Glass Masquerade

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This bundle contains Glass Masquerade and Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions – beautifully artistic and calmly challenging puzzle games from developer Onyx Lute. Enjoy these two highly acclaimed games as you piece together over 50 intricately designed jigsaws at your own relaxed pace. On our stained glass masquerade. CHORUS: Are we happy plastic people. Under shiny plastic steeples. With walls around our weakness. And smiles to hide our pain? But if the invitation’s open. To every heart that has been broken. Maybe then we close the curtain. On our stained glass masquerade. Is there anyone that fails? Is there anyone that.

Platforms: PC/Mac (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (reviewed), Xbox One, Google Play

Welcome to Glass Masquerade – an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to unveil clocks and themes exhibited by various cultures of the world at the ‘International Times Exhibition’ – an interactive electronic show. 25 countries attending. Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions is a dreamlike collection of artistic jigsaw puzzles to piece together at your own relaxed pace.

The introduction of trophies and achievements into video games has been a blessing and a curse. On one hand, they may push us to do things we otherwise might not, allowing us to get more out of our games. For me though, seeing that pointless number go up and acquiring those beautiful platinum trophies on Sony’s platforms has become almost problematic. I’ve gotten to the point where I’ll buy games solely for trophies or use trophies as a deciding factor in purchasing one game over another. This has led me to buy my fair share of mediocre games and even a few downright bad ones. Every once in a while though, I’ll end up grabbing a game that is actually pretty good. One such example of this is the artistic puzzle game Glass Masquerade.

If you’re familiar with putting together jigsaw puzzles, you’ll immediately be familiar with the gameplay of Glass Masquerade. You’ll be given an assortment of pieces that you must combine in order to fill in a clock with beautiful Art Deco and stained glass designs. Each piece starts as just a silhouette, and as you examine it, it will reveal its design. Examining each piece also positions it exactly the way it will fit into the puzzle, making figuring out where each of these uniquely shaped pieces fits a little more forgiving.

While there isn’t really a story in Glass Masquerade, its puzzles are broken down into a bit of a campaign. You’ll be tasked with exploring the International Times Exhibition which features 25 different puzzles that each represents a different country from around the world. Each puzzle, when completed, will unveil a picture that is unique to the culture of that particular country and also features music inspired by that country. The music wasn’t particularly memorable, but it lends itself well to the relaxing nature of the game.

There’s a lot to enjoy with Glass Masquerade, but there are a few issues I feel are worth mentioning. First of all, it’s a short experience and probably won’t take you more than 2 or 3 hours to finish all 25 puzzles. An assortment of difficulty levels that either added more pieces or maybe had pieces that needed to be rotated in order to figure out how they fit in the puzzle would have gone a long way in both creating a more challenging experience and adding to replayability.

The other issue I have is with the pricing. Right now you can get it on Steam for $5 (and also have access to cheap DLC puzzles), but if you want to pick it up on consoles it will run you around $12 (with only access to the base game), which feels like a bit much for what is offered. It has been on sale multiple times since it was released earlier this year on consoles (I think I got it for $2 or $3), so I’d recommend picking it up on Steam or waiting for a sale unless you’re a die hard puzzle fan.

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Glass Masquerade is a game that is all about offering a relaxing experience and it does just that with great success. Its 25 puzzles probably won’t take you more than a few hours to complete, and the price is a bit steep on consoles, but if it sounds like something you’d enjoy then you probably will. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re a fan of jigsaw puzzles or just need an experience to chill out with.

If Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions crashes, Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions will not start, Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions not installing, there are no controls in Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions, no sound in game, errors happen in Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions – we offer you the most common ways to solve these problems.

Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software

Before letting out all of your bad feelings toward development team, do not forget to go to the official website of your graphics card manufacturer and download the latest drivers. There are often specially prepared optimized drivers for specific game. You can also try to install a past versions of the driver if the problem is not solved by installing the current version. It is important to remember that only the final version of the video card driver must be loaded – try not to use the beta version, since they can have some terrible bugs.

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Do not also forget that for good game operation you may need to install the latest version DirectX, which can be found and downloaded from official Microsoft website.

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions not starting

Many of the problems with games launching happen because of improper installation. Check, if there was any error during installation, try deleting the game and run the installer again, but before install don’t forget to disable antivirus – it may often mistakenly delete files during installation process. It is also important to remember that the path to the folder with a game should contain only Latin characters and numbers.

You also have to check whether there is enough space on the HDD for installation. You can also try to run the game as an administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions crashes. Low FPS. Friezes. Hangs

Your first solution to this problem install new drivers for a video card. This action can drastically rise game FPS. Also, check the CPU and memory utilization in the Task Manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If before starting the game you can see that some process consumes too many resources - turn off the program or simply remove this process from Task Manager.

Next, go to the graphics settings in the game. First – turn off anti-aliasing and try to lower the setting, responsible for post-processing. Many of them consume a lot of resources and switching them off will greatly enhance the performance, and not greatly affect the quality of the picture.

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions crashes to the desktop

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If Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions often crashes to the desktop, try to reduce quality of the graphics. It is possible that your PC just does not have enough performance and the game may not work correctly. Also, it is worth to check out for updates - most of today's games have the automatic patches installation system on startup if internet connection is available. Check to see whether this option is turned off in the settings and switch it on if necessary.

Black of black screen in the Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

The most common issue with black screen is a problem with your GPU. Check to see if your video card meets the minimum requirements and install the latest drivers. Sometimes a black screen is the result of a lack of CPU performance.

If everything is fine with your hardware and it satisfies the minimum requirements, try to switch to another window (ALT + TAB), and then return to the game screen.

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions is not installed. Installation hangs

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First of all, check that you have enough space on the HDD for installation. Remember that to work properly installer requires the declared volume of space, plus 1-2 GB of additional free space on the system drive. In general, remember this rule – you must always have at least 2 gigabytes of free space on your system drive (usually it’s disk C) for temporary files. Otherwise, the games and the other software may not work correctly or even refuse to start.

Problems with the installation may also be due to the lack of an internet connection or it’s instability. Also, do not forget to stop the antivirus for the time game installation – sometimes it interferes with the correct file copy, or delete files by mistake, mistakenly believing they are viruses.

Saves not working in Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

By analogy with the previous solution, check for free space on HDD - both on where the game is installed, and the system drive. Often your saves are stored in a folder of documents, which is separate from the game itself.

Controls not working in Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

Sometimes the controls in game do not work because of the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disabling gamepad, or, if for some reason, you have two connected keyboards or mouses, leave only one pair of devices. If your gamepad does not work, remember - the games usually officially support only native Xbox controllers. If your controller is defined in system differently - try using software that emulates the Xbox gamepad (eg, x360ce - step by step manual can be found here).

No sound in Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

Check if the sound works in other programs. Then check to see if the sound is turned off in the settings of the game, and whether there is correct audio playback device selected, which is connected your speakers or headset. After this check volumes in system mixer, it can also be turned off there.

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If you are using an external audio card - check for new drivers at the manufacturer's website.