Beware The Cube

Cubes are quite popular in puzzle games for some reason, although it’s maybe because of the companion cube featured in Portal a few years ago. Regardless of reason, the fans of the genre probably do not mind as long as the games provide them with the challenge they are looking for. Hence, it’s quite simple to keep the audience engaged if their attention is focused on the puzzles.

Beware The Cube is a puzzle game in which you control a cube that has the ability to ignore gravity, which comes in handy when it has to navigate tricky 3D labyrinths. As such, your task is to find an exit from every maze you find yourself trapped in, which gets significantly more difficult in the later stages. Not only that, but you also have to avoid the traps along the way.

There’s not much of a story to follow, given the fact that everything is explained using words like “mysterious” and “magical.” It doesn’t really matter, on the other hand, because as mentioned before, the mazes are engaging enough to keep you playing despite the lack of a proper story. On top of that, the game is not even complete yet, so maybe a better story is on its way.

The first thing you have to get familiar with is the perspective, because it changes whenever you have to climb vertical walls or anything like that. It can be pretty disorienting to do so and still know where the target is, but you have a simple command at your disposal that immediately shows you where to go. The controls are pretty simple and straightforward as well.

As for the graphics, everything looks more or less nice, but it must be mentioned that the environments are a bit too dark sometimes. It also happens that you are unable to see cube sometimes, which makes it difficult to know when you need to turn. The traps are hard to spot as well in certain circumstances, although maybe that’s by design.

In the end, Beware The Cube has a few flaws, but the core concept is worth developing, especially if the problems are fixed in later versions. Moreover, the 3D mazes are actually quite exciting, not to mention tricky to navigate.