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This is a short review of the puzzle game Mosaic of the Strange.
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Hello everyone and welcome to a pros and
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Hello everyone and welcome to a pros and
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Hello everyone and welcome to a pros and cons of the video game Mosaic of the
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cons of the video game Mosaic of the
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cons of the video game Mosaic of the Strange. I'm not Nail Mom, I'm gaming.
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Strange. I'm not Nail Mom, I'm gaming.
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Strange. I'm not Nail Mom, I'm gaming. These are short videos featuring all my
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These are short videos featuring all my
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These are short videos featuring all my little nitpicks and pleasantries with
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little nitpicks and pleasantries with
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little nitpicks and pleasantries with having played the game while sustaining
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having played the game while sustaining
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having played the game while sustaining a bare minimum of spoilers. Let the
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a bare minimum of spoilers. Let the
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a bare minimum of spoilers. Let the reviewing begin. Pros: Mossa on the
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reviewing begin. Pros: Mossa on the
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reviewing begin. Pros: Mossa on the scene. This is a fantastic concept.
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scene. This is a fantastic concept.
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scene. This is a fantastic concept. Normally in puzzle games, you complete
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Normally in puzzle games, you complete
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Normally in puzzle games, you complete one puzzle, then you can kind of do
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one puzzle, then you can kind of do
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one puzzle, then you can kind of do different things depending on the game
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different things depending on the game
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different things depending on the game you're playing or just move on to the
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you're playing or just move on to the
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you're playing or just move on to the next puzzle to complete. But in this
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next puzzle to complete. But in this
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next puzzle to complete. But in this one, the mosaic puzzles are actually in
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one, the mosaic puzzles are actually in
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one, the mosaic puzzles are actually in the open scene, and all you have to do
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the open scene, and all you have to do
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the open scene, and all you have to do is zoom in on a specific object in order
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is zoom in on a specific object in order
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is zoom in on a specific object in order to start filling out the puzzle. And if
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to start filling out the puzzle. And if
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to start filling out the puzzle. And if you're a little tired of trying to
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you're a little tired of trying to
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you're a little tired of trying to figure it out, you can move over to the
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figure it out, you can move over to the
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figure it out, you can move over to the next object that's in the room, or just
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next object that's in the room, or just
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next object that's in the room, or just another one that piques your interest
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another one that piques your interest
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another one that piques your interest even more. There's nothing stopping you
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even more. There's nothing stopping you
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even more. There's nothing stopping you from moving from one puzzle to the other
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from moving from one puzzle to the other
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from moving from one puzzle to the other until they're all completed. And I love
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until they're all completed. And I love
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until they're all completed. And I love the control it gives you on which puzzle
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the control it gives you on which puzzle
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the control it gives you on which puzzle you want to work on at any given time.
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you want to work on at any given time.
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you want to work on at any given time. Hints definitely help. Unfortunately,
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Hints definitely help. Unfortunately,
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Hints definitely help. Unfortunately, they also make me feel like an idiot for
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they also make me feel like an idiot for
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they also make me feel like an idiot for not figuring out where I can easily
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not figuring out where I can easily
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not figuring out where I can easily solve an area. But there's just so much
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solve an area. But there's just so much
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solve an area. But there's just so much to look at and numbers to figure out
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to look at and numbers to figure out
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to look at and numbers to figure out that it does sometimes become too
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that it does sometimes become too
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that it does sometimes become too confusing and you get lost and where and
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confusing and you get lost and where and
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confusing and you get lost and where and how you can progress. So, thank heavens
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how you can progress. So, thank heavens
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how you can progress. So, thank heavens for the hint button which recharges
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for the hint button which recharges
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for the hint button which recharges fairly quickly. Though I've never needed
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fairly quickly. Though I've never needed
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fairly quickly. Though I've never needed to use it back to back very quickly.
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to use it back to back very quickly.
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to use it back to back very quickly. Once it helps you out in an area, you
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Once it helps you out in an area, you
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Once it helps you out in an area, you can normally keep expanding on your own,
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can normally keep expanding on your own,
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can normally keep expanding on your own, but it's a godsend when you're too
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but it's a godsend when you're too
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but it's a godsend when you're too frustrated to look at all the numbers
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frustrated to look at all the numbers
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frustrated to look at all the numbers anymore. Article to each object. Every
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anymore. Article to each object. Every
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anymore. Article to each object. Every object you complete can be read as some
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object you complete can be read as some
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object you complete can be read as some sort of clue as to what happened
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sort of clue as to what happened
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sort of clue as to what happened regarding the death on the scene. Not
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regarding the death on the scene. Not
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regarding the death on the scene. Not that whatever is written is what
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that whatever is written is what
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that whatever is written is what happened right here in this moment. They
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happened right here in this moment. They
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happened right here in this moment. They are more like possibilities of what
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are more like possibilities of what
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are more like possibilities of what might have occurred to this poor fellow.
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might have occurred to this poor fellow.
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might have occurred to this poor fellow. I kind of love that it's not as simple
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I kind of love that it's not as simple
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I kind of love that it's not as simple as looking at parts of a body and
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as looking at parts of a body and
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as looking at parts of a body and hypothesizing that this happened here
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hypothesizing that this happened here
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hypothesizing that this happened here and such. Instead, each object is
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and such. Instead, each object is
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and such. Instead, each object is seemingly different and prompts some
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seemingly different and prompts some
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seemingly different and prompts some type of confidential article for you to
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type of confidential article for you to
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type of confidential article for you to read that stretches a bit beyond what
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read that stretches a bit beyond what
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read that stretches a bit beyond what you might normally look into on a crime
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you might normally look into on a crime
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you might normally look into on a crime scene. You don't really know what's
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scene. You don't really know what's
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scene. You don't really know what's going to come up regarding each object,
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going to come up regarding each object,
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going to come up regarding each object, and that kind of gives you the drive to
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and that kind of gives you the drive to
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and that kind of gives you the drive to want to complete them, especially if
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want to complete them, especially if
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want to complete them, especially if you're into sci-fi.
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you're into sci-fi.
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you're into sci-fi. Cons: Colors unclear. The numbers of the
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Cons: Colors unclear. The numbers of the
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Cons: Colors unclear. The numbers of the squares have three different colors to
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squares have three different colors to
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squares have three different colors to them and I only understand one of them.
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them and I only understand one of them.
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them and I only understand one of them. That would be gray because it means the
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That would be gray because it means the
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That would be gray because it means the area is done. Not that you've got it
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area is done. Not that you've got it
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area is done. Not that you've got it correct necessarily, but the number
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correct necessarily, but the number
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correct necessarily, but the number amount needed for the areas completed
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amount needed for the areas completed
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amount needed for the areas completed appropriately as far as the number
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appropriately as far as the number
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appropriately as far as the number itself. The two colors that I don't
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itself. The two colors that I don't
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itself. The two colors that I don't understand are the white and black.
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understand are the white and black.
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understand are the white and black. Sometimes numbers will turn black when
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Sometimes numbers will turn black when
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Sometimes numbers will turn black when you're working next to them, and then
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you're working next to them, and then
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you're working next to them, and then sometimes they're white. I wondered if
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sometimes they're white. I wondered if
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sometimes they're white. I wondered if the black numbers meant that I could
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the black numbers meant that I could
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the black numbers meant that I could solve the area right now, but that
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solve the area right now, but that
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solve the area right now, but that wasn't the case. Some of those numbers
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wasn't the case. Some of those numbers
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wasn't the case. Some of those numbers had too many questionable spaces to
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had too many questionable spaces to
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had too many questionable spaces to figure out and the white numbers weren't
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figure out and the white numbers weren't
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figure out and the white numbers weren't easy to figure out either. Then I
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easy to figure out either. Then I
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easy to figure out either. Then I figured maybe the black numbers were
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figured maybe the black numbers were
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figured maybe the black numbers were ones I couldn't figure out right now.
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ones I couldn't figure out right now.
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ones I couldn't figure out right now. But if that were the case, then it would
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But if that were the case, then it would
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But if that were the case, then it would be the same for the white numbers. So I
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be the same for the white numbers. So I
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be the same for the white numbers. So I think they could have expanded a bit
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think they could have expanded a bit
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think they could have expanded a bit more in the color of the numbers in the
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more in the color of the numbers in the
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more in the color of the numbers in the tutorial because they just left me
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tutorial because they just left me
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tutorial because they just left me confused.
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confused.
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confused. Progression is confusing. I was done
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Progression is confusing. I was done
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Progression is confusing. I was done with the first area featuring the tower,
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with the first area featuring the tower,
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with the first area featuring the tower, having cleared all the objects I could
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having cleared all the objects I could
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having cleared all the objects I could with their puzzles, and the only thing
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with their puzzles, and the only thing
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with their puzzles, and the only thing really left was to click on the door,
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really left was to click on the door,
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really left was to click on the door, which would only take me to the field
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which would only take me to the field
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which would only take me to the field office. Once there, what to do next is a
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office. Once there, what to do next is a
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office. Once there, what to do next is a little unclear. The case board still has
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little unclear. The case board still has
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little unclear. The case board still has the same paperwork on it with
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the same paperwork on it with
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the same paperwork on it with silhouettes of other evidence paperwork
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silhouettes of other evidence paperwork
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silhouettes of other evidence paperwork needed. I looked around the room to see
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needed. I looked around the room to see
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needed. I looked around the room to see if I missed something. I clicked on the
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if I missed something. I clicked on the
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if I missed something. I clicked on the characters. I went back to the tower and
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characters. I went back to the tower and
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characters. I went back to the tower and found nothing else. I even checked to
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found nothing else. I even checked to
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found nothing else. I even checked to make sure I wasn't just playing the demo
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make sure I wasn't just playing the demo
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make sure I wasn't just playing the demo or something. And no, I had bought the
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or something. And no, I had bought the
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or something. And no, I had bought the game.
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game.
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game. Turns out at the bottom left of the
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Turns out at the bottom left of the
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Turns out at the bottom left of the screen is an evidence button with a
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screen is an evidence button with a
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screen is an evidence button with a number of papers I think beside it that
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number of papers I think beside it that
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number of papers I think beside it that you need to click on. I would love for
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you need to click on. I would love for
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you need to click on. I would love for them to have that a little more clear.
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them to have that a little more clear.
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them to have that a little more clear. Something that might have drawn my eyes
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Something that might have drawn my eyes
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Something that might have drawn my eyes to it once we were in the opposite self,
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to it once we were in the opposite self,
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to it once we were in the opposite self, but it's just there in a corner and
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but it's just there in a corner and
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but it's just there in a corner and small text as inconspicuous as can be.
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small text as inconspicuous as can be.
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small text as inconspicuous as can be. Detectives don't say a lot on scene. I
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Detectives don't say a lot on scene. I
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Detectives don't say a lot on scene. I get that your job is to read evidence
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get that your job is to read evidence
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get that your job is to read evidence files once you get back to the office,
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files once you get back to the office,
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files once you get back to the office, but with the two detectives standing
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but with the two detectives standing
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but with the two detectives standing here in this room while you do all the
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here in this room while you do all the
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here in this room while you do all the work investigating scenes and working on
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work investigating scenes and working on
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work investigating scenes and working on the puzzles, I just really wish they'd
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the puzzles, I just really wish they'd
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the puzzles, I just really wish they'd have something to say for each object
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have something to say for each object
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have something to say for each object you complete. But they don't. They just
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you complete. But they don't. They just
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you complete. But they don't. They just stand there and you can't interact with
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stand there and you can't interact with
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stand there and you can't interact with them. It's almost like, why are they
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them. It's almost like, why are they
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them. It's almost like, why are they here? And that's the end of a pros and
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here? And that's the end of a pros and
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here? And that's the end of a pros and cons review of Mosaic of the Strange.
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cons review of Mosaic of the Strange.
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cons review of Mosaic of the Strange. Thanks for watching everyone and don't
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Thanks for watching everyone and don't
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Thanks for watching everyone and don't get in too much trouble when you say,
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get in too much trouble when you say,
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get in too much trouble when you say, "Not now, Mom. I'm gaming.