(28 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
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There are tons of iPhone puzzle games out there and they’re all different in some way, but the one thing they seem to have in common is a total lack of personality. Tap the cubes, match the patterns, find the words… they’re fun, but they don’t have a face or a story or a villain who’s got the munchies.
Pathways introduces you to two faces as you play out the story of Tommy and Eddie, the young BFFs who get separated when Eddie sees a strange hole in the ground and insists on diving into it head first. Personally I’m in the habit of staying the hell away from mysterious holes (insert dirty joke here) but that doesn’t help little Eddie who, thanks to his poor judgment, now desperately needs Tommy’s help.
Your mission is to guide Tommy through a long series of confusing “pathways” as he forges ahead in his journey to save Eddie from the clutches of an evil villain who looks something like The Grim Reaper and has a taste for Orange Chicken. The pathways contain tiles that disappear as Tommy moves across them, so you have to be careful of how you navigate the mazes.
Some tiles need to be crossed several times before they disappear, and there are also sliding tiles, natural obstacles, and more holes along the way that complicate things. I played through 25 levels of Pathways and it’s a pretty fun game… the first 10 levels aren’t all that hard, but after that I started having to repeat levels… some of them several times… before figuring them out.
As you navigate through the pathways you’ll catch glimpses of Eddie and his evil captor, and there’s even some campy dialogue thrown in to drive the “story” that you’re playing out.
I only played through 25 levels but thanks to a secret cheat code I can tell you that there are at least 76 levels in this game which means that $4.99 will buy you a lot of game. Oh you want the cheat code huh? Haha, I have it and you don’t (loser!)… and that’s how it’ll stay. Conniption Entertainment has sworn me to secrecy, but the game gets a little buggy in cheat mode and it would only ruin the game for you anyway.
Pathways is entertaining and it’s a different kind of iPhone puzzle game, so if you’re looking for a new challenge and some intermittent goofiness then go ahead and give it a try. $4.99 may seem a little pricey but there’s a lot of gameplay sprinkled with an unusual dose of comedy and camp, and the mazes are very solvable if you put some thought into them.
Click to check out Pathways in the iTunes App Store
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- Tommy is secretly glad Eddie disappeared, otherwise he'd have nothing to do
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- The Pathways rulebook is pretty simple
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- Several people can save their Pathways games on the same iPhone
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- Tommy: "Let's go have a beer in our gigantic house", Eddie: "Screw that, I'm jumping into that weird-looking hole!"
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- The first few levels are just a warmup for the chaos that awaits
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- Sliding tiles force you to think about your next move
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- Tommy knows this pathway is screwed and he's never getting through it, so all he can do is take a nap
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- Things are getting pretty hairy at this stage
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- It's like Tommy can read my mind
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- Judging by this scene I'm guessing the Evil Villain is also a huge stoner
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- Cheat mode lets you skip to any level you want (but I ain't telling how to do this!)
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on Oct 22nd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
pick pathways up 2 days ago and so far have not been disappointed. definitely worth my $4.99, i should be playing this game for awhile
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on Oct 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I’d recommend pathways to any person that likes puzzles. A co-worker told me about it and I’ve had a lot of fun playing it so far.
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on Oct 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’ve been playin it for awhile now myself and love it. If your on the fence about buyin it, I would kindly like to shove you off of it on to the buying side
But really, if you like puzzle/thinking games you wont regret picking this one up. I was a little hesitant with the 4.99 price, but then I realized I would spend about that much if I went starbucks and Pathways is much better investment then drink that will only keep me occupied for like 15 min. 
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on Nov 15th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
how do you beat level 68??
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admin reply on November 15th, 2008 8:39 pm:
Did you really get that far??
I can’t come anywhere near that!
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Joelman reply on December 2nd, 2008 4:19 pm:
I’m stuck on 68 too. Any luck?
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DaMager reply on December 5th, 2008 9:59 am:
Level 68. It can be done:
R,R,R,D,L,L,D,U,R,D,U,R,R,D,D,L,U,D,U,D,U,D,U,L,U,L,L,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,R,R,L,U,D,U,R,U,U,U,D,D,D,D,L
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admin reply on December 5th, 2008 3:54 pm:
OMG!!!! You people are hardcore!!
on Dec 7th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Now, I’m stuck at level 73, it seems there is a step missing or a transport platform somewhere. Anyone passed this level?
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on Dec 8th, 2008 at 4:04 am
please help im stuck on level 52 any help?
thanx
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on Dec 8th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Guys,
All levels are possible – here’s the two you guys are now stuck on:
Level 73:
L,D,R,R,L,D,L,U,R,R,U,U,R,R,U,L,R,U,L,L,L,D,L,L,R,D,L,R,D,U,L,D,R,R,L,R,U,U,R,R,U,D,R,D,U,U,D,U,R,U,R,D,D,U,D,R,R,D,L,D,R,L,D,U,R,L,R,L,D,R
Level 52:
R,D,U,R,R,R,D,D,D,D,R,R,R,U,U,D,R,R,R,R,R,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,L,L,D,D,D,U,L,L,R,D,D,R,U,U,U,U,L,L,U,U,L,R,R,R,U,D,L,D,D,D,D,L,U,U,U,R,U,U,D,U,L,L,D
P.S. Don’t ask about 74 – there are loads of ways, just be methodical!
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Janine reply on February 20th, 2009 7:04 pm:
I have been stuck on level 70 for 3 days!
any help would be amazing…… I am missing 1 step I think…. can’t figure it out.
Thanks!
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on Dec 8th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I cant get past level 53 and ideas for that board?
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on Dec 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Last one, unless people ask very very nicely!
Level 53:
R,R,D,L,L,L,U,L,U,L,L,D,U,D,R,L,R,D,D,D,D,D,U,L,L,D,R,R,D,D,U,D,D,L,L,L,L,L,U,R,L,D,U,D,U,D,U,D,U,D,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,L,D,L,D,R
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jazzinmarch reply on December 14th, 2008 7:13 pm:
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
that level was haunting me in my sleep!!!
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on Dec 10th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Woah I’m stuck on 19!!!! I just got the game and love it, but I can’t get passed this level!!!!
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on Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Just because you put four exclamation marks…
Level 19:
L,L,D,R,R,R,U,R,D,U,D,R,L,U,L,L,D,D,D,L,L,R,R,U,U,L,R,U,R,L,U,L,R,L,R,R,U,L,U,D,U,R,U,L,R,L,L,L,U,D,U,D,U,D,R,R,R,U,R,U,U,U,U,L
Honestly, they’re not that hard. If you just remember the routes you have taken that fail, try a different one.
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Michael (Admin) reply on December 11th, 2008 5:27 am:
Aw come on, even *I* got past 19!!
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on Dec 13th, 2008 at 5:04 am
I’ve finished this game finally. I took me around week. It’s complitly worth that price.
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on Dec 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Oh wow, Thanks!! Sometimes it seems way harder than it really is :-/
How many levels are there??
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on Dec 14th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
There are 76 gameplay levels (i.e. levels that are non-story like level 0 and level 77 is).
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CC reply on December 14th, 2008 9:47 pm:
Sweeeet. Im at 39
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on Dec 15th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Pathways is on my top ten list of games for the iPhone! I completed the game, but it took me like 2 and 1/2 weeks, and any free moment I had I was playing the game relentlessly. Most of the levels didn’t take long to solve, but for some reason the game got REALLY hard in the mid sixties; just like a jolt in difficulty… but then it got easy in the last few…. hmm. Definitely worth the price!
The part of the game that made me feel stupid: the last round
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on Dec 15th, 2008 at 4:30 am
plz plz help me im so stuck on level 64 thanx for helping before its just driving me crazy thanks again
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on Dec 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ok, I feel like a loser. I can’t figure out 13.
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on Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:30 am
wow, this game has really picked up some steam since i last checked it out. wheres pathways 2?!?
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on Dec 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Fulfilling the current requests:
Level 13:
L,D,L,D,R,R,U,D,L,R,L,R,L,R,L,R,U,D,U,R,L,D,U,U,R,R,R,L,U,R,L,L,R,L,L,R,D,U,D,U,D,U,L,D,R,D,L,R,L,L,L,U,U,D,U,U,U,D,D,L,D
Level 64:
D,R,R,R,D,D,L,L,U,U,L,U,L,D,L,U,L,D,D,U,D,D,D,D,R,U,U,U,R,L,D,R,R,U,L,L,L,D,D,D,D,D,L,R,R,U,U,U,U,L,U,D,U,U,R,R,R,U,D,L,D,R,D,D,D,D,U,D,D,L,D,D,R,R,D,D,D,R,R,R,R,U,U,U,R,R,D,R,L,R,U,D,L,D,D,R
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on Dec 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
By the way, I am actually enjoying playing these level by level again in order to assist…
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on Dec 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Ok people, this thread is getting pretty out of control!!!! Can we please move this to the Forum? That’s what I put it up for! You need to register but it only takes a second. Thanks
http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/forums/topic/pathways-help
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on Dec 18th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
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on Dec 19th, 2008 at 3:58 am
My last post on this review is to say please read Michael (Admin)’s post above, and follow the link he provided for further assistance.
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on Dec 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Im stuck on level 71! ahhhhhh i cant get passed it…
help??
thank you
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Michael (Admin) reply on December 19th, 2008 1:27 pm:
http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/forums/topic/pathways-help
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on Dec 26th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Can somebody help me with level 16 please
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Michael (Admin) reply on December 26th, 2008 6:09 pm:
Please go to this forum page for help:
http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/forums/topic/pathways-help
DaMager isn’t responding to help requests on this thread anymore!
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on Dec 31st, 2008 at 1:47 am
please please help ive been stuck on 73 for over a week now and i have tried the help on here but it dont work please put me out of my misery
thanx
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on Dec 31st, 2008 at 2:33 am
please please GO TO THE FORUMS FOR PATHWAYS HELP!!!!
http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/forums/topic/pathways-help
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on Mar 7th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Can someone help me with level 1 please it’s so hard I have asked like hundreds of people and nobody understanded it co can someone help me please!!!
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