Q.U.B.E.

I picked this up on the PSN free monthly games. When I looked at it, I thought this could be fun puzzle game. Well, I wasn't bored, however I wasn't necessarily impressed.

So to start it off, the controls were good, pretty much like all modern games where you move and jump in a 3D surrounding. When manipulating the blocks, it was good feedback, and there's nothing I can really say other than that.

The story is something to justify the game. It's one of them stories that seem like an afterthought. I don't understand why games do it. Why not just let it be a puzzle game? You have a woman occasionally talking to you, telling you stuff. When you get towards the end of the game, someone else starts hacking into your communication saying everything that had been told to you before is a lie. This sounds good as you start to think about who you should believe, however you do not get that choice. It would have been good to have multiple endings, and you could find out if you had the correct choice. As I wanted to choose opposite to what the game had decided. Bit of a shame really.

One of the things that bothered me when I finished the game was the length of it. I was hoping for more, which could be a good thing, however it is more like a meal that you get your starter, but nothing else.

The puzzles were not the hardest, and rarely took over a few minutes to figure out. I wouldn't know if that would be the case for everyone, as I like playing puzzle/strategic games, so I've probably got an advantage.

Overall it was an OK game. Very short. I'd only recommend this if it is free and you want to a few hours to fill.