I’d like to see a shorter solution (such as what do I do in the next 10 seconds), but providing the full solution means you’ll never be stuck on a puzzle you can’t figure out. The game also provides full solutions (instead of simple hints) at any time, which will also count as completing the puzzle for you. There is an extremely large number of puzzles in the game (over 230) and they have varying difficulty levels: anyone from a child to an adult can be challenged by the game, and the range of difficulty is one of the highlights of the game. The Professor can’t jump, so most of the puzzles consist of moving things out of his way and into pitfalls that be might encounter. Unlike Eets and Lemmings, you actually have direct control over the Professor through the arrow keys, and all of the actions in the game are done by him, instead of placing objects ahead of time like in those other games.
The goal of Professor Fizzwizzle is to move the professor from the start tube to the exit tube by moving objects that are in your way. Frankly, there has to be more pizzazz in the graphics and sound department these days in the puzzle genre, with the advent of 3-D graphics and the competition that’s available. The game features appropriate frantic background music and appropriate sound effects, but nothing that stands out or is terribly memorable. There’s just more that could have been done with the game to make it more stimulating (see Eets) from a graphical perspective.
The backgrounds are just static images of clouds or space. The level surfaces are featureless swaths of grass, sand, or ice, which look more like an older puzzle game and less like a dynamic cartoon environment. The Professor himself looks pretty good, but the crates and barrels look, well, like crates and barrels, which might be realistic but isn’t very exciting to look at. The game has a very cartoon feel to it, but all of the objects in the game are small and not very detailed. The graphics of Professor Fizzwizzle are quite disappointing, especially considering the fanciful nature of the game. You’ll need to navigate the Professor through each puzzle, avoiding the Rage-Bots and moving objects on your way to the finish tube. The good professor needs your help against his robot army turned mad! It’s a lot like The Terminator, but with less shooting. Founded by such classics as The Incredible Machine and Lemmings, the genre has continued its strong tradition with newer titles such as Tube Twist, Eets, and now Professor Fizzwizzle. We’ve seen a “renaissance” (French for “you stinky American”) of puzzle games lately, especially of the manipulating objects variety. What say you? Another satisfying puzzle game that’s challenging for all skill levels, although its lack of variety may turn away more experienced players: 6/8 The Not So Good: Can’t save mid-puzzle progress, bland graphics, fewer objects than other games The Good: Tons of levels at varying difficulty levels, level editor, full puzzle solutions Professor Fizzwizzle, developed and published by Grubby Games.
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