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Picross: Lord of the Nazarick2019

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick

2019 Jupiter Corporation73Good

Playtime

ModerateTypically 20 hours

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Available on

Game modes

Details

Launch
July 24, 2019

Overview

PICROSS LORD OF THE NAZARICK Trailer (Nintendo Switch)

A collaboration between Picross and Overlord. Experience the series Overlord as you solve Picross puzzles together with characters from the series. After founding the Sorcerer Kingdom, Ainz Ooal Gown and his followers meet within the Great Tomb of Nazarick to look back on their exploits. Awaken memories from 10 different characters as you solve Picross puzzles based on characters, monsters, and items from the story. With 162 Picross and Mega Picross puzzles, 330 Clip Picross puzzles, and 27 Color Picross puzzles, there are over 500 puzzles to play!

Screenshots

Screenshot for Picross: Lord of the Nazarick

Reception

Having even a little bit of story context for why you're solving picross puzzles is nice, but the main draw here is more picross puzzles, Color Picross puzzles, and some added control options

Picross : Lord of the Nazarick is certainly a great addition to any Picross player that knows and appreciates Overlord. It has a lot of elements from the anime, which can be feel like a relief after three Picross S games that look almost the same. If you don't know or don't like it, you'll probably want to go straight to the point and skip the cutscenes...

Picross: Lord of the Nazarick certainly proves to be an odd addition to the Picross canon, but it proves itself worthy through the consistently excellent puzzle design and rewarding gameplay, which is every bit as great as that which has come before.

More than 500 puzzles are present, with the recent series addition of Color Picross returning in a limited but welcome form. Here's the full breakdown: 162 Picross and Mega Picross puzzles, 330 Clip Picross puzzles, and 27 Color Picross puzzles. I do wish there was less focus on Clip Picross and more on the good Color Picross implementation, but my...