sp3tr4l OP , 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago) Puzzle games can be solved or "won" by identifying the solution. Not-puzzle games require execution. If you have 2 minutes to solve a puzzle, is it no longer a puzzle game? If moving certain colored pieces requires a button combo or sequence, instead of a simple action, is this no longer a puzzle game? EDIT: Also, by this logic, Tetris is not a puzzle game. ...but knowing the optimal thing to do will still not give you victory which imo disqualifies them as outright puzzle games. Knowing the optimal thing to do can be seen as but a higher order puzzle.
Puzzle games can be solved or "won" by identifying the solution. Not-puzzle games require execution.
If you have 2 minutes to solve a puzzle, is it no longer a puzzle game?
If moving certain colored pieces requires a button combo or sequence, instead of a simple action, is this no longer a puzzle game?
EDIT:
Also, by this logic, Tetris is not a puzzle game.
...but knowing the optimal thing to do will still not give you victory which imo disqualifies them as outright puzzle games.
Knowing the optimal thing to do can be seen as but a higher order puzzle.