{"id":19955,"date":"2020-03-02T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19955"},"modified":"2020-02-28T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T21:38:21","slug":"glass-masquerade-2-illusions-ps4-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/02\/glass-masquerade-2-illusions-ps4-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions (PS4, Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you like putting together jigsaw puzzles with pieces that look like broken bits of stained glass, then this game is for you!\u00a0 It\u2019s really more of the same from the first game, which I reviewed around this time last year<\/strong><\/a>, but that\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to these jigsaw puzzle games.\u00a0 The theme of the last one was world travel, but I\u2019m not sure what the theme is this time.\u00a0 Weird stuff like clowns, jesters, and magicians, I guess.\u00a0 Anyway, it\u2019s available on nearly all current home consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll start out by choosing puzzles on a map.\u00a0 As you complete puzzles, you\u2019ll unlock more places to go and more puzzles to solve.\u00a0 Each puzzle is circular in design like a stained glass window.\u00a0 The pieces are around the circle, and you can highlight them with the left analog stick and press the X button to pick one up.\u00a0 Once you do that, you can move it on the puzzle and if you press the button again where it\u2019s supposed to go, it\u2019ll snap into place.\u00a0 If not, it\u2019ll just go back to where it was before.\u00a0 Once you have all the pieces in place, you\u2019ll solve the puzzle.<\/p>\n

There are two difficulty selections for each puzzle, represented by a heart and clubs.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure which one is which, but the harder difficulty level lets you rotate pieces with the shoulder buttons.\u00a0 Both difficulties still have the pieces with pegs to help you start out.\u00a0 The game will show you how much time you take to solve the puzzle.\u00a0 You can also stop and come back to puzzles right where you left off, which is nice.<\/p>\n

The main problem I had with this game is the same as the last one.\u00a0 The pieces don\u2019t always exactly look like they\u2019ll fit, and since they\u2019re stained glass, you really go by the shape of the pieces, not the adjacent colors.\u00a0 Plus, the puzzles get harder quicker in this one and I don\u2019t like the theme as much as the last game.\u00a0 There\u2019s not much in the way of good instructions, but if you\u2019ve played the first one, you\u2019ll be able to jump right into this one.\u00a0 So, if you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, here\u2019s more fun for you!<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you like putting together jigsaw puzzles with pieces that look like broken bits of stained glass, then this game is for you!\u00a0 It\u2019s really more of the same from the first game, which I reviewed around this time last year, but that\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to these jigsaw puzzle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19957,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19955\/revisions\/19957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}