Timelie

I think I was drawn to Timelie by the overwhelmingly positive reviews as well as the promise of time manipulation, which can be quite a fun mechanic if done well. "With such positive reviews, it probably is," I thought.
I was wrong.

Timelie is essentially a turn-based puzzle game. You have a bunch of levels you have to run through while avoiding enemies who you can't fight against. They're faster than you, but you can both see their cone of vision, as well as the future, so you can plot a path through the levels that avoids them. There's some other mechanics involved with opening and closing doors, repairing broken floors, and also controlling another character at the same time, but none of that really changes the essence of the game.

The problem is, it's boring. The puzzles are simple, somewhat slow to complete as you have to observe the movement of the enemies before doing anything, and the time manipulation aspect doesn't really do anything. If you think about it, it's essentially just the common ability to create checkpoints (saves) in a level and load to them at will. It seems there's only one type of enemy, the levels are quite small, and the game only takes a few hours.

Overall, not much to say. I don't understand the review score. Timelie is a very basic and rather easy puzzle game with neither a high production value nor a lot of content. I found it boring, and I wouldn't recommend it.