GatorDeb said:
I love spot-the-difference games, thanks!
What are you supposed to do in Slither Links?
Ok I can try to explain SlitherLink... although it's gonna sound confusing, if you actually try it out it's not.
Ok, boot it up... it's in Japanese but just keep hitting A until you get to a puzzle.
You'll see a grid with some numbers in it, anywhere from 0-3. What the numbers mean, is that *that* number of sides of that square must be colored in red. So, for example, a 0 will have NO sides in red. A 3 will have 3 sides of the box red, and one left blank. A 1 will have one red side, and 3 uncolored. Etc.
Use the D-pad to move the cursor around. (I find the button controls much simpler and less fussy than the touch screen controls.) When the cursor is on a box, you can use the four face buttons (A B X and Y) to mark the sides of that box. So, for example, A marks the right side of the box, B the bottom side, etc. So if you want to mark the right side of a box red, you hit A one time. If you *know* the right side should NOT be marked red (should be uncolored), hit A *twice* to put an X on that side.
The overall goal is to create ONE loop that "slithers" around all the numbers, "linking" them all. You can't have any intersections with more than one line. You can't have any gaps... it must be a continuous loop.
There are some tricks you'll learn. For example, if you have a zero, you can mark all 4 sides with an X. If you have a zero right next to a three, you can mark the three sides NOT next to the zero red. If you have a 1 in the corner, you know the two outside edges are X's, because you would need to mark TWO red if it went into the corner, and it can't be two, as it's marked as a *one*. If you have a 3 in a corner, though, you know that the 2 corner sides MUST be red. Etc.
I'm sure that sounds confusing as hell to just read about... but if you read it while trying to play, it might help you. Honestly, it only takes 5-10 minutes to get the hang of it.
On wikipedia there's an example of some tricks that always work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitherlink#Solution_methods
This game is incredibly fun--maybe even better than Picross.
Again, I highly, highly recommend Pic Pic (Europe) for another great puzzle game. The game "drawing" in it is amazing.
If anyone still isn't sold... here's a link to Eurogamer's review of these two games... both received PERFECT 10/10 scores from them:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pic-pic-review
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/puzzle-s...therlink-review