The Brain Blasters
| Developer: E.S.P. | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Ubi Soft | Sound: |
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| Year: 1991 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Soporific | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 3 simultaneous | Rating: |
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Originally released in France under the title The Teller (1990), I suppose the name reeked too much of frog legs and fromage, so they changed it…
You are a wizard, and as such, frequently invited to gatherings of bearded eccentrics, where debates about the latest pyrotechnic discoveries stretch into the wee hours, accompanied by dubious brews of questionable origin. These soirées often end in a hot mess. Some have been found days later, half-dead atop a tower, ragged, whispering raunchy words to butterflies…
Tonight, however, the resident madman-in-chief has chosen you, lucky devil, to take part in a grand tournament of… Memory! Yep, tough times for wizards too.
The game involves first memorising colourful shapes laid out on a grid, then recreating the image using pieces that fall from the sky. The fantasy setting is appealing, and the polished presentation helps, but there’s just one tiny thing missing: an actual game. You know, core concept? The last time I stared at this many circles and squares was for my driving theory test (which also, incidentally, ended in a hot mess).
In short, playing solo—if you’ll excuse the phrase—feels like tossing a salad with your bare teeth.
[ChatGPT blew up a fuse again? – Ed.]
With friends? Well … have you ever tried gathering your mates around a puzzle game? A puzzle game devoid of grenades and bazookas? Me neither.
Update:
I found a successor to it, at least in style: Glass Masquerade (PC, 2016).
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