Royal Jigsaw 4

Jigsaw puzzles come in handy whenever you have some spare time on your hands and you want to do something that doesn’t require too much physical effort. While it is true that they can be quite stressful if you put your mind to it, solving a puzzle shouldn’t be race, but an occasion to learn something. Nowadays, video games allow you to solve thousands of puzzles without leaving your chair.

Royal Jigsaw 4 is a casual puzzle game that features a huge collection of images for you to put back together. The gameplay is designed to be as simple as possible, which means that all you have to do in order to move the pieces is drag-and-drop them using mouse gestures. The difficulty level varies depending on your preferences, which actually means that you can decide into how many pieces to split the picture.

Speaking of which, the images are all about kings, castles and queens, given the theme of the game. They are all in pretty high quality, so you do not have to worry about not figuring out which piece goes where. Some of the pictures are pretty cluttered and tough to put back together if you choose a high difficulty setting. However, there are plenty of aids to lend you a helping hand.

It is possible to cheat a little bit and make it easier to deal with the puzzles by using the tools included with the game. Besides the magnifying glass and the ability to position a semi-transparent version of the complete picture underneath the pieces, you also have the option to only show the border pieces. Hence, you can work on the border and not worry about everything else for a while.

As far as the actual gameplay mechanics are concerned, there is one issue that might cause some frustration among the players. In short, the pieces you match together go to the bottom of the board whenever you click on another piece, which is a real struggle for the first half of the puzzle. Other than that, everything else works just fine, including the additional tools.

Although Royal Jigsaw 4 has a few downsides, the sheer number of puzzles is its greatest strength. Hence, if you fancy yourself a fan of the genre and you do not mind looking at shiny castles all day long, the game at hand is definitely a good choice.