Great game in the beginning buuuut...

The Cave is a great, great idea. Initially, you meet 7 characters (the Knight, Hillybilly, Adventurer, Monk, Time Traveler, Scientist and the Twins), all of which have different abilities that will serve you along your way. To start, you choose a team of 3 characters and make your way into the cave. The idea is that each character has a level unique to just them (the Knights Castle, the Hillbillys Carnival, the Adventurers Pyramid, the Twins Mansion, the Time Travelers Museum, the Scientists Silo and the Monks Temple) meaning, you should be able to play this game multiple times (with different characters) and not repeat levels. This isnt the case however. Inbetween each character specific level there are other levels (The Gift Shop, The Mine, The Zoo and The Island) that remain the same no matter which characters you choose. So although my first time through The Cave was fun and challenging, the second time through with my new characters was quite annoying and repetitive (since, in order to get to the character specifc levels of my new characters, I had to complete The Gift Shop, The Mine, The Zoo and The Island yet again). Im not sure Ill even bother playing out the rest of the game with the remaining characters as that would require so much repetition. Not only would I have to complete The Gift Shop, The Mine, The Zoo and The Island a 3rd time, but also, by the end Id have to use 2 characters that Id used previously, and only one new character which would mean Id have to complete 6 levels that Id previously done (twice already) just to get to the one character specific levle that I hadnt yet been to. Ugh, talk about a broken record. I wish there was a way of skipping the levels previously completed in order to get to the ones that I havent. In a nutshell, the 1st time around, I thought this games was fun, graphics were good, puzzles were challenging and The Cave itself (a talking cave) was quite amusing and creative. Buuuuut, I do believe wed get much more for our money if it wasnt so repetitive. I bought this while it was 50% off, so I suppose its okay that I only completed 50% of the game before getting annoyed. If I could, Id give this 2.5 stars (50% of 5 stars), but since I cant, Ill round up to 3 stars for entertainment it did provide :)

SARASAURAUS about The Cave, v1.0.0