And like any of the best puzzle games, you'll blow more hours than you had expected in the wink of an eye. Like hot brownies, or freshly baked cookies, you'll just start in on them. The next 20 levels will zip by relatively quickly, and you'll just want more. But you're so confident, you won't know the depth of the madness until it's far too late. Despite their simplicity, you feel unabashed pride in your accomplishments, and then the game gradually becomes more difficult. The first 10 levels are easy to zip through, which is a smart move on Psygnosis' part. The trick is to start thinking in three dimensions, and to learn the ways in which you can move from ledge to ledge. Progressing through the game, you'll find that your ball can jump, and as the levels increase in size, the courses are split, and disjointed, and force you to figure out how to bridge the gaps. The 3D squares you can roll on in key joints enable you to switch to the bottom or side of that square, on which other items can be collected. In many ways the logic behind Roll Away is similar to that of Rubic's Cube. Your only real obstacles consist of a time limit and your mind. Your object is to collect all items available and find the exit to end the level. Stretched out in front of your are items to collect, including fruit, coins, tablets (mother's little helpers), keys, and occasionally killer spikes that'll end it all for you on the spot. You are a beachball (easy enough, right?) and your world consists of connected golden 3D blocks that hang loftily in space. Very little explanation is needed for Roll Away. Roll Away, the sleepy, quiet little game that Psygnosis slipped into its enormous PlayStation lineup is the surprise hit of the year. Yes, Devil Dice isn't the only puzzler game around this year. Huh? What's that, you say, a puzzle game that is good and that I should buy? What? It's not the third in a series, it's not a franchise, it's not a bad remake of an action title from three years ago?
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