eldad9
08-31-2005, 01:15 AM
I started playing this (and several other DS games) on Thursday, and just completed the 100th and last puzzle in puzzle mode. The in-game clock says 1:45, which means slightly over one minute per puzzle.
Now, to be fair, I did write a little program on the PC that lets me look properly at the puzzles, since the DS version was annoyingly missing a feature - letting you flip horizontal lines before even starting the puzzle. This feature would have no effect on the difficulty, and wouldn't let you do anything you couldn't do with pen and paper (or in my case, a badly written but still functional 30 line Python script).
So I'm willing to add another very generous 1:15 for the ten or so puzzles I solved on my PC screen. Still, 3 hours doesn't make for a long game.
I know, I know. Some of you will claim the main game is the challenge mode, or maybe the vs. mode (I don't even know if you need a second cart for that one).
It almost makes me want to rewrite the game on the PC, with a better interface.
By the way, if you're curious about my solver, here's what it looks like. Warning: This spoils #100, although staring at it for under a second is probably OK.
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5857/polariumsolverlevel1003gu.png
Now, to be fair, I did write a little program on the PC that lets me look properly at the puzzles, since the DS version was annoyingly missing a feature - letting you flip horizontal lines before even starting the puzzle. This feature would have no effect on the difficulty, and wouldn't let you do anything you couldn't do with pen and paper (or in my case, a badly written but still functional 30 line Python script).
So I'm willing to add another very generous 1:15 for the ten or so puzzles I solved on my PC screen. Still, 3 hours doesn't make for a long game.
I know, I know. Some of you will claim the main game is the challenge mode, or maybe the vs. mode (I don't even know if you need a second cart for that one).
It almost makes me want to rewrite the game on the PC, with a better interface.
By the way, if you're curious about my solver, here's what it looks like. Warning: This spoils #100, although staring at it for under a second is probably OK.
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5857/polariumsolverlevel1003gu.png