Maze

Critic reviews

• Pure Nintendo

  Trevor Gould · Nov 13, 2020

  3.0

  There’s not much more to talk about as there’s so little here. Maze didn’t live up to my expectations in the slightest. Its aims are too modest, and its execution too lacking. Maze is a disappointing effort. It feels unfinished and fails to take advantage of its premise. Skip this one, and wait for something more polished.

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• Nintendo World Report

  Daan Koopman · Feb 05, 2015

  3.0

  The game is lengthier and the presentation is more appealing, but that doesn't really save it. While it is possible to get a handle on the controls, Maze's puzzles never become intriguing. Sometimes they require precision platforming and get frustrating, while in other moments nothing is really going on. Next to all that, Maze makes me dizzy while playing and that barely happens to me these days. The game has sound ideas, but doesn't know how to back it up with a desirable journey.

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• NintendoLife

  Dave Letcavage · Jan 12, 2015

  3.0

  While it's immediately and undeniably clear that Maze is an improvement over The Letter, that doesn't mean it amounts to all that much. With generic assets and a lack of tactful design, along with plenty of other poor and questionable areas of production, there's nothing here that's all that compelling. We genuinely like the idea of a game filled with bite-sized mazes to explore, and we think such a universal concept such as this could make for a delightful downloadable escape, but this effort just doesn't deliver the goods. Get lost in something else on the eShop instead.

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• Cubed3

  Albert Lichi · Feb 24, 2015

  1.0

  As basic as collecting coins in a slapped together maze is, at least users are getting what they paid for, even if it really sucks. The same unresponsive and slow controls with slow turning from The Letter has no place in a game that requires first-person platforming and moving platforms. All in all, Maze still lacks the grace one would hope for in a follow up game to The Letter. Eli Brewer is still the same incompetent hack as before, but at least he is not ripping anybody off this time, and is delivering an actual game.

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• Nintendo Enthusiast

  Eric Weichhart · Jan 21, 2015

  4.5

  Despite being an interesting idea, Maze falls really hard on its poor execution: a boring experience during the first half of the game, the good ideas are hardly used in comparison with the bad ones and there are many flaws in the package as well. I don’t say it’s a bad option for two dollars, and it’s a lot better than The Letter, but it gives a feel of an unfinished game, or at least on its presentation.

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