Letterbox by POWGI is the newest phrase sport from Lightwood Games on PlayStation. Find out extra about it in our Letterbox by POWGI assessment!

This is a double assessment for Letterbox by POWGI. Ceidz and EdEN performed the sport, and this assessment presents what they each needed to say.

Letterbox is a sport of anagrams and logical reasoning. The letters from a nine-letter phrase have to be rearranged and positioned into the center of a 5×5 grid in order that it types six five-letter phrases. There’s only one right reply that spells legitimate English phrases in all instructions.

Letterbox by POWGI options 120 distinctive puzzles and, as at all times, the puzzles are hand-crafted and checked to make sure a pleasing and satisfying fixing expertise. In typical POWGI fashion, the “reward” for fixing every puzzle is a horrible “dad joke.”

I’m an enormous fan of the POWGI phrase video games, so I used to be very a lot trying ahead to attempting out Letterbox by POWGI. This time round, the idea is sort of easy: there’s a 9-letter phrase – that can be the theme of every puzzle – and you could use every letter within the 3×3 sq. grid. Your goal is to put the letters on the grid and type six new phrases (three phrases horizontally and three phrases vertically).

Letterbox doesn’t have a built-in assist system, however since there are fewer potentialities than in different POWGI video games, this sport feels extra accessible. The theme of every stage may also trace at a number of the phrases within the listing. The issue doesn’t ramp up an excessive amount of as you progress by means of the sport, so I’d say this one stays enjoyable from begin to end as you goal so as to add a brand new Platinum trophy to your assortment.

As is the custom with POWGI releases, as soon as a stage is accomplished, you’ll be rewarded with a horrible dad joke. I actually like how a lot creativity goes into this staple since every one of many 120 ranges has its personal joke tied to the extent theme. As for the presentation, it’s just about what you’d anticipate from a POWGI sport: a pale background with letters on prime of it. This sport contains a Dark Mode, which modifications the background coloration to gray as an alternative of white, so I definitively advocate you allow this characteristic. If you’ve performed earlier POWGI releases, the soundtrack is similar as earlier releases, and I didn’t discover new tracks.

I’ve already written earlier than that my favourite Lightwood video games launch has been Word Maze by POWGI, and whereas I used to be enjoying this one for assessment, I spotted that this one took the second place by a slim margin for its accessibility and enjoyable issue. This sport is a straightforward one to advocate to avid gamers in search of a enjoyable Platinum trophy.

Letterbox by POWGI is the newest sport from Lightwood Games. For this one, you’ll take a nine-letter phrase and place it on a grid to be able to create six five-letter phrases per stage. There’s just one proper reply for every puzzle, so that you’ll have to make use of some trial and error to seek out the correct reply for every one of many 120 puzzles that Letterbox by POWGI has to supply.

The controls are simple to know because you’ll be transferring a cursor with the left analog stick or the D-Pad as you choose a letter with the X button after which resolve the place to put it on the grid on the left aspect of the display. If, after inserting a letter, you resolve it’s not in the correct spot, you’ll be able to at all times take away it with the Circle button. And in the event you suppose you’ve made one too many errors, urgent the L1 and R1 buttons on the similar time will activate the repair capacity by which any letter that’s within the incorrect spot might be immediately eliminated.

Letterbox by POWGI has a full trophy listing with a Platinum trophy so that you can goal for. And for the reason that sport is Cross-Buy and since every sport has its personal trophy listing, in the event you personal a PlayStation 5 1consol, you’ll be able to work on including two Platinums to your assortment. The listing features a single Bronze trophy, 24 Silver trophies, and three Gold trophies. The targets to finish embrace finishing your first puzzle, fixing a puzzle with out inserting an incorrect letter, utilizing the repair capacity to take away an incorrect letter, fixing a puzzle in lower than 60 seconds, and spending not less than a minute contemplating your subsequent transfer. There are additionally trophies tied to appropriately inserting particular phrases in every of the puzzles to unravel. If you need some additional assist, you’ll be able to try this Letterbox by POWGI Trophy Guide.

LETTERBOX BY POWGI Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Letterbox by POWGI is a phrase sport on PlayStation through which you’ll have to make use of a nine-letter phrase to create six new phrases by utilizing the already positioned letters, which makes for a enjoyable puzzle expertise Letterbox by POWGI is on the market at a $7.99 asking worth, and because it’s a Cross-Buy title, your buy will provide you with entry to each the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 variations of the sport, which is nice information for trophy hunters since every one has its personal trophy listing to work on.

Disclaimer
This Letterbox by POWGI assessment relies on PlayStation copies offered by Lightwood Games.