The Cave App Reviews

The Cave was a fun game and definitely worth $15, but its hardly a great game. Perhaps my expectation was unrealistic after reading that this game was created by the same person who created Monkey Island, one of my favorite video game series. In conclusion, The Cave is fun and worth $15, just dont expect too much.

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! More games like this. Very thought prevoking and puzzling. I had more fun playing each character and working through their specific levels. Using all 3 characters in order to finish puzzles reminds me of the games of the 80s and 90s. Very good job!

i cancelled my old download and installed it again to aplle store :)

-->This game is an absolute gem! Theres a bunch of different puzzles your chosen characters must solve which are both fun and challenging. There were 2 times throughout that I had to look up what the heck to do, but the majority of the situational puzzles arent frustratingly hard, they just make you think and focus, and sometimes use a bit of trial & error. -->The graphics are great, exactly like the pics above. The narration is pretty funny and the character stories (at least for the 3 I chose: twins, time traveller, scientist) were intriguing, but sometimes morbid or off-kilter, merely for the sake of it…which makes it cool, different and comical, but Id have liked it better if there was a solid background or justification for some of situations you play out in the character lives. [A good fix would be the screen interface -because you cant view any other windows or programs without quitting first.] [Also I feel like the final puzzle of the game was a bit weak b/c it required no strategy.] Overall though, I was impressed and totally loved it!

Im not going to pretend this game doesnt have problems. It does, and youll learn of many of them from reading other reviews. That said, if you have the patience to deal with the games bugginess and lack of polish, you will find your patience rewarded. Playing it feels a bit like taking a tour of Mr. Wonkas chocolate factory; its the feeling of descending through a massive place, in which each floor feels like a world unto itself, strange and wonderful, wildly different from the others. A feeling of heading into the great unknown. Also as in Wonkas factory, the tour features a group of tourists, each deeply flawed in their own unique way, who are in turn put to the test by the obstacles they encounter. The puzzles are a strongpoint in the game. So far theres only been one puzzle I havent liked, involving lotus blossoms; its very clever, but difficult to complete with the keyboard and mouse. I myself have tried designing puzzles for an adventure game, so I can attest to how difficult it is; designing a puzzle which makes sense in the context of a story is one of the hardest things Ive ever tried to do, and the puzzles in The Cave demonstrate great mastery of the art. Im particularly fond of the Time Travelers level - great stuff. I personally found the game worth the $14 I spent on it. Though it could be far more polished, there are few other adventure games on the App Store which have the scope of The Cave.

Its a good game, with a story that deals with the darkness in all our hearts taken to comical extremes. The Cave is one more NPC, and it likes to break the fourth wall with some funny lines about the main characters current situation. I like the fact that you have to pick a party of 3, and that the main characters have different abilities to solve puzzles, but this actually makes no difference in the game, since the only abilities you actually need are the ones limited to each characters personal stages. Unlike the original Maniac Mansion... Once figured out, the puzzles are the same no matter which characters are in your party. It now supports achievements, which although I think theyre pretty pointless, seeing the consoles have them, theyre nice to have as well.

If you enjoy being frustrated, confused, and feeling stupid, this is the game for you. Games can be challenging, but they are also supposed to be fun. This game is neither. It is arbitrary in its programming making it impossible to play. Really. Skip this one.

This game was a lot of fun, with witty narration and beautifully designed characters and landscapes. Youll have to replay it a few times in order to play all of the characters and access their particular environments. Double Fine makes awesome games, and this is no exception!

one of the best game ever :) :) :)

For fans of classic point & click gameplay who want some innovation and gourgeous graphics on top of their puzzles. I played the game with my wife and we totally nerded out on this one. A really well done game that is now a household classic.

There’s a lot to like about this game. Great audio and graphics, unique and interesting story, humor and some good puzzles. Unfortunately, there are enough flaws that keep me from giving it more than three stars. First and foremost is the lack of any instruction in gameplay whatsoever. Not even the basic controls are explained! I learned to control my characters by trial and error, and had to look in the settings to find out what other controls I was missing. There was also no instruction in the special powers of each character. While some were had a fairly obvious function, others had me completely mystified. What, for example, is the knight’s halo-and-wings power all about, I wondered, and what’s that shimmer the twins leave behind supposed to do? When it came to those special powers, most of them actually ended up being almost completely worthless. In several cases, the special power is only useful one time in the entire game. It would have been a lot more fun if there were more little bonus areas to find that required specific skills to access, or puzzles that had multiple solutions and could be solved using different combinations of skills. Anything to make the differences between characters more than just a different avatar for most of the game! Further, the puzzles were not always good. Sometimes they were far too simple. For example, the concept of dragging a block from here to there so you can jump to the ledge is a great early puzzle to learn the mechanics of the game… but to repeat it other times, even near the end of the game, for no apparent reason is just tedious and time-wasting. Sometimes the puzzle solutions just didn’t make any sense, resulting in me looking up a solution online and wondering how the heck I was supposed to figure it out. I ruined a couple puzzles for myself because of that, looking them up too quickly following several frustrated attempts to solve previous puzzles. Worst of all was the fact that sometimes puzzles required actions that were never needed previously and never repeated after. The case that springs to mind was a puzzle requiring that you switch characters while holding the action key. Nowhere else before that was there any indication that this might be an important user interface concept, and nowhere afterward was this action needed again. Completely nonsensical, with no rational way of coming up with the solution! On top of all that, there’s really no replay value. Yes, you have to replay it several times to get to experience all the characters’ special areas… but note the use of the phrase “have to.” Replaying existing areas isn’t much fun, it’s just something you do (if you’re so inclined) to see areas that you hadn’t been able to see the first or second time through.

Beatifully done, reminding one of Trine. Well worth the $$$.

Fun puzzle game in fantastic awesome world

If you like the kind of puzzle game where you must combine the special abilities of each character, this game is for you. As far as I played, its amazing. Highly recommended.

Really a fun game. As others have said you’ll be a little lost in the beginning but once you figure out the controls, and the special abilities of each character, it’s great to play.

Really fantastic game, very enjoyable. The game is full of imagination and fun. The only flaw is after I shift bwteen the game and desktop, the keyboard fails to work. Nevertheless, I am still willing to give it five star.

the game is not instaling…….

This was a great game. I actually played it multiple times to play as all of the characters because I liked the little details of all of the cute stories.

seriously the best game ive downloaded on my Mac. I have very short patience and attention span for games, but i played this whole game all the way through. You get to mix it up by picking different characters every time. Its so fun, funny, and makes you think! Granted, i did look up some walkthroughs on my phone when i got stuck, but I love this game. DOWNLOAD THIS IMMEDIATELY. YOU WONT REGRET IT

This game was well thought out and had fun challenges. The duration of the game was above average since you could go back and play with other characters. Plot twist were fun. If you liked Tiny Bang Story, Machinarium, the Room, etc. this is a good game for you.