Lingo 2

Truly a unique and underrated puzzle game. The word puzzles are very well made and solving them makes you feel very smart. Even if this doesn't sound like it's for you I would still recommend it.

i'm gonna try to push myself to beat this game, and i might even change my opinion by then. but for now, i just can't recommend it. i really really really liked the first lingo. i liked it so much that i was willing to overlook the many downsides it had. what lingo 2 does, is it takes those downsides and doubles them. i hate the main mechanic of collecting letters, it just doesn't work in a game like this. my progression should only be hindered by my knowledge, not letter unlocks. i hate finding a new puzzle room, just for me to be unable to solve it. and yes, that happens in the first game, but when youre limited by your knowledge, you can still make guesses, you can still try to work it out, and you still might get it. and even if you dont, you will not forget about it. because you spent time there trying to figure it out. and you will remember it when you finally do figure it out somewhere else. another gripe i have is the loadzone/portals that exist for some reason. the game loses a lot of its "non-euclidean" "antichamber-y" charm because of these portals, and that was one of my favourite things about the first lingo. something else that annoys me, is the amount of pointless panels i solved. i'd find a new room, with 18 puzzles, and i'd solve them, aaaand nothing?.. its really frustrating. i mean it still might be needed for something in the future, but it just doesn't really feel good either way. the first lingo had titles you'd get after completing rooms or sets of puzzles, i wish lingo 2 had something similar. i've always thought that a good puzzle game doesnt need hints*. and lingo 2 really, really does. *at least not major ones, and not this early into the game

The puzzles were okay. While I appreciate how bizarre the game world is, there is too much wandering around and being lost. I even went to view the hint section within a game a couple of times, but I didn't feel any less lost after viewing the hints.