Pieces of Beauty

PLEASE NOTE: This review will be used for all 3 of the games in this franchise.
Featuring beautiful traditional Japanese art by world-renowned Japanese artist Ohara Koson, if you love the traditional Japanese art style & jigsaws then this is for you!
Number of puzzles per game:
Pieces of Beauty - 7
Pieces of Beauty 2 - 13
Pieces of Beauty 3 - 14
I have a guide published for each of these 3 games that features a pic of each of the jigsaws in that game.
These puzzles come in 3 different sizes (48, 117, 285) & completing every picture once in every size will give you an achievement per size completed of that pic.
While the puzzles are beautiful, I do have a few complaints:
- The music is nice but repetitive & the volume RESETS every time you log into the game which is rather annoying!
- The game also does not save any progress you have made on any puzzle until you complete that puzzle. With the 2 smaller sizes being quick to finish this is not an issue BUT with the biggest one you definitely need to do them when you know you have the time to do it without being disturbed by other interruptions in one sitting.
- Some of the pieces are on the puzzle requiring you to move them 1st & not all of the puzzle pieces show up on the screen, ending up outside / beyond your field of vision on the screen. Constantly reshuffling is not ideal when you really need to be able to see ALL of the pieces you have to work with.
- The background themes can be distracting & you have 2 choices for the board (plain white or pieces outlines on white) BUT some of the pieces can be nigh on impossible to see once placed on this white background. A coloured transparent board or some other means to give a visual of where you have already placed pieces in negative space areas of the puzzle would be greatly appreciated by most players.
Hopefully the devs will listen to what the players have issues with & fix them. The issues I have raised are not game breaking, just annoying! Overall though I highly recommend all 3 of these games. I bought them on sale in a bundle but even at full price they are still cheap & good value for money.