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FRAMED – Puzzle Game Review
FRAMED is a Puzzle/Adventure game from Loveshack Entertainment Pty Ltd, first launched in 13th November 2014.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 785+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes FRAMED Stand Out
FRAMED is a multi-award winning noir-puzzle game where you re-arrange panels of an animated comic book to change the outcome of the story.
**AWARD-WINNING DESIGN**
Featuring a fusion of all-new game mechanics & fiendish puzzles, FRAMED has received many design awards as well as being an 'Excellence in Design' finalist in the IGF 2015.
**EFFORTLESSLY ELEGANT**
Simply grab comic panels and swap them with a touch of your finger!
BEAUTIFUL ART & RICH ANIMATION
Hand-crafted, award-winning art and animation brings the noir world of FRAMED to life.
**ORIGINAL JAZZ MUSIC SOUNDTRACK**
An evocative music score featuring live jazz performances fused with modern themes and beats sets the mood.
**A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE AWAITS**
Unlike anything you’ve played before, FRAMED delivers a completely new type of game experience. Plug in your headphones, sit back and enjoy!
~~~~~ RECEPTION ~~~~~
"My best game in this year without any doubt." - Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid)
“It looks like a work of goddamn genius.” - Kotaku
”I was blown away by Loveshack’s Framed." - Penny Arcade
“Guilty of Awesome.” - Rock, Paper, Shotgun
“Noir-drenched motion comic puzzler gets big thumbs-up.” - IGN
“Framed has an incredible art style, and it plays unlike anything else we’ve seen." - Slide to Play
“Framed meshes narrative and gameplay like nothing else." - Mac Life
“With a jazzy soundtrack and a gritty vibe befitting its genre, Framed succeeds at telling a story in more ways than one.” - Complex, Pop Culture
“Don’t miss this smart and innovative indie gem.” - Pocket Gamer
** FINALIST ** ‘Excellence in Design’, IGF 2015
** WINNER ** ‘VisuaI Design’, Indiecade Festival 2014
** WINNER ** ‘Excellence in Design’, IGF China 2013
** WINNER ** ‘Best Game’ - Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2013
** WINNER ** ‘Best Upcoming Game’ - International Mobile Game Awards 2014
** WINNER ** ‘Best Narrative’ - Brazil's Independent Games Festival 2014
** WINNER ** ‘Best Puzzle Game’ - Intel Level Up Awards 2014
** PAX 10 SELECTION ** - PAX Prime 2014
** FINALIST ** ‘Most Amazing Game’ - A MAZE Festival Berlin 2014
** FINALIST ** ‘Innovation Award’ - Australian Game Developer Awards 2014
** OFFICIAL SELECTION ** BAFTA Inside Games Showcase 2014
FRAMED is designed for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch iOS 7.0 and above.
Loveshack Entertainment is an independent game development studio based in Australia.
For more information www.loveshackentertainment.com
Follow us @LoveShackers
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, FRAMED is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 27th September 2018
Recent improvements include:
iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max hot fix
Download & Availability
FRAMED is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
That is fantastic, marvelous,artistic, addictive,above that imagination.
Nice game, not worth 3.99 though.
Brilliant! Fun and atmospheric. The puzzles are simple although, knowing a GREAT deal of work went into this, along with the atmosphere created by the graphics and music, its definitely replayable.
We cannot fully express how great the Framed franchise is. This is purely Grade-A across the board. Devs… Wow. Such a brilliant concept & a beautiful execution. This is leaps-and-bounds above any other games in the puzzler genre on ALL platforms. Sure the game is rather short & people dock a star off their rating due to it, but from the standpoint of an Animator, can we all take a moment to appreciate how every single frame & animation wherein are works of art in themselves? To all of the Devs involved. THANK YOU.
We enjoy puzzles and the challenges in the game. The music and the animation is really good.
Please make the part two game for free.
The concept of swapping frames to change the story is ingenious and we enjoyed playing it. But we felt the game wasnt challenging enough and was too short. We could finish the entire game in under 2 hours and that just didnt seem worth the money Id paid for it.
We can get this to work on our iPad but it crashes on loading on Apple TV. Same with framed 2.
This game is very cool, but why not the truck scene? Yknow, where the man falls into the dump truck, it was on the Apple TV version, why not the iPad/iPhone version? Why cant the scene be in the iPad or iPhone version? Instead the man just falls down to the ground immediately. Please add the truck scene.
Fun puzzle concept, but way too short lived for the money. Framed and Framed 2 really should be one game. Complements to the creators, but nothing beyond what apps should be offering by way of creativity at this point.
This this a great game, but it doesnt have full screen option for iPad Pro.
Its a great idea but way way too short and it repeats itself at the end. Instead of putting out another app to get more money they should have made the first one longer.
Its to much money can we have it back.
Would have had a better review if it wasnt so darn short. For $3.99 Id say pass, as its a rip off at that price.
This game has a great concept, but its much too short. Just when we were starting to develop strategies, it was over.
The game looks great but is way too short.
After the first few puzzles we were already bored. Theres only so many times you can randomly switch tiles back and forth until you happen upon the correct combination. The strategy level is similar to a game of tic-tac-toe, where first you randomly guess until the solution becomes obvious. So sorry we bought this tripe.
What a rip-off. We finished this in about an hour. Almost no bang for your buck.
Just trial and error putting the frames in order with no payoff. Dont waste your money. We wish we would have bought anything else.
This is your typical mindless phone game where you just randomly try things out until you get something that works are youre supposed to feel like you achieved something. A lot of people who enjoy easy puzzles and IQ tests that guarantee a genius score will love a game like this, since it gives the illusion that you picked wisely, but anybody who loves true puzzles will quickly see that Framed is about trial and error and guesswork.
We download for game of the week One year later game of the week is gone.
Fantastic game. Buy it. But late in the game, we can only do a couple of pages at a time. The game forces us to think hard what is happening, and to make logical decisions. We play two pages and our brain is weary. But the game will last for extended fun. Love this game.
Hey we like ervey thing about this game it is so fun.
We loved this game sooooo much! It was so creative and mysterious. We cant wait to get framed 2! The last levels were a little hard but they were so much fun once we got through them. This game is amazing. We LOVE IT.
Wonderfully creative and fun. Its pretty short, but no matter how long it was, itd be over too soon.
Our sons loved this game, probably more than we. They still go back and replay the levels. The music is monotonous though.
When we were playing, the male spy can NEVER jump from the building top onto the truck. The next scene showed the male spy on ground and the police with white mustache threw a cigarette to him, and screen freeze at the police at the phone booth.
The game is fine but unbelievably short. We were surprised how quick it finished.
For some reason these two games won't download on our phone. We paid for them so we could use them in flights, but couldn't use it for either way. Fix whatever is keeping it from downloading, we spent like 9 dollars or something on these and they look good.
A unique and fun game. We're getting the next game.
We enjoyed it very much!!! Will play the sequel.
Novel idea, well made, music is very appropriate, great attention to details. Had lots of fun doing this one! Looking forward to doing recently released 2nd one soon. Only complaint is it's too violent to play with our child, but for grown ups it's great.
Great game, whether you want to play for a minute or you want to play for a few minutes or a lot longer.
The music and art are wonderful as it the Film Noir take on a cinematic puzzle game or should we say several chapters of a game narrative. It'll keep you busy.
Excellent, just excellent. The only negative thing is when you reach the end, you really don't know that you're at the end of the game.
Honestly, we closed the app after 15 minutes of gameplay just to write this, and that's because that was the best first 15 minutes we got from an iPhone game in a while. The puzzles, animation, and music are all amazing as it's clear a lot of effort was put into making this game. We have almost no complaints to this game.
Got this as the Free App of the Week and we're so glad there is a part 2 to buy because developers like this deserve our money! We love this unique game and the music makes it even better. We just get lost in it.
Amazing creative developers. This is a work of art that we really enjoy playing. Thank you for making such a fun and creative game. The music is fantastic too.
Original and beautiful, intuitive yet still surprising.
Saving up for the second game loves the first we think it would be cool to do a sticker pack for the game.
We picked this up free about a week ago and was hesitant playing it, glad we did it's incredible. The game can't be understood just with single shot images and really needs to be played or demoed to know just how good it is. An intuitive puzzle solving game with great, but simple animations. Tempted to buy the second one now just because of this. A must try for any puzzle enthusiast.
We found "Framed" to be an excellent game. It was perplexing, mysterious and very fun. We absolutely loved it. The ending, however, was a little confusing. We strongly recommend it.
We'll just echo what others have said. The game is short, taking only a few hours at most and once you complete it there's not much replay value. However it is so well done in design, music, and original game play that you owe it to yourself to check out this title.
Amazing story line as well as game play! Would highly recommend this game… Trust us, you won't be disappointed.
Loved the game finished it in two days though very short and now framed 2 cost money and we're not one to spend money on a game seeing how short the first one was that would just be a waste of money.
This game is so good if you haven't played it then you're missing out.
GREAT GAME in every way. Im going to buy framed 2 now, and we hope they keep on going with this game. Its GREAT.
It's super good but we're stuck on a leval.
A game worth checking out… Short, but well made and designed.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.31
- Size: 367.30 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: AR, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Loveshack Entertainment Pty Ltd
Last updated: 27th September 2018 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: Loveshack Entertainment Pty Ltd