Whilst sitting on a sofa after a rather heavy evening, one would think that you should rest those weary grey cells and watch mind numbing tv. Instead, taking on the murders in Little Riddle seemed more enticing, however much it would cause us to curse the events of the night before.
Blue Toad Episode 2 is set in the same colourful town of Little Riddle that the first one episode was and without ruining anything , the story is continued and the gameplay is just as intriguing in as the first episode. If you believe that this game is for children because of the cheeky colourful graphics, then you are horrendously wrong.
Mystery games such as Professor Layton are based on puzzle based gameplay and Blue Toad is no exception. Episode 1 eases you in to the puzzle based world so number 2 starts piling more pressure onto your IQ. Jumping between lateral puzzles and observation puzzle, Blue Toad makes sure that you do not get too complacent with the puzzles that are coming up.
This variety is great and in multiplayer mode, the puzzles can cause friction between those playing as players getting involved in trying to solve each others puzzles. This can be helpful but in the majority of cases, even though it is co-operative, it can cause friction as more than one player fights for use of the controller. I for one, am guilty of over enthusiasm, from which a black eye was my reward (controller to face).
If you find that this review is rather blunt about the story and what the puzzles entail, then here is the reason. Giving away the story and the puzzles here, is sort of like spoiling a plot line of a Poirot mystery. If I was to tell you what methods the detective had to go through to find the killer, then the resulting finale would be less satisfying. Same goes for Blue Toad, if i was to describe the puzzles and how they work, then there would be a slight advantage for you over others. Also, I do not want to take away the pure brain draining activity that some of these puzzles hold.
I think highly of Blue Toad as it is a game you can play with anyone, but as Stevie said in the previous review, it does only have one play through life span. Unless you are thirsty to get all of the newly released achievements. What Blue Toad does do for me though, is make me more intrigued about what games the PSN network has buried deep within its mainframe.
I’m not going to score this out any number but I am going to leave it as a recommendation. Blue Toad is the perfect game to play, very satisfying, very colourful, enjoyable to a point, however, you can only play it once.
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