If you like Sudoku this is an interesting take on the rules. Rather than placing fixed numbers into the grid as rules. Sudoku Killer, covers the standard Sudoku board with cages of two or three squares which each total to given number.
At first I found the game really challenging, but after a few levels I started to pick up a few ways to interpret the...
Cool number logic game. The puzzles are quite challenging and the soundtrack is pretty chill, but there were some things that I disliked terribly:
- The little circles that show the cage total obscure the number 1, when you are marking a cell's possibilities. The screenshots on the store page seem to look okay, but the actual interface is a little different.
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The puzzles, while not as good as the set from Cracking the Cryptic, are still good, so I will give this game a thumbs up.
The caveat is that the UI is quite lacking, both for generic sudoku and for the killer variant:
- Only one notation format, which is somewhat clunky to use (no cell multi-select)
- Pencil-marked ones are almost impossible to see...
this Sudoku is killing me
but the music is relaxing thats why i enjoy the game
It's an interesting variation of sudoku, pretty hard but fun and rewarding... at least the easy and medium levels. But as the game progresses, the solutions become too convoluted. Often you need to calculate xx moves ahead, simultaneously in several boxes. just to confirm or eliminate one number. It's no longer relaxing or fun, just becomes a chore.
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