Zen Bound 2 (PC) (2010)
Relevant Links:
Zen Bound Website
Zen Bound (Wikipedia.org)
Zen Bound 2 (Steam Store Page)
Zen Bound 2 (PC) (MetaCritic.com)
Overview:
Zen Bound 2 is a meditative game where your goal is wrap a finite length of rope around a (wooden or stone) object and thereby covering it in paint.
While an important goal for each level is to cover one-hundred percent of the object's surface, the eager player can also focus on reducing the length of rope used to do so. Note however that a player earns one flower for seventy percent (also the minimum to complete a level), two flowers for eighty percent, and three flowers for ninety-nine percent. Earn flowers to unlock more levels, but earn 100% of all levels for an achievement.
Recommendation:
Zen Bound 2 is a great game for touch devices, but is also enjoyable with a mouse (or keyboard).
Then again, impatient players may not enjoy Zen Bound to the fullest, because achieving 100% on a level can require planning and patience.
With that being said, I love the game's aesthetics and I'm glad that I own the game.
20111123:
Steam Achievments:
9:32am Getting the Hang of It
11:02am Anti Spike
11:06am Unwinder
20140929 Comment:
Prior to playing on 20140929, I had completed the following:
[1] 15/15 Tree of Introduction (Completed)
[2] 15/36 Tree of Vitality
[3] 06/36 Tree of Challenge
[20150214]
20140929:
After playing today, the following changes occurred:
[2] 22/36 Tree of Vitality
[4] 09/36 Tree of Nostalgia
20150214 Comment:
As of 20150214, I've played Zen Bound for two hours and last played it on 20140929.
20150214:
Today I completed the Tree of Vitality. I decided, however, not to focus on getting 100% on all it's levels.
Afterwards I also played a couple of levels from the Tree of Challenge, but I soon got bored and stopped.
After playing today, the following changes occurred:
[2] 30/36 Tree of Vitality (Completed)
[3] 14/36 Tree of Challenge
20240430 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 3.7 hours (cumulative game time) / 3h 43m (Playnite)
Last Played: 20150214
20240430:
I revisited Zen Bound 2 today and it's a fun game with a lot of levels. Unfortunately, at this point in my life, I'm not keen on playing this game any further. I will, however, rate it 4.4 out of 5.
Rating: 4.4/5
Steam Game Time: 4.5 hours (cumulative game time) / 0.8 hours (session game time)
Relevant Links:
Zen Bound Website
Zen Bound (Wikipedia.org)
Zen Bound 2 (Steam Store Page)
Zen Bound 2 (PC) (MetaCritic.com)
Overview:
Zen Bound 2 is a meditative game where your goal is wrap a finite length of rope around a (wooden or stone) object and thereby covering it in paint.
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| Choose a Tree (= A Collection of Levels) |
While an important goal for each level is to cover one-hundred percent of the object's surface, the eager player can also focus on reducing the length of rope used to do so. Note however that a player earns one flower for seventy percent (also the minimum to complete a level), two flowers for eighty percent, and three flowers for ninety-nine percent. Earn flowers to unlock more levels, but earn 100% of all levels for an achievement.
Recommendation:
Zen Bound 2 is a great game for touch devices, but is also enjoyable with a mouse (or keyboard).
Then again, impatient players may not enjoy Zen Bound to the fullest, because achieving 100% on a level can require planning and patience.
With that being said, I love the game's aesthetics and I'm glad that I own the game.
20111123:
Steam Achievments:
9:32am Getting the Hang of It
11:02am Anti Spike
11:06am Unwinder
20140929 Comment:
Prior to playing on 20140929, I had completed the following:
[1] 15/15 Tree of Introduction (Completed)
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| Choose a Level. |
[2] 15/36 Tree of Vitality
[3] 06/36 Tree of Challenge
[20150214]
20140929:
After playing today, the following changes occurred:
[2] 22/36 Tree of Vitality
[4] 09/36 Tree of Nostalgia
20150214 Comment:
As of 20150214, I've played Zen Bound for two hours and last played it on 20140929.
20150214:
Today I completed the Tree of Vitality. I decided, however, not to focus on getting 100% on all it's levels.
Afterwards I also played a couple of levels from the Tree of Challenge, but I soon got bored and stopped.
After playing today, the following changes occurred:
[2] 30/36 Tree of Vitality (Completed)
[3] 14/36 Tree of Challenge
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| A nice level for unlocking the Pacifist Achievement. |
20240430 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 3.7 hours (cumulative game time) / 3h 43m (Playnite)
Last Played: 20150214
20240430:
I revisited Zen Bound 2 today and it's a fun game with a lot of levels. Unfortunately, at this point in my life, I'm not keen on playing this game any further. I will, however, rate it 4.4 out of 5.
Rating: 4.4/5
Steam Game Time: 4.5 hours (cumulative game time) / 0.8 hours (session game time)
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