The Guides App Reviews

I read the description and thought wow this is a game I would really enjoy its gonna be so fun well no it is terrible and I want a refund

I think its an awesome puzzle game that really makes you look at everything, but the text is normally a bit too small and I can imagine it being almost impossible on older apple devices. The keyboard is also different and hard to type on quickly.

Sorry, but I must be the one person who doesnt really like this one. Sure, there are a lot of stylish and well thought out puzzles here with some nifty decoder tools, but the array of puzzles is all just too monotone for me. They seem to be pretty much all of one similar kind which is very cerebral and mathematical.... not my cup of tea. If you love intellectual decoder games without much logic but a lot of mental twisting, this is for you. I guess I just dont have that kind of brain. For myself, Im deleting it and going back to The Room, Forever Lost and Cube Escape.... games with puzzles that seem to require much more creativity and logic, and have a better right/left brain balance. Maybe Im missing something, but Im not having enough fun to spend any more time trying to find it.

Youre forced to use your brain a bit. Once it see the patters to the solutions they fall into place pretty quickly, but some challenges are difficult enough to take a moment. The overall experience is very interesting and intriguing; it keeps your attention quite well. Good job on this game, devs. I love a good puzzler and this one hit the spot.

I want to like this better and perhaps the opacity is intentional, but Im prevented from giving 5 stars because the tools are so difficult to use. Perhaps the game is designed for larger devices?

There is nothing I wanted more in a game. Thank you

Well done.keeps me busy

Tbh, this is a really fun game with beautiful af puzzles, but its kinda easy. I finished it in a couple hours and now I have nothing to do, so Im currently playing Bioshock Infinite. If you guys could add more levels, that would be dank. Also there should be one where the theme is dogs, because dogs are amazing and cute and fluffy. On an unrelated note, I have three cats. Crazy right? Waffles is a tabby with waffled colored hair, Rubix is a gray mackerel tabby, and Swagblazer brown Norwegian Forest Cat.

It seems very cryptic at first but as you progress the game, you are provided more decoding tools and puzzles starts to make sense. But before you get the decoding tool, you need to figure out what the logic behind it first. If you are intrigued by the idea of Enigma machine+ cryptology and decoding binary, Caesarian shift, morse code, etc. sounds fun to you, this will be very enjoyable (for me it was).

Compared to most games out there, this mind game is brilliant! I wish there were more like it! It caught me off guard at start, with a somewhat confusing beginning. But once you get a few levels its great fun. With some levels being simpler than others, and some being.... Well let say "just crazy harder". Making you think inside, outside, and threw another dimension for the box, and always Asking yourself " whats in the box?". Fun little mind games, with a twist of logic, math, cryptology, and such. Along with a drone of ambient noise soundtrack, Just to make it kinda creepy! Totally worth the $$$.. Definitely buy if you like this type of game! -.. --- .-- -. / - .... . / .-. .- -... -... .. - / .... --- .-.. .

Solving each level makes you feel very proud of yourself.

Very intriguing

This game is amazing. The puzzles are challenging and cryptic. Its definitely geared towards more math based people. At the beginning the puzzles are a little easier but as you get through the game they become more difficult. My one criticism is that in some of the puzzles you have to go back to previous ones to solve it but I can never remember where it was. And I know there is an app to help but I already paid for the game I really wouldnt pay for the walk through app because it shouldnt need one. It shouldnt be that difficult that you would need to make another app. Overall though a very impressive game.

Too many games are lacking in uniqueness. Not here! None of the challenges are difficult, rather they are pretty clear if the user is willing to think differently about how to obtain a solution. This game is an excellent exercise for the mind. Thank you!!

Love the mystery in having to solve these puzzles without any clues. Very different from any other game I have played.

For the cost, I expected a lot more. Puzzles are repetitive with frequent use of a decoder to shift letters or convert binary. Not really challenging. These arent puzzles, just retyping characters.

So much fun, easily the best puzzle game Ive played since Device 6. This is so much fun and a really nice challenge.

Worth it

Youll need to use your wits on this one. Some of the puzzles are very challenging.

Beautiful, cerebral, and maybe even a bit dark. This game is incredibly challenging, but not quite to the point where you have to give up. You do, although, have to be rather clever and have the sort of brain thats good at ciphers and pattern recognition to truly enjoy the experience. But this is really just amazing, not to mention the awesome graphics and the mysterious storyline lurking ominously in the background, in such a way that youre not sure whether youre just imagining it or not. This is not just a game, it is a journey.