Cogs – PC Version 50% off – $4.95

This is really a cool game, and here’s a way to buy the whole bundle at once, rather than piecemeal like it’s done on the iPhone. I think I’m more inclined to get this complete version. Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Download Cogs from Direct2Drive Cogs Download Features Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes, balloons, chimes, hammers, wheels, props, and more. Time Challenge Mode: If you finish a puzzle in Inventor Mode, it will be unlocked here. This time, it will take fewer moves to reach a solution, but you only have 30 seconds to find it. Move Challenge Mode: Take your time and plan ahead. Every click counts when you only get ten moves to find a […]

Cogs – Cool, but terribly disappointing

I think Cogs is a very stylish and clever game, but when I paid $0.99 for it, I didn’t think I would be done 20 minutes later. I breezed through the first 10 levels in mere minutes. The levels look great and were fun to play, but it very quickly became, "Is that it?" I don’t like the idea of having to pay yet more money to get more levels. I had my bit of fun and I’ll end it there. If what I downloaded was the demo and the full game was $1.99 or 2.99, I would be onboard. As it stands I feel like I paid for a demo game. I would hope the extra levels are more complicated and engaging, but someone else will have to tell me. I’m not saying the game isn’t worth the extra $0.99 per level, I’m just saying I’m not going to buy it. Maybe if they make a full bundle and […]

Cogs comes to the iPhone

The Steampunk puzzler "Cogs" has landed in the app store. It supposed to be a pretty cool port of the Cogs game that’s available for the PC. You use gears, tiles, pipes and other mechanical devices to accomplish certain tasks. You need to do it within a certain time period or even within a certain number of moves. The game is only $0.99, but there’s a catch. That’s just for the first pack of 10 levels. Once you complete those you need to spend another $0.99 to get the next 10 and so on. It looks like there are 5 puzzle packs in all. So it’s $0.99 to start, but closer to $5 for the whole set. Personally, I would prefer they just have a single price for the whole set. This kind of gives the impression of hidden charges. However, $5 is still cheap for the time you can spend playing. However, some people are saying the games will […]