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if you like when puzzle games give you thefreedom to solve them however you want, this is a 3ds game for you. actually, probablyhelps if you like monsters, inc., too. it's mike wazowski's limbless cousin phil wazowski—notreally, but kind of—it's ohno odyssey for the nintendo 3ds. now, set phil on fire. so ohno odyssey is a puzzle game that takescontrol out of your hands. instead, you're in control of the levels. your objective isto get each alien to the end of the puzzle...each of which is like a set of tinker toys. thereare platforms in place, but you have plenty of objects at your disposal to manipulatethe alien's path. arrange a contraption that you think is gonna work, release the alien...andhope for the best.

actually, failure's part of the process. infact, that's one of the defining characteristics of ohno odyssey. it's what makes it feel lesslike a video game than a physics model. there's not really a penalty for dying, or anything.in fact, i don't think you can die. if it doesn't work, you just try again. move a ramphere, tweak a bumper there...it's a game that encourages players. as opposed to discouraging them. and fortunately, it's easy to work with. allyour changes take place on the touch screen. you move the camera with the circle pad, youchoose items on the touch screen, you place them with a press of a button. if it doesn'twork, you can recycle them and use them somewhere

else...all you do is hover over them and tapa button. so the interface is nice and simple, too.if i have one complaint, it's that...i'd like to see the puzzle on the touch screen, too.and just drag things around that way. what i like the most about this game is that...again,there's no wrong way to approach the puzzles. early on, i discovered that i was completingsome of the levels with items left over. it's like i figured out a solution other than theintended one...if there's even an intended one at all. that freedom is what makes ohnoodyssey so much fun. you're not trying to figure out the developer's answers. you'reactually doing your own problem solving. and that's a lot more fun.

it also helps that there are so many objects.and they start simple enough. the spring lets you jump, the pepper gives you a quick speedboost...but it's not long before you're using objects in combination with others, or tocounter another's effects. you can use an oil slick, which makes the alien catch fire...butyou can also place a water drop soon after, to stop the fireball from crashing throughthe wooden crates. or maybe you want to crash through the crates.maybe you have an idea. and you know what? that idea might even work. so what doesn't work in ohno odyssey? well,there are definitely some flaws. specifically, the game doesn't have much in the way of content.you're getting 35 levels, but a lot of those

levels are like tutorial stages. and you know,because trial and error plays such a big role, you end up watching the levels play out overand over. that can be annoying when...you know the level's first half works. it's justthe very end you're working on. but still, you have to wait...there's no option for fast-forwarding,or anything. and there really should be. i'm also not crazy about the way it looks,either. the art is kind of drab, which is a bummer. for me, an awesome sense of stylereally could've elevated ohno odyssey to must-play status. of course, that's not to say you shouldn'tplay it as is. in fact, if you like really smart puzzle games, this is an easy recommendation.it'd be nice if there were more of it, but

for six bucks, it's tough to complain abouta game this clever and this enjoyable. it's ohno odyssey for the nintendo 3ds.