Earlier this year in January, TreeFall Studios came out with a new title called Maze on the Wii U. Maze is as the name sounds, a first person Nintendo 64 like graphics maze solving puzzle game. The difference between this game and a normal maze game is getting to the end is just not good enough, you’ll have to explore the maze and collect all 10 coins in order to exit the maze.
Maze is a pretty entertaining game. The graphics are basic and have that happy vibe with a little higher quality than a Nintendo 64 game. The music is fun and resonates a techno pop vibe kind of like a Postal Service song. The game controls operate in a way you would imagine however, the first-person camera moves a little too quickly. This becomes a problem around level 5 where you have to jump platform to platform. In real life you’d break your neck at the speed you look around. It’s very hard to coordinate jumping platform to platform. Eventually with a lot of patience and cursing I found my way completing the level but it was not an enjoyable experience. It was my stubborn OCD gaming personality that made me want to complete it otherwise I would have moved on to the next area.
There are a couple different modes within Maze: Arcade and Multiplayer. Within Arcade mode, you need to collect all 20 coins in a set amount of time. And within Multiplayer mode you compete against a friend to see who can collect the most coins. This is a pretty fun facet which more games should incorporate. The only buzzkill on these modes is that coins do not spawn in random locations so the replay value is killed since you can memorize where all the coins are at.
The difference between the Maze and Treefall Studios first game called The Letter is that graphically the world within Maze is a lot more colorful bright and fun. I honestly wish there were more levels and that coins randomly spawned so it added a large amount of replay value. The music kept me going and made this world feel like a place I would love to spend more time in, just needs a little more polish and replay value.
The Recommendation
Treefall Studios highly improved their effort on the Maze, its light years better than their first title The Letter. Even though the Maze lacks things like random coin spawn generation, and fast camera controls, it still has an excellent soundtrack and is enjoyable to play. Tor the price tag of $2.99, I feel like you can’t go wrong trying Maze out.