Old Canvases 3:

In Brief:
Old Canvases 2 is the second part of Oil Canvases that we were given last week. It's a similar theme to Oil Paintings that we were given back in September 22nd 2021 except we get the smaller 16 element puzzles to each of the 15 oil canvas's and the images are only part of the original canvas.

We've had several jigsaw puzzles from GameREA ranging from excellent 60 pieces puzzles with 16 different boards to solve, ones with 49 elements with 10 different puzzles to solve to the smaller 16 element puzzles with 15 different puzzles to solve. These included themes such as Fantastic Puzzles 2021, Street Art, Grim puzzles, Oil Paintings, Terrible(fantasy) puzzles, Colourful World, Transport, Statues, and Autumn Mood puzzles. Todays game is of the latter type i.e. 16 elements with 15 different puzzles to solve.

You can see a video of game play HERE.

Introduction:
The third piece of puzzles with fragments from old paintings. The game is very simple, as it was created for your relaxation and does not require special attention. The game has 15 levels, where each level consists of 16 elements that must be rotated in the desired direction and dragged into place. At the beginning of the level, you see the image for 5 seconds and then it disappears. In this version of the game, the help button is disabled, as it was in previous games, since the levels are very simple. The game will help you relax and have fun. There is a choice of levels and you can start playing from the level you choose. The game will delight you with nice graphics and calm music.

Reference accessed HERE 22nd November 2021

The Game:
Oil Canvases 3 like the first two, is a 16 piece square puzzle with fifteen images to solve. When you start the game you can see what key bindings and mouse controls are used by clicking on the Control button (see the second image above).

Along the bottom of the puzzle grid are four buttons with a timer in the middle. The first two buttons toggle the sound on and off, the third button restarts the puzzles timer from the beginning; when this is done, all the pieces of the puzzle are shuffled and reoriented differently. The puzzle pieces are located to the left and right of the 4 x 4 grid; eight on each side.

When placing pieces in the correct position they are not locked like previous jigsaw puzzles we've received from a different developer. Also, if you place a piece wrongly it does not jump back to the periphery like some of the BD Games puzzles we've had recently, you have to put them back manually. This puzzle looks more professional and is very similar to the puzzle we received previously about Autumn Moods, Terrible and Statue Puzzles by the same developer i.e. GameREA.

There is a level map that allows you to start at whichever image you wish to solve first. When you've completed a puzzle it will automatically move onto the next puzzle in the level map or if you want to move to a new puzzle press the fourth button at the bottom of the image. Whenever you start the game from the beginning without choosing a level, it always starts with the first puzzle. When you have completed all 15 puzzles you are taken back to the main menu, where you can start again. Each restart of the puzzle you'll find all the puzzle pieces in a different location. Puzzle pieces are orientated in different ways, so you may need to turn the puzzle piece to get it to match up by right clicking on the piece.

You can also see the different mouse and keyboard commands via the second button in the main menu. To close the game use the Esc key.

Conclusion:
Oil Canvases 3 like the first two is a pleasant jigsaw puzzle game, that should take around a couple or more minutes to complete each puzzle. With fifteen puzzle you've easily got a few hours worth of puzzle solving. :)

The puzzles are of famous oil paintings. I enjoyed completing a couple of them in the time I had to write this review up. For an adult, there is little challenge, but these would give a youngster some challenge, especially if they were competing with siblings to see who could complete the puzzles the quickest. Sadly, there is no high score table..

Notes on Security

I scanned a zipped copy of the installed game using Virus Total and it found 2 hits (Dr Web & Jiangmin) from 58 antimalware engines. These two are amongst only several antimalware suites that often tag Falcoware Games compared to most better known and more reliable antimalware engines; so, it's very likely to be a false positive.

The downloaded executable 'may' include some low level adware that only opens your browser once to Falcoware's home page after the game has installed and also places four shortcuts onto your desktop (which can be safely deleted once the game has installed).

The installation does NOT inject any malware into your system. When your browser is opened to Falcoware's home page following the games installation, it earns Falcoware games some money, part of which is given to the developer of the game for allowing the game to be given away free. Once you've installed the game, there are no more browser redirections. This is because Falcoware removed their installer over a year ago (that installer would show an advert for a game and then open your browser each time you played and then closed the game down.)

You can see the results of the scan via the following link:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ce6254aa2828f88bdc13e940106f85c1335ee505f66bf01cddaddb9bff3e05cc?nocache=1