Dear Reader is a game I expected to like. Believe it or not, that?s a rarity for me. I?m not huge on puzzle games and to be honest, I don?t read all that much, either. I found the graphics in the preview both simple and sharp which led to me being interested. I figured that I may as well try it out, and boy am I glad I did.
The game starts out rather simplistic. In short, it?s about as easy as can be. You?ll be introduced to a series of short paragraphs in which you?ll be selecting words to be switched around to make sense. But the game is bigger than that. It?ll go through the entirety of books, poems, and short stories with choices from science to religion to children?s books and more. You?re not just doing puzzles, you?re reading excerpts from a story. I found this a brilliant approach because it not only gives you entertainment from the game but also from the story itself. The game is very relaxed, depending on your selected difficulty, which is perfect for any puzzler.  The music in the background doesn’t ever take your attention away from the story and the graphics make it feel just like you’re reading a real book. The puzzles themselves can range anywhere from easy in which you simply look for spelling mistakes, to medium, for instance having to swap two words around to make sense, and the hardest of things like swapping entire phrases around or removing phrases entirely. There is a huge amount of variety in the game thanks to this system and in my 10 ho...