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Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Animated Jigsaws is a jigsaw puzzle game with video instead of pictures. “Beautiful Japanese Scenery” contains moving images from Japanese famous places including Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Tokyo, the Snow Monkeys in a natural hot spring and more!

What works
  • Beautiful animated japanese scenery
  • Relaxing and meditative gameplay
  • Challenging puzzles with multiple difficulty levels
  • Autosave feature allowing session breaks
  • Soothing traditional music and sound design
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited number of puzzles (only 10)
  • Repetitive music and animations
  • Awkward mouse controls causing frustration
  • Lack of gameplay variety and social features
  • Some players find high difficulty and animation distracting

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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Beautiful Japanese Scenery - Animated Jigsaws: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Story, Fantasy, Exploration, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Creativity.

Why this game works

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