4/4/2023 0 Comments Zen bound switch![]() Zen Bound 2 is a completely different experience to what most gamers will be used to, but if you get into it you will be hooked all the way to the end. All the stages from the original game are included so you are almost getting two games for your cash. ![]() It’s possible to become so involved in a game that you’ll be craning your neck to try and see what’s going on “behind” the object you are manipulating.Ĭonsidering the price and what you get for it, it’s very hard to fault Zen Bound 2. The whole game is manipulated with the mouse & apart from an initial learning curve works very well. To further compliment the calm “Zen” like atmosphere is a 45 minute soundtrack by Finnish artists, “Ghost Monkey”. The audio fits the game perfectly & really add to the experience. Some lateral thinking is definitely a requirement. The nail that the rope has to touch to finish the level can also accidentally be made inaccessible if you are not careful. I would also often accidentally wrap the object in such a way that certain parts become impossible to wrap. Careful planning is needed as it’s all too easy to run out of rope before the required paint percentage is reached. It can be a bit confusing as first and I can imagine it was more intuitive with touch screen controls, but after playing for a while it becomes easier. Since it is the object itself that rotates, and not the rope that can be directly manipulated, it is quite a job to wrap the more complex objects. In another variation, the paint bombs are attached to the rope itself at certain intervals, which takes some extra planning to use effectively. When the rope touches these, the immediate area around it will be painted, but if the rope slips off you will need to re-wrap it. Instead of areas that the rope touch getting painted, paint capsules are placed on pins that are struck into the object. ![]() There’s also some variety with levels that feature “paint bombs”. Objects like a skateboard, guitar, airplane, zeppelin, snake and elephant all have to be wrapped in rope.As you can imagine, it is quite a task to fully wrap some of them. The objects all start out with fairly simple shapes to paint, but get progressively more complex. There’s also a host of Steam achievements to aim for and most of these actually take some effort to achieve. For the completion of 99% you will get the maximum of three blossoms for the stage. Put in some extra effort to get 86% and you’ll open two blossoms. While only 74% of each object has to be “painted” in order to complete a level this will only open up one flower blossom on the tree. In total there are ten trees with more than a 100 levels in total to play through. All in all a very immersive and soothing experience. Progress is made by moving up the tree, lighting paper lanterns along the way to open up the way to the top. Completing each stage rewards you, with flower blossoms appearing on the tree, up to a maximum of three per object. Levels are split up into “trees” with the objects you will be manipulating dangling as cardboard tags from the tree. This attention to detail has been extended to the visual presentation of the game as well. All the 3D objects look like you could really reach at and pluck them from the screen. Great pains have been taken to make the objects as realistic as possible with detailed, high resolution textures. What first drew me to this title (besides the unique game play concept) is the detailed graphics. The official website describes it as a “meditative puzzle game” and I have to agree. Once a certain percentage of the object is painted, the rope has to touch an endpoint indicated by a nail to finish the level. The goal is to wrap the rope around the object, “painting” all the areas the rope touches. The player is given a wooden sculpture with a length of rope tied to it. The original Zen Bound was a puzzle game for touch-screen mobile devices the premise was very unique & fairly simple.
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