Isoland 2: Ashes of Time

Actually all the games up to this point — Mr. Pumpkin’s Adventure, Isoland, and now Isoland 2. The unique art style is what initially attracted me, and then the story and gameplay got me hooked. There are a LOT of point and click type games out there on the market, but few produce such a fine balance of logical challenge, visual esthetic, and solidly intuitive controls. The drawing pad option was a nice add (like in Agent A), though I was still more inclined to snap pics on my phone or keep a scratch pad handy. This one does feel a bit shorter than the other installments, but don’t let that stop you. It’s still a great addition to play through!

But the first time I tried playing this game, it was set in Korean by default cause I downloaded this game in Korea. But in Korean translation, the captain of the boat doesn’t give you the directional hint needed to open the light house. All he says is ‘I know the world to be big, if you go around enough, you’ll end up in the same place’, something along the lines of that in Korean. It doesn’t give you the necessary hint, so I was lost for the longest time before I looked up a walkthrough and found out what was missing. It’s frustrating cause the whole point of this game is to find clues and solve mysteries. And I would hate to do this again in the future as I play it through and some clues are lost due to mistranslation again. Please fix this.

....i’ve done the initial trip around the island, bumped into an impossible entry to a lighthouse, from which all life issues. For me, that’s end of game, but there are a couple of new games i can turn to. It’s a great game. I’ll come back and fiddle at the lighthouse from time to time, wiggle the elk’s antler, then go play something more productive. Actually I do only one review and perhaps edit it, or refine my intent. If there is more than one review I would suspect it to be the product of programmers who haven’t learned how to keep the current review and delete previous copies.

It’s beautifully designed, great characters and art. Good logic - if you are an escape the room / myst style adventure hunter don’t even think - just buy it. Got through the game without hints after a few days. I was confused with the ending so looked online after to see if I was missing something ... and I was. Hint: play the game through TWICE for the alternate, much more satisfying ending. Great game developers I’m checking out your other titles now!

I really enjoyed this game, even better than the first one! The only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is because the screen where you can write notes kept popping up when I tapped the screen. Even when I tried to tap on something in the opposite corner as the notes button, it would pop up. This bug was annoying because I was constantly having to close the notes screen. It didn’t prevent me from finishing the game or anything and I absolutely loved the graphics. You can tell a lot of effort went into making this game!