From Hot-B, the company that brought you such great fishing games as Black Bass and Blue Marlin comes Palamedes—yet another obscure puzzle game that you’ve never played. Funny thing is, this one sat right next to Puzznic in NVC, often right next to it as NVC employees tried their best to keep some semblance of alphabetization. Oftentimes, I’d scan the rows of games and cough or closes my eyes when it came time to look at either Puzznic or Palamedes.
It’s an ok game, I guess, because it’s relatively fast-paced, and you do have to be on your toes a fair amount. The main problem, like a lot of generic puzzle games, is that it’s not engaging even a little bit, nor does it make you use your head much. Palamedes is mostly a cripplingly boring game of pure reflexes, and if I wanted to play one of those, I’d blow alien spacecraft out of the sky instead of shoot colored dice at other dice.
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