Cogs is an indie developed by Lazy 8 Studios, released 14 April 2009 on PlayStation 3, Android, iOS and Linux. The main story takes about 16 hrs to finish.
What Cogs is
Cogs is an indie game developed by Lazy 8 Studios and released in 2009. It is available on PlayStation 3, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 18 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Cogs holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz CPU or better, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 9 compatible 64 MB graphics card with hardware transform and lighting (T&L). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Cogs launched on 14 April 2009, within three weeks of Plants vs. Zombies, Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Plants vs. Zombies, Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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