A Monster's Expedition review

3 years 7 months ago

A screenshot of the monster from A Monster's Expedition looking at a model of a reverse mermaid, exhibited behind red museum rope. It has a fish head and torso, and human legs.

I think that I owe myself an apology. I have always thought that I was no good at these sorts of spatially-based push-em-up puzzles. But A Monster’s Expedition, which is entirely made up of them, has challenged that assumption purely through the power of great teaching. It’s all well and good when these brainteasers are tossed context-free into other games as Pokémon gyms or Professor Layton stepping stones, but they’ve got nothing on A Monster’s Expedition’s gentle coaxing of understanding.

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Author
Jay Castello