Device 6 is definitely not what I expected, but that's a good thing. Instead of some spy puzzle game you get an incredibly smart interactive mystery novel. As you read, the game asks you questions, flips the text all sorts of directions and requires seriously difficult brain testers to advance to each new level. The music is creepy, the sound effects can be jolting sometimes, and the story itself isn't half bad.
The first level of Device 6 does a very good job at preparing you for whats to come. You follow Anna from room to room, as she tries to discover why she awoke in a creepy mansion. One room has a computer that just beeps (I get a Lost vibe from this game sometimes) and another room has a recorded man's voice on an infinite loop. After arriving at a frustrating dead end, you slowly figure out that the man's voice is a clever code, which must be deciphered and applied to the beeping computer to advance. Device 6 is at it's best when it shows you that an object that you originally thought was meaningless actually holds the key to the entire story.
Device 6's thrilling mystery story is very well written, and will have you flipping your iPhone around in a million different directions as you progress. Device 6 feels like a cross between Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright. The game is 3.99, totally worth it even if it doesn't blow your mind and I can at least guarantee that you'll never play anything else like it.
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