
Puzzle games focus on completion, which requires players to solve a logic puzzle or navigate a challenge to progress to the next, more difficult challenge. So get ready to blast off in a rocket fuelled Starfield performance preview.Puzzle games are a type of video game that involves solving puzzles such as jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, logic puzzles, maze puzzles, and many more! Puzzle games have many subgenres with various themes that appeal to different kinds of players, offering a vast opportunity for everyone to find something they enjoy! In these kinds of brain teasers, players are expected to put pieces of a puzzle together in a logical way to arrive at the correct solution. We also compare the improvements over the previous showing, enhancements within the engine, and much more. The biggest question after the show(s) was: why is it 30fps on Xbox Series X and Series S and not 60fps? In this IGN Performance preview, we dive into the details shared by the team, the revealed PC minimum and recommended specifications, and how the Creation Engine 2 works, comparing the previous games to gauge some of the potential reasons why the team might have chosen 30fps. With Starfield being the center of the Xbox 2023 Showcase last week, Bethesda gave us a deep dive into one of the biggest games this generation. Plus, of course, the greatest puzzle of them all: finally discovering the secret of Monkey Island.

This is a story that celebrates almost every idea Monkey Island has ever had, from assembling a (terrible) crew, to completing three trials, to solving challenges across multiple islands. But, for long-term fans, it’s the structure that really cements it as a wonderful send-off for the series. A fantastic hint book helps gently nudge you in the right direction for any conundrums you may be stuck on, but it’s rarely needed these puzzles are so well designed that their solutions often naturally manifest in your mind. Return to Monkey Island is both a retro-styled throwback and a thoroughly modern puzzle game all the graphic adventure stylings and witty dialogue of the 1990s, but this time packed with puzzles that demand real-world logic rather than whatever voodoo thinking was used for the duo’s original games. It took over three decades to happen, but Monkey Island co-creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman finally returned to their old grog-drenched shores this year for a long-awaited sequel. Our winner for the Best Puzzle Game of 2022 is. There were also some wonderful puzzle games that have you solving levels in the most efficient and fun way possible like Teardown and Escape Academy.

2022 had a great range of puzzle games, and a lot of them came packaged with a great story like Immortality, Return to Monkey Island, and The Case of the Golden Idol.
