I find both the game and the music rather relaxing.Īs for criticisms, there are two main things I feel this game lacks: 1). It’s not particularly note-worthy, but it fits with the relaxed feel of the game. The music in the game is fairly calm and simple. (Don’t worry, you can redo levels do earn the blue hexes you missed). The number of blue hexes awarded for completing a stage varies depending on its difficulty, and you will be awarded fewer the more mistakes you make in a level. By earning enough of these blue hexes you unlock the next world. When you complete a level you are awarded blue hexes towards a total score of them. A world consists of 4-6 stages, making a total of 26 in a level. After that, you’re done: there’s not much replay value unless you made some mistakes the first tine and want to perfect every level.Įach level in Hexcells is divided into 6 worlds. It’s a fairly easy game, and you’ll probably be able to complete it in 2-3 hours without much trouble. The later stages will require you to use these different numbers in tandem to solve the puzzle.Įven in the later stages of the game, Hexcells never gets too difficult. These numbers use the same additional mechanics as the vacant cells, with curly brackets and hyphens indicating if the cells are all connected, or have a break in them.

Numbers will also appear at the top of columns, or even at a diagonal, indicating how many occupied cells are in that row or column (reminding me ever so slightly of Picross).

Whereas a number that has a hyphen on each side means that there is at least one break in the line. Sometimes numbers will be encased in curly brackets, indicating that all the occupied cells adjacent to the vacant cell are connected - like a line curved around the vacant cell. As you progress through the game, the puzzles will get more complicated, and additional ways to indicate whether or not a cell is occupied are introduced.

Hexcells plus chance