in size. You will require a flash program for this game to work.

The game works in Win 7 Ultimate and Pro as well as Win XP Pro. I will test it in Vista later.

Introduction:

This is a cool logic game with a theme based on the Soviet period. By making simple manipulations, such as moving removal and rotation of physical objects and blocks you have to deliver a star to a specific location.

Edited Reference accessed HERE on the 12th March 2011

The Game:

Another excellent flash based game from Wheemplay, with 40 pre-made levels and a levels editor to make your own when you’ve completed the once included with the main game. The game starts off in tutorial mode introducing some of the objects that you have to manoeuvre. The concept is easy, move a red colored object from one place to another using the mouse to push various movable objects such as boxes, swinging objects and propellers with the added ‘complication of changing gravity on some of the levels. There are short tutorial messages that introduce new concepts and some initial reminders such as Gravity [G] prompts when you need to use gravity. The puzzles get progressively more ingenious as you progress with fewer or no prompts. Don’t let the first few very simple puzzles put you off this game; they are just tutorial levels that introduce you to the various movements that can be accomplished.

All the puzzles apart from the first are locked initially. Once you’ve unlocked a puzzle you can return to it whenever you wish. Each level had a countdown timer that initially starts at 1000. As you progress through the levels an additional 100 is added to the timer for each new level, which counts down at an alarming rate. 1000 equals about 33 seconds and each additional level adds about 3 seconds to the time you get to complete the level. The longer you take to complete the level the lower the points you get for completing it. Going over the allotted time gives you 0 points but you can still continue if you wish or restart the level by clicking on R.

There is a sprint mode that is unlocked once all levels have been completed and you earn achievements for attaining specific goals. You can see all achievements earned via the main menu.

The options menu allows you to change the music and sound effects as well as the graphics quality, however I saw very little difference between the lowest and highest settings. If you are having difficulty running the game I would suggest turning the graphics quality to it’s lowet setting, however I doubt that this will be needed unless you are running an ancient computer.

Check out the images I’ve uploaded. They give you an idea of what to expect from the game; showing you some of the objects and the levels editor.

Images

You can see a slide show of all the images (around 50) HERE.

Conclusion

This is an excellent physics based puzzle with a levels editor that enables you to create your own levels when you’ve completed the 40 that are provided. It’s an excellent puzzle game though I do think the number of official levels is a little sparce as not everyone will want to use the levels editor, which is simple to use. there are no bells and whisles graphically, but the execution is excellent and well worth 8 points IMO. 8 for game play, 6 for graphics, 10 for the addition of a levels editor and 8 for replayability (due to the addition of the levels editor). Check out Beergas’s concise and erudite review below for more information.

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@ Whiterabbit,

works in Vista.

………………….Moderator comment………………

Thanks for the info. I needed to go back to bed after posting the initial review. so only checked three platforms. Also reason why a lot of community members have had to wait to see their comments.