Browser Game Pick: Use Boxmen (Greg Sergeant)
Use Boxmen is a 2D puzzle platformer with cleverly-designed levels, where players are required to collect a cube in each level to progress. The trick is that certain areas can't be completed without the aid of your friends, who will mimic your moves when called upon to help. Experimentation is half of the fun, while executing your master plan to perfection can be extremely satisfying, although the link to the video walkthrough might be too tempting for players to resist when faced with a challenge that seems insurmountable at first. (BubbleBox mirror)
Comments
Awesome game, I love the art and animations.
Posted by: Nikica | June 18, 2009 7:31 PM
Neat for a few levels, but then it gets close to impossible.
I think it's level five where I watched the walkthrough, but still can't position the little guys with enough precision to complete the level. :-(
Posted by: James | June 18, 2009 8:50 PM
I got trough until level 7 without walktrough and then took a break, so it isn't that hard and I mostly had puzzle games, so that's a good sign :)
Posted by: James-Kond | June 18, 2009 9:14 PM
I played on Ng and five minutes after i saw this in here.
A great game, i managed to finish it without walkthough, if someone plan to play this i advice not to use it, cause its a short game and only a few levels are really hard.
Posted by: FiberMan | June 18, 2009 9:33 PM
"the video walkthrough might be too tempting for players to resist"
You mean you to resist?
Posted by: Anonymous | June 18, 2009 11:11 PM
I had a hard time resisting it.
The game's quite hard actually. I gave up on the later levels but still enjoyed the ones I played. Cool game.
Posted by: cactus | June 19, 2009 1:24 AM
Currently stuck on 11. Enjoying this, I love well presented games that make me not mind getting stuck because I get cheery music or something.
Posted by: Andrew | June 19, 2009 2:02 AM
Scratch that, just finished it. Gets a little better after 11. Half the task is working out what to do and half is doing it. Before that it felt a little more clumsy.
Posted by: Andrew | June 19, 2009 2:21 AM
It's done nicely, but it's too hard for my taste. More precisely, I like it when it's hard to come up with the right solution to a level, but I dislike it when it's very hard to perform it.
Surely, they are entirely different things, so I wouldn't say this game bad at all. I just much prefer it the way it was done in Braid, not requiring any greater platforming skills or perfect timing :)
Posted by: MisterX | June 19, 2009 2:34 AM
Haha!! Gorgeus! =] It's quite hard but not inpossible ;P - I done it in about 15 minutes...
I wish there ware more levels =]
Posted by: Krzycho_666 | June 19, 2009 3:20 PM
What's the soundtrack for Use Bowmen?
Posted by: Emma | July 31, 2009 3:16 PM