Using a triangle block as a floating shield from the spikes is the only way to go, but itвЂ™s so inexact and reliant on the whims of the physics engine that we bypassed it purely from luck.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s where the LEGO Harry Potter comparison comes in. One particular level can do one, as it requires you to float a circle block across a sequence of fans, but there are spikes at the top of the screen. Using blocks as rafts is precarious and slow, as you try to drift in a direction without nudging them off. But when the puzzles require precision and exact action, the physics engine becomes a constant ballache.Д«uild a staircase and you have to align them just-so, otherwise the staircase will fall over before your other block jumps on them, or will topple once it does jump on them. The physics feel real and rarely alien, which is credit to the developers. IIN is built on a physics engine, so blocks teeter when theyвЂ™re stacked, and they plunge deep into water pools before rising to the surface. We were never stuck for more than ten minutes, but we did get stuck, and thatвЂ™s testament to the knotty puzzles that have been created here.Д«ut itвЂ™s the platforming half of IIN that canвЂ™t support the game. You have your blocks, all with different attributes, and you have the level, with obstacles combining to create unique situations. The eighty levels only ever require a few steps to complete, but those steps demand lateral thinking. The puzzle half of IIN is where it shines. But you need the circle block as a step in a staircase at the end of the level too, so the triangle block steps on a switch to raise it out of the water. So you move the circle block into the water to create a platform for the triangle block вЂ“ converting it into a raft, effectively. But you also have a circle block, and thereвЂ™s a stretch of water between the triangle block and the exit. Perhaps the triangle block is the one that needs to reach the pyramid. So knowing which block to take into which situation, in which order, is part of the puzzle in IIN. A circle block can float on water, while other blocks sink to the bottom. A triangle block can sit on spikes (the spikes are triangular, so there is a loose connection) without exploding, while all of the other blocks cannot. And like Thomas Was Alone, the different blocks have different capabilities. These are spikes, moving platforms, switches, bodies of water and coloured oblongs that have rules applied to them (more on those in a moment). You have obstacles between you and the temple. Your blocks are little characters that need to hop across gaps and onto platforms to get to the end of a level.Д«ut the other half of IIN is deep in the land of puzzles. It may look clinical and artsy, like so many puzzle games that we see on Xbox (see SiNKR), but itвЂ™s got more in common with minimalistic platformers like Thomas Was Alone. ThatвЂ™s the first half of IIN: this is actually a platform game.

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