Assemble with Care

Release Date: September 19, 2019

Puzzle, adventure elements, machines and equipment, indie games, experimental/artistic, singleplayer

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A puzzle game created in the form of an interactive diary, in which we repair damaged objects and get to know their owners better. Assemble with Care is a work of ustwo games studio, which created the bestseller series Monument Valley.

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6.3

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Game is Recomended by 23% of Critics. There are 5 Critic Reviews.

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PC Invasion: 5 / 10

Assemble with Care is quaint and contemplative but is short and lacks the challenge necessary to keep mature gamers engaged.

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Jump Dash Roll: 6 / 10 by Rob Kershaw

Short, sweet and clunky, Assemble With Care has a wholesome message at its core, but the compromises made in porting its controls to PC mean that the mobile version is the recommended choice, assuming you have an Apple device.

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Hey Poor Player: 3.5 / 5 by Heather Johnson Yu

In all honesty, I wish I had experienced Assemble With Care on my iPhone before playing it on my PC. I don’t regret the experience and still think this is a gem worth playing no matter what the platform, but knowing it was far more beautiful and more intuitive on another device that I own makes me wonder if I’d had a better time with this title. Still, I urge you to pick up Assemble With Care, even on PC, for a touching story about second chances with those we hold dearest to us and that, if it’s worth keeping, it’s worth fixing.

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Assemble with Care Description

Assemble with Care is a puzzle game realized as an interactive diary. The game was developed by an independent studio ustwo games, known for its bestselling Monument Valley series.

Plot

The main character of Assemble with Care is Maria, a world traveling antique restorer, who arrives in the sunny town of Bellariva. She decides to help its residents to repair their old and ruined belongings. At the same time, she gets to know each of the residents better, so she can also support them in solving their problems.

Mechanics

The main element of the Assemble with Care is to solve puzzles consisting in repairing various objects. Although the initial puzzles are not complicated (for example, we have to replace the batteries in the walkman and stretch the tape in the cassette), with time they become more and more difficult, requiring us to disassemble watches, cameras or "electronic games", replace damaged components and then put everything together. Between the riddles we listen to Maria's story and gradually get to know the stories and problems of the residents of Bellariva.

Technical aspects

The hand-drawn graphic design of Assemble with Care was maintained in a colourful impressionist-inspired style. A soundtrack based on music from the 1980s was composed for the game.