Machinarium App Reviews
The game is pretty cool but it does not save any games. There are 6 saved game slots but if you ever turn off your computer the saved games are deleted, You have to start over every time you play and being a long game it is impossible. I give this two thumbs down. Even worse the problem is known foir a long time but never fixed. Search for “machinarium wont save games” and see for yourself
I enjoyed this game and had some time to play so I played…. then I got busy and had to let it sit. Today, I returned to play while I had some down time only to find that all of my saved games were GONE. A little googling and I find out…it is designed this way. Don’t recal seeing any warnings about saving off your cache to prevent this problem. I would be less critical if this flaw was a noted issue and a work around was provided. Now I either have to decide to spend a very long time getting back to where I was or just walk away… walking away seems like the best bet given my time constraints. What a waste of money… who designs a game that allows you to save and load games only to find out they weren’t saved to disk but rather to some impermanent cache on the machine. Very bad design practice. The only reason I went to 2 stars is the game is actually very good and the art work it good. Sometimes it is hard to figure out what is needed and the pace is slow, but overall it is a nice game. Put some time into fixing the saving issue and it would be five stars.
I’m on winter break from college and I was getting restless with the idea and the reality that there was no studying to be done. This game definitely eased me out of that mindset. The graphics are very unique to interact with. The games within games are challenging enough without being too difficult. I loveee it. Thanks Amanita!
The game is gorgeous. The play is incredible. GO ahead and spend an hour or two just chilling out and playing but never, EVER close it or it’s is GONE. It will not save and I’ve heard there are “work arounds” for retrieving lost games but apparently you have to be a sofware developer to retrieve them. After 5 restarts I just feel like I threw my money in the trash. Awfully expensive to have such a glaringly pathetic glitch and apparently one that has been happening for years. Shame on the developers for not making this issue a priority. 5 stars for the beautiful game, minus three for the insult.